2019 Houston Dynamo season

Houston Dynamo
MLS season
Owner	Gabriel Brener
General manager	Matt Jordan
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 FC; (July 17, League play)
Home colors	Away colors
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OwnerGabriel Brener

General managerMatt Jordan

Head coachDavy Arnaud (interim head coach)

StadiumBBVA Compass Stadium

The 2019 Houston Dynamo season was 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 was 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 FC respectively, the Dynamo had fallen down to 9th place in the Western Conference. On August 13, 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]

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

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

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

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

Position	Name
Head Coach	Davy Arnaud (Interim Head Coach)
First Assistant Coach	Michael Dellorusso
Goalkeeper Coach	Paul Rogers
Sports Performance Director/Fitness Coach	Paul Caffrey
Assistant Fitness Coach	Steve Fell
Equipment Manager	Chris Maxwell
Assistant Equipment Manager	Eddie Cerda
Chief Medical Officer	David A. Braunreiter
Head Athletic Trainer	Chris Rumsey
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Casey Carlson
Head Physical Therapist	Nathan Hironymous
Massage Therapist	Wes Speights

2019 Houston Dynamo season

Player movement

In

Out

MLS SuperDraft

Coaching staff

Non-competitive

Preseason friendlies

Midseason friendlies

Competitive

MLS

Standings

Western Conference table

Overall table

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Leagues Cup

Player statistics

Appearances, goals, and assists

Disciplinary record

References

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January 26, 2019 1	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Houston, Texas
6:00 PM CST	Elis 24'	Report		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,000+
Note: Two 30-minute periods, followed by one 30-minute period of RGV/Academy players.

January 29, 2019 2	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Houston, Texas
10:00 AM CST	McNamara 48' Hairston 88'	Report	Foster 30'	Stadium: Houston Sports Park Attendance: Closed-door

February 6, 2019 3	Houston Dynamo	0–0	Minnesota United FC	Tucson, Arizona
CST	Quioto 43'	Report	Calvo 40' Conner 108'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

February 9, 2019 4	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Tucson, Arizona
11:00 AM CST	57' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Referee: Anthony Bersano
Note: 60-minute scrimmage.

February 9, 2019 5	Houston Dynamo	3–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Tucson, Arizona
6:00 PM CST	Cabezas 30', 71' Vera 42' Struna 64' Peña 80' Hairston 88'	Report	Lodeiro 14' Ruidíaz 18' Vargas 73' Van Alstine 78'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

February 13, 2019 6a	Houston Dynamo	1–4	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
5:00 PM CST	Alberth Elis 4' Quioto 73' Cabezas 38'	Report	Russell 11' Gutiérrez 23' Németh 28', 90+1' 33' Espinoza 80' 87'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Note: Matches played concurrently

February 13, 2019 6b	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
5:00 PM CST	Rodriguez 52'	Report	Croizet 45'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Note: Matches played concurrently

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	San Jose Earthquakes	34	13	16	5	51	52	−1	44
9	Colorado Rapids	34	12	16	6	57	60	−3	42
10	Houston Dynamo	34	12	18	4	45	57	−12	40
11	Sporting Kansas City	34	10	16	8	49	67	−18	38
12	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	8	16	10	37	58	−21	34

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
17	Chicago Fire	34	10	12	12	55	47	+8	42
18	Montreal Impact	34	12	17	5	47	60	−13	41	CONCACAF Champions League
19	Houston Dynamo	34	12	18	4	49	59	−10	40
20	Columbus Crew SC	34	10	16	8	39	47	−8	38
21	Sporting Kansas City	34	10	16	8	49	67	−18	38

March 2, 2019 (2019-03-02) 1	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas
5:00 PM CST	K. Garcia 30' Vera 31' 82' Manotas 62'	Report	Luiz 11' Beckerman 14' Herrera 27' Rusnák 40' Johnson 90+3'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,827 Referee: Armando Villarreal

March 30, 2019 (2019-03-30) 4	Colorado Rapids	1–4	Houston Dynamo	Commerce City, Colorado
2:00 PM CDT	Rubio 40' Feilhaber 75' Kamara 81' (pen.) Smith 89'	Report	Rodríguez 4' Sjöberg 15' (o.g.) Rosenberry 34' (o.g.) Figueroa 59' Elis 67' Lundqvist 90+2'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 11,061 Referee: Marcos DeOliveira

April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19) 6	LA Galaxy	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
9:30 PM CDT	Ibrahimović 31' (pen.) Polenta 88'	Report	DeLaGarza 29' Figueroa 47' Elis 53' (pen.), 85'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 21,503 Referee: Jair Marrufo

June 22, 2019 14	Portland Timbers	4–0	Houston Dynamo	Portland, Oregon
10:00 PM CDT	Cascante 12' Chara 31' Loría 39' Valeri 54', 61' (pen.) Fernández 63' Ebobisse 75'	Report	Martínez 16' Peña 34' Vera 47'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 25,218 Referee: Alan Kelly

June 29, 2019 16	New England Revolution	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Foxborough, Massachusetts
6:30 PM CDT	Mlinar 45', 52' Farrell 54' Agudelo 83' Bunbury 90'	Report	Cerén 25' Quioto 43' Cabezas 81' Fuenmayor 85'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 17,372 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

