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True cost calculator

Club dues are usually 40–60% of what a season actually costs. Build the full picture — tournaments, travel weekends, gear, private training, and the line items that never come up at tryouts — and save a budget per child or per club you're considering.

Prefilled from published fees

Starting from James Island Youth Soccer Club's published U-13 fees. Everything else on this page is a level preset, not a figure from the club — adjust each line to your own quote.

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Club website: James Island Youth Soccer ClubView source· Last verified: Sep 29, 2026
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In South Carolina, u-13 to u-14 ecnl / mls next / elite programs post a median of $2,650 and model about $10,221 all-in (3 clubs). Medians pool boys and girls.

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The step up at James Island Youth Soccer Club

What the club's other priced programs post — dues, registration and training — relative to the U-13 boys program loaded ($3,400 posted). Open one to reload the calculator from it.

The sticker price
The costs that never come up at tryouts

Tournament cost = your family's share of entry plus hotel, food, and gas for the weekend. Travel weekends are league away games that need an overnight stay.

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My saved budgets
Estimated true annual cost

$13,940

≈ $1,162 per month

Sticker price (dues)$3,400
Everything else$10,540

76% of your real cost is beyond the quoted dues.

Club dues
$3,400
Registration & tryouts
$300
Uniforms & gear
$550
Tournaments
$2,100
Travel weekends
$3,250
Private training
$3,840
Fundraising buyout
$300
Extras (photos, socials, camps)
$200
Typical ECNL / MLS NEXT / Elite range

$5,000 – $12,000 all-in. Your budget is above the typical range — worth asking the club what's driving it.

South Carolina median for u-13 to u-14 at this level: $10,221 all-in — your total is $3,719 above it.

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Searches South Carolina for U-13 to U-14 ecnl / mls next / elite boys' programs and sorts them by whether their estimate fits $13,940 a year.

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