Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where do you all come up with these costs. Arlington $2100????
Direct from their website $2400
http://arlingtonsoccer.com/programs/development-academy/fees
Now add in the fees they dont list like tournament and so on. Ask for all costs.
As for the LMVSC option thats just ridiculous. Do you see whats going on over there. Its a mass exodus of players.
Re Arlington - $2400 is the fee for the DA teams. It's possible that regular travel teams, or younger age groups, or both are indeed $2100 as the PP suggested. However you do need to add the team fee to that to cover tournament fees, spare uniforms, performance training, coaches expenses etc. The team fee varies depending on how many tournaments are planned - but $400-$500 is probably a reasonable budget. Any hotel and flight costs will be on top of this.
The bottom line is that Alexandria's fees, give that they seem to include much or all of the team fees other clubs charge (I'm basing that off what I read on this thread - I have no direct knowledge) don;t seem unreasonable to me.
If you want to talk daylight robbery - then you should look at Loudoun. They were charging almost $5K for the DA teams when they still had DA.
Anonymous wrote:Where do you all come up with these costs. Arlington $2100????
Direct from their website $2400
http://arlingtonsoccer.com/programs/development-academy/fees
Now add in the fees they dont list like tournament and so on. Ask for all costs.
As for the LMVSC option thats just ridiculous. Do you see whats going on over there. Its a mass exodus of players.
Anonymous wrote:Any reason you didn’t consider LMVSC at 1900/year or Arlington at 2100/year? I know proximity is important, but those prices are better.
Anonymous wrote:What Alexandria girls team is playing EDP and CCL??
Please tell what other tournaments you do besides the 2 Alexandria tournaments
Anonymous wrote:The annual cost is for her age group is $2400 or $2450, cant recall exactly. She doesnt do any "camps" at her age. She trains 3 times a week. Plays CCL schedule and EDP. Plays at minimum two outside tournaments in addition to the Alexandria tournaments and the CCL showcase tournaments.
There is no other cost. None. Oh wait uniform every 2 or 3 years. Thats it
She plays futsal but that is optional and cannot be factored into the cost of soccer. Its like adding volleyball into the cost of soccer in my mind. The two are distinctly different and if I chose not to incur that cost then I am back to the number above $2400
And as for the person that said parents must volunteer at tournaments. Nonsense. The club is community oriented. Participate if you want and if not like most then dont. They ask for help and the overwhelming majority are too busy to do so. A handle do to be part of their childs experience. Nothing really unusual about this.
What did I miss?![]()
In short, I dont pay any fees at all beyond what the cost is at the start of the season and mentioned above. Unlike the prior club I was with where we were told we were entering a tournament and had to come out of pocket for this tournament then the next then the next. Oh and by the way the coach fee to travel and his hotel and food needs to be covered. All of that is inclusive in what I pay at Alexandira. Its one of the reasons I like the club. I know my cost. its fixed and I dont get nickle and dimed
I hope that helps