2010 Houston Dynamo season

The 2010 Houston Dynamo season was the fifth season of the team's existence since joining Major League Soccer (MLS) prior to the 2006 season. It was the team's fifth season with head coach Dominic Kinnear, majority owner Philip Anschultz, and chief operating officer Chris Canetti. On June 10, team president Oliver Luck left the Dynamo to become athletic director for his alma mater, West Virginia University.^[1]

Houston Dynamo

2010 season
Owner	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
COO	Chris Canetti
Head coach	Dominic Kinnear
Stadium	Robertson Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 7th Overall: 12th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
SuperLiga	Semifinals
Texas Derby	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Brian Ching 7 goals All: Brian Ching Dominic Oduro 7 goals each
Average home league attendance	17,310
Home colors Away colors
← 2009 2011 →

This Dynamo failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time in franchise history during the 2010 season, finishing 7th in the Western Conference, 1 place and 13 points below the final playoff spot. In the U.S. Open Cup, Houston reached the quarterfinals, where they lost 3–1 to Chivas USA. The Dynamo finished top of their group in the North American SuperLiga, before losing 1–0 to Monarcas Morelia in the semifinals.

On July 28, the Dynamo hosted the 2010 MLS All-Star Game at Reliant Stadium, where the MLS All-Stars lost 5–2 to Manchester United.

Final roster

As of October 24, 2010.^[2]

Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Joined from	Joined in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Tally Hall		GK	May 12, 1985 (25)	Esbjerg fB	2009	5	0
18	Pat Onstad		GK	January 13, 1968 (42)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	136	0
30	Tyler Deric (HGP)		GK	August 30, 1988 (22)	Houston Dynamo Academy	2009	2	0
Defenders
2	Eddie Robinson		DF	June 19, 1978 (32)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	94	5
4	Ryan Cochrane		DF	August 8, 1983 (27)	San Jose Earthquakes	2009	70	2
8	Richard Mulrooney		DF	November 3, 1976 (33)	Toronto FC	2007	88	1
31	André Hainault		DF	June 17, 1986 (24)	FK Baník Most	2009	48	3
32	Bobby Boswell		DF	March 15, 1983 (27)	D.C. United	2008	84	2
51	Adrian Serioux		DF	May 12, 1979 (31)	Toronto FC	2010	33	3
Midfielders
5	Danny Cruz (GA)		MF	January 3, 1990 (20)	UNLV	2009	31	2
7	Colin Clark		MF	April 11, 1984 (26)	Colorado Rapids	2010	0	0
11	Brad Davis		MF	November 8, 1981 (28)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	125	17
13	Francisco Navas Cobo (HGP)		MF	November 17, 1991 (18)	Houston Dynamo Academy	2010	1	0
17	Mike Chabala		MF	May 24, 1984 (26)	University of Washington	2006	40	1
20	Geoff Cameron		MF	July 11, 1985 (25)	University of Rhode Island	2008	68	6
22	Lovel Palmer		MF	August 30, 1984 (26)	Harbour View	2010	26	2
26	Corey Ashe		MF	March 14, 1986 (24)	University of North Carolina	2007	98	1
27	Samuel Appiah		MF	March 25, 1985 (25)	Boston University	2010	2	1
35	Anthony Obodai		MF	August 6, 1982 (28)	RKC Waalwijk	2010	4	0
Forwards
15	Cam Weaver		FW	June 10, 1983 (27)	San Jose Earthquakes	2009	22	6
23	Dominic Oduro		FW	August 13, 1985 (25)	New York Red Bulls	2009	43	6
25	Brian Ching (C)		FW	May 24, 1978 (31)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	105	46
33	Joseph Ngwenya		FW	March 30, 1981 (29)	Antalyaspor	2010	37	8

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
January 21, 2010	Kevin Harmse	MF	25	Chivas USA	Acquired in exchange for a conditional third or fourth-round pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.	[3]
March 9, 2010	Francisco Navas Cobo	MF	18	Houston Dynamo Academy	Signed as a homegrown player.	[4]
March 12, 2010	Adrian Serioux	DF	30	Toronto FC	Acquired in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft.	[5]
March 19, 2010	Lovel Palmer	MF	25	Harbour View	Full transfer, fee undisclosed.	[6]
April 13, 2010	Joseph Ngwenya	FW	29	Antalyaspor	Signed on a free transfer. After Antalyaspor refused to turn over Ngwenya's International Transfer Certificate, FIFA ruled him eligible to join Houston on May 20.	[7][8]
July 13, 2010	Anthony Obodai	MF	27	RKC Waalwijk	Signed on a free transfer.	[9]
September 15, 2010	Colin Clark	MF	26	Colorado Rapids	Acquired along with allocation money in exchange for Brian Mullan and a fourth-round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.	[10]

