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 Ohio Elite Soccer Academy'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: club dues

Club website: Ohio Elite Soccer AcademyView source· Last verified: Oct 6, 2026

Your program

In Ohio, u-8 to u-10 recreational programs post a median of $120 and model about $508 all-in (13 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 Ohio Elite Soccer Academy

What the club's other priced programs post — dues, registration and training — relative to the U-8 program loaded ($250 posted). Open one to reload the calculator from it.

U-15 · Local competitive$750+$500
U-9 · Local competitive$1,550+$1,300
U-11 · Local competitive$2,650+$2,400
U-19 · Regional competitive$2,850+$2,600
U-13 · Regional competitive$2,950+$2,700
U-19 · National league$2,950+$2,700
U-15 · Regional competitive$3,150+$2,900
U-13 · National league$3,350+$3,100
U-15 · National league$3,350+$3,100

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

$600

≈ $50 per month

Sticker price (dues)$250

Everything else$350

58% of your real cost is beyond the quoted dues.

Club dues

$250

Registration & tryouts

$50

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.

Ohio median for u-8 to u-10 at this level: $508 all-in — your total is $92 above it.

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Searches Ohio for U-8 to U-10 recreational programs and sorts them by whether their estimate fits $600 a year.

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