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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does that really vary from 6-10?!

If your player doesn’t go to any showcases[/quote]

If the club chooses local showcases which are driveable.  There are several showcases (Arlington, VDA, Loudoun all host one) right here in the DC area for example which entail no additional cost at all.  There's an ECNL showcase in Richmond, and another in the Carolinas both of which are eminently driveable, plus the Jeff cup in Richmond.[/quote]

Well we are talking about ECNL costs here, and in ECNL you can't just choose any old showcase. ECNL teams are required to attend 3 ECNL National showcases. The Richmond showcase is not an ECNL showcase, neither is Jeff Cup. The local showcases around here (even Jeff Cup) pale in comparison to an ECNL showcase in terms of average talent level and draw from colleges.  I wish we could do these locally, but this is how it is right now.

[quote=Anonymous]On the other hand, if your club likes to go to Florida or Colorado then you're on the hook for higher costs.  Obviously if you qualify for national finals then you're going to have to pay for that too.

[quote]But also dont discount the overnight related costs for regular league games. [/quote]

Not all that many of these though.  Depends on how you roll - but we always leave early am rather than the stay the night before, and will stay one night for a weekend trip.  This expense has always been <$500 for the entire year, and often around $200-$300.[/quote]

In the mid-atlantic conference, unless they re-align, you'll have 4 weekends worth of away league games. The only way to do that for <500 is staying in fleabag motels and eating PBJ.  Generally teams stay together in respectable hotels. Beyond that, there are a couple of reasons travel the day of the game doesn't generally work. For teams beyond U14, most teams do bus travel together (or did, before COVID). It's a team building thing. Second, your player won't be as effective after getting up early and spending 6 hrs in the car getting to NC or wherever. It will be obvious on the field. [/quote]

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