La Mesa Indoor Soccer

Schedule changes at last minute without notice. Been here twice now to be told the game has been changed. Waste if my time and gas driving here. It wouldn’t be too bad of a place if they could get their act together on the schedule. Once a schedule is set, it should remain that way.

We watched a 12 year old girl punch another player in the face in front of everyone, and they are only giving a two game suspension. The rules clearly state that is a one year penalty. Not to mention they are a completely disorganized and unprofessional facility. The lack of a clear response on why this player would not be suspended is troubling. There is also video of this incident. If your child’s safety is important, stay away from La Mesa Indoor.

It was a nice enough venue for what it needs to be! Considering its pretty far from home for me, and we were just in the area to support a friend playing here, it wasn’t so bad! Thankfully it wasn’t too hot on Monday because otherwise we would have been ROASTING! It’s not really INdoors, it’s more like a tented room with the ability to have the sides of the walls closed up!

Refs are hit or miss. Some are good, some are extremely bad. They allow games to get dangerous
Schedule– no consistency, changes all the time, signed up for mon league but sched mon & wed
Don’t like the fact that players can wear cleats.

My team signed up to play on Monday nights, with the possibility of an occasional Wednesday night game. For the first game, the opponents did not show. This is not the fault of the venue.
For our second game, we showed up to play to find that our entire schedule had been changed hours before. Another team had been notified 3 hours prior that they needed to play in our slot. We were not notified of the change at all.
All of our games were switched to Thursday and Friday nights — not the schedule for which we signed up. Even today, mid season, they changed the scheduling again.
It’s obvious La Mesa Indoor is managed and run poorly. Their staff can’t seem to create and commit to a schedule. Their management seems unapologetic and unconcerned about a poorly run business.
I would strongly advise against playing at La Mesa Indoor. There are many venues around San Diego with very competitive leagues, but without the bullshit.

This place needs to find some refs that actually pay attention to the games rather than punk kids that stand around talking to each other. Plus the facility as a whole could use some maintenance. There is potential here that just isn’t being reached.

this place is run by a bunch of kids with no back bone. There is no authority here. They let anyone play (even if they play dirty), they let the Chaldean’s hang out inside and outside doing drugs and getting rowdy. They let those guys do whatever they want there, and bring who ever they want. This place has soo much potential but unfortunately due to their lack of authority, they let the middle eastern men ruin the entire experience. I personally witnessed the staff members letting some of the players hit & hurt some girls in the audience.
I do not feel comfortable bringing my family here to enjoy watching a game LET ALONE play with some of the dirty players they allow to play there week in and week out. I am tired of the staff just watching what ever happens and not doing anything about it.

Not worth the money. Disorganized scheduling. The bathrooms are not well-​maintained and smell like bug spray. The refs are too busy talking to scorekeepers instead of paying attention to the game. One of the refs is also the manager’s son, who is still in high school, and cannot control any game. I have seen an all-​out bench brawl in the Men’s league because the ref could not control the game. And, oh, if you are a woman (especially a good-​looking one) and want good calls, just flirt with the manager Josh because he will make sure you get what you want. Basically, for the exorbitant prices you get terrible refs, a dilapidated field and a manager who is too lazy to do his job correctly. Basically, you are better off playing at the Water Tower which has 3 brand-​new pitches and much better refs!

This place is terribly run. If you want a good indoor experience then go elsewhere. The seasons are shorter than most other places but cost the same as well as random schedule changes for games.
The referees do not pay attention to the game they just talk/​flirt with the scorekeepers the entire game and they let the games get out of hand. You try and tell them but they don’t care they are just there for their quick 10 bucks. They also pick and choose rules they want to imply or rules that aren’t even in the rule book. Even after bringing it to their attention they did nothing.
Depending on if the ref has friends on a team or not they will hold up games to wait for those players to show or will let the game clock run bc players can’t get there on time and are still getting ready but won’t start the game. I’ve even witnessed them taking minutes off the clock during a game so they could finish quicker!
There is never any management in the office on the weekends to answer questions or to handle situations. Please do yourself a favor and get a good experience elsewhere.

I really like playing here, but the scheduling process is ridiculous. Josh is a nice guy but get a program to help you with schedules and stop trying to do it manually.
Very hot in the summer and freezing in the winter, so come prepared.

Every time I have been there with the boy the staff is helpful and nice. I spilled a drink and they cleaned it up for madame klutz rather quickly. Thanks guys.
The refs at this area have been hit or miss. One of the good ones was Christopher he seemed to work well with the kids. My boy is known as a kid who leaves it all out on the field. He plays hard and sometimes needs to be told to simmer down. Christopher did just so.
I am glad our coach chose this indoor soccer field to play. Hopefully it will be here again next soccer season. Thank you for your upkeep to the facility and for employing such a great referee as well as other staff there!

i have played at other indoor facilitys and this is by far the best. Nice turf, clean facility and your able to wear cleats. All in all it is a good place to play

