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Not saying she doesn't have a point, but her estimate for the price tag was ridiculous.  She estimated $15,000 per year per kid.  Our team is very racially diverse, however, not so much economically diverse.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2018/06/28/hope-solo-youth-soccer-united-states-cost/741378002/

I don't know what the solution would be, I'm already paying ~$11,000 a year for 3 kids (elementary and middle school), and am not feeling generous to pay even more to subsidize others since I'm close to the threshold of needing a subsidy.

Corporate sponsorship/subsidies seem to be part of the answer, but that doesn't address the fundamental issue for the economically disadvantaged families who do not have time to take their kids to practices or games.
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Last year I easily paid $8,000+ for Washington Spirit DA.  $5000 fee + $500 signing fee + $3000 travel (NYC weekend games + North Carolina Showcase + overnight New Jersey weekend games + San Diego showcase) plus gas for practices plus cleats and extra uniform pieces. This year with the  Florida showcase added, am sure we will top $10,000. I hear ECNL is as much or more.  Add in private training (which we do not do), and travel to national team camps, for some girls, at the top of the sport, it can get to $15,000.  Hope Solo is not exaggerating.  It just represents the level of play she thinks she would have been in.[/quote]

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