Weekends Are for Kids
Useful ranges without pretending we know your exact bill.
Youth soccer pricing is messy. A $150 rec season and a $2,500 academy are both “soccer,” but they are not the same product. Our estimator separates the pieces and uses broad national planning ranges rather than pretending one average fits everyone.
The soccer product matters most.
Our launch bands were calibrated against dozens of current published youth-soccer programs across multiple U.S. markets, then intentionally widened so they can function as national planning ranges rather than local quotes.
Short local fall or spring program.
More training or professional coaching without a full-year commitment.
Longer academy or select commitment.
Tryout-based club environment, often with tournaments and some travel. We intentionally stop short of elite/high-performance pathways.
Start with what you know. We’ll estimate the rest.
The planning model is a fallback, not a requirement. If you already know your program fee, uniform cost, tournament assessment or travel budget, enter it. Your actual number replaces our range for that category while the estimator continues filling in the unknown pieces.
Your number wins
If you enter a $2,545 program fee, the calculator uses $2,545. It does not force that fee back into a national average.
Unknowns stay estimated
You can know one cost or all five. Anything left blank continues to use a WAFK planning range.
The headline fee is not the family budget.
Uniform / kit
New players can face a larger first-year bill, especially when a club begins a new two-year kit cycle.
Personal gear
Cleats, shin guards, balls and replacements are easy to overlook because they are purchased separately.
Team + tournament costs
Some clubs include tournaments. Others pass tournament registrations, team assessments or coach travel through later.
Family travel
Hotels, gas, airfare, parking and meals can turn travel into one of the largest parts of the sports budget.
A 12-year-old does not automatically cost more than a 7-year-old.
Older kids often cost more because their programs become more intensive: more months, more practices, more tournaments and more travel. Our estimator therefore lets program type, commitment and travel drive the number instead of applying a simple age multiplier.
No fake precision.
We don't call this a quote.
Actual prices vary by region, club, league and what is included.
We don't silently add optional spending.
Camps, private training and upgraded gear are shown separately from expected participation costs.
We don't expose a club-price directory as the product.
Current public pricing is used behind the scenes to calibrate assumptions.
We want real-family data next.
The long-term advantage is anonymous, aggregated data showing what families actually spent after registration.
Project Play parent spending research ↗