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 Tennessee United SC's published U-16 fees. Everything else on this page is a level preset, not a figure from the club — adjust each line to your own quote.

From the club: club dues, registration, uniforms & gear, tournaments

Posted as a range: tournaments $600–$900. We started at the low end; enter your team's figure.

Club website: Tennessee United Fee Structure 2025-2026View source· Last verified: Mar 8, 2026

Your program

In Tennessee, u-15 to u-19 ecnl / mls next / elite programs post a median of $1,960 and model about $10,598 all-in (5 clubs). Medians pool boys and girls.

Start from a level preset

Presets load typical numbers for the level — adjust every line to match your club's actual quotes.

The step up at Tennessee United SC

What the club's other priced programs post — dues, registration and training — relative to the U-16 boys program loaded ($1,345 posted). Open one to reload the calculator from it.

U-19 Boys · Local competitive$950−$395
U-8 · Recreational$950−$395
U-10 · Local competitive$1,100−$245
U-10 · Recreational$1,150−$195
U-9 · Recreational$1,150−$195
U-15 Girls · Local competitive$1,175−$170
U-19 Girls · Local competitive$1,175−$170
U-15 Boys · Regional competitive$1,200−$145
U-16 Boys · Regional competitive$1,200−$145
U-17 Boys · Regional competitive$1,200−$145
U-19 Boys · Regional competitive$1,200−$145
U-19 Boys · National league$1,345+$0
U-12 · Regional competitive$1,420+$75
U-16 Girls · Regional competitive$1,420+$75
U-17 Girls · Regional competitive$1,420+$75
U-16 Girls · National league$1,490+$145
U-19 Girls · National league$1,490+$145
U-19 Girls · Regional competitive$1,490+$145
U-12 · National league$1,520+$175
U-12 · Local competitive$1,570+$225
U-13 · Local competitive$1,570+$225
U-14 · Local competitive$1,570+$225
U-14 · National league$1,570+$225
U-16 · National league$1,750+$405
U-14 · Regional competitive$1,920+$575
U-14 Girls · National league$1,970+$625
U-14 Girls · Regional competitive$1,970+$625
U-14 Boys · National league$2,160+$815

The sticker price

Club dues / year

Registration & tryout fees / year

The costs that never come up at tryouts

Uniforms & gear / year

Fundraising buyout

Tournaments / year

events

Family cost per tournament

Overnight travel weekends / year

weekends

Cost per travel weekend

Private training sessions / month (counted for 12 months)

sessions

Rate per session

Extras (photos, socials, camps)

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

$10,265

≈ $855 per month

Sticker price (dues)$1,450

Everything else$8,815

86% of your real cost is beyond the quoted dues.

Club dues

$1,450

Registration & tryouts

$300

Uniforms & gear

$325

Tournaments

$600

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 sits inside the typical range for this level.

Tennessee median for u-15 to u-19 at this level: $10,598 all-in — your total is $333 below it.

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Searches Tennessee for U-15 to U-19 ecnl / mls next / elite programs and sorts them by whether their estimate fits $10,265 a year.

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