Club Soccer in Miami, FL: A Complete Guide for Parents (2026)
TL;DR: Miami is one of the deepest club soccer markets in the country. ClubScout has 27 club records across Miami-Dade and the adjacent Broward corridor — roughly 23 distinct organizations — carrying 38 confirmed league affiliations. Eight organizations hold MLS NEXT memberships, which is more than most entire states. Inter Miami CF runs a fully funded MLS academy (U12–U17) that you get scouted into rather than register for. Weston FC is the most league-diverse club in the metro with four confirmed affiliations (MLS NEXT, NAL, DPL, EDP) and roughly 1,000 players. FC Prime in Sunrise is the ECNL Boys anchor, formed from a three-club merger and running a Miami-Dade region alongside its Broward hub. Pinecrest Premier is the closest Girls Academy program inside Miami-Dade. Confirmed fees run from $1,050/year at Doral Soccer Club to $2,200/season plus $250 registration and $395 uniforms at Atletico de Madrid Academia Miami — the only two clubs in this metro with published numbers in our data. Based on ClubScout data from 27 club records in the Miami metro. This guide covers factual information only — no rankings, no subjective claims.
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How This Guide Works
We're not ranking these clubs. Miami has too many programs at too many levels for a ranked list to mean anything, and what matters is fit — your location inside a metro that takes 90 minutes to cross, your child's age and level, and what your family can sustain for three or four years.
For each club we list what we can confirm: league affiliations verified in our database, program structure, training locations, and leadership where we have it. Then you visit, watch a session, and talk to current parents. Our guide on how to choose a club covers the framework, and the coach evaluation guide has the questions worth asking at every tryout.
Be honest with yourself about our data before you use it. Of the 27 Miami-area records, 12 enriched with zero pages crawled — meaning we confirmed the league affiliation but have nothing about their programs, fees, or fields. Those clubs are listed here because a confirmed MLS NEXT or EDP membership is real information, but the entry will be short and you'll need to call them. We say so where it applies rather than padding it out.
New to all of this? Start with recreational vs. travel soccer and the age-by-age guide. If the league names are a blur, the youth soccer glossary and the compare all leagues table will get you oriented in ten minutes.
Miami-Dade Clubs at a Glance
Eighteen records sit inside Miami-Dade County. Ordered by highest confirmed league tier.
| Club | Confirmed Leagues | City | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inter Miami CF | MLS NEXT, NAL | Miami | Fully funded MLS academy, U12–U17; scouted, not open registration |
| Athletum FC | MLS NEXT, NAL | Miami (trains Hialeah) | Amelia Earhart Park; also listed as Athletum FC Academy |
| Miami Futbol Academy Rush | MLS NEXT, NAL | Miami | MLS NEXT Academy member; MLS GO rec partner |
| Sol SC Florida | MLS NEXT | Miami | League confirmed; no program data in our records |
| IdeaSport Soccer Academy | MLS NEXT, DPL | Miami | Only Miami-Dade club with both a boys and girls national league |
| Pinecrest Premier | Girls Academy, NAL | Pinecrest | 6 training sites; girls U8–U19 plus boys competitive |
| Atletico de Madrid Academia Miami | EDP, NAL | Miami | 6 sites across Doral, Hialeah, North Miami Beach; published fees |
| Juventus Academy Miami | EDP | Miami | League confirmed; no program data in our records |
| Sevilla FC Academy Florida | EDP | Miami | League confirmed; no program data in our records |
| BARCA Academy Pro Miami | EDP | Miami | League confirmed; no program data in our records |
| Ives Estates PSG | EDP | Miami | League confirmed; no program data in our records |
| Academia Doral Soccer Club | EDP | Doral | Probable duplicate of Doral Soccer Club — see note below |
| Doral Soccer Club | NPL | Doral | Non-profit, founded 2005; runs ECNL RL and Elite teams per their site |
| Key Biscayne Soccer Club | NAL | Key Biscayne | Founded 1971; ages 3–18, rec through competitive |
| Miami Breakers | NAL | Miami | League confirmed; no program data in our records |
| Southern Homestead Academy | NAL | Homestead | Southernmost option in the metro |
The Broward Corridor
Nine more records sit just north and west in Broward County. For most Miami-Dade families these are a realistic 25–50 minute drive depending on where you start and when you leave — and they hold two of the metro's strongest confirmed footprints.
