Article published 5/28 detailing the cost explosion in youth sports

[RandomSoccerFan]

Original link --> https://www.nj.com/sports/2026/05/the-shocking-cost-of-youth-sports-in-new-jersey.html
Non paywall link --> https://archive.is/A0duh

 

[easydoesit]

Thanks for sharing. Great article. I made a poll where i'm slowly accumulating data about this topic, Youth Soccer Survey

 

[zanian]

Great article. One of the best I've seen.

 

[PASoccer]

Yeah, great article and here's another one from NJ.com all about the absurdity of SuperCopa

source: https://www.nj.com/sports/2026/06/t...ross-the-country-is-it-too-much-too-soon.html

free: https://archive.is/mjyPq

 

[PASoccer]

Sorry, not supercopa, but the pre-ECNL champions cup

 

[RandomSoccerFan]

That really is good writing. (FWIW, that team shows as currently #7 U11G in the country, #1 in NJ)

 

[NorCalDad]

These are good articles for sure, but is any of this a surprise? Like was there anything you read that was a surprise. I think that's the most depressing part of this. It's just terrible. I wish there was a movement to bring back recreational sports.

 

[RandomSoccerFan]

These are good articles for sure, but is any of this a surprise? Like was there anything you read that was a surprise. I think that's the most depressing part of this. It's just terrible. I wish there was a movement to bring back recreational sports.

I think that's the stated intent of things like MLS Go, attempting to provide a reasonable rec soccer opportunity to as many kids as it can reach. But it sure seems hard to scale, and to gain ground (or even push back) against all of the unrelenting attempts to profit off of parents willing to spend thousands on their kids' sports dreams.

 

[watfly]

Good article, but it doesn't really single out the single word scam that is separating parents from their money, that word is "pathway". Here it is illustrated in a single picture. Parents of 6 year olds, really?