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 Ballistic United SC's published U-9 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

Club website: Ballistic United Soccer ClubView source· Last verified: Sep 4, 2026

Your program

In California, u-8 to u-10 regional competitive programs post a median of $2,475 and model about $6,195 all-in (14 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 Ballistic United SC

What the club's other priced programs post — dues, registration and training — relative to the U-9 program loaded ($2,990 posted). Open one to reload the calculator from it.

U-8 · Recreational$225–$495
U-10 · Recreational$495−$2,495
U-11 · Recreational$495−$2,495
U-13 · Recreational$495−$2,495
U-9 · Recreational$495−$2,495
U-14 Boys · Regional competitive$550−$2,440
U-15 Boys · National league$550−$2,440
U-8 · Local competitive$1,970−$1,020
U-11 · Local competitive$2,095−$895
U-13 · Local competitive$2,095−$895
U-9 · Local competitive$2,095−$895
U-11 · Regional competitive$3,395+$405
U-13 · Regional competitive$3,645+$655
U-16 · Regional competitive$3,645+$655
U-16 Boys · Regional competitive$3,645+$655
U-13 Boys · National league$4,020–$4,520
U-13 · National league$4,020–$4,520

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

$8,390

≈ $699 per month

Sticker price (dues)$2,990

Everything else$5,400

64% of your real cost is beyond the quoted dues.

Club dues

$2,990

Registration & tryouts

$100

Uniforms & gear

$450

Tournaments

$1,350

Travel weekends

$1,350

Private training

$1,800

Fundraising buyout

$200

Extras (photos, socials, camps)

$150

Typical Regional Competitive range

$3,500 – $7,000 all-in. Your budget is above the typical range — worth asking the club what's driving it.

California median for u-8 to u-10 at this level: $6,195 all-in — your total is $2,195 above it.

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Searches California for U-8 to U-10 regional competitive programs and sorts them by whether their estimate fits $8,390 a year.

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