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So Cal Blues

So Cal Blues does not post its fees. Its FY2025 IRS return puts what families paid at about $1,520–$2,824 per player, an average across every program.

Laguna Hills, CA · Girls Academy (unconfirmed) · National League (unconfirmed)

Site read Oct 13, 2026 · Club website

Tryouts: January–February

So Cal Blues has not published its fees

The club's website asks automated readers like ours to stay out, so we do not read it. Many clubs list fees only inside a registration portal that needs an account. What we do know comes from the club's public IRS filings, below.

From the club's own IRS return

$1,520 – $2,824per player, FY2025

What Southern California Blues Soccer Club Inc collected in program fees and dues in FY2025, divided by an estimated roster of about 1,200 players. An average across every age group and program — not a fee schedule. The club has not posted its prices; this is the closest public number.

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Where does the money go?

Of what this club spends, about 58% to everything else, 16% to fields and facilities, 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 last year. Its reserves would cover about 7 months of spending.

The year-by-year figures are further down the page.

Do players move on?

Founded 1985. We hold no counted record of players it has sent on.

So Cal Blues is a competitive powerhouse in the ECNL, particularly strong in girls' soccer. The club has a strong tournament pedigree and consistent college placement track record.

Financial transparency

IRS 990 · FY 2025

Based on public IRS tax filings for Southern California Blues Soccer Club IncVerified

Total Revenue

$3.2M

+30% YoY

From Families

$2.4M

Program fees + membership dues

Expenses

$2.8M

FY 2025

Est. Roster

~1200

840–1560 players

990-derived per-player cost · FY 2025

~$1,977Range: $1,520 – $2,824

Calculated by dividing 2025 program service revenue plus membership dues by estimated roster size. This is an approximation.

Limited data

No posted fees to compare against the filing.

Tax filing data from ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer·EIN: 330460429

Where the money goes

FY 2025 · from the return

What So Cal Blues reported spending, and what it kept, on its FY 2025 return. Pay is shown as a share, never by name.

Of every $100 the club spent

  • Coaching and staff$9 · $260K
  • Fields and facilities$16 · $461K
  • Tournaments, travel and equipment$13 · $378K
  • Administration$3 · $91K
  • Everything else$58 · $1.6M

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
2020$1.4M+$38K
2021$1.5M−$109K
2022$2.4M+$769K
2023$2.1M+$112K
2024$2.2M−$41K
2025$2.4M+$351K

*Revenue from families divided by today's estimated roster (~1200), 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 70% from FY 2020 to FY 2025.

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

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