| Club | Confirmed Leagues | City | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weston FC | MLS NEXT, DPL, EDP, NAL | Weston | 4 leagues, ~1,000 players, founded 1998; hosts Weston Cup |
| Plantation FC Rush | MLS NEXT, EDP, NAL | Plantation | Founded 1985; ages 4–19 including TOPSoccer for special needs |
| FC Prime | ECNL Boys | Sunrise (+ Miami region) | 1,000+ players; merger of FC Prime, Sunrise SC, Coral Springs United |
| Miramar United Elite FC | ECNL Boys | Miramar | League confirmed; no program data in our records |
| Florida United | Girls Academy | Miramar | League confirmed; no program data in our records |
| South Florida Football Academy | MLS NEXT, NAL | South Florida | City unresolved in our data — confirm location before visiting |
| Weston Select Soccer Club | EDP | Weston | Probable duplicate of Weston FC — see note below |
| FC Florida | NAL | Davie | Residential prep academy, not a standard local club |
| Azzurri Storm Soccer Club | NAL | South Florida | City unresolved in our data |
For what these league names actually mean, see MLS NEXT, ECNL, Girls Academy, DPL, EDP, and NPL. For head-to-heads: MLS NEXT vs ECNL, MLS NEXT vs EDP, ECNL vs Girls Academy, Girls Academy vs DPL, and DPL vs ECNL.
The Clubs Worth Knowing in Detail
These are the eight organizations where we have real program data. The rest of the metro is listed in the tables above with confirmed leagues only.
Inter Miami CF
Location: Inter Miami Training Center, Miami Confirmed leagues: MLS NEXT, NAL Structure: Fully funded academy, U12–U17
Inter Miami CF launched its academy in 2019 and funds six age-group teams outright, U12 through U17, training at the same complex as the professional squads. The academy exists to develop local South Florida players toward the first team, and it has played fixtures against clubs like FC Barcelona and Juventus.
Understand what this is before you build a plan around it. This is not a club you register for. Players arrive through scouting, and six teams is a very small number of roster spots for a metro this size. Their Partner Club Program is the more realistic point of contact — it connects local clubs to the academy structure rather than moving your child into it. If your U11 is talented, the practical route is a strong local club where scouts already watch. The upside is real if your child is identified, though: fully funded means fully funded.
View Inter Miami CF on ClubScout →
Weston FC
Location: Vista Park and Weston Regional Park, Weston Confirmed leagues: MLS NEXT, DPL, EDP, NAL Size: ~1,000 players, ages 7–19
Weston FC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1998 that grew from 100 players to about 1,000 drawn from across South Florida. Four confirmed league memberships is the widest footprint in this metro, and it matters for a practical reason: a player can enter at the NAL or EDP tier and progress toward MLS NEXT or DPL competition without changing clubs, keeping the same coaches and teammates through the years when kids most often get moved around. Their own program list also names League 2, the Florida Academy League, SFUYSA, and UPSL, so the internal ladder is deeper than the four confirmed leagues suggest. They host the Weston Cup, which their site describes as one of the largest US tournaments at over 1,100 teams.
Their documented leadership is a volunteer board rather than a technical staff: Steve Ziegler (President, club founder, former AYSO Regional Commissioner), Stefan Tesoriero (VP/Treasurer, MS in Sports Business from NYU, former MLS partnership marketing), Todd Sussman (VP Premier Girls Program), and John Delionado (VP, former federal prosecutor and high school coach).
