I saw in one post the REC/Classic/Challenge are the same at $930. All I can say is that they never had a child play any of those levels. REC is $65 at most per season, that is a far cry from $930. Classic and Challenge could be close to each other depending on the club and the mix of players.
I think that $930 was sort of a median number; costs for Classic, especially, can vary widely from club to club even within a relatively small geographical area. Challenge and Classic are pretty close in actual club fees; the reason the gap widens significantly at the Challenge level is that Challenge teams typically participate in more (and more expensive) tournaments that involve more travel in order to play at a higher level of competition.
There are a lot of soccer options available in SC in many different price ranges...my advice would be for people to look around and see what's available rather than toss out the idea of playing based on a couple of dollar figures from one or two institutions.
