2018 Houston Dynamo season

The 2018 Houston Dynamo season was the club's 13th season of existence since joining Major League Soccer in the 2006 season.^[2] The club entered the campaign coming off its 7th Conference Final appearance in 13 years, the most among any MLS team in that time span.^[3] It was the team's second year under the leadership of Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera and fourth season under General Manager Matt Jordan.^[4] On the front office end, it was Gabriel Brener's third season as majority owner and Chris Canetti's eighth as the President of Business Operations.^[5][6]

Houston Dynamo

2018 season
Owner	Gabriel Brener
General manager	Matt Jordan
Head coach	Wílmer Cabrera
Stadium	BBVA Compass Stadium
MLS	Conference: 9th Overall: 17th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
2018 U.S. Open Cup	Winners
Texas Derby	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	League: Mauro Manotas (19 goals) All: Mauro Manotas (25 goals)
Highest home attendance	22,320 vs LA Galaxy (May 5)
Lowest home attendance	1,930 vs Minnesota United FC (June 18)
Average home league attendance	16,906[1]
Home colors Away colors
← 2017 2019 →

The Dynamo failed to make the MLS Cup Playoffs for the fourth time in five years but reached success in cup play, lifting its first U.S. Open Cup title - earning qualification to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.

Season Overview

Preseason

Main article: 2017 Houston Dynamo season

Roster

As of October 29, 2018^[7]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Tyler Deric (HGP)		GK	August 30, 1988 (age 30)	North Carolina Tar Heels	2009	83	0
18	Chris Seitz		GK	March 12, 1987 (age 31)	FC Dallas	2017	5	0
23	Joe Willis		GK	August 10, 1988 (age 30)	D.C. United	2015	63	0
26	Michael Nelson		GK	February 10, 1995 (age 23)	Southern Methodist University	2018	0	0
Defenders
2	Alejandro Fuenmayor		DF	August 29, 1996 (age 22)	Carabobo FC	2018	22	3
3	Adolfo Machado		DF	February 14, 1985, (age 33)	Saprissa	2017	54	0
4	Philippe Senderos		DF	February 14, 1985, (age 33)	Rangers	2017	10	4
7	DaMarcus Beasley		DF	May 24, 1982 (age 36)	Puebla	2014	116	3
14	Adam Lundkvist		DF	March 20, 1994 (age 24)	IF Elfsborg	2018	16	0
15	Dylan Remick		DF	May 19, 1991 (Age 27)	Seattle Sounders FC	2017	14	1
16	Kevin Garcia		DF	August 21, 1990 (age 28)	Rio Grande Valley	2016	18	1
20	A. J. DeLaGarza		DF	November 4, 1987 (age 30)	LA Galaxy	2017	34	0
22	Leonardo		DF	February 5, 1988 (age 30)	LA Galaxy	2017	54	3
30	Conor Donovan		DF	January 8, 1996 (age 22)	Rio Grande Valley	2018	0	0
33	Jared Watts		DF	February 3, 1992 (age 26)	Colorado Rapids	2018	7	0
Midfielders
5	Juan David Cabezas		MF	February 27, 1991 (age 27)	Deportivo Cali	2017	33	1
6	Eric Alexander		MF	April 14, 1988 (age 30)	Montreal Impact	2016	43	1
8	Memo Rodríguez (HGP)		MF	December 27, 1995 (age 22)	Rio Grande Valley	2017	28	3
10	Tomás Martínez (DP)		MF	March 7, 1995 (age 23)	Braga	2017	41	7
11	Andrew Wenger		MF	December 15, 1990 (age 27)	Philadelphia Union	2016	76	10
12	Arturo Alvarez		MF	June 28, 1985 (age 33)	Chicago Fire	2018	18	0
13	Luis Gil		MF	November 14, 1993 (age 24)	loan from Querétaro F.C.	2018	12	0
24	Darwin Cerén		MF	December 31, 1989 (age 28)	San Jose Earthquakes	2018	24	1
25	Eric Bird		MF	April 8, 1993 (age 25)	Rio Grande Valley	2017	6	0
27	Boniek García		MF	September 4, 1984 (age 34)	Olimpia	2012	169	13
Forwards
9	Mauro Manotas		ST	July 15, 1995 (age 23)	Uniautónoma	2015	97	35
17	Alberth Elis (DP)		ST	February 12, 1996 (age 22)	Monterrey	2017	56	21
19	Mac Steeves		ST	July 31, 1994 (age 24)	Providence College	2018	3	0
21	Ronaldo Peña		ST	March 10, 1997 (age 21)	Caracas FC	2018	9	1
31	Romell Quioto		ST	August 9, 1991 (age 27)	CD Olimpia	2017	54	13

