The clubs I looked at last year and this year for the 04's in San Diego are mostly about the same or later.
Albion's are a week later this year, CSC is the same week, Liverpool is a month later, Notts is the same week, Rebels is a week and a half earlier, SDSC is the same week (or a week later, my note is unclear), and Surf is a month and a half later. Those are just the ones I had notes on because of the calendar year change from last year. Maybe you're looking at different clubs than I did, but it seems about the same or later to me. And it seems every year that each club wants you committed and paid, or on a payment plan, immediately after tryouts. Nothing new here.