March 9, 2019 (2019-03-09) 2	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Montreal Impact	Houston, Texas
4:00 PM CST	Rodríguez 36' B. García 74' Quioto 77' Manotas 86'	Report	Taïder 34' Sagna 77' Cabrera 88'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 12,601 Referee: Ismail Elfath

March 16, 2019 (2019-03-16) 3	Houston Dynamo	3–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Houston, Texas
2:00 PM CDT	Rodríguez 19', 49', 73' Elis 42' (pen.) Quioto 83' Manotas 90'	Report	Montero 35' (pen.) Lass 54' PC 82'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 13,549 Referee: Nima Saghafi

April 13, 2019 (2019-04-13) 5	Houston Dynamo	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Houston, Texas
2:00 PM CDT	Figueroa 30' Elis 52', 53' Martínez 60' Lundqvist 69'	Report	Thompson 28' Godoy 34' Yueill 56' López 87'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 14,476 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

April 27, 2019 (2019-04-27) 7	Houston Dynamo	2–0	Columbus Crew SC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Manotas 3' Martínez 55'	Report	Francis 51'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,557 Referee: Allen Chapman

May 4, 2019 8	Houston Dynamo	2–1	FC Dallas	Houston, Texas
3:00 PM CDT	Manotas 20' (pen.), 58' B. García 27' McNamara 88' Cabezas 90+6'	Report	González 20' Barrios 45+4' Cannon 77' Cerrillo 81' Badji 87'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,521 Referee: Alan Kelly

May 11, 2019 9	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Seattle, Washington
9:00 PM CDT	Roldan 5' Bruin 78'	Report	Cerén 28' DeLaGarza 59' Fuenmayor 90+2'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,232 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

May 15, 2019 10	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Portland Timbers	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Manotas 40' Figueroa 47'	Report	Zambrano 42' Fernández 77' Blanco 79'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 13,327 Referee: Ted Unkel

May 18, 2019 11	Houston Dynamo	2–1	D.C. United	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Martínez 38' Rodríguez 67' McNamara 68' Struna 90+5'	Report	Rooney 46' Canouse 76' Arriola 85'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,811 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

May 25, 2019 12	Minnesota United FC	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Saint Paul, Minnesota
7:00 PM CDT	Métanire 20', 90'	Report	Fuenmayor 40' B. García 66'	Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 19,701 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

June 1, 2019 13	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Sporting Kansas City	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Elis 69'	Report	Croizet 63'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,710 Referee: Kevin Stott

June 26, 2019 15	San Jose Earthquakes	2–0	Houston Dynamo	San Jose, California
9:30 PM CDT	Qazaishvili 22', 75' Kashia 77'	Report	Peña 17' DeLaGarza 57' McNamara 90+3'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 15,563 Referee: Robert Sibiga

July 3, 2019 17	Houston Dynamo	4–0	New York Red Bulls	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Manotas 39' Quioto 41' Martínez 56' DeLaGarza 70' Elis 72', 90+4' Figueroa 90+4'	Report	Murillo 44' 83' Duncan 63' Cásseres 68' Kaku 90+4'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 19,531 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

July 6, 2019 18	FC Cincinnati	3–2	Houston Dynamo	Cincinnati, Ohio
6:30 PM CDT	Manneh 29' Dally 38' Amaya 32' Ulloa 61'	Report	Elis 19' Cabezas 25' Quioto 79' (pen.) Hagglund 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 26,276 Referee: David Gantar

July 12, 2019 19	Houston Dynamo	1–3	Los Angeles FC	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Quioto 3' Figueroa 83'	Report	Diomande 45+2', 49' Jakovic 71' Rossi 88'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,219 Referee: Armando Villarreal

July 17, 2019 20	Atlanta United FC	5–0	Houston Dynamo	Atlanta, Georgia
6:00 PM CDT	Nagbe 27' Vazquez 29' J. Martínez 60', 79' Gressel 88'	Report	Elis 6' 6' Vera 45+2' Quioto 79'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 42,557 Referee: Chris Penso

July 20, 2019 21	Toronto FC	1–3	Houston Dynamo	Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM CDT	Altidore 75'	Report	McNamara 4' Martínez 23' Manotas 57'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 25,949 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

July 27, 2019 22	Houston Dynamo	0–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Peña 82'	Report	Delem 50' Morris 59' Shipp 72'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,138 Referee: Nima Saghafi

August 3, 2019 23	Houston Dynamo	0–1	Chicago Fire	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Elis 44' Vera 46'	Report	Nikolić 45+3' Bronico 53' McCarty 67'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 14,250 Referee: Ramy Touchan

August 8, 2019 24	New York City FC	3–2	Houston Dynamo	New York, New York
6:00 PM CDT	Mitriță 16' Miller 42' Ring 45+3' Castellanos 83', 90+3', 90+4'	Report	Cabezas 26' Quioto 29' Rodríguez 38' Struna 62' Manotas 77' Lundqvist 82' Vera 86'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 18,113 Referee: Robert Sibiga

August 11, 2019 25	Philadelphia Union	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Chester, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM CDT	Przybylko 18' Elliott 78'	Report	Figueroa 34' Ramirez 42' Cabezas 58'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 18,550 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira