The Ballard Tigers, a girls recreational soccer team, has won the Seattle Youth Soccer Association girls-under-11 All-City Tournament (ACT). The team played seven games from December 4th to the 16th, then won the eighth and final game over the weekend at Nathan Hale High School with a record of seven wins and one loss.

This is the first time a GU11 team from Ballard won the tournament in eight years. Earlier this season, the Ballard Tigers won first place in their Fall GU11 Gold Division with a record of 8 wins, no losses, and two ties.

Seven out of 16 Seattle teams were from Ballard in the ACT and three of those teams won their age division. The winning teams were The Jedi, a boys under the age of 15 team, and Ballard Black Bears, a girls under the age of 12 team and the Ballard Tigers, a girls under 11 team.

The players are students from various Seattle public and private schools who reside in and around the Ballard community.

For more information on Ballard's recreational soccer leagues, please visit the Ballard Tigers website and the Ballard Youth Soccer Club website.