Out

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

Date	Player	Position	Age	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
November 25, 2009	John Michael Hayden	MF	25	Louisville Lightning	Waived following the 2009 season.	[11]
November 25, 2009	Abe Thompson	FW	27	Real Salt Lake	Waived following the 2009 season.	[11]
December 31, 2009	Ricardo Clark	MF	26	Eintracht Frankfurt	Contract expired/free transfer	[12]
December 31, 2009	Stuart Holden	MF	24	Bolton Wanderers	Contract expired/free transfer	[12]
March 9, 2010	Kevin Harmse	MF	25	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Released	[13]
March 24, 2010	Erik Ustruck	MF	25	FC Tampa Bay	Released	[14]
March 25, 2010	Wade Barrett	DF	33	Retired	Joined the Dynamo coaching staff after retiring.	[15]
July 13, 2010	Luis Ángel Landín	FW	24	Atlante	Released	[9]
July 26, 2010	Craig Waibel	DF	34	Retired	Released	[16]
September 15, 2010	Brian Mullan	MF	32	Colorado Rapids	Traded along with a fourth-round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft for Colin Clark and allocation money.	[10]

MLS SuperDraft

See also: 2010 MLS SuperDraft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Age	College	Notes	Ref
3	43	David Walker	MF	22	UC Santa Barbara	Did not sign with the Dynamo, retired.	[17]
3	46	Samuel Appiah	MF	24	Boston University		[17]
4	56	Euan Holden	DF	21	New Mexico	Signed with Vejle Boldklub.	[17]

Coaching staff

As of October 24, 2010.^[18]

Position	Name
Head coach	Dominic Kinnear
Assistant coach	Wade Barrett
Assistant coach	Steve Ralston
Goalkeeper coach	Tim Hanley
Head athletic trainer	Theron Enns
Assistant athletic trainer	Shane Caron
Team administrator	Nick Kowba
Equipment manager	Michael Porter

Pre-season and friendlies

Pro Soccer Classic

See also: 2010 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic

  Win   Tie   Loss

Houston Dynamo v New York Red Bulls

February 25, 2010 Semifinals	Houston Dynamo	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	New York Red Bulls	Orlando, Florida
8:00 PM CST	Maciel  90'	report	Petke  58' Lindpere  90+1'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 1,110
	Penalties
	Barrett Oduro Cruz Maciel Ustruck Cameron		Ángel Lindpere Ubiparipović Ream Miller da Luz

Houston Dynamo v FC Dallas

February 27, 2010 Third place match	Houston Dynamo	2–1	FC Dallas	Orlando, Florida
8:00 PM CST	Palmer 16' Weaver 53'	report	Ferreira 13' Edward  42' Alexander  84'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 1,500

Friendlies

Houston Dynamo v Austin Aztex

March 7, 2010	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Austin Aztex	Houston, Texas
1:00 PM CST	Palmer  60' Ustruck 86'	Report	Powers  60' Boswell 74' (o.g)	Stadium: Carl Lewis Track & Field Complex

Houston Dynamo v Chicago Fire

March 11, 2010	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Chicago Fire	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM CST	Robinson  15'  74' Mullan  55' Weaver 63' Chabala  68'	Report	Pappa  70'  85' 71' Brown  73' Umanzor  77'	Stadium: Sorrells Field

Austin Aztex v Houston Dynamo

March 14, 2010	Austin Aztex	0–1	Houston Dynamo	Austin, Texas
5:00 PM CDT	Olum  44'	Report	Cameron 83'	Stadium: Nelson Field

San Jose Earthquakes v Houston Dynamo

March 17, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	0–0	Houston Dynamo	San Francisco, California
9:30 PM CDT	Glen  78'	report	Landín  42'	Stadium: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 2,116 Referee: Tyler Ploeger

