2019 Houston Dynamo season

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Houston Dynamo
MLS season
General manager Matt Jordan
Owner Gabriel Brener
Head coach Davy Arnaud ( interim head coach)
Stadium BBVA Compass Stadium
MLS Conference: 10th
Overall: 19th
MLS Cup Playoffs Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup Round of 16
Leagues Cup Quarter-finals
CONCACAF Champions League Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Mauro Manotas: 13 goals
All:
Mauro Manotas: 15 goals
Highest home attendance League/All: 21,777
(October 6 vs. LA Galaxy)
Lowest home attendance League: 12,601
(March 9 vs. Montreal)
All: 4,559
(June 18 vs. Minnesota United FC, USOC )
Average home league attendance 15,651
Biggest win 4–0 vs. NY Red Bulls
(July 3, League play)
Biggest defeat 0–5 at Atlanta United
(July 17, League play)
Home colors
Away colors

The 2019 Houston Dynamo season is the club's 14th season of existence since joining Major League Soccer in the 2006 season.[1] The Dynamo missed the playoffs in 2018, but they did win the 2018 US Open Cup, the first in club history. The Open Cup victory also qualified the Dynamo for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. It is the Dynamo's third year with Wilmer Cabrera as Head coach and fifth season under General Manager Matt Jordan.[2] On the front office end, it is Gabriel Brener's fourth season as majority owner.[3] On November 1, 2018, John Walker was announced as the new President of Business Operations, replacing Chris Canetti who stepped down on October 26.[4][5] On July 18, NBA and Houston Rockets All-Star James Harden became a minority owner in the Dynamo

The Dynamo got off to their best start in club history, winning 6 and drawing 1 in their first 8 league matches. [6] However, Houston would lose form as the season progressed. The Dynamo were knocked out of the Champions League in the quarter finals to Tigres and fell to Minnesota United at home in the Round of 16 for the US Open Cup, After a 14 game stretch that saw the Dynamo only get 2 wins and 1 draw that included 4-0 and 5-0 defeats to the Portland Timbers and Atlanta United respectively, the Dynamo had fallen down to 9th place in the Western Conference. On August 13th, Cabrera was fired as head coach. Assistant coach Davy Arnaud was promoted to interim head coach.[7] Arnaud and the newly acquired Christian Ramirez were able to improve the Dynamo's performances at the end of the season, but not enough to lead them into the playoffs. Houston missed the playoffs for the 5th time in 6 years and team captain DaMarcus Beasley retired at the end of the season.[6]

Current squad

As of October 7, 2019[8]

Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only. Age and stats are up to the end of the season.

