Now openFor travel & club teams
The team treasurer’s tool. Off your Venmo.
No more Venmo requests, fronting the tournament entry, or chasing the last three families. Season dues, tournament entries, uniforms, hotel blocks, ref fees: every team cost set up once, one balance per family, paid by card or bank, with payment plans and late reminders doing the chasing. Keep TeamSnap for the schedule. Let Sideline Dues handle the money.
- 14-day free trial, no card needed
- Flat pricing, never per player or per team
- One balance per family, even with kids on two teams
- Built on Fee-Lion invoicing and payments
- Winter indoor tournament$95 × 12 players 9 paid
- Stay-to-play hotel block, Phoenix$240 × 12 · payment 2 of 3 Autopay
- Fall league ref fees$35 × 12 All paid
Who it’s for
For whoever ended up holding the team’s money
Travel and club youth teams, from one 12U roster to a small club, run by volunteers who never signed up to do accounts receivable.
- Soccer
- Baseball
- Softball
- Volleyball
- Hockey
- Lacrosse
- AAU basketball
Volunteer team treasurers
The parent who said yes at the first team meeting and now holds the team’s money, the receipts and everybody’s questions.
Team managers
Running the travel calendar, the hotel block and the tournament registrations, and fronting the entry fee when a family is late.
Small club directors
Three to thirty teams, a few hundred players, and a registration tool that handles sign-up but not the fees that come after it.
Coach-run programs
AAU and select teams where the coach is also the bookkeeper, the travel agent and the person every parent texts about money.
Beyond the dues
The season fee is one bill. The season is fifteen.
Every one of these has its own amount, its own deadline and its own way of being split. Multiply by every player, then add the families with kids on two teams.
Season dues
The club or team fee, usually split into installments across the season.
Tournament entries
Showcases, cups and qualifiers, each with its own entry fee and deadline.
Uniforms & gear
Home and away kits, warm-ups, bags, helmets, team socks and the reorder for the kid who grew.
Travel & hotel blocks
Stay-to-play hotel rooms, bus or van rental, and the deposit due months ahead.
Ref, field, gym & ice
Referee and umpire fees, field permits, gym rental and ice time, split across the roster.
Coach & trainer stipends
Head coach stipends, a skills trainer or goalie coach, and their tournament travel.
League & insurance
League fees, state association and governing-body registration, player cards, and insurance.
Fundraisers
Raffles, sponsor banners and car washes, credited back to the families who did the selling.
End-of-season party
Banquet, trophies, the coach gift and team photos, collected once at the end.
A year with one travel team
Six moments every treasurer knows
Northside FC’s 2014 Girls Blue: twelve players, three tournaments, one volunteer treasurer. What it looks like today, and what it looks like with Sideline Dues.
- August
Commitment deposits
TodaySixteen families send $250 by Venmo, Zelle and check. The treasurer cross-checks a spreadsheet against three apps and a stack of paper.
With Sideline DuesEach family gets one invoice for the deposit, with card or bank payment, and the treasurer sees who has paid at a glance.
- September
The uniform order
TodayThe supplier needs payment in full before it ships. Two families haven’t paid, so the team account covers $310 and the treasurer chases it for a month.
With Sideline DuesOne fee assigned to the whole team in one step, due before the order date. If a family is late, the reminder goes out on its own, not from you.
- October
Tournament season and hotel blocks
TodayThree tournaments, two of them stay-to-play. Entry fees, room nights and a bus deposit, each split a different way, all in a group chat.
With Sideline DuesEach cost goes on the season once, with a due date and an optional payment plan. Parents see every date from the first week.
- November
Siblings on two teams
TodayElla plays on 2014 Girls Blue and Noah on 2016 Boys White. The Daniels family gets requests from two treasurers, on two schedules, and nobody can say what they owe in total.
With Sideline DuesOne balance for the family, split by player and laid out month by month, with the sibling discount on season dues.
- February
Raffle credits
TodayThe Daniels family sold $600 in raffle tickets and earned a $60 credit. It lives in a note on the treasurer’s phone until someone asks.
With Sideline DuesA $60 credit goes on the family’s bill as its own line, so the balance drops by $60 and nobody keeps a note on their phone.
- June
Handing over the books
TodayThe season ends, the treasurer steps down, and next year’s volunteer gets a spreadsheet, a bank login and a list of who still owes for the banquet.
With Sideline DuesEvery invoice, payment and receipt stays in the team’s account, so the next treasurer starts with the full history.
Why nothing covers this today
Team apps do schedules. Club software does registration. Nobody does the treasurer.
So most teams patch it together. Each of these is good at something; none was built for a volunteer collecting a season of uneven fees from sixteen families.
TeamSnap
Good atSchedules, availability, team chat and an app every parent already has.
The gapMoney comes in through team invoices and club registration, with no season plan or one-balance-per-family view for a treasurer to run. Its pricing page lists single teams as “$0 to start” and clubs by custom quote, and its help center says processing fees are added to what the payer owes.
SportsEngine HQ
Good atClub websites, registration and rosters for organizations with a board and an admin.
