Michael and Son Sportsplex at Dulles

Had a very disappointing experience trying to book a field trip here with the manager Jaime recently. I work with a children’s center who does a yearly fundraiser to earn money to take field trips during Winter Break. One of their favorite trips is Dulles Sportsplex where we’ve gone each Winter Break for the last 10 years. Dulles Sportsplex has always done a good job with the trips in the past and has had a field trip system in place where you pay a set price per child and reserve a couple of fields or basketball courts in 2 hour time slots. When I called this year, the person at the front desk said they had talked to the manager and that they were in the process of changing their pricing system, but that they would honor the field trip request this year. I was told there was space available on the day we were interested in and to email the manager who would be back in touch with me quickly to complete the reservation. I did so, but did not hear anything back. I waited a few days and then called Sportsplex to talk to the manager Jaime. I was told Jaime was on the other line and that he would call me back shortly. I did not receive a return phone call. Instead, the next day I received an email from the manager saying that we would have to reserve the playing surfaces by the hour which is much more expensive (again, we raise our money through bake sales and small fundraisers). I was told we could look into advertising with Sportsplex, but that is something we can not afford. I immediately wrote back and left a voice mail, saying that I had been told when I first called that Sportsplex that they would honor the pre-​existing field trip deal and that we were very disappointed. I mentioned in my email that Sportsplex had language and information on it’s website about the per child field trip deal. I asked for a return phone call or email from Jaime to discuss this, but alas never heard anything back. Needless to say, our children are very disappointed having raised money to go on one of their favorite field trips of the year after 10 years of business. I’m thoroughly frustrated and upset that Sportsplex failed to honor the field trip agreement as they said they would, with such poor customer service and follow through from their manager. That seems like a pretty sad way to treat a non-​profit children’s organization who has been a loyal customer for the last 10 years. Happy Holidays kids!

Great place for adult indoor soccer! Nightly league play has something for all groups: men, women, co rec, 35+, 40+. The restaurant /​bar there is great for after games. Customer service is excellent! Fighting and rough play is not tolerated. Most of the refs are high quality. The old guy should be fired but all refs maintain the games. Games are 2×25 minute halves. 5 + a goalie per side. If a player gets a red card they are removed from a week and a day of a games. Although most don’t know, all games are recorded with cameras throughout the building. There are 3 large fields for league play. Fields can be rented too.
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This place is just a factory and no customer service. All they care about is money. They charge a premium and the referees are no good. They also make the NFL look like experts when it comes to managing controversy and safety. They never follow through on complaints.
You sign a waiver to play here but they have an obligation to provide a safe environment. They fail to do that. Unfortunately I think it is only a matter of time until they get a rude awakening. People have gotten hurt and they just do not care.
If you want to be treated like just a revenue stream then this place is for you.

Good place for indoor soccer, and they have relatively well organized adult leagues. The price for a 5 game season seems a bit stiff, but its not an offensive price. Fields are in good condition, well maintained, and rink is also in good shape. Management is friendly, and staff are present usually from what I can tell.
The cons:
— It’s pretty dirty there, lots of dust, etc and lack of really dressing rooms. The latter doesn’t bother me personally, but its a thing.
— There is a warm up field, but it is always taken. The other one that was up top is now a MuayThai studio. So there is really not much of a place to warm up.
Overall a convenient place to go, play a game, have a beer with the team afterwards, and let off some steam.

I’ve been playing indoor soccer here for a few seasons now. Front desk is extremely helpful and pleasant.

My 3 ½ year old girls just started the «Soccer Bugs» program in Brambleton via the Sportsplex and they love it. They get great exercise, have fun and the best part is how engaged the coaches are. They are excellent with the kids and have great games for them to play plus soccer skills are beginning! I highly recommend!!!

The fields are in decent shape but the referees create unsafe playing conditions by catering to the players they are friendly with. I was involved in an incident at this field that sent me to surgery and the player wasn’t even carded. Will not play here again.

Lacks organization and management.

Your experience with the sports plex is going to vary depending on what program/​event you attend.
The trainer I use for basketball is great, and that is the only reason I ever go to the sports plex. The courts have a permanent layer of dust and is composed of tiles which is awful for handling the ball.
I have gone to a MMA fight once and had am okay time.
Over all the place is just dirty. Maybe if they cleaned up I could enjoy it more

My son has been going to Dulles Sports plex — which is now Michael and Son Sportsplex at Dulles for years now. We used to love their Sports camps and the fact that we could pay daily rates ($ 70 !!!) was convenient for us. Its indoors and nice.
Lately we have seen some issues here with the management and coaches. This summer, my kid complained that they make the whole team run laps right after lunch as a punishment just because some of the brash kids cause trouble or talk too much during lunch… note ‘right after lunch’ !! Also kids have to ask permission to go to bathroom multiple times before they are actually given permission. Really ?
Many times, money disappeared from my son’s backpack — so I ended up stapling a zip lock with the money inside the back pack.
The coaches change every week if not everyday ! I don’t know what kind of selection process the management has for the kids’ coaches… but from what I have heard from my son — the coaches just plain do NOT know how to deal with kids. I was furious when I learnt of the ‘punishment runs right after meals’, ‘delayed bathroom permissions’, ‘money stolen’ — that too after we pay $ 70 a day !
It doesn’t help if the manager talks to the coaches about our complaints — because the coaches seem to change the very next day and no one there bothers to let the other coaches know of our concerns. At 2pm everyday the coaches change as well as kids are all grouped together.
Well — this summer will be our last camp at this place that we formerly liked.
We DON’T recommend it to anyone. especially for parents of smaller kids.
Oh and have I mentioned that they don’t learn anything in these camps? Theres no ‘coaching’ .just drills and playing games. No one corrects or teaches the kids the right way to play the sport — soccer, basketball, etc.

