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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6:37 - that's about what we spent this year for U9.
$1,800 club fees (going up to $1,900)
$345 team fees (covered 4 tournaments, winter futsal, coach gifts, equipment)
probably $300 in uniforms, cleats, balls, maybe more
$100 for a tent and chairs, but I can use those for other things

plus meals and the occasional hotel when we have an early Sunday tournament game in Ellicott city and don't want to get up at the crack of dawn to drive back there.[/quote]

Jesus Christ!  All that for U9!  [/quote]

This does sound like a lot!

DS participated in the ASA U9 tryouts last weekend, and he'll go back next Saturday.  I'm not at all sure that he will be selected, but if he is, I'm wondering if it's worth it to accept the spot.  I know the answer to this question will vary kid to kid and family to family, but would you say it's worth the time and money to play U9 travel soccer as a 7 year old?  It all seems like too much too soon, but plenty of people are doing it.  Honestly, I kind of wish this wasn't even an option at this age.  [/quote]

Sounds like you should investigate Arlington's Development Program (ADP).  Tryouts will be after Travel Tryouts, and is an intermediate and cost / time efficient way to determine if future Travel Soccer is a real interest.  There is a professional coach practice and a parent coach practice.  All games are in Arlington, and the level of competition is greater than Rec soccer.  My kids did it before entering the Travel program.  It is roughly $300 per semester, and includes the uniform.[/quote]

Thanks, PP - and thanks, too, to the other PP who responded.  We had planned to have DS try out for ADP and not try out for travel.  But then the parents of some kids on DS's rec team indicated that they planned to have their sons try out for the travel program, and we thought, why not?  DS is no special talent, but he's very obviously the best player on his rec team.  Now I'm wondering if we have created a problem for ourselves if DS actually makes the team.  DS really enjoyed the tryouts last weekend, but I worry that he may lose his love for soccer by spending so much time playing each week.  And honestly, I almost fell out of my chair when I saw how much the travel program costs!  We can certainly afford it, but it's still a lot of money (even for a 10 month program).  Then again, a neighbor just told me how much youth ice hockey costs (more than soccer), so I suppose it's all relative.

I've heard good things about ADP, and I think that's probably our best bet.  Do kids often move up from ADP to the travel program?  If they do, it seems like ADP with the potential for travel down the road would be a good plan.  But DS will probably want a spot on the travel team he he is offered a spot (he has 2nd and 3rd grade friends at school who play travel, and DS has already internalized that the really good players play travel).  We would like to let DS make the decision, but he probably can't accurately weigh the time commitment and cost.  Of course, it's entirely possible that DS won't be offered a spot in the travel program, and this will all be a moot point. [/quote]

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