2019 Houston Dynamo season
Houston Dynamo MLS soccer season
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]
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 )
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
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
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]
Out
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]
MLS SuperDraft
Coaching staff
As of October 7, 2019[update] [ 32]
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
Non-competitive
Preseason friendlies
Midseason friendlies
TBD
Competitive
MLS
Standings
Western Conference table
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
Notes:
Overall table
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
(V) Canadian Championship winner
Notes:
Match results
U.S. Open Cup
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
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Leagues Cup
Player statistics
Appearances, goals, and assists
Disciplinary record
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