Chivas USA v Houston Dynamo

March 20, 2010	Chivas USA	1–3	Houston Dynamo	Santa Barbara, California
9:30 PM CDT	Cuesta 83' Cuesta  86' Jazic  88'	Report	Ching  45' Oduro 51' Davis 59' Serioux 87'	Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 1,657 Referee: Ashbir Singh

Houston Dynamo v Laredo Heat

June 10, 2010	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Laredo Heat	Corpus Christi, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Robinson  33' Chabala  36'  41' Davis 68' (pen.) Waibel  82' Oduro 85'	Report	Garcia 2' Lewis  14'  17' Perez  17' Galvan  41'	Stadium: Whataburger Field Attendance: 6,111 Referee: Carlos Salas

Houston Dynamo v C.D. Águila

June 20, 2010 Dynamo Charities Cup	Houston Dynamo	4–0	C.D. Águila	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Ngwenya 16' Ashe 28' Oduro 67' Landín 74' (pen.) Palmer  75'	Report		Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 11,843 Referee: Landis Wiley

Competitions

Major League Soccer

See also: 2010 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy	30	18	7	5	44	26	+18	59	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Real Salt Lake	30	15	4	11	45	20	+25	56
3	FC Dallas	30	12	4	14	42	28	+14	50
4	Seattle Sounders FC	30	14	10	6	39	35	+4	48
5	Colorado Rapids	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12	46
6	San Jose Earthquakes	30	13	10	7	34	33	+1	46
7	Houston Dynamo	30	9	15	6	40	49	−9	33
8	Chivas USA	30	8	18	4	31	45	−14	28

Source: MLS

Overall

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy (S)	30	18	7	5	44	26	+18	59	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Real Salt Lake	30	15	4	11	45	20	+25	56
3	New York Red Bulls	30	15	9	6	38	29	+9	51
4	FC Dallas	30	12	4	14	42	28	+14	50	CONCACAF Champions League
5	Columbus Crew	30	14	8	8	40	34	+6	50
6	Seattle Sounders FC	30	14	10	6	39	35	+4	48	CONCACAF Champions League
7	Colorado Rapids (C)	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12	46
8	San Jose Earthquakes	30	13	10	7	34	33	+1	46
9	Kansas City Wizards	30	11	13	6	36	35	+1	39
10	Chicago Fire	30	9	12	9	37	38	−1	36
11	Toronto FC	30	9	13	8	33	41	−8	35	CONCACAF Champions League
12	Houston Dynamo	30	9	15	6	40	49	−9	33
13	New England Revolution	30	9	16	5	32	50	−18	32
14	Philadelphia Union	30	8	15	7	35	49	−14	31
15	Chivas USA	30	8	18	4	31	45	−14	28
16	D.C. United	30	6	20	4	21	47	−26	22

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
30	33	9	15	6	40	49	−9	6	6	3	25	21	+4	3	9	3	15	28	−13

Last updated: October 25, 2010
Source: FBref.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

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
Stadium	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	T	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	T	T	T	L	T	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	T	L	W	W
Position	8	5	10	5	9	5	6	6	7	6	8	10	10	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	12	13	15	15	15	13	13	15	14	12

Updated to match(es) played on October 24, 2010. Source: Major League Soccer
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Match results

FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo

March 27, 2010 1 Texas Derby	FC Dallas	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Frisco, Texas
3:00 PM CDT	McCarty  33' Harris 38' Harris  45'	Report	Chabala 36' Boswell  57'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 8,016 Referee: Alex Prus

Houston Dynamo v Real Salt Lake

April 1, 2010 2	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Davis 52' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Boswell  90+4'	Report	Morales 18' Wingert  45+1' Olave  54' Espindola  90+4'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 18,197 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Houston Dynamo v Los Angeles Galaxy

April 10, 2010 3	Houston Dynamo	0–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Hainault  24' Landín  43' Davis  66'	Report	Gonzalez  25' Buddle 27', 45'  52' Juninho  38'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 16,459 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Houston Dynamo v Chivas USA

April 17, 2010 4	Houston Dynamo	3–0	Chivas USA	Houston, Texas
3:00 PM CDT	Cameron 12' Palmer 20' Palmer  56' Oduro 65'	Report		Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 14,843 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Chicago Fire v Houston Dynamo

April 24, 2010 5	Chicago Fire	2–0	Houston Dynamo	Bridgeview, Illinois
7:30 PM CDT	Husidic 45+3' Lowry  55' 67' John  81' Krol  84' Banner  88'	Report	Chabala  58' Serioux  65' Cruz  79'  82' Landín  84'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 11,312 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Houston Dynamo v Kansas City Wizards

