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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.

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Training: Small group soccer lessons (under 4 players) (Culver City Soccer (Westdale Culver City Soccer Camp))

Prices as its page posted them when we checked. This replaces the private-training line below. See the listing · Take it out of this budget

Private Group Soccer Lessons (under 4 players), 50 mins: $195 a session (per player or per group not said)

Nothing is assumed year-round: it starts at once a week for ten weeks (or three months of a plan); set your own.

  • 10 sessions (1 a week for 10 weeks) × $195$1,950
  • Training total$1,950
  • The page doesn't say whether this is per player or per group: it is counted as your family's cost.
Your program
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Nationally, u-11 to u-12 local competitive programs post a median of $1,540 and model about $3,025 all-in (111 clubs). Medians pool boys and girls.

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The sticker price
The costs that never come up at tryouts

Private training: Small group soccer lessons (under 4 players), worked out above.

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

$5,500

≈ $458 per month

Sticker price (dues)$1,800
Everything else$3,700

67% of your real cost is beyond the quoted dues.

Club dues
$1,800
Registration & tryouts
$150
Uniforms & gear
$350
Tournaments
$700
Travel weekends
$350
Training: Small group soccer lessons (under 4 players)
$1,950
Fundraising buyout
$100
Extras (photos, socials, camps)
$100
Typical Local Competitive range

$2,000 – $4,500 all-in. Your budget is above the typical range — worth asking the club what's driving it.

National median for u-11 to u-12 at this level: $3,025 all-in — your total is $2,475 above it.

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