No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Tyler Deric (HGP) United States GK August 30, 1988 (age 31) North Carolina Tar Heels 2009 90 0
23 Joe Willis United States GK August 10, 1988 (age 31) DC United 2015 87 0
26 Michael Nelson United States GK February 10, 1995 (age 24) Southern Methodist University 2018 0 0
Defenders
2 Alejandro Fuenmayor Venezuela DF August 29, 1996 (age 23) Carabobo FC 2018 30 3
3 Adam Lundkvist Sweden DF March 20, 1994 (age 25) IF Elfsborg 2018 44 0
6 Aljaž Struna Slovenia DF August 4, 1990 (age 29) Palermo 2018 29 0
7 DaMarcus Beasley United States DF May 24, 1982 (age 37) Puebla 2014 124 3
15 Maynor Figueroa Honduras DF May 2, 1983 (age 36) FC Dallas 2019 25 0
16 Kevin Garcia United States DF August 21, 1990 (age 29) Rio Grande Valley 2016 30 1
18 José Bizama Chile DF June 25, 1994 (age 25) Club Deportivo Huachipato 2019 5 0
20 A. J. DeLaGarza Guam DF November 4, 1987 (age 31) LA Galaxy 2017 57 0
28 Erik McCue (HGP) United States DF January 18, 2001 (age 18) Houston Dynamo Academy 2018 0 0
29 Sam Junqua United States DF November 9, 1996 (age 22) University of California 2019 0 0
Midfielders
5 Juan David Cabezas Colombia MF February 27, 1991 (age 28) Deportivo Cali 2017 48 2
8 Memo Rodríguez (HGP) United States MF December 27, 1995 (age 23) Rio Grande Valley 2017 54 10
10 Tomás Martínez (DP) Argentina MF March 7, 1995 (age 24) Braga 2017 74 12
11 Tommy McNamara United States MF February 6, 1991 (age 28) New York City FC 2019 33 2
12 Niko Hansen Denmark MF September 14, 1997 (age 22) Columbus Crew SC 2019 4 0
14 Marlon Hairston United States MF March 23, 1994 (age 25) Colorado Rapids 2019 12 0
22 Matías Vera Argentina MF October 26, 1995 (age 23) San Lorenzo 2018 30 0
24 Darwin Cerén El Salvador MF December 31, 1989 (age 29) San Jose Earthquakes 2018 37 2
25 Eric Bird United States MF April 8, 1993 (age 26) Rio Grande Valley 2017 6 0
27 Boniek García Honduras MF September 4, 1984 (age 35) Olimpia 2012 201 13
Forwards
9 Mauro Manotas Colombia FW July 15, 1995 (age 24) Uniautónoma 2015 129 48
13 Christian Ramirez United States FW April 4, 1991 (age 28) LAFC 2019 10 5
17 Alberth Elis (DP) Honduras FW February 12, 1996 (age 23) Monterrey 2017 82 30
18 Michael Salazar Belize FW November 15, 1992 (age 26) Rio Grande Valley 2019 7 0
21 Ronaldo Peña Venezuela FW March 10, 1997 (age 22) Caracas FC 2018 13 1
31 Romell Quioto Honduras FW August 9, 1991 (age 28) Olimpia 2017 72 15

Player movement

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date Player Position Age Previous Club Notes Ref
October 30, 2018 United States Erik McCue DF 17 United States Houston Dynamo Academy Home Grown Player [9]
December 17, 2018 United States Chris Duvall DF 27 Canada Montreal Impact Acquired in exchange for Houston's 3rd round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft [10]
December 21, 2018 Argentina Matías Vera MF 23 Argentina San Lorenzo Full Rights Purchased [11]
December 24, 2018 Slovenia Aljaž Struna DF 28 Italy Palermo Full Rights Purchased [12]
January 11, 2019 United States Tommy McNamara MF 27 United States New York City FC Selected in second stage of the 2018 MLS Re-Entry Draft. [13]
January 11, 2019 United States Marlon Hairston MF 24 United States Colorado Rapids Acquired in exchange for $175,000 in General Allocation Money [14]
January 30, 2019 gdhh Maynor Figueroa DF 35 United States FC Dallas Free Transfer [15]
June 10, 2019 Belize Michael Salazar FW 26 United States Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Promoted from the Dynamo's USL Championship affiliate [16]
July 11, 2019 Chile José Bizama DF 25 Chile Huachipato Full Rights Purchased [17]
August, 7 2019 United States Christian Ramirez FW 28 United States LAFC Acquired in exchange for $175,000 in General Allocation Money and $75,000 in Targeted Allocation Money [18]
August 8, 2019 Denmark Niko Hansen MF 24 United States Columbus Crew SC Acquired in exchange for $75,000 in Targeted Allocation Money [19]

Out

Date Player Position Age Destination Club Notes Ref
November 27, 2018 United States Conor Donovan DF 22 United States Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Contract option declined/Free transfer [20]
November 27, 2018 Brazil Leonardo DF 30 United States Orange County SC Contract option declined/Free transfer [20][21]
November 27, 2018 Panama Adolfo Machado DF 33 Bolivia The Strongest Contract option declined/Free transfer [20][22]
November 27, 2018 United States Mac Steeves FW 24 United States Hartford Athletic Contract option declined [20]
November 27, 2018 United States Jared Watts DF 26 Retired Contract option declined [20]
November 27, 2018 El Salvador Arturo Álvarez MF 33 Retired Contract expired [20]
November 27, 2018 Switzerland Philippe Senderos DF 33 Switzerland FC Chiasso Contract expired [20]
November 30, 2018 United States Andrew Wenger DF/MF 27 Retired [23]
December 2, 2018 United States Dylan Remick DF 27 Retired [24]
December 11, 2018 United States Eric Alexander MF 30 United States FC Cincinnati Selected in the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft [25]
December 31, 2018 United States Luis Gil MF 25 Mexico Querétaro End of loan [20]
January 11, 2019 United States Chris Seitz GK 31 United States D.C. United Traded for 2nd round pick in 2019 MLS SuperDraft [26]
August 6, 2019 United States Chris Duvall DF 27 United States Oklahoma City Energy Waived/Free Transfer [27][28]
August 13, 2019 Colombia Wilmer Cabrera Manager 51 Canada Montreal Impact Sacked [29]

