2013 Houston Dynamo season

Houston Dynamo
2013 season
President	Chris Canneti
Coach	Dominic Kinnear
Major League Soccer	Conference: 4th; Overall: 9th
MLS Cup playoffs	Conference Finals
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth round
2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals
2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Will Bruin (8); All: Will Bruin (10)
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PresidentChris Canneti

CoachDominic Kinnear

Major League SoccerConference: 4th
Overall: 9th

MLS Cup playoffsConference Finals

The 2013 season is the Houston Dynamo's 8th competitive season in Major League Soccer, 8th year of existence as a football club, and their second consecutive season playing at BBVA Compass Stadium. They also competed in the CONCACAF Champions League, participating in the knockout phase of the 2012–13 campaign being eliminated by Santos Laguna in the quarterfinal 3–1 on Aggregate. They will be opening the 2013–14 group stage in late July or early August 2013.

During the 2013 season Houston suffered their first ever loss at BBVA Compass Stadium against Sporting Kansas City on May 12, 2013.^[1]

The Dynamo are entering the season as the two-time defending MLS Eastern Conference post-season champions and runners-up to the MLS Cup.

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Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Games played	Goals scored
Goalkeepers
1	Tally Hall	GK	2009	(1985-05-12) May 12, 1985 (age 40)	Esbjerg fB	79	0
24	Tyler Deric	GK	2009	(1988-08-30) August 30, 1988 (age 37)	Houston Dynamo Academy	3	0
28	Erich Marscheider	GK	2012	(1993-01-05) January 5, 1993 (age 33)	Colorado Rush Soccer Club	0	0
Defenders
2	Eric Brunner	CB	2013	(1986-02-02) February 2, 1986 (age 40)	Portland Timbers	2	0
4	Jermaine Taylor	CB / RB/LB	2011	(1985-01-14) January 14, 1985 (age 41)	St. George's SC	46	1
5	Warren Creavalle	RB	2012	(1990-08-14) August 14, 1990 (age 35)	UCF Knights	16	2
6	Mike Chabala	LB	2013	(1984-05-24) May 24, 1984 (age 41)	D.C. United	47	1
8	Kofi Sarkodie	RB	2011	(1991-03-22) March 22, 1991 (age 34)	Akron Zips	24	0
21	Anthony Arena	CB / LB	2013	(1990-08-03) August 3, 1990 (age 35)	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	0	0
26	Corey Ashe	LB / LM	2007	(1986-03-14) March 14, 1986 (age 39)	North Carolina Tar Heels	167	1
32	Bobby Boswell	CB	2008	(1983-03-15) March 15, 1983 (age 42)	D.C. United	152	9
Midfielders
11	Brad Davis (C)	LM / CM	2006	(1981-11-08) November 8, 1981 (age 44)	San Jose Earthquakes	196	31
13	Ricardo Clark	CM / DM	2012	(1983-02-10) February 10, 1983 (age 43)	Eintracht Frankfurt	115	9
16	Adam Moffat	CM / DM	2011	(1986-05-15) May 15, 1986 (age 39)	Portland Timbers	43	5
17	Luiz Camargo	AM / CM	2011	(1987-05-04) May 4, 1987 (age 38)	Paraná Clube	36	1
19	Alex Dixon	RM / CM	2011	(1990-02-07) February 7, 1990 (age 36)	Houston Dynamo Academy	11	1
20	Andrew Driver	LW / AM	2013	(1987-11-20) November 20, 1987 (age 38)	Heart of Midlothian	6	1
22	Brian Ownby	AM / LW / RW	2012	(1990-07-16) July 16, 1990 (age 35)	Virginia Cavaliers	7	0
27	Oscar Boniek García	LW / AM / RW	2012	(1984-09-04) September 4, 1984 (age 41)	C.D. Olimpia	20	4
Forwards
3	Calen Carr	LW / ST	2011	(1982-10-04) October 4, 1982 (age 43)	Chicago Fire	35	5
7	Omar Cummings	LW / ST	2013	(1982-07-13) July 13, 1982 (age 43)	Colorado Rapids	2	0
9	Bryan Salazar	ST	2013	(1994-10-17) October 17, 1994 (age 31)	Houston Dynamo Academy	0	0
12	Will Bruin	CF	2011	(1989-10-24) October 24, 1989 (age 36)	Indiana Hoosiers	63	19
14	Jason Johnson	ST	2013	(1990-10-09) October 9, 1990 (age 35)	VCU Rams	0	0
15	Cam Weaver	ST	2009	(1983-06-10) June 10, 1983 (age 42)	San Jose Earthquakes	64	10
23	Giles Barnes	LW / AM / ST	2012	(1988-08-05) August 5, 1988 (age 37)	Doncaster Rovers	11	2
25	Brian Ching (VC)	ST	2006	(1978-05-24) May 24, 1978 (age 47)	San Jose Earthquakes	160	56