The gapIts HQ Premium page lists $69 a month or $749 a year, plus 3.25% and $2 on every transaction, and a $300 fee at renewal if less than $1,000 went through it in the year. That’s a lot for one 14-player team.
Spreadsheets + Venmo / Zelle
Good atFree, familiar, and every parent can pay in ten seconds.
The gapTeam money lands in the treasurer’s personal account, mixed with their own. No payment plans, no reminders, no receipts, and nothing to hand over at the end of the season.
Prices from TeamSnap’s pricing page and SportsEngine’s HQ Premium page, checked Nov 2, 2026. Plans, partner discounts and processing rates change; check with each company.
How it works
Set up the season once. Every family sees it from week one.
Do the work once in August. After that, the season mostly runs itself.
- 1
Set up the season plan
Dues, each tournament, uniforms, hotel blocks, ref and field fees, coach stipends: an amount, a date, and a payment plan if you want one (dues in 4 payments, the hotel block in 3).
- 2
Bill the whole team in one step
Review every family’s season, month by month, then bill it. Or give all twelve players the tournament fee at once instead of sending twelve invoices.
- 3
One balance per family
Siblings on different teams share one family balance, split by player, with the sibling discount if you offer one. A raffle credit is just a line on the bill.
- 4
Autopay and reminders do the chasing
Families pay by card or bank from the email link. On Studio they can save a card and turn on autopay. Installments run on schedule. Families get a heads-up a few days before each payment, and another reminder if one is late.
In Sideline Dues today
- Teams with rosters, and a fee assigned to the whole team at once
- Season plans, payment plans and the sibling discount
- One balance per family, split by player, in a portal with no app or password
- Card and bank (ACH) payments, with family autopay on Studio
- Credit lines for fundraisers
- Reminders a few days before each payment, and again if it’s late
- Sponsors billed as clients, plus Fee-Lion’s invoices, expenses and reports
Coming next
- Splitting one player’s fees between two households
- Importing a roster from a spreadsheet
See it
The real thing, with a sample club
These are screens from the live demo club, Northside FC in north Denver, run by its treasurer. Open the demo and click around: it’s the whole season with real numbers.
What families see
What the treasurer does
Good for the whole team
Treasurers buy it. Parents pay through it. Players just play.
Stop being the collections department
Set the season up once. Installments, late reminders and receipts run on their own, and team money stays out of your personal Venmo.
One view across every team
Every team’s fees, payments and overdue families in one place, with reports, and no per-player software bill.
The whole season, up front
Every fee with its date from week one, one balance for all their kids, paid by card or bank, in installments when the team offers them. It opens from the email link: no app, no password.
Nobody sits out over money
No awkward reminders at practice, and the raffle tickets they sold show up as a credit on their family’s bill.
Paid on time, not chased
Stipends and trainer fees are billed and collected with everything else, so the coach isn’t waiting on the last family.
Tell us your team
Name your club or team in the form below and we’ll reach out to the treasurer.
Tell us your team →Pricing
Flat pricing. No per-player fees.
A 14-player team and a 300-player club shouldn’t pay different software bills for the same tool.
Plans are $9 / month (Solo) and $29 / month (Studio). Online payments carry Stripe’s processing fee plus a small platform fee: 2% on Solo, 1% on Studio, with bank payments capped at $10 and $5.
Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, no card needed. Family autopay and saved cards are on Studio.
Start your free trial See Fee-Lion pricing →Questions
Can we start today?
Yes. Start a 14-day free trial, no card needed, and your workspace opens set up for a club: teams with rosters, season plans and the sibling discount. Sideline Dues runs on Fee-Lion, which handles the invoices, payment plans, autopay and online card and bank payments. Want to look around first? The live demo club, Northside FC, is a full season with real numbers.
Do we have to leave TeamSnap or SportsEngine?
No. Keep them for schedules, chat and club registration. Sideline Dues handles the money that comes after sign-up: tournaments, travel, uniforms, ref fees and the rest. There’s no integration with them today: you add your teams and players, then bill the season from there.
Where does the money go?
Fee-Lion takes payments through Stripe and pays out to the bank account you connect. For a team, that should be the team’s own account, not yours. That’s one of the reasons treasurers want off personal Venmo.
How much is it?
Flat monthly pricing, never per player or per team: $9 a month (Solo) or $29 a month (Studio), plus Stripe processing and a small platform fee on online payments. Family autopay and saved cards are on Studio. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, no card.
Do parents need an app or a password?
No. Every bill and reminder email has a link to the family’s portal: one balance split by player, every month’s payments, and a Pay button for card or bank. Nothing to download, nothing to remember.
What about players’ data?
Keep it minimal: a player’s name, team and birth year are enough to bill a family. No photos or medical forms; your registration tool already holds those.
Who’s behind it?
Media Lion LLC, the small team that makes Fee-Lion. We talk to treasurers, managers and club directors every week: book a walkthrough below and tell us how your season works.
Rather talk it through?
Book a 20-minute walkthrough
Tell us a little about your team or club and we’ll walk you through your own season: your teams, your fees, your dates. Or start the free trial and set it up yourself.