MLS SuperDraft

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Round Pick Player Position Age College Notes Ref
1 8 United States Sam Junqua DF 22 California [30]
2 33 United States Andrew Samuels MF 21 Maryland Signed with Houston's USL Championship affiliate club Rio Grand Valley FC [31]
3 56 United States Brad Dunwell DF 22 Wake Forrest Signed with Houston's USL Championship affiliate club Rio Grand Valley FC [31]

Coaching staff

As of October 7, 2019[32]
Position Name
Head Coach United States Davy Arnaud (Interim Head Coach)
First Assistant Coach United States Michael Dellorusso
Goalkeeper Coach England Paul Rogers
Sports Performance Director/Fitness Coach Republic of Ireland Paul Caffrey
Assistant Fitness Coach United States Steve Fell
Equipment Manager United States Chris Maxwell
Assistant Equipment Manager Mexico Eddie Cerda
Chief Medical Officer United States David A. Braunreiter
Head Athletic Trainer United States Chris Rumsey
Assistant Athletic Trainer United States Casey Carlson
Head Physical Therapist United States Nathan Hironymous
Massage Therapist United States Wes Speights

Non-competitive

Preseason friendlies

Midseason friendlies

TBD

Competitive

MLS

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Standings

Western Conference table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Los Angeles FC (P) 34 21 9 4 85 37 +48 72 Playoffs Conference Semifinals & 2020 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Seattle Sounders FC (P, C) 34 16 8 10 51 49 +2 56 Playoffs first round & 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
3 Real Salt Lake (P) 34 16 5 13 45 41 +4 53 Playoffs first round & 2020 Leagues Cup
4 Minnesota United FC (P) 34 15 8 11 52 42 +10 53
5 LA Galaxy (P) 34 16 3 15 56 55 +1 51
6 Portland Timbers (P) 34 14 7 13 49 48 +1 49
7 FC Dallas (P) 34 13 9 12 48 46 +2 48 Playoffs first round
8 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 5 16 51 52 −1 44
9 Colorado Rapids 34 12 6 16 57 60 −3 42
10 Houston Dynamo 34 12 4 18 45 57 −12 40
11 Sporting Kansas City 34 10 8 16 49 67 −18 38
12 Vancouver Whitecaps FC[lower-alpha 2] 34 8 10 16 37 58 −21 34
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. As MLS Cup 2019 champions
  2. Canadian clubs could not qualify for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League through MLS play.
Overall table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Los Angeles FC 34 21 9 4 85 37 +48 72 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
2 New York City FC 34 18 10 6 63 42 +21 64 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[lower-alpha 2]
3 Atlanta United FC 34 18 4 12 58 43 +15 58 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[lower-alpha 3]
4 Seattle Sounders FC (C) 34 16 8 10 52 49 +3 56 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[lower-alpha 4]
5 Philadelphia Union 34 16 7 11 58 50 +8 55
6 Real Salt Lake 34 16 5 13 46 41 +5 53
7 Minnesota United FC 34 15 8 11 52 43 +9 53
8 LA Galaxy 34 16 3 15 58 59 −1 51
9 Toronto FC 34 13 11 10 57 52 +5 50
10 D.C. United 34 13 11 10 42 38 +4 50
11 Portland Timbers 34 14 7 13 52 49 +3 49
12 New York Red Bulls 34 14 6 14 53 51 +2 48
13 FC Dallas 34 13 9 12 54 46 +8 48
14 New England Revolution 34 11 12 11 50 57 −7 45
15 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 5 16 52 55 −3 44
16 Colorado Rapids 34 12 6 16 58 63 −5 42
17 Chicago Fire 34 10 12 12 55 47 +8 42
18 Montreal Impact 34 12 5 17 47 60 −13 41 2020 CONCACAF Champions League[lower-alpha 5]
19 Houston Dynamo 34 12 4 18 49 59 −10 40
20 Columbus Crew SC 34 10 8 16 39 47 −8 38
21 Sporting Kansas City 34 10 8 16 49 67 −18 38
22 Orlando City SC 34 9 10 15 44 52 −8 37
23 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 8 10 16 37 59 −22 34
24 FC Cincinnati 34 6 6 22 31 75 −44 24
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. As Supporters' Shield champions (USA2)
  2. As Eastern Conference regular season champions (USA3)
  3. As 2019 U.S. Open Cup champions (USA4)
  4. As MLS Cup 2019 champions (USA1)
  5. As 2019 Canadian Championship champions (CAN1)
Match results