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		MLS Cup Playoffs		Champions League		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Tally Hall	13	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Eric Brunner	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	FW	USA	Calen Carr	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	JAM	Jermaine Taylor	11	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	USA	Warren Creavalle	8	2	1+5	2	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	USA	Mike Chabala	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	JAM	Omar Cummings	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	DF	USA	Kofi Sarkodie	13	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	USA	Bryan Salazar	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	USA	Brad Davis	11	3	9+0	2	0+0	0	1+1	1	0+0	0
12	FW	USA	Will Bruin	12	4	10+0	4	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	USA	Ricardo Clark	11	1	9+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	JAM	Jason Johnson	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
15	FW	USA	Cam Weaver	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	SCO	Adam Moffat	12	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	BRA	Luiz Camargo	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	USA	Alex Dixon	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	ENG	Andrew Driver (On loan from Heart of Midlothian)	12	3	8+2	3	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
21	MF	USA	Anthony Arena	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	USA	Brian Ownby (On loan to Richmond Kickers)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	ENG	Giles Barnes	12	4	10+0	4	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
24	GK	USA	Tyler Deric	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW	USA	Brian Ching	11	0	0+9	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
26	DF	USA	Corey Ashe	12	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	HON	Oscar Boniek García	9	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
28	GK	USA	Erich Marscheider	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	USA	Bobby Boswell	13	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
			Own goals for	0	1	0+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Rank	Pos	No.	Player	MLS	MLS Cup Playoffs	CONCACAF	Total
1	FW	23	Will Bruin	8	2	0	10
1	FW	12	Giles Barnes	9	0	0	9
2	MF	11	Brad Davis	2	0	1	3
2	MF	20	Andrew Driver	3	0	0	3
3	DF	5	Warren Creavalle	2	0	0	2
4	MF	13	Ricardo Clark	1	0	0	1

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Dominic Kinnear
Assistant coach & Reserve Team Manager	Wade Barrett
Assistant coach & Reserve Team Manager	Steve Ralston
Goalkeeper coach	Tim Hanley
Head Athletic Trainer	Theron Enns
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Shane Caron
Director, Soccer Operations	Nick Kowba
Equipment Manager	Michael Porter
Director, Youth Development	James Clarkson
Assistant director, Youth Development	Eddie Robinson
Youth Development Coordinator	Michael Fasching
U-18 assistant coach	Scot Fraser

Owner	Philip Anschutz
Co-Owners	Oscar De La Hoya Gabriel Brener
President of Business Operations	Chris Canetti
Executive Vice President	Steven Powell
Senior Vice President	David Tagliarino
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	BBVA Compass Stadium (22,039 / 115x70 yards)
Training ground	Houston Amateur Sports Park

2013 Houston Dynamo season

First-team squad

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Club

Coaching staff

Other information

Transfers

In

Winter

Out

Winter

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Major League Soccer

Eastern Conference

Supporters' Shield

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

U.S. Open Cup

MLS Cup Playoffs

Knockout round

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage

Knockout phase

Quarterfinals

References

Related Articles

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred From	Notes	Date	Source
2	DF	Eric Brunner	Portland Timbers	Undisclosed	3 December 2012	^[2]
7	FW	Omar Cummings	Colorado Rapids	Undisclosed	22 December 2012	^[3]
14	FW	Jason Johnson	VCU Rams	SuperDraft	17 January 2013	^[4]
10	MF	Alexander López	C.D. Olimpia	Undisclosed	7 August 2013	^[5]