Note what that does and doesn't tell you. A board is not a coaching staff — when you visit, ask about the directors of coaching and the specific coach for your child's age group, because those are the people your kid actually sees. Weston FC reports financial aid averaging 20% of total fees for qualifying families, one of the few concrete aid figures anywhere in our Florida data. Ask what the total fee is before you calculate what 20% saves you.
FC Prime
Location: Sunrise, plus a separate Miami-Dade region Confirmed leagues: ECNL Boys Size: 1,000+ players across Broward, Miami, and Miramar
FC Prime was formed by merging three clubs — FC Prime, Sunrise SC, and Coral Springs United — into a single organization that now serves over 1,000 players. Our database confirms ECNL Boys. Their own site describes a wider set of programs: ECNL Girls, ECNL Regional League, NPL, EDP, and a Future Stars program for ages 4–8. Their staff list includes both a Girls ECNL Director and a Boys ECNL Director, which supports the girls side of that claim even though we can't confirm the affiliation ourselves yet. Verify directly.
The club states it leads Florida in college commitments, claiming over 100 more than the next South Florida club across the last five years. That's their number, not ours, and it's the kind of claim worth probing rather than accepting: ask which colleges, which divisions, and how many came from the age group your child would join. Our college recruiting guide covers what these figures do and don't predict.
What makes FC Prime structurally useful for Miami-Dade families: they run a distinct Miami region with its own tryout registration, separate from the Broward hub. You may not have to drive to Sunrise for training. Confirm which region your age group actually trains in before you commit, because the answer changes the commute math completely.
Directors: Garvin Quamina (Girls ECNL), Andres Camacho (Girls), John Buraty (Girls Youth), Lionel Brown (Boys ECNL), Juan Henao (Boys Youth), Aaron Ingham (Goalkeeping).
Training sites: Plantation Central Park, Sunrise Sportsplex, AutoNation and Wolf Field at NSU, Boca Prep International, Mullins Park, Tamarac Sports Complex.
Tryouts run April and May across both regions, with birth years 2007–2018 recruited and separate registration for Broward and Miami-Dade.
Doral Soccer Club
Location: 5300 NW 102 Ave, Doral Confirmed leagues: NPL Estimated annual fee: $1,050
Doral Soccer Club is a non-profit founded in 2005 running both recreational and competitive programs, and it's the most transparent club in this metro on cost. Their $1,050 figure covers monthly fees September through May, FYSA registration, coach registration, insurance, league fees, administration, and referee fees. That's an unusually clear breakdown, and at that price it's the most accessible competitive entry point we can confirm anywhere in Miami-Dade.
Their site describes ECNL Regional League and Elite teams alongside the confirmed NPL affiliation, and they list championships at the Weston Cup and Dimitri Cup. They're affiliated with FYSA, SFUYSA, FLUGSA, and SFYSA.
Doral also publishes a named head coach for every age group from U8 through U19 — eleven in total, including Antonello Paradiso (U11 / U13 ECNL RL), Kevin Piraquive (U14 ECNL), Alfredo Del Toro (U15 / U17 ECNL), and Christian Lopez (U19 ECNL-RL). That level of transparency is rare and practically useful: you can find out who would actually coach your child before you show up.
One caveat on the $1,050: confirm what it excludes. A figure that itemizes referee fees and insurance but says nothing about uniforms or tournament entries usually means those are separate. Ask before you budget.
View Doral Soccer Club on ClubScout →
Atletico de Madrid Academia Miami
Location: Six sites across Doral, Hialeah, and North Miami Beach Confirmed leagues: EDP, NAL Published fees: $2,200/season competitive, plus $250 registration and $395 uniforms
This club brings Atletico de Madrid's methodology to Miami-Dade and runs the widest age span in the metro — Mini Atleti from age 3 through competitive teams, plus dedicated futsal and goalkeeper programs.