May 1, 2010 6	Houston Dynamo	3–0	Kansas City Wizards	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Landín 24' Mullan 52' Palmer  64' Appiah 88'	Report	Besler  16' Arnaud  33' Auvray  56' Rocastle  70'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 16,042 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Houston Dynamo v FC Dallas

May 5, 2010 7 Texas Derby	Houston Dynamo	0–1	FC Dallas	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Hainault  50'	Report	Hernández  45' Benítez  73' Ihemelu 79'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 13,231 Referee: Jorge González

Chivas USA v Houston Dynamo

May 8, 2010 8	Chivas USA	0–2	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
9:30 PM CDT	Trujillo  35'	Report	Davis 4' Serioux 8' Chabala  42'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,577 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

Real Salt Lake v Houston Dynamo

May 13, 2010 9	Real Salt Lake	3–1	Houston Dynamo	Sandy, Utah
8:00 PM CDT	Findley 3' Saborío 24', 60' Borchers  26'	Report	Chabala  33' Mullan 72' Boswell  77'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 12,945 Referee: Alex Prus

Houston Dynamo v D.C. United

May 22, 2010 10	Houston Dynamo	2–0	D.C. United	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Cruz 9' Oduro 55' Landín  57' Davis  68'	Report	Montaño  18' Wallace  65'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 24,471 Referee: Kevin Stott

Houston Dynamo v Philadelphia Union

May 29, 2010 11	Houston Dynamo	2–3	Philadelphia Union	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Ching 52' Robinson 59' Mullan  79'	Report	Hravey  21' Salinas 39' Nakazawa  42' Arrieta  51' Miglioranzi  58' Le Toux 69' Mwanga 90+3'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 13,555 Referee: Steven Depiero

New York Red Bulls v Houston Dynamo

June 2, 2010 12	New York Red Bulls	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Harrison, New Jersey
6:30 PM CDT	Ubiparipovic 15' Borman  32' Albright  40' Hall  59' Petke  75' Angel 90+4'	Report	Mulrooney  13' Robinson  28' Mullan  40' Ching 65' Palmer  89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11,462 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Los Angeles Galaxy v Houston Dynamo

June 5, 2010 13	Los Angeles Galaxy	4–1	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
7:00 PM CDT	Kirovski 1', 21' Bowen 48' Alequito 56' Berhalter  60'	Report	Weaver 7'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,826 Referee: Paul Ward

Houston Dynamo v Colorado Rapids

June 26, 2010 14	Houston Dynamo	2–2	Colorado Rapids	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Ching  7' Cruz 17' Ngwenya 80'	Report	Casey 45' Larentowicz  68' Palmer 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 13,744 Referee: Mark Geiger

Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo

July 1, 2010 15	Toronto FC	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Toronto, Ontario
6:00 PM CDT	Sanyang  90+4' Garcia  59' de Guzman  62' Attakora  63' Gargan 84'  85'	Report	Ngwenya  62' Ching 72'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 21,374 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Houston Dynamo v Columbus Crew

July 10, 2010 16	Houston Dynamo	0–0	Columbus Crew	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Hainault  73'	Report	Padula  88'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 13,486 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Columbus Crew v Houston Dynamo

July 24, 2010 17	Columbus Crew	3–0	Houston Dynamo	Columbus, Ohio
6:30 PM CDT	O'Rourke  22' Renteria 34' Iro 84' Griffit 90'	report	Chabala  2' Boswell  40'  72'	Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 13,585 Referee: Alex Prus

Houston Dynamo v New York Red Bulls

July 31, 2010 18	Houston Dynamo	2–2	New York Red Bulls	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Davis 24' (pen.) Palmer  44' Mullan 90'	Report	Angel 10', 58' Lindpere  59' Richards  71' Muller  85'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 24,750 Referee: Paul Ward

Seattle Sounders FC v Houston Dynamo

August 8, 2010 19	Seattle Sounders FC	2–0	Houston Dynamo	Seattle, Washington
10:00 PM CDT	Nyassi  28' Riley  32' Nkufo  50' Montero 64' Sturgis  70' Fernández 88'	Report	Chabala  59' Mullan  59'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 36,111 Referee: Michael Kennedy

