The Real Landscape of Girls Soccer Competitive Levels of Play In Massachusetts

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ECNL doesn’t cost 10k a year.

2 showcases and playoffs, all with airfare- $1200 x 3 (actually more but I’ll be conservative).
3 weekend overnights of travel- $400 X 3 including food, gas, hotel, tolls
Gas for my 3 hour round trip drive to practice 3 times per week- $800
Club fee- $3000
Team party fee- $300
Uniform- $300
The “every other forward is doing private lessons so mine should too” cost- $400

Total: $9600

If you want to bring mom along to see her kid play in Cali it’s more. If you work and don’t have time to prepare meals for every 3 hour road trip to practice, and therefore hit up Dunkin or Panera it’s more. Those acting like $10,000 or $12,000 or more isn’t reality probably haven’t played ECNL long enough. It gets expensive fast.

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2 showcases and playoffs, all with airfare- $1200 x 3 (actually more but I’ll be conservative).
3 weekend overnights of travel- $400 X 3 including food, gas, hotel, tolls
Gas for my 3 hour round trip drive to practice 3 times per week- $800
Club fee- $3000
Team party fee- $300
Uniform- $300
The “every other forward is doing private lessons so mine should too” cost- $400

Total: $9600

If you want to bring mom along to see her kid play in Cali it’s more. If you work and don’t have time to prepare meals for every 3 hour road trip to practice, and therefore hit up Dunkin or Panera it’s more. Those acting like $10,000 or $12,000 or more isn’t reality probably haven’t played ECNL long enough. It gets expensive fast.

ECNL is great if you can afford it, if your work schedule allows that kind of travel, if you live within an hour of an ECNL club. It’s just not possible for everyone, talented or not.

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2 showcases and playoffs, all with airfare- $1200 x 3 (actually more but I’ll be conservative).
3 weekend overnights of travel- $400 X 3 including food, gas, hotel, tolls
Gas for my 3 hour round trip drive to practice 3 times per week- $800
Club fee- $3000
Team party fee- $300
Uniform- $300
The “every other forward is doing private lessons so mine should too” cost- $400

Total: $9600

If you want to bring mom along to see her kid play in Cali it’s more. If you work and don’t have time to prepare meals for every 3 hour road trip to practice, and therefore hit up Dunkin or Panera it’s more. Those acting like $10,000 or $12,000 or more isn’t reality probably haven’t played ECNL long enough. It gets expensive fast.

“Team party fee”? Really? Pretty sure that’s a town soccer thing. Lol

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“Team party fee”? Really? Pretty sure that’s a town soccer thing. Lol

So you don’t have to hand over money for team pizza at an overnight showcase? You don’t have to contribute to coach travel to a showcase? You aren’t asked to contribute to a coach gift at year end? I’ve spent many years between 2 of the big few clubs in MA and this was standard at both.

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So you don’t have to hand over money for team pizza at an overnight showcase? You don’t have to contribute to coach travel to a showcase? You aren’t asked to contribute to a coach gift at year end? I’ve spent many years between 2 of the big few clubs in MA and this was standard at both.

Never paid for coach travel at our ECNL club. If my kid does dinner with teammates, of course we pay—she would be eating regardless. And I choose to contribute to a year end gift for the coach (and team manager) just like I would if she played town soccer (this is totally optional—not everyone participates, which is fine). Which 2 big clubs have you been associated with?

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So you don’t have to hand over money for team pizza at an overnight showcase? You don’t have to contribute to coach travel to a showcase? You aren’t asked to contribute to a coach gift at year end? I’ve spent many years between 2 of the big few clubs in MA and this was standard at both.

Coach gift? What a sucker..... still sounds like you have no idea what you are talking about

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Never paid for coach travel at our ECNL club. If my kid does dinner with teammates, of course we pay—she would be eating regardless. And I choose to contribute to a year end gift for the coach (and team manager) just like I would if she played town soccer (this is totally optional—not everyone participates, which is fine). Which 2 big clubs have you been associated with?

Please. You paid for coaches travel, it’s just baked into the price. Some clubs do it separately, many figure it into club fees.

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Please. You paid for coaches travel, it’s just baked into the price. Some clubs do it separately, many figure it into club fees.

ECNL is expensive, but so are the other leagues. Any league that attends tournaments/show cases and plays regional competition in league play will be expensive. It’s like this in every sport, it’s not unique to soccer, or is it the most expensive sport to play.

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Please. You paid for coaches travel, it’s just baked into the price. Some clubs do it separately, many figure it into club fees.

You said “contribute to coach travel”. That implies additional money outside of tuition, which I have never had to pay. You never said what clubs you have been with where you paid 10-12k for ECNL. Why not share?

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You said “contribute to coach travel”. That implies additional money outside of tuition, which I have never had to pay. You never said what clubs you have been with where you paid 10-12k for ECNL. Why not share?

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