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred To	Notes	Date	Source
6	MF	Nathan Sturgis	Colorado Rapids	Undisclosed	22 December 2012	^[6]
31	DF	Andre Hainault	Ross County F.C.	Free transfer	10 January 2013	^[7]
18	MF	Josue Soto	Unattached	Waived	24 January 2013	^[8]
9	FW	Macoumba Kandji	AEL Kalloni	Free transfer	28 January 2013	^[9]

24 January 2013 Friendly	Houston Dynamo	3–0	Houston Dynamo Academy	Houston, Texas
15:00 CST	Taylor 7' Weaver 17' Creavalle 83'	Match report		Stadium: Houston Amateur Sports Park

26 January 2013 Friendly	Houston Dynamo	3–0	Houston Baptist University	Houston, Texas
11:00 CST	Weaver 15', 18' Barnes 43'	Match report		Stadium: Houston Amateur Sports Park

29 January 2013 Friendly	Houston Dynamo	0–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Tucson, Arizona
15:00 MST		Match report	Emerson 56', 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

31 January 2013 Friendly	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Colorado Rapids	Tucson, Arizona
18:00 MST	Elliott 1'	Match report		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

2 February 2013 Friendly	Houston Dynamo	1–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Tucson, Arizona
18:00 MST	Boswell 30'		Mattocks 33' Hertzog 64'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

6 February 2013 Friendly	Houston Dynamo	6–1	Houston Baptist University	Houston, Texas
19:00 CST	Ownby 12' Barnes 15' Weaver 51', 69' Dixon 75' Arena 81'		Kromholz 10'	Stadium: Sorrels Field

9 February 2013 Friendly	Houston Dynamo	2–2	Southern Methodist University	Houston, Texas
10:00 CST	Watson 62' Ching 87'		Brunner 15' (o.g.) Leobardo Vazquez 60'	Stadium: Houston Amateur Sports Park

12 February 2013 Friendly	Houston Dynamo	11–0	Houston Dynamo Academy	Houston, Texas
15:00 CST	Dener Dos Santos 14' (o.g.) Clark 41' Weaver 41' Bruin 46', 52', 77', 81', 83' Johnson 58' (pen.) Dixon 71' Moffat 74'			Stadium: Houston Amateur Sports Park

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	59	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Sporting Kansas City	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17	58
3	New England Revolution	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11	51
4	Houston Dynamo	34	14	11	9	41	41	0	51	MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Montreal Impact	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1	49	MLS Cup Knockout Round
6	Chicago Fire	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5	49
7	Philadelphia Union	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2	46
8	Columbus Crew	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4	41
9	Toronto FC	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17	29
10	D.C. United	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37	16

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls (S)	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	59	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Sporting Kansas City (C)	34	17	10	7	47	30	+17	58
3	Portland Timbers	34	14	5	15	54	33	+21	57
4	Real Salt Lake	34	16	10	8	57	41	+16	56
5	LA Galaxy	34	15	11	8	53	38	+15	53
6	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	12	7	42	42	0	52
7	New England Revolution	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11	51
8	Colorado Rapids	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7	51
9	Houston Dynamo	34	14	11	9	41	41	0	51
10	San Jose Earthquakes	34	14	11	9	35	42	−7	51
11	Montreal Impact	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1	49	CONCACAF Champions League
12	Chicago Fire	34	14	13	7	47	52	−5	49
13	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	13	12	9	53	45	+8	48
14	Philadelphia Union	34	12	12	10	42	44	−2	46
15	FC Dallas	34	11	12	11	48	52	−4	44
16	Columbus Crew	34	12	17	5	42	46	−4	41
17	Toronto FC	34	6	17	11	30	47	−17	29
18	Chivas USA	34	6	20	8	30	67	−37	26
19	D.C. United	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37	16	CONCACAF Champions League

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	9	6	7	26	8	+18	33	6	3	2	14	6	+8	3	3	5	12	2	+10

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Stadium	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W

16 February 2013 Carolina Challenge Cup	Houston Dynamo	2–3	Chicago Fire	Charleston, South Carolina
17:00 EST	Moffat 15' Weaver 64'		MacDonald 23' Duka 27' Larentowicz 48'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

