BVB Youth Soccer Players Fundraising at Ballinger Thriftway to Go to National Tournament in Florida

BVB players selling car wash tickets outside Ballinger Thriftway
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Youth soccer players from BVB International Academy Seattle (BVB IA Seattle) tabled outside Ballinger Thriftway on Sunday, October 18, 2026 selling car wash tickets to fund an upcoming trip to a national tournament in Florida.

The team is raising money to attend the winter tournament in Florida
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The team is raising money to attend the Elite Academy (EA) Winter Tournament, which will host several hundred teams from across the country near Sarasota, Florida this December. 

Our local BVB club is sending several teams to compete this year. Our local car wash has a special program for non profits to sell their tickets and the ticket sales help reduce travel expenses for families and support scholarship funds for players requiring financial assistance.

BVB soccer teams are partnered with a professional club in Germany
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BVB IA Seattle is a local youth soccer club with approximately 200 players based out of North King County (Shoreline, Edmonds, Lynnwood, and Seattle) for the last 4 years. The organization maintains an official partnership with Borussia Dortmund (BVB), a century-old professional club in Germany's top-tier professional league, the Bundesliga (pronounced “Boon-des-lee-ga”). 

The club works with all age groups and focuses on development first; with a number of BVB Seattle players going to play in college as well as professionally overseas. Every summer, the club holds summer training camps at Albert Einstein Middle School for current and interested players. 

Learn more about BVB IA Seattle here.