I finally have time and write a review for the La Mesa Indoor Soccer Center. This is a really good place to play indoor soccer. Josh the manager is a good guy and makes everyone feel like they are part of the family at La Mesa. I have played on and off at La Mesa for many years and enjoy each time I do. I trust when I bring a team to the La Mesa Indoor Soccer Center my players will have a good time. I have played indoor soccer all over San Diego County and at each facility. La Mesa by far is one of my favorites. The refs are always bad because as a player we only see what we see. I know this because I ref a lot. I work hard to ref a good game because I understand each of you pay me to ref. I move with the ball and try and call the foul right away and explain why I called it the way I did. But most the refs I see now do it just to make extra money. They don’t care about doing a good job. So most of them sit near the scrorekeeper bench and chat it up. That causes them to miss calls and then they loose control of the game. Josh understands this and tries to keep good refs. But at the end of the day, its hard to find people to commit to an entire night of reffing and do their day job. Hence why you get the snot nosed kid reffing your game. This is a good place to play. If you do get a good ref, make sure you tell him he/​she did a good job. It means a lot for those of us that do take your game seriously.

Like many other peeps, I’ve been playing here since they moved from Wing Ave! It does not seem to make sense to have a no cleat policy but allow it for the high school and underage players who arguably require MORE liability coverage because they are minors. Oh well, Josh runs the place pretty well and weather is not typically an issue. Now some of the refs…

Update — My knee is aching today, which I blame entirely on slipping around the field here yesterday. I’d much rather run the risk of some incompetent player cleating me than the possible injuries to ankles and knees from having no traction — their no cleat policy is inane and dangerous.
Honestly, I’ve played at most indoor places in San Diego — Let’s Play Soccer AKA the Water Tower, YMCA Mission Valley, YMCA Toby Wells… and even Wing St and Parkway Pool and Tennis back in the day. So, I’d like to think I have an idea of what to expect — La Mesa is the WORST. GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
I manage three teams and have always fiddled with the idea of moving them to La Mesa since it’s closer to my house (literally 2 miles away). However, after my experience tonight, I can safely say my teams will stay at Let’s Play for the indefinite future.
The facilities — It’s nice to have an actual indoor indoor field, in theory. However, keeping dry for the one week of the year that it rains in San Diego does not make up for the 51 weeks where you sweat/​freeze your ass off. You sweat on the field because the dome radiates heat, but you freeze on the sideline because they pump A/​C on the benches. They play music, which sounds entertaining at first, but is obnoxious. And the fields are the newer turf that everyone else has, but they don’t allow you to wear cleats. So you slip all over the field. This is a huge reason I’d never bring a team here.
The staff — I complain a lot about the refs at Let’s Play and loathed Manny from YMCA MV, but the ref who had our game tonight was the biggest prick I’ve ever encountered. I was off balance when switching the ball to the other side of the field (as I was slipping without cleats) and some girl hip checked me after I had gotten rid of the ball without any legitimate attempt at the ball. After landing in a flip on my shoulders, the ref proceeded to laugh at me and tell me that I was being stupid to kick the ball off balance. Seriously, to not call such a flagrant foul is one thing, but to actually call my play «stupid» has no excuse. This is the main reason I will not bring my teams here. No other place I have ever played will tolerate a referee speaking to a player like that. He also spent the majority of the game at the sidelines chatting with the scorekeeper and some players and very little time actually doing his job. And there is rarely someone manning the office — as they save money by doing this — which is annoying as well.
This ref isn’t the exception there, he’s the rule. I’ve played on and off at La Mesa for 10 years and times I’ve subbed over the last 3 years, the referees have all had attitudes, don’t seem to pay any attention and just generally don’t seem to understand soccer.
Oh, and they’re really inconsistent about their own rules. When I was 24, I went to sub as the ‘underage’ player on a women’s over 30 team and the owner told me I was too young. He let me play after I pointed out that I knew the girl who was on the top of the over 30 high scorers list and she was only 21. If you’re going to have age limits, CHECK ID.

«Indoor» indoor in San Diego, no rain delays screwing it up. Sure it’s a giant microwave oven in the summer, and and icebox in the winter, but you won’t have 1,000,000 reschedules. Josh knows the place better than the back of his hand, and most of the players as well. Can’t go with 5 stars because they don’t have beer like POway, but would give them ½ a star more because they are close to Casa de Pico.

La mesa indoor soccer is nice. Good place to play soccer and it seems the teams and league are pretty well organized. The price is a little higher than you would expect, but the quality of the league is nice. They also are located right by the Charcoal House which is a plus because you can go there after and listen to your great grandma sing karaōke.,
Its Indoor Soccer in San Diego. You aren’t gonna have the greatest refs and/​or players, so it is good for what it is. For people who don’t like it (Like the review Adrienne J put out), there are always other options in San Diego with lower prices and/​or better fields. Some are a little more professional, but why not play some where with plenty of parking, good people and great times?

The refs have gotten better… they seem to have a better rapport with the players, and keep in tune with the games. There are still a lot of glaring issues though… the prices, the facilities… still…sub par for the charge.
I do appreciate the effort to address concerns (b/​c God knows they are reading what I wrote and taking it into consideration)