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 City SC Southwest's published U-8 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: registration

Club website: City SC SouthwestView source· Last verified: Oct 10, 2026

Your program

In California, u-8 to u-10 recreational programs post a median of $300 and model about $775 all-in (39 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 City SC Southwest

What the club's other priced programs post — dues, registration and training — relative to the U-8 program loaded ($219 posted). Open one to reload the calculator from it.

U-8 · Regional competitive$1,675+$1,456
U-9 · Regional competitive$1,675+$1,456
U-11 · Regional competitive$2,095+$1,876
U-12 · Local competitive$2,195+$1,976
U-13 · Regional competitive$2,305+$2,086
U-12 · Regional competitive$2,935+$2,716
U-12 Boys · Regional competitive$3,095+$2,876
U-12 Boys · National league$3,250+$3,031
U-12 Girls · National league$3,250+$3,031

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

$869

≈ $72 per month

Sticker price (dues)$350

Everything else$519

60% of your real cost is beyond the quoted dues.

Club dues

$350

Registration & tryouts

$219

Uniforms & gear

$150

Tournaments

$100

Extras (photos, socials, camps)

$50

Typical Recreational range

$400 – $1,200 all-in. Your budget sits inside the typical range for this level.

California median for u-8 to u-10 at this level: $775 all-in — your total is $94 above it.

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Searches California for U-8 to U-10 recreational programs and sorts them by whether their estimate fits $869 a year.

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Estimates are planning aids, not quotes. Confirm every number with the club before committing.