U.S. Open Cup

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As a member of MLS, the Dynamo will enter the competition at the fourth round, scheduled to be played on June 11, 2019.[33]

CONCACAF Champions League

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Round of 16

Quarter-Finals

Leagues Cup

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Player Statistics

Appearances, goals, and assists

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS US Open Cup CONCACAF Champions League Leagues Cup
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
1 GK United States Tyler Deric 9 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 DF Venezuela Alejandro Fuenmayor 12 0 1 8 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
3 DF Sweden Adam Lundqvist 29 0 4 28 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF Colombia Juan David Cabezas 19 1 0 15 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
6 DF Slovenia Aljaž Struna 32 0 1 29 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
7 DF United States DaMarcus Beasley 18 2 2 12 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0
8 MF United States Memo Rodríguez 28 7 5 26 7 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
9 FW Colombia Mauro Manotas 36 15 8 32 13 8 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0
10 MF Argentina Tomás Martínez 37 7 4 33 5 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF United States Tommy McNamara 39 2 3 33 2 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
12 FW Denmark Niko Hansen 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF United States Chris Duvall 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 FW United States Christian Ramirez 10 5 1 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF United States Marlon Hairston 18 0 1 12 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
15 DF Honduras Maynor Figueroa 29 0 3 25 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF United States Kevin Garcia 16 0 1 12 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
17 FW Honduras Alberth Elis 31 9 11 26 9 10 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0
18 DF Chile José Bizama 5 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Belize Michael Salazar 10 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 DF Guam A. J. DeLaGarza 27 0 1 23 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Venezuela Ronaldo Peña 8 2 1 4 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Argentina Matías Vera 36 1 1 30 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
23 GK United States Joe Willis 31 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF El Salvador Darwin Cerén 16 1 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
25 MF United States Eric Bird 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 GK United States Michael Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Honduras Boniek García 37 0 1 32 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF United States Erik McCue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF United States Sam Junqua 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 MF Honduras Romell Quioto 23 2 2 18 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0
34 FW Panama Carlos Small[lower-alpha 1] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: Season Statistics and Match reports in Competitive

  1. Short term loan from RGVFC

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS US Open Cup CONCACAF Champions League Leagues Cup
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
1 GK United States Tyler Deric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Venezuela Alejandro Fuenmayor 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF Sweden Adam Lundqvist 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF Colombia Juan David Cabezas 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Slovenia Aljaž Struna 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 DF United States DaMarcus Beasley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF United States Memo Rodríguez 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Colombia Mauro Manotas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Argentina Tomás Martínez 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF United States Tommy McNamara 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 FW Denmark Niko Hansen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF United States Chris Duvall 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 FW United States Christian Ramirez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF United States Marlon Hairston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Honduras Maynor Figueroa 7 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
16 DF United States Kevin Garcia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Honduras Alberth Elis 7 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
18 DF Chile José Bizama 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Belize Michael Salazar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 DF Guam A. J. DeLaGarza 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Venezuela Ronaldo Peña 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 MF Argentina Matías Vera 11 1 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
23 GK United States Joe Willis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF El Salvador Darwin Cerén 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF United States Eric Bird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK United States Michael Nelson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Honduras Boniek García 8 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
28 DF United States Erik McCue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF United States Sam Junqua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Honduras Romell Quioto 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Panama Carlos Small 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: Season Statistics and Match reports in Competitive


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