New England Revolution v Houston Dynamo

August 14, 2010 20	New England Revolution	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00 PM CDT	Smith  41' Stolica 62'	Report	Cruz  41' Obodai  76'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 11,546 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Houston Dynamo v Chicago Fire

August 21, 2010 21	Houston Dynamo	4–3	Chicago Fire	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Ching 31', 59', 85' Palmer 50'	Report	Carr 55' Conde  61' 81' Boswell 70' (o.g.) Ljungberg  90+4'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 18,890 Referee: Kevin Stott

Colorado Rapids v Houston Dynamo

August 28, 2010 22	Colorado Rapids	3–0	Houston Dynamo	Commerce City, Colorado
8:30 PM CDT	Smith 2' Mastroeni  11' Cummings 14' Casey 23'  72'	Report	Palmer  10' Cruz  70'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 11,511 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

Houston Dynamo v San Jose Earthquakes

September 5, 2010 23	Houston Dynamo	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Davis 45+2' Robinson  66'	Report	Stephenson 6' Hernandez  41' Glen  45+1' Geovanni 64' Cronin  84'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 15,073 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Houston Dynamo v Toronto FC

September 18, 2010 24	Houston Dynamo	1–2	Toronto FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Ching 18' Cameron  79' Robinson  90+3'	Report	Barrett  29' Maicon  53'De Rosario 60', 90+4'  81' White  89'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 16,435 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Kansas City Wizards v Houston Dynamo

September 22, 2010 25	Kansas City Wizards	4–3	Houston Dynamo	Kansas City, Kansas
7:30 PM CDT	Kamara 35' Bunbury 60' Espinoza  67' Smith 71' Wolff 90+6'	Report	Weaver 13' Oduro 34' Serioux 37' Hainault  46' Palmer  84' Boswell  89' Ngwenya  90+5'	Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 9,679 Referee: Jair Marrufo

D.C. United v Houston Dynamo

September 25, 2010 26	D.C. United	1–3	Houston Dynamo	Washington, D.C.
6:30 PM CDT	Najar 29'  69' Zayner  79' James  89'	Report	Cochrane  29' McTavish 66' (o.g.) Cameron 70'  90+4' Davis  82' Oduro 90+10'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 13,828 Referee: Alex Prus

Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo

October 2, 2010 27	Philadelphia Union	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Chester, Pennsylvania
3:00 PM CDT	Harvey  38' Le Toux 40'	Report	Hainault 12' Davis  58'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 16,115 Referee: Kevin Stott

Houston Dynamo v New England Revolution

October 10, 2010 28	Houston Dynamo	1–2	New England Revolution	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Weaver  41' Cochrane  44' Serioux  50' Oduro 59' Cameron  78'  90+7' Ngwenya  90+3'	Report	Phelan  26' Gibbs  40' Joseph 43' Dube 73' Barnes  83'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 16,479 Referee: Mark Geiger

San Jose Earthquakes v Houston Dynamo

October 16, 2010 29	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Houston Dynamo	Santa Clara, California
9:00 PM CDT	Cronin  35' Busch  87'	Report	Hainault 23'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,597 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Houston Dynamo v Seattle Sounders FC

October 23, 2010 30	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Houston, Texas
3:00 PM CDT	Cameron 27' Weaver  33' 46'	Report	Riley 12' Parke  29' Zakuani  35' González  41'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 23,990 Referee: Kevin Stott

U.S. Open Cup

See also: 2010 U.S. Open Cup

Houston Dynamo v Miami FC

June 29, 2010 Third round	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Miami FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Palmer 80'	Report	Patterson-Sewell  48' Rodrigues  66'  83'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 832 Referee: Chris Penso

Houston Dynamo v Chivas USA

July 6, 2010 Quarterfinals	Houston Dynamo	1–3	Chivas USA	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Robinson  54' Oduro 86' Waibel  90+3' Cruz  90+3'	Report	Braun 5', 90' Lahoud 65' Padilla  68' Mayen  90+3'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 1,097 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

SuperLiga

See also: 2010 North American SuperLiga

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Houston Dynamo	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Puebla	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Chivas USA	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Pachuca	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Houston Dynamo v Pachuca

July 15, 2010 Group A	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Pachuca	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Cruz  16' Ngwenya 19', 85'  61'	report	Rodríguez  48' Manso 51' Aguilar  84'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Jerry Solis (Costa Rica)

