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 Mountain View Los Altos (MVLA)'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.

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

Manual entry: MVLA — Seed data for development· Last verified: Feb 25, 2026

Start from a level preset

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

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

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.

My saved budgets

Estimated true annual cost

$14,040

≈ $1,170 per month

Sticker price (dues)$3,500

Everything else$10,540

75% of your real cost is beyond the quoted dues.

Club dues

$3,500

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.

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