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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The 6-10k number is for real. Here is a rough breakdown for a typical year (i.e. not a COVID year). Overnight stays are based on an average of $250/night stay to include hotel, gas, meals. You might spend more or less. Keep in mind that for teams that bus, as a parent, you pay for your kids bus ride, a shared hotel room, and meals. Then you have to get your own room and travel if you plan to go. You might be closer to $6k if you don't go yourself.  Note that this does not include any personal training or national finals.

Club dues $2500
team fees  $800 team fees (coach travel, referees, video service, incidentals)
uniforms and equipment $200
four league game weekend trips @ $500 ea, $2000  (there are 8 out of state teams in girls MA, each weekend you play two teams, requiring two overnight stays)
three showcase weekend trips @500 each, $1500
1 week trip to national playoffs/showcase, 7 nights@$250, $1750
total $8750[/quote]

And here's my breakdown:

Club fee $2500
Team fee $500
Uniform etc. $150
Weekend trips $150 x 4
Showcase weekends (2 local @ $0, 1 @ $300)

$4K.

Post-season on top of that which I agree can add more.

Check out how the club approaches this.  Some aim to keep costs low, others aim for the travel magazine experience.
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Your budget completely doesn't work for ECNL or GA because there are no local cheap showcases at $0 or $300.  Even driving to PA (e.g., for the Penn Fusion Winter Showcase which is only 2 days over President's Day), will cost you $300 by the time you pay for gas, tolls, food, and at least one, if not two nights in a hotel.  Going to the official ECNL or GA showcases which are definitely not easily drivable most of the time costs way more.  I'm not sure why people are arguing about this topic - the cost is the cost. It sucks.  It shouldn't be that way.  But if you are in these leagues you don't "ask the club how it approaches this" and suggest "maybe you should go to a closer, local, less expensive showcase" and then my player will play for you.  You know going in and you accept it.  Can you be cost effective by eating PB&J, sure, but you can't make CA, TX, and FL closer than they are.[/quote][/quote]

For a parent who's kid is not of that age yet, what do you actually get out of these Showcase games? Is there any feedback on performance from evaluators who are at them?[/quote]

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