It is also the only club in this metro that publishes a genuinely complete cost picture, so it's worth reading carefully as a benchmark for what "$2,200" actually means anywhere else:
| Cost component | Amount |
|---|---|
| Competitive program | $2,200 / season |
| Registration | $250 |
| Uniforms | $395 |
| Prepaid tournaments (boys competitive) | $1,050 |
| Monthly (non-competitive) programs | $180–$250 / month |
| Realistic first-year total, boys competitive | ~$3,895 before travel |
That last row is the number no club puts on its own site. A headline fee of $2,200 becomes roughly $3,900 once registration, kit, and prepaid tournaments are added — and that's before gas, hotels, and meals. When you compare Miami clubs, insist on this level of itemization from all of them. Most won't offer it unprompted.
Sites: BridgePrep Academy of Doral, J.C. Bermudez Doral Senior High School, MIAMI Sports Box (Doral), Milander Park and Ted Hendricks Stadium (Hialeah), Mishcon Park (North Miami Beach). Six sites across three cities means you should confirm which one your age group trains at.
Program leads: Jayzinho (Futsal), Carlos "Guti" Gutiérrez (Goalkeeping).
View Atletico de Madrid Academia Miami on ClubScout →
Pinecrest Premier
Location: Six sites across Pinecrest, Palmetto Bay, and south Miami-Dade Confirmed leagues: Girls Academy, NAL
Pinecrest Premier is the Girls Academy program inside Miami-Dade, which makes it the primary local option for families in south Miami-Dade seeking a top-tier girls program without crossing into Broward. Girls Academy is one of the two leading national girls leagues alongside ECNL — see ECNL vs Girls Academy for how they differ on travel, showcases, and college exposure.
Their range runs wider than the Girls Academy label suggests: Girls Academy, girls competitive U8 and U9–U19, boys competitive U9–U19, a Pinecrest rec program, and a Future Stars track for younger players. A club that runs rec and a national girls league under one roof is useful for families with more than one child at different levels — see our multiple kids guide for how that math works out.
They run separate tryouts for Girls Academy, girls competitive, and boys competitive, so register for the right one.
Sites: Flagler Grove Park and Evelyn Greer Park (Pinecrest), Palmer Trinity School (Palmetto Bay), Deerwood Bonita Lakes Park, Killian Green Park, and Riviera Prep School (Miami).
View Pinecrest Premier on ClubScout →
Plantation FC Rush
Location: 320 S Pine Island Rd, Plantation Confirmed leagues: MLS NEXT, EDP, NAL
Approaching its 40th anniversary — founded 1985 — Plantation FC Rush is part of the national Rush Soccer organization and covers ages 4 through 19 in a clearly tiered structure: Future Stars Juniors (4–6), Future Stars (7–11), Elite Development Program (U9–U12), Florida Academy League (U13–U19), then National Academy League. They also run competitive futsal U9–U19, recreational GHSL, summer and pre-season camps, and TOPSoccer for players with special needs — the only adaptive program we can confirm in this metro, and worth knowing about if you've been told there's nothing for your child.
That laddered structure is genuinely helpful for a 9-year-old whose level isn't yet obvious. You can enter the Elite Development Program and move up without changing organizations.
Tryouts for the 2026–27 season began May 4, with advance registration required. If you're reading this in August, that window has passed for the coming season — contact them about mid-season roster availability and get on the list for next spring. Our tryout guide covers preparation (Northeast-focused, but the preparation advice travels).
View Plantation FC Rush on ClubScout →
Key Biscayne Soccer Club
Location: 10 Village Green Way, Key Biscayne Confirmed leagues: NAL Founded: 1971
Fifty-plus years in, Key Biscayne Soccer Club runs a full ladder for ages 3–18: PeeWee, Intramural (pre-academy), Jr. Academy, and competitive teams. For Key Biscayne and Brickell-area families this is the local club, and the rec-through-competitive structure means a kid can start at 3 and stay without a disruptive jump. They mention financial aid contributions dating back to 2010.
One data note: our database also holds a second Key Biscayne record whose enrichment scraped a Key Biscayne community and tourism website rather than a soccer club, so its content is not usable. The EDP affiliation attached to that record may or may not belong to this club. Ask KBSC directly whether they field EDP teams — don't assume either way from our data.