Player movement

In

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

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref
December 7, 2017	Juan David Cabezas	MF	Deportivo Cali	Full Rights Purchased	[8]
December 10, 2017	Arturo Alvarez	MF	Chicago Fire	Trade	[9]
December 13, 2017	Alberth Elis	FW	C.F. Monterrey	Full Rights Purchased, Designated Player	[10]
December 15, 2017	Chris Seitz	GK	FC Dallas	Free Agent	[11]
December 22, 2017	Eric Bird	MF	RGV FC Toros	Signed	[12]
January 16, 2018	Alejandro Fuenmayor	DF	Caraboba FC	Full Rights Purchased	[13]
January 19, 2018	Darwin Ceren	MF	San Jose Earthquakes	Trade	[14]
January 19, 2018	Michael Nelson	GK	Southern Methodist University (College)	MLS SuperDraft	[15]
January 19, 2018	Mac Steeves	FW	Providence College	MLS SuperDraft	[16]
March 28, 2018	Jared Watts	DF	Colorado Rapids	Trade	[17]
April 26, 2018	Adam Lundqvist	DF	IF Elfsborg	Full Rights Purchased	[18]
July 5, 2018	Ronaldo Peña	FW	Caracas FC	Full Rights Purchased	[19]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
December 5, 2017	Alex	MF	Suwon FC	Contract expired	[20]
December 5, 2017	Christian Lucatero	MF	Club Necexa	Contract option declined	[20]
December 5, 2017	Rico Clark	MF	Columbus Crew SC	Contract option declined	[20]
December 5, 2017	Taylor Hunter	DF	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Contract option declined	[20]
December 5, 2017	Vicente Sánchez	FW	Retired	Contract option declined	[20]
December 5, 2017	Jalil Anibaba	DF	New England Revolution	Contract option declined	[20]
December 5, 2017	Calle Brown	GK	Seattle Sounders FC	Contract option declined	[20]
December 5, 2017	Joe Holland	MF	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Contract option declined	[20]
January 25, 2018	Erick Torres	FW	Pumas UNAM	Transfer	[21]
May 9, 2018	Charlie Ward	MF	San Antonio FC	Waived	[22]
June 5, 2018	George Malki	DF		Waived	[23]

Loans

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

In

Date	Player	Position	Loaned from	Notes	Ref
April 23, 2018	Luis Gil	MF	Querétaro F.C.	Season long loan	[24]

Coaching staff

As of 17 January 2018^[update][25]

Name	Position
Wilmer Cabera	Head coach
Michael Dellorusso	First Assistant Coach
Davy Arnaud	Assistant coach
Paul Rogers	Goalkeeper coach
Paul Caffrey	Sports Performance Director/ Fitness Coach
Steve Fell	Assistant Fitness Coach
Oliver Gage	Head of Performance Analyst / Technical Recruitment

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2018 Major League Soccer season

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Houston Dynamo v Atlanta United FC

March 3 11	Houston Dynamo	4–0	Atlanta United FC	Houston, Texas
2:30 PM CST	Wenger 5' Senderos 23' Manotas 27' Cerén 45+5' Seitz  61'	Report	González Pírez  32' McCann  34' Gressel  45+7'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,377 Referee: Allen Chapman

Houston Dynamo v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

March 10 12	Houston Dynamo	1–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Houston, Texas
5:00 PM CST	Senderos  29' Elis 39' Cerén  65'	Report	Teibert  12' Kamara 28' (pen.) Shea 49' Marinovic  88'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,082 Referee: Ted Unkel

D.C. United v Houston Dynamo

March 17 13	D.C. United	2–2	Houston Dynamo	Germantown, Maryland
12:30 PM CDT	Acosta  22' 90+7' Mattocks 50' Mora  83'	Report	Alexander  1' Elis 30' Manotas 31'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,128 Referee: David Gantar

Houston Dynamo v New England Revolution

March 31 14	Houston Dynamo	0–2	New England Revolution	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Beasley  35' Machado  69' Fuenmayor  86'	Report	Bunbury 15' Somi  52' Fagúndez  64' Penilla 71'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,156 Referee: Sorin Stoica

San Jose Earthquakes v Houston Dynamo

April 14 15	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2	Houston Dynamo	San Jose, California
9:30 PM CDT	Eriksson 26' Affolter  31' Wondolowski  71' Hyka 85'	Report	Martínez  36', 48' Manotas 63' Elis  65' Machado  87' Cerén  90+2'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 17,822 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Houston Dynamo v Toronto FC

April 21 16	Houston Dynamo	5–1	Toronto FC	Houston, Texas
3:00 PM CDT	Manotas 3' Leonardo 7' Alexander 46' Elis 60' Quioto 77'	Report	Taintor  29', 52' Hamilton  79'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,109 Referee: Drew Fischer

Minnesota United FC v Houston Dynamo

April 28 17	Minnesota United FC	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Minneapolis, Minnesota
7:00 