Houston Dynamo v Chivas USA

July 18, 2010 Group A	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Chivas USA	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Palmer 6' Hainault  18' Robinson  35'	Report	Umaña  41' Padilla 71'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 5007 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez USA

Houston Dynamo v Puebla

July 21, 2010 Group A	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Puebla	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Palmer  11' Ngwenya  50' Oduro 64'  90'  90' Cruz  74'  77' Serioux  86'	Report	García  25' Brown  52' 86' González  85' Corona  90+2'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 10,033 Referee: Oscar Reyna Guatemala

Houston Dynamo v Monarcas Morelia

August 5, 2010 Semifinal	Houston Dynamo	0–1	Monarcas Morelia	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Mullan  57' Chabala  78' Ashe  90+6'	report	Sabah 47' Droguett  61' Aldrete  66'  90+3' Lozano  78'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 7,641 Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Player statistics

Appearances, goals, and assists

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Total			MLS			U.S. Open Cup			SuperLiga
				Apps	G	A	Apps	G	A	Apps	G	A	Apps	G	A
1	GK		Tally Hall	11	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
2	DF		Eddie Robinson	28	1	2	23	1	2	2	0	0	3	0	0
4	DF		Ryan Cochrane	17	0	0	12	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
5	MF		Danny Cruz	30	2	2	25	2	2	2	0	0	3	0	0
7	FW		Colin Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Luis Ángel Landín[a]	10	1	3	9	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Richard Mulrooney	28	0	3	23	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0
9	MF		Brian Mullan[a]	25	3	3	22	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	MF		Brad Davis	30	5	12	27	5	12	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	MF		Francisco Navas Cobo	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW		Cam Weaver	19	3	2	14	3	1	2	0	0	3	0	1
16	DF		Craig Waibel[a]	6	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Mike Chabala	31	1	4	25	1	4	2	0	0	4	0	0
18	GK		Pat Onstad	23	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Geoff Cameron	17	3	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	MF		Lovel Palmer	32	4	1	26	2	1	2	1	0	4	1	0
23	FW		Dominic Oduro	32	7	5	27	5	4	2	1	1	3	1	0
25	FW		Brian Ching	23	7	3	20	7	3	0	0	0	3	0	0
26	MF		Corey Ashe	31	0	4	27	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0
27	MF		Samuel Appiah	4	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Tyler Deric	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		André Hainault	32	2	1	28	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0
32	DF		Bobby Boswell	30	0	1	26	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0
35	FW		Joseph Ngwenya	16	3	1	12	1	0	1	0	1	3	2	0
35	MF		Anthony Obodai	6	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
51	DF		Adrian Serioux	18	2	1	13	2	1	2	0	0	3	0	0

Source: Season statistics and match reports in Competitions

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Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Total		MLS		Open Cup		SuperLiga
2	DF		Eddie Robinson	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF		Ryan Cochrane	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF		Danny Cruz	7	1	3	1	1	0	3	0
7	FW		Luis Ángel Landín[a]	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Richard Mulrooney	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	MF		Brian Mullan[a]	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF		Brad Davis	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW		Cam Weaver	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Craig Waibel[a]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF		Mike Chabala	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF		Geoff Cameron	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Lovel Palmer	5	2	4	2	0	0	1	0
23	FW		Dominic Oduro	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	FW		Brian Ching	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Corey Ashe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	DF		André Hainault	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF		Bobby Boswell	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Joseph Ngwenya	3	2	1	2	0	0	2	0
35	MF		Anthony Obodai	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
51	DF		Adrian Serioux	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Source: Season statistics and match reports in Competitions

1. Left during the season

Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	MLS	Open Cup	SuperLiga	Total
1		Pat Onstad	4	0	0	4
2		Tally Hall	1	1	1	3
3		Tyler Deric	1	0	0	1
Total			6	1	1	8

Source: Season statistics and match reports in Competitions

Honors and awards

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
21	Brian Ching	[19]

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Date
4	Lovel Palmer	Chivas USA	April 17
27	Dominic Oduro	D.C. United	May 22

Annual

Honor	Player	Ref.
MLS All-Star	Brad Davis Brian Ching	[20]

Dynamo team awards

MVP	Defensive Player of the Year	Humanitarian of the Year	Young Player of the Year	Newcomer of the Year	Ref.
Brad Davis	Bobby Boswell	Brian Ching	Danny Cruz	Lovel Palmer	[21]

Kits

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