View Key Biscayne Soccer Club on ClubScout →
FC Florida (Davie) — a different kind of program
Confirmed leagues: NAL
Worth separating out because it isn't a club in the sense the rest of this guide uses. Established 2008 in Davie, FC Florida is a soccer preparatory academy with a residential program and an academic partnership with The Pine School in Hobe Sound. They report placing over 165 players into colleges and developing more than a dozen professionals.
This is a full-time athletic and academic commitment — relocation, not a twice-weekly drive. It's the right conversation for a committed 15-year-old with college ambitions and the wrong one for a U11 who likes playing with school friends. Their ID camps and trials run for U13–U18, with dates noted in May, and camp pricing at $100 for a single day or $175 for two.
Staff: Cam Omsberg (Academy Director), Cesar Montes (Director of Coaching), Emmanuel Perez (Strength & Conditioning), Frederick Gil (Staff Coach).
View FC Florida on ClubScout →
Understanding Miami's Soccer Landscape
Eight MLS NEXT organizations in one metro
Miami-Dade and Broward together hold eight organizations with confirmed MLS NEXT affiliations: Inter Miami CF, Athletum FC, Miami Futbol Academy Rush, Sol SC Florida, IdeaSport Soccer Academy, South Florida Football Academy, Weston FC, and Plantation FC Rush. Most US states don't have eight. Practically, that means a Miami family chasing the top boys tier has options within a reasonable drive instead of a two-hour commute — and it means the label alone doesn't distinguish clubs here. When eight clubs in one metro all say MLS NEXT, the differentiator becomes which age groups actually field teams, who coaches them, and what it costs. Ask all three.
The girls picture, and a gap you should treat with suspicion
For girls, our confirmed data shows Girls Academy at Pinecrest Premier (Pinecrest) and Florida United (Miramar), and DPL at IdeaSport Soccer Academy and Weston FC.
No ECNL Girls club appears in our confirmed Miami data — and you should not conclude the metro has none. FC Prime describes an ECNL Girls program on its own site and employs a Girls ECNL Director; Doral Soccer Club describes ECNL and ECNL RL teams with named ECNL coaches at U14, U15, U17, and U19. That's a gap in our league data, not a fact about Miami. If you're looking for ECNL Girls, call FC Prime and Doral first. This is exactly the kind of hole worth calling out rather than letting a reader draw the wrong conclusion from a blank cell.
For the girls pathway comparison, see ECNL vs Girls Academy, Girls Academy vs DPL, and DPL vs ECNL.
Duplicate records in our data
Three probable duplicate pairs are in our Miami records, and we'd rather flag them than present the same club to you twice as if you had two options:
| Records | Why we think they're one club |
|---|---|
| Athletum FC + Athletum FC Academy | Athletum's own description names MLS NEXT, the affiliation held by the second record |
| Doral Soccer Club + Academia Doral Soccer Club | Same city, closely related names; the second has no independent program data |
| Weston FC + Weston Select Soccer Club | Weston FC's own program list includes SFUYSA / EDP, the second record's only affiliation |
Treat each pair as one organization when you're counting your options.
Geography is the real constraint here
Miami-Dade and Broward together run roughly 60 miles north to south. A club 25 miles away is 35 minutes at 11am and 75 minutes at 6pm on I-95 or the Palmetto. This matters more than almost anything else in this guide, because it's the factor that ends club relationships: parents consistently tell us the commute is what breaks a placement, not the coaching.
Before you commit anywhere, drive the route at the actual practice time on the actual day. Not on a Sunday morning. If a club runs multiple sites — and Atletico de Madrid Academia Miami has six, Pinecrest Premier six, FC Prime seven across two regions — confirm which one your child's age group uses before you judge the distance. The address on the website is often the office, not the field.