This is a good place for your kid’s birthday party. The customer service is excellent during parties and the kids have a blast and most go home tired.
As far as camps go, this place is horrible. I sent both of my boys to a week long basketball camp. On day one, both boys said all they did were some drills and played games and the «coaches» shot trick shots. They were not coached or corrected once.
I called and asked to speak to a manager 30 minutes after the camp was over, and the lady I spoke to had no idea who to get to talk to me, so she said someone would call me back. No one called back. I called back 4 hours later and the gentleman I spoke to said that the manger/​director overseeing camps was off that day, but there was no one I could speak to. No backup? Really???
I went in on day 2 of the camp and asked for a refund. The guy at the desk said they got a lot of good feedback. The only feedback that matters are my 2 boys that were standing next to me and they didn’t receive any coaching. He said they ran drills. I said that you can run drills all day, but if they aren’t being corrected during the drills then all they are doing is breeding bad habits. He then proceeded to tell me, «Well, we do have 60 kids in the camp.» And that’s my fault that they over booked the number of kids in a sports camp where they are supposed to be coached??? They run the specific sports camp like a daycare, not an athletic improvement camp like they advertise it to be on their website. My advice would be to save your money and avoid the sports camps unless you truly just want your kid out of the house and not learning anything.

I came here to see roller derby and for also a boxing event. It is a nice location with ample parking for smaller events.
There is a pizza place here that is reasonable price that offers specials. I didn’t have any of the specials but I did score a beer on draft for only $ 3 bucks which is cheaper than what I pay in fairfax.

Poor customer service. Only if there were other competing business in the area. As long as they are the only one in this area, they will just not give a crap about customer service and there still would be people coming into the door.

During cold and flu season, this place is filthy. They need to clean the boards, poles and trash cans of all the spit and other junk that hasn’t been cleaned. It looks like they do the floors, but everything else is gross. Their kids programs are a joke and they don’t enforce the no parents rule in the no parents classes.
Find it funny that after going there and seeing the place filthy, the whole family got sick. It’s really a shame how people who own/​run businesses like this cannot properly keep them up. Because of the amount of bodily fluids that are expelled during a game, cleanliness should be top priority, not a passive thing to do when someone complains.

I’ve been registering youth teams at the Michael and Son Sportsplex at Dulles for five years. This year I registered two teams made from one team, an A team and a B team. Prior to registering the teams I called the Michael and Son Sportsplex at Dulles and I confirm they had enough teams to have two divisions in our U13 age group. They stated that they had plenty of teams to create two divisions. I confirmed that the A team would be grouped with the higher division or age group and the B team be grouped in a lower division or their own age group and with that assurance I registered the A team. $ 875. per team. As usual they did not release the first game schedule until Monday prior to the first game. The first game schedule did not show division however it became clear that the B team was playing one year above their age group at U14. I went to the front desk immediately after the first game to correct their error. They said no problem but I need to call and email the office on Monday. I emailed them on Sunday with no response. I called and left several messages on Monday then on Tuesday with no response. Finally late on Tuesday I made contact with Patrick. He stated no changes would be made. I requested management to please call me so I could plead my concerns and again emailed management quoting from their website their own rules that indicate the B team should play in their own age group. Patrick refused to listen. He was more concerned that one team might beat all of the teams and had no compassion for one team that will be beaten by all of the teams with runaway scoring and devastating the young boys. The most upsetting issue was the lack of response from upper management. I never received any response after we appealed for compassion from management or Patrick. I am totally disgusted with the staff and upper management’s total disregard to even addressing our concerns. We even asked if we could withdraw our B team and their response was sure but we are going to keep $ 250. as a penalty. One last thing. When I asked why did they confirm I could register each team in a different division upfront but not now. Patrick responded that the «confirmation was only a request to have the two teams in different division and not a confirmation» So we are out $ 875. per team and we have to play each other. With 7 seven games we are paying $ 250. to play each other. So coaches if you are going to register an A and a B team at the Michael and Son Sportsplex at Dulles and you want them in different division make sure you register one as a house team and the other as your NCSL team.

Pretty good sports complex. My kids are frequent users of their indoor soccer fields and basketball courts. The indoor leagues are organized. With the facility having many games and leagues going, the start and end times they publish for games and reserved areas (i.e., parties, practices, games) are usually punctual and start/​end on time. The indoor eatery is pretty good — I recommend the burgers, funnel cake fries, and wings.
The place could use a good cleaning. But it’s a sportsplex and you can’t complain about its adequate sports facilities.
They even do birthday parties. But check it out before booking to male sure you are okay with the food, cake, and party room.

This place reminds me of a sports complex my cousins and I used to go to as kids in Cincinnati.
The guy I was dating played with a volley ball and dodge ball league here… tons of fun!

By day, DSS offers sports camp for kids and by night, league play for adults. You can find soccer, volleyball, roller hockey, flag football, and basketball leagues here. I’ve even participated in dodge ball many moons ago but I haven’t seen that in a while. I’d say soccer is the most popular as you can find multiple categorized 6×6 leagues (men, women, co-​ed, men over 30, women over 30, co-​ed over 30, etc) and further broken down by skill (division A, B, C). The turf fields are the nicest in the area (compared to Fairfax Sportsplex), large and well maintained.
Note: During the summer/​spring months, the team sign up fees are cheaper cause they figure everyone’s playing outdoor soccer.