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Players Development Academy (PDA)

U-14 boys · National League

Posted, per year

$3,225

All-in, per year

$6,018–$11,153

Players Development Academy (PDA) in Somerset, NJ posts $3,225 for U-14; a family's year is modeled at $6,018–$11,153 all-in. Confirmed Feb 28, 2026.

Somerset, NJ · ECNL (unconfirmed) · National League

2025–26 prices, confirmed Feb 28, 2026 · community reported · Club website · What its return says

Last season's prices. These are Players Development Academy (PDA)'s 2025-2026 prices; we have not found its 2026-2027 fee schedule on its site (last read October 12, 2026). Ask for this season's schedule in writing before relying on them.

Tryouts: May–June

What this club fields

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Paying less, by the club's own sources

  • Offers financial aid — $16,750 in financial assistance on its FY2024 return (0.2% of spending) the return

Facts, not a verdict: whether aid is available to your family is the club's decision. Ask for the form before tryouts, not after.

U-10

Regional Competitive · 2025-2026
Estimated all-in, per year

$3,813 – $7,288

Posted fees plus modeled travel, uniforms and gear.

Posted fees
Annual TuitionClub Dues · /year · verified Feb 28, 2026
$1,900
Posted total, per year
$1,900
Parent submission: PDA — Community-reported fee data from parent forumsView source· Last verified: Feb 28, 2026

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U-12 Boys

National League · 2025-2026
Estimated all-in, per year

$5,400 – $9,950

Posted fees plus modeled travel, uniforms and gear.

Posted fees
Annual TuitionClub Dues · /year · verified Feb 28, 2026
$2,900
Posted total, per year
$2,900
Parent submission: PDA — Community-reported fee data from parent forumsView source· Last verified: Feb 28, 2026

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U-14 Boys

National League · 2025-2026
Estimated all-in, per year

$6,018 – $11,153

Posted fees plus modeled travel, uniforms and gear.

Posted fees
National/Regional League TuitionClub Dues · /year · verified Feb 28, 2026
$3,225
Posted total, per year
$3,225
Parent submission: PDA — Community-reported fee data from parent forumsView source· Last verified: Feb 28, 2026

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U-16 Girls

National League · 2025-2026
Estimated all-in, per year

$8,260 – $17,133

Posted fees plus modeled travel, tournaments, uniforms and gear.

Posted fees
National/Regional League TuitionClub Dues · /year · verified Feb 28, 2026
$3,225
Posted total, per year
$3,225
Parent submission: PDA — Community-reported fee data from parent forumsView source· Last verified: Feb 28, 2026

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What the club says

From its own pages, read September 2026.

Families' answers

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  • U-11 to U-12 · Boys · National league
  • U-13 to U-14 · Boys · ECNL
  • U-13 to U-14 · Boys · National league
  • U-13 to U-14 · Girls · ECNL
  • U-15 to U-19 · Girls · ECNL
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Where does the money go?

Of what this club spends, about 46% to coaching and staff, 34% to everything else, 13% to tournaments, travel and equipment.

Read from the club's own filing, which lists what it spent by kind. The full split, year by year, is further down the page.

Is the club on solid ground?

The club took in more than it spent 4 years running. Its reserves would cover about 9 months of spending.

Fees rose 50% over that time while the reserve grew. Worth asking what the reserve is for.

Do players move on?

Founded 1996. We hold no counted record of players it has sent on.

One of the most successful clubs in US youth soccer history with four national championships and 100+ professional alumni. Home of legends Carli Lloyd and Tobin Heath. Places 100+ players into college programs annually.

3 notable alumni
  • Tobin Heath · USWNT, 2x World Cup Champion, Olympic Gold
  • Carli Lloyd · USWNT, 2x World Cup Champion, 2x Olympic Gold
  • Frankie Amaya · MLS SuperDraft #1 overall pick, FC Cincinnati

Financial transparency

IRS 990 · FY 2024

Based on public IRS tax filings for Players Development Academy CorpVerified

Total Revenue

$7.1M

-24% YoY

From Families

$6.7M

Program fees + membership dues

Expenses

$6.8M

FY 2024

Est. Roster

~1800

1260–2340 players

990-derived per-player cost · FY 2024

~$3,747Range: $2,882 – $5,353

Calculated by dividing 2024 program service revenue plus membership dues by estimated roster size. This is an approximation.

Aligned

Posted fees (~$3,063, the median of 4 priced age groups) are within 30% of what its FY2024 filing collected per player (~$3,747).

Tax filing data from ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer·EIN: 223598551

Where the money goes

FY 2024 · from the return

What Players Development Academy (PDA) reported spending, and what it kept, on its FY 2024 return. Pay is shown as a share, never by name.

Of every $100 the club spent

  • Coaching and staff$46 · $3.1M
  • Fields and facilities$3 · $233K
  • Tournaments, travel and equipment$13 · $911K
  • Administration$4 · $245K
  • Financial assistance$0 · $17K
  • Everything else$34 · $2.3M

Coaching and staff is salaries, officer pay, benefits and contracted coaches (Part IX lines 5–11). The club's own “other expense” lines are read by their description.

Year by year

YearFrom familiesSurplus
2019$4.5M−$329K
2020$4.1M−$14K
2021$4.8M+$376K
2022$5.2M+$589K
2023$8.6M+$2.8M
2024$6.7M+$299K

*Revenue from families divided by today's estimated roster (~1800), so the column moves with the club's revenue, not its size. Reserves are net assets in months of that year's spending.

Revenue from families rose 50% from FY 2019 to FY 2024.

The club kept a surplus 4 years running; its reserves would cover about 9.3 months of spending. Fees have risen while reserves grew — worth asking the club what the reserve is for.

Every figure is a line on the club's own Form 990.Open the return

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