What Miami club soccer costs
Only two clubs in this metro publish fees in our data. Here they are, unpadded:
| Club | Confirmed cost | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Doral Soccer Club | $1,050 / year | Monthly fees Sept–May, FYSA and coach registration, insurance, league fees, admin, referees |
| Atletico de Madrid Academia Miami | $2,200 / season + $250 reg + $395 uniforms (+$1,050 prepaid tournaments, boys competitive) | Season fee; tournaments itemized separately |
Everything below is an estimate based on comparable programs in our database at each league tier, not Miami-confirmed data. Use it to sanity-check a quote, not to budget:
| League / level | Estimated annual range |
|---|---|
| NAL / competitive | $1,000–$2,500 |
| NPL | $1,000–$2,500 |
| EDP | $2,000–$3,500 |
| DPL | $2,500–$4,000 |
| Girls Academy | $3,500–$6,000 |
| ECNL Boys | $3,500–$6,000 |
| MLS NEXT | $4,000–$7,000+ |
| Inter Miami CF academy (U12–U17) | $0 — fully funded |
Add uniform kit ($150–$400 in year one), tournament entries ($500–$1,500), and travel. Two aid figures we can confirm: Weston FC reports financial aid averaging 20% of fees for qualifying families, and Key Biscayne SC mentions financial aid contributions. Ask every club about aid and payment plans. Clubs rarely advertise it and routinely have it.
For the full cost framework, see our budget guide and travel soccer cost breakdown (Northeast figures, but the categories and hidden costs apply anywhere). On uniforms specifically: most clubs run a two-year kit cycle, so ask whether you're joining in year one or year two before you order sizes.
Tryout timing in South Florida
Confirmed dates from our data:
| Club | Timing |
|---|---|
| FC Prime | April–May, Broward and Miami-Dade separately, birth years 2007–2018 |
| Plantation FC Rush | 2026–27 tryouts opened May 4, advance registration required |
| FC Florida | ID camps and trials, U13–U18, May 12–16 and May 19–22 |
| Miami Futbol Academy Rush | 2026–27 registration open; MLS NEXT ID sessions available |
| Pinecrest Premier | Separate tryouts for Girls Academy, girls competitive, boys competitive |
Top-tier clubs here run tryouts April through May, and MLS NEXT and ECNL clubs can begin as early as April. If you're reading this in August, the main window for the 2026–27 season has closed at most clubs. That is not the end of the road: ask about mid-season roster spots, ID sessions, and guest-play opportunities, and get on the notification list now for next spring. Several clubs run ID camps year-round precisely because rosters shift. Check the ClubScout tryout calendar for what's still open.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can my child join the Inter Miami CF academy?
Not by registering. Inter Miami CF fully funds six teams across U12–U17 and fills them through scouting and identification, not open tryouts. Six teams in a metro of six million people is a very small number of spots. The realistic path is playing well at a strong local club where scouts already watch, and their Partner Club Program is the more practical connection point for most families. Build your plan around a club you can actually join, and treat academy identification as an upside rather than a strategy.
Which Miami club has the most options under one roof?
Weston FC holds four confirmed leagues — MLS NEXT, DPL, EDP, and NAL — and names several more on its own site. That breadth means a player can move up or down a tier without changing clubs, which matters more than parents expect: switching organizations costs your child their teammates and coaching relationships. Plantation FC Rush offers similar laddering across three confirmed leagues plus its Future Stars and Elite Development tiers. Neither is automatically the right answer, but both reduce the odds you'll be club-shopping again in two years. See when to switch clubs for the signals that a move is genuinely warranted.
Where should I look for ECNL Girls in Miami?
Start with FC Prime and Doral Soccer Club. Neither has a confirmed ECNL Girls affiliation in our database, but both describe ECNL girls programs on their own sites and Doral lists named ECNL coaches at U14 through U19. This is a gap in our league data rather than a gap in the market. For the top-tier girls options we can confirm, Girls Academy is at Pinecrest Premier in Pinecrest and Florida United in Miramar.
How much should I actually expect to pay in Miami?
