Annual Out-of-Pocket Cost for ECNL or GA in High School

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL
season fees to be $3k - $3500
Futsal. Perhaps $250
Always shoes and when adult shoes hit that’s $200 pair
Travel for kid and one parent easily $1500 per trip via plane and there are probably 1/2 of those until they are 16 then there are 3 trips. Add both parents and increase by 1/3
Any camps?
Any private lessons?

Minimal $9k above and when older easily $10k and upwards. I know people that have committed to private lessons and camps that shell out $20k+ especially when you start paying for ID camps

It’s not just ECNL that’s the cost it’s the entire effort

If anyone is paying close to 20,000………lol….I would be speechless 😶

It’s a racket. And we foreign coaches love it. I’m making 90k coaching ECNL. And I also get called a hero during thanksgiving and Christmas. Haha.

Do you really think we want this festered and bloated industry to stop?
Hint: starts with N and ends with O

It is pretty horrible.

The moment you stop this industrial complex of pay to play you will see a plethora of coaches that “love the game” quit in a heartbeat. Starting with yours truly.

Now, extend my check please. I’ll throw some cones on the field and recycle a YouTube lesson. Then I’ll tell you your weakling has potential and voila. The mill keeps turning, and turning, and turning.

Oh also, this whole college BS doesn’t help y’all. But, it’s America.

3 pages of back and forth BS between who is more right about what costs more…
No wonder this pay to play system is garbage.

What costs more between what? What do you think you are reading. There is an argument about how much stuff costs, but it is not arguing something costs more than something else.

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Anonymous wrote:It really depends on where you are, but in general a 2008 player will pay:
(1) Club Fees - 2,600 to 3,000
(2) Team Fees - 500 to 1000
(3) Uniforms - 400 to 500
(4) Travel league games NC/SC if MidAtlantic - 1800 to 2500
(5) Travel Showcases NCFC/Jeff Cup - 2400
(6) ECNL Showcase Events - 4000 to 5000

Grand TOTAL = 11700 to 14400 per year for 6 to 7 years

Troll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It really depends on where you are, but in general a 2008 player will pay:
(1) Club Fees - 2,600 to 3,000
(2) Team Fees - 500 to 1000
(3) Uniforms - 400 to 500
(4) Travel league games NC/SC if MidAtlantic - 1800 to 2500
(5) Travel Showcases NCFC/Jeff Cup - 2400
(6) ECNL Showcase Events - 4000 to 5000

Grand TOTAL = 11700 to 14400 per year for 6 to 7 years

Troll.

how is that a troll? its not far off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again you have to try really hard to spend $10k on ECNL soccer. My kids played ECNL for three years. Starter. Every game. Top scorer too. We’ve paid no more than $5.5K. But there are a lot of folks with disposable income around here that want their kid to do the things they couldn’t so I guess if you sign up for futsal and private training and every BS ID clinic you can spend it.

which showcases have you attended?

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Anonymous wrote:It really depends on where you are, but in general a 2008 player will pay:
(1) Club Fees - 2,600 to 3,000
(2) Team Fees - 500 to 1000
(3) Uniforms - 400 to 500
(4) Travel league games NC/SC if MidAtlantic - 1800 to 2500
(5) Travel Showcases NCFC/Jeff Cup - 2400
(6) ECNL Showcase Events - 4000 to 5000

Grand TOTAL = 11700 to 14400 per year for 6 to 7 years

Think you're numbers are way off on a few. Who the hell is spending $2400 for 2 days in Richmond?!?

Learn to read, the poster clearly stated two tournaments, NCFC & Jeff Cup for a combined total of $2400.

I don't really think it matters if the previous poster can read or not. Two tournaments/showcases within driving distance does not come anywhere near $2,400. You are definitely UNDER $1,000 for both.

So yes you could theoretically drive every day to Jeff Cup but let’s assume you don’t. At older ages these are 3 day show cases.

So 3 nights in hotel (min 400 dollars). I tank on gas for suv (100). Tournament fees (100). Meals (100)…

I wasn't talking about driving back and forth every day. 2 nights hotel is under $300, Richmond is only 100 miles away. Let's say you get 25 miles per gallon, you are using 8 gallons up and back. Maybe add another 4 for driving back and forth to the fields so that is 12 gallons at $3.50 is $42. Meals might be $100, but similar to gas, if you stayed home the weekend you would be eating and using gas so that $150 is probably half that in added costs. Tournament fees are included in our yearly fee. So I stand by my estimate that two tournaments within driving distance is UNDER $1,000.

Now add up the cost of two nights in North Carolina because that tournament was included too.

Yes, the UNDER $1,000 number was for TWO tournaments. Please read better.

We are talking showcase age- they play Friday/Saturday/Sunday...... Thursday arrival, sunday depart is 3 days of hotels. and youre staying at some crappy hotels it looks like. and eating for under $100 for 3+ days? Sheesh.

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Anonymous wrote:It really depends on where you are, but in general a 2008 player will pay:
(1) Club Fees - 2,600 to 3,000
(2) Team Fees - 500 to 1000
(3) Uniforms - 400 to 500
(4) Travel league games NC/SC if MidAtlantic - 1800 to 2500
(5) Travel Showcases NCFC/Jeff Cup - 2400
(6) ECNL Showcase Events - 4000 to 5000

Grand TOTAL = 11700 to 14400 per year for 6 to 7 years

Think you're numbers are way off on a few. Who the hell is spending $2400 for 2 days in Richmond?!?

Learn to read, the poster clearly stated two tournaments, NCFC & Jeff Cup for a combined total of $2400.

I don't really think it matters if the previous poster can read or not. Two tournaments/showcases within driving distance does not come anywhere near $2,400. You are definitely UNDER $1,000 for both.

So yes you could theoretically drive every day to Jeff Cup but let’s assume you don’t. At older ages these are 3 day show cases.

So 3 nights in hotel (min 400 dollars). I tank on gas for suv (100). Tournament fees (100). Meals (100)…

I wasn't talking about driving back and forth every day. 2 nights hotel is under $300, Richmond is only 100 miles away. Let's say you get 25 miles per gallon, you are using 8 gallons up and back. Maybe add another 4 for driving back and forth to the fields so that is 12 gallons at $3.50 is $42. Meals might be $100, but similar to gas, if you stayed home the weekend you would be eating and using gas so that $150 is probably half that in added costs. Tournament fees are included in our yearly fee. So I stand by my estimate that two tournaments within driving distance is UNDER $1,000.

Now add up the cost of two nights in North Carolina because that tournament was included too.

Yes, the UNDER $1,000 number was for TWO tournaments. Please read better.

We are talking showcase age- they play Friday/Saturday/Sunday...... Thursday arrival, sunday depart is 3 days of hotels. and youre staying at some crappy hotels it looks like. and eating for under $100 for 3+ days? Sheesh.

I'm not saying you can't spend more if you wanted to, but looks like we have different budgets. $150 a night for these hotels is pretty typical and is not "some crappy hotels". Going to Richmond, you don't need to stay Thursday night, you can drive down for Friday's game. Going to NC, sure add an extra night of hotel at around $150. Sure, you can spend more on food if you want to, but you don't have to. That is really an individual thing and if you are spending a lot on food, you probably aren't worried about the cost.