Ever wondered what it actually costs to go and watch Israel's football exports play? According to fresh data compiled by the ticket comparison platform SeatPick and reported by ONE, the answer swings wildly — from a $7 seat in Washington D.C. to a $684 ticket in south London, depending entirely on which club, and which opponent, a fan picks.
The comparison covers ten Israeli internationals scattered across eight clubs in England, the Netherlands and MLS, tracking each club's cheapest available ticket, a typical entry price and the average across the season.
MLS remains by far the budget option. DC United, home to new signing Tai Baribo since his move from Philadelphia Union, tops the cheap list: tickets start from $7, with a typical entry price of $13 and a seasonal average of $66.
The other MLS clubs on Israel's export list cluster close behind. New England Revolution, where striker Dor Turgeman and defender Ilay Feingold both play, start from around $10 with an average near $99. Charlotte FC — home to Liel Abada and Idan Toklomati — starts from roughly $17 and averages about $102, while FC Dallas, who signed midfielder Ran Binyamin from Hapoel Tel Aviv, starts from about $24 and averages $95.
There is one sizeable exception even within MLS's budget bracket: fixtures against Lionel Messi's Inter Miami. SeatPick's data puts those games in the $284-$293 range on average — a reminder, as the platform's own numbers show, that the opponent can matter as much as the home club.
Cross the Atlantic and prices climb sharply. Southampton, where goalkeeper Daniel Peretz completed a permanent move from Bayern Munich, starts from $74 and averages $144. West Ham — who this week agreed a reported £7m deal to sign winger Manor Solomon from Tottenham — starts from $45 with an average of $125.
The steepest prices on the list belong to Crystal Palace and Ajax. Palace, who are closing in on a move for winger Anan Khalaili from Belgium's Union SG in a deal reported at around €28m ($32.5m) — which would make him the most expensive Israeli player in history — averages $326 a ticket, but a fixture against Arsenal alone averages $684, the single highest figure in the entire dataset. Ajax, home to attacking midfielder Oscar Gloukh, isn't far behind at $353 on average.
"Fans tend to start their search by club or by the star they want to see, but the data show the identity of the opponent matters just as much," Guy Kogel, SeatPick's CTO and co-founder, told ONE.
The spread underlines just how far Israeli football's footprint abroad has spread this transfer window — from bargain seats at DC United to a five-figure trip to Amsterdam or south London — and how much choice of fixture, not just choice of club, now shapes the bill for fans wanting to follow their countrymen.