Our two confirmed data points bracket the competitive range: $1,050/year at Doral Soccer Club and roughly $3,900 all-in for boys competitive at Atletico de Madrid Academia Miami once registration, uniforms, and prepaid tournaments are added to the $2,200 season fee. National-league programs will run higher — plan $4,000–$7,000+ for MLS NEXT, and add travel on top. The Atletico breakdown is the most useful thing in this guide for budgeting, because it shows how a $2,200 headline becomes $3,900 real. Demand that itemization from every club you talk to.
My child is 9 and I can't tell how good they are. Where do we start?
Look for clubs with tiered entry rather than the highest league you can find. Plantation FC Rush runs Future Stars (7–11) into an Elite Development Program (U9–U12) before its national-league teams. Pinecrest Premier runs rec and Future Stars alongside its competitive tracks. Key Biscayne Soccer Club ladders from PeeWee through competitive. At 9, the right question isn't which league — it's whether your child comes off the field wanting to come back. Our age-by-age guide covers what's normal at each stage, and recreational vs. travel soccer covers whether the jump makes sense at all yet.
Why do some clubs in this guide have almost no information?
Because we won't invent it. Twelve of the 27 Miami records enriched with zero pages crawled — usually a website our crawler couldn't reach. For those clubs we can confirm the league affiliation from league registration data and nothing more. A confirmed MLS NEXT or EDP membership is still real information worth acting on; it just means your first step is a phone call rather than a website visit. If you're a director at one of these clubs, claiming your profile fixes it in an afternoon.
Is there anything in Miami for a player with special needs?
Plantation FC Rush runs TOPSoccer, an adaptive program, and it's the only one we can confirm in this metro. That doesn't mean it's the only one — it means it's the only one in our data. Ask other clubs directly; adaptive programs are frequently unlisted on club sites even when they exist.
What to Do Next
- Pick your tier before you pick a club. Eight Miami organizations hold MLS NEXT affiliations, which makes the label nearly useless as a filter here. Decide what your family can sustain for three years, then filter. The compare all leagues table places the tiers fastest.
- Shortlist three clubs at two levels — one reach, two realistic. Miami's density makes this easy, and it stops one tryout from deciding your season.
- Drive every commute at the real practice time, on a weekday at 5:30 or 6pm. This is the single most predictive thing you can do, and the reason most placements fail.
- Confirm which site your age group trains at. Several clubs here run six or seven locations, and the website address is often the office.
- Get the itemized cost, using the Atletico breakdown as your template: season fee, registration, uniforms, tournament entries, travel. Ask which year of the two-year kit cycle you're joining, and ask about financial aid at every club — Weston FC's 20% average is the kind of thing clubs never advertise.
- Outside April–May, ask about ID sessions and mid-season spots. The main 2026–27 window has closed at most clubs, but ID camps run year-round and rosters move. Watch the ClubScout tryout calendar.
- Then go watch a session — and ask whether your child can join one. A trial session tells you more than any guide can. Use the questions in our coach evaluation guide.
Not sure where to start? Try the ClubScout club finder or browse the directory. New to competitive soccer? Read recreational vs. travel soccer first. Wondering which age group your child belongs in? See our age group change explainer.
More Resources
- How to Choose a Club Soccer Club
- How to Evaluate a Youth Soccer Coach
- Compare All Youth Soccer Leagues Side by Side
- Youth Soccer Glossary: Every Term Parents Need to Know
- MLS NEXT vs ECNL: Which Is Better?
- ECNL vs Girls Academy
- Girls Academy vs DPL
- DPL vs ECNL: The Key Differences
- Club Soccer Age-by-Age Guide: U8 vs U14
- Recreational vs. Travel Soccer
- Club Soccer on a Budget: Under $3K/Year
- How Much Does Travel Soccer Cost?
- Multiple Kids in Club Soccer
- When to Switch Clubs
- College Soccer Recruiting: When Coaches Start Watching
- Youth Soccer Tryout Guide