20 February 2013 Carolina Challenge Cup	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Charleston, South Carolina
17:00 EST	Bruin 75' Moffat 77'		Hertzog 27'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

23 February 2013 Carolina Challenge Cup	Charleston Battery	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Charleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST	Kelly 18' Savage 74'		Barnes 16'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Major League Soccer	—	—		2 March 2013	27 October 2013
2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League	Group stage	—	Quarterfinals	22 August 2012	13 March 2013
U.S. Open Cup	Third round	—		May–June, 2013

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	9	6	7	26	8	+18	33	6	3	2	14	6	+8	3	3	5	12	2	+10

March 2, 2013 Match 1	Houston Dynamo	2–0	D.C. United	Houston
19:00 CST	Riley 80' (o.g.) Clark 89'	Report	Wooloard 15' Korb 40'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,019 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

March 17, 2013 Match 2 Texas Derby	FC Dallas	3–2	Houston Dynamo	Frisco, Texas
12:00 CST	John 34' Jacobson 36' Cooper 90'	Report	Sarkodie 55' Driver 79' Davis 83'	Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium Attendance: 15,623 Referee: Jair Marrufo

March 23, 2013 Match 3	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Houston
19:30 CDT	Barnes 55' Moffat 61' Creavalle 62'	Report	Mattocks 36' Reo-Coker 52'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,428 Referee: Matthew Foerster

March 30, 2013 Match 4	Houston Dynamo	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Houston
19:30 CDT	Bruin 17' Moffat 22' Barnes 42'	Report	Harden 53' Bernárdez 75'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,415 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

April 6, 2013 Match 5	Portland Timbers	2–0	Houston Dynamo	Portland, Oregon
21:30 CDT	Silvestre 47' R. Johnson 55', 73'	Report	Driver 36'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,674 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	9	6	7	26	8	+18	33	6	3	2	14	6	+8	3	3	5	12	2	+10

April 14, 2013 Match 6	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Chicago Fire	Houston
16:00 CDT	Bruin 26' Davis 81' Ashe 93'	Report	Rolfe 29' Paladini 55'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 18,942 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

April 20, 2013 Match 7	Toronto FC	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Toronto, Ontario
15:00 CDT	Hall 58' Lambe 62'	Report	Camargo 54' Taylor 62' Ashe 65' Creavalle 87' 90+4'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 15,973 Referee: Drew Fischer

April 28, 2013 Match 8	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Colorado Rapids	Houston, Texas
16:00 CDT	Barnes 66' Clark 69' Boswell 87' Davis 90+1' 90+5'	Report	Moor 45+2' O'Neill 70' Sturgis 72'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 19,839 Referee: Juan Guzman

May 5, 2013 Match 9	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–1	Houston Dynamo	Los Angeles
22:00 CDT		Report	Driver 56'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,071 Referee: Allen Chapman

May 8, 2013 Match 10	D.C. United	0–4	Houston Dynamo	Washington, D.C.
18:00 CDT	Saragosa 77'	Report	Bruin 16', 78' Barnes 28' Driver 44' 88' Ching 64' Sarkodie 65'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 10,116 Referee: Jorge González

May 12, 2013 Match 11	Houston Dynamo	0–1	Sporting Kansas City	Houston
19:00 CDT	Driver 29' Ashe 71'	Report	Collin 24' 73' Rosell 40'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 19,004 Referee: Chris Penso

May 18, 2013 Match 12	Houston Dynamo	0–2	New England Revolution	Houston
19:30 CDT	García 26' Boswell 40' Sarkodie 58'	Report	Imbongo 40' McCarthy 47' Fagúndez 51' Shuttleworth 82' Clark 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 22,039 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

May 26, 2013 Match 13	Sporting Kansas City	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Kansas City, Kansas
14:30 CDT	Sinovic 57' Kamara 68'	Report	Davis 45+1' Barnes 50'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 20,876 Referee: Drew Fischer

June 1, 2013 Match 14	Columbus Crew	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Columbus, Ohio
18:30 CDT	Meram 66' Higuaín 69'	Report	Creavalle 31' Camargo 54' Driver 78'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 11,040 Referee: Allen Chapman