Club soccer reaching $5k a year??

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SoccerFan4Life

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I never thought it would be possible but I heard that a new club in Orange County is charging around $3,500 to $4,000 a year. Jerseys are not included.

Stop the madness parents!!, you are the consumer and there’s an excess of clubs right Now.
 
They will continue to charge those prices and raise them as long as parents are willing to pay. At some point we as parents need to take ownership and not feed into that demand.
 
$4k for 10 months. 3 days a week practice at an hour and a half plus about 40 games at 2 hrs is somewhere around 260 total hrs for the year. That breaks down to paying just over $15 per hour. What structured activity can you put your child in that costs less per hour than that?
If you just want less days of soccer, there are options for that instead - Rec, city teams etc. Or, the park and some friends are always free.
 
$15 per hour x 15 kids per team.
$225 per hour per team.
slam 4 team onto a field
Charge $300 for uniforms.
Tough way to get rich, but not a bad way to make a few bucks.
 
Another relevant question is if State Cup and how many tournaments are included. Tournaments are getting quite expensive.
 
Soccerfan2 said:
$4k for 10 months. 3 days a week practice at an hour and a half plus about 40 games at 2 hrs is somewhere around 260 total hrs for the year. That breaks down to paying just over $15 per hour. What structured activity can you put your child in that costs less per hour than that?
If you just want less days of soccer, there are options for that instead - Rec, city teams etc. Or, the park and some friends are always free.
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If you want to pay that amount, by all means, do. Most parents know that the former Slammers turned LA Galaxy OC turned Liverpool is not worth a fraction of that price. I'm all for letting clubs charge whatever people are willing to pay but I think the point of the post was there are way better options that provide a better ROI than this club.
 
SoccerFan4Life said:
I never thought it would be possible but I heard that a new club in Orange County is charging around $3,500 to $4,000 a year. Jerseys are not included.

Stop the madness parents!!, you are the consumer and there’s an excess of clubs right Now.
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Be glad you don't have a ballet dancer. Soccer is barely a fraction of what classical ballet costs annually. I'm sure you could say the same for hockey, baseball and tackle football... I hear those are costly as well.
 
We are the consumer, so why people are so upset about club membership fee? Just find other club or other activity.
My kids swim club is charging $2400/yr + swim meet fee (+/-$250/yr) +20 volunteer hours.
Their current soccer club is charging less than 2000 + uniform+tournament
Of course I wish it is cheaper...maybe I should just play with them in park and community pool.
...and their YMCA after school care is $12000/yr (I think it is the cheapest in the area except for free care by family).
 
Let’s not forget tournaments, gas, hotels, eating out during out of town tournaments. It all adds up and trust me it’s no where near $15 per hour........
 
Since I joined this group I have seen quite a few people hating on club soccer. The "club soccer mafia". Well unlike the mafia, nobody is holding a gun to your head. Why in the world do they stay involved if it is so horrible? You are free to stop at anytime.
 
JumboJack said:
Since I joined this group I have seen quite a few people hating on club soccer. The "club soccer mafia". Well unlike the mafia, nobody is holding a gun to your head. Why in the world do they stay involved if it is so horrible? You are free to stop at anytime.
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Great question and welcome to the fabulous socal soccer forum JJ. I was thinking the same thing the other day. No gun to my head ever. I even went to google in 2010 and typed, "Club soccer temecula." Everything was so awesome and fun until USSF/DA changed to birth year and made a new league. I don;t know what level your goat is Jumbo Jack, but my dd was born to play this game just like the poor kids all over the world. I tried to get her to bail out last year if truth be told and just play HS soccer and maybe "guest" play for an ECNL or DA team as DP. No travel out of Socal. We took 2nd half off for the most part last year (a few games as a "DP" player for Blues DA) and let my dd have the time of her life and take the whole summer off for the first time since she was 7. We talked as a family for a long time and I was 100% no more. My dd has a friend from school who had just joined ECNL and didn't know anyone on her new team. My dd came to me and said she has now thought about it long & hard and now wants to go to college and play soccer. So she asked if I could reach out to the ecnl coach. This was in July right before deadline. I called the soccer coach to see if he had any spots open. He had one. I asked what he was looking for and he said someone who can play with other girls and help us score more goals. I said, "deal." So, we take it one year at a time now. I think it's too expensive for middle to lower class to poor folks here in OC. Hard enough to live in OC without soccer. We need a less expensive entrance so all kids have a chance at the prize. Sorry, I went too long. I talk to much. Peace JJ!
 
is this cost for LAG/OC now Liverpool ?

Our son is in this club but its he's last year (senior in HS) so we are not affected but yikes. Its getting high enough that it surely makes every parents take notice and consider alternatives (i.e., other clubs).

When compared to other youth activities, I know its competitive or even considered still low but they don't all have to cost the same, just because they can.

I guess its a luxury tax for living behind the orange curtain....
 
The presidential candidate that creates a tax break for soccer fees/youth sports activities gets my vote lol. That’d be a nice lil annual write off.
 
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