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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our soccer program is $800 a semester for 6 year olds. It’s on crappy grass fields and very subpar coaching. The uniform kit is $250. I think because our area is UMC we pay stupid prices. And it’s the league everyone from his public elementary does. [/quote]

Most rec sports are $125-$200 for fees. If the uniform is separate (it often isn't, but we've been in one league where it was out of the leagues we have tried), it was $40 and you could wear it repeatedly because it didn't change from season to season.

Even when we started throwing in extra clinics and opportunities it was $300-$400 a season, and that gets us extra games and practices and instruction through our league.

Maybe try a different sport if you don't want to pay these prices and won't go to another league since friends are there? Basketball? Baseball? Lacrosse? Flag football?

Though at least where we are you can't blame the leagues for fields. Fairfax County does a terrible job with fields so unless the league has adopted them and has a bunch of obsessive dads maintaining them, they are all bad. At least with soccer your kid will graduate to turf eventually. Indoor sports aren't much better - there's very little gym availability compared to the number of teams.[/quote]

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