Sitting at the center of the Plex, we have Maureen Hendricks Field at Championship Stadium, which is used for professional and amateur-level events. The fields themselves are most often used as soccer fields, however, the size allows them to be used for lacrosse, rugby, flag football, kickball, and even ultimate frisbee! Of the 24 fields, 8 are cool-season, 8 are warm-season, 3 are synthetic turf, and 3 are a hybrid of cool-season and warm-season.

It also allows our apprentices of the Maryland SoccerPlex Sports Turf Institute the opportunity to learn about the different grass types. Having a mixture allows us to rotate the fields in use based on the temperature and time of year. We have a mixture of cool-season grass, warm-season grass, synthetic turf, and a hybrid combination of warm and cool-season grasses. We don’t have just 1 type of grass across all fields. The Maryland SoccerPlex also has the Adventist HealthCare Fieldhouse, which is an indoor facility that is equipped with basketball courts, volleyball courts, indoor meeting space, and 2 turf fields in the wintertime. It is the job of our Grounds and Environmental crew to professionally maintain the 22 fields and their immediate surrounds, the rest of the park, and fields 23 and 24, are run by the Montgomery County Parks Department. We control 22 of the 24 fields, equating to about 152 acres of park land.

The Maryland SoccerPlex is located inside the South Germantown Recreational Park. Welcome to Turf Talk – now a blog! Where all we talk about is the grass at the Maryland SoccerPlex! Let’s start at the beginning and let you know all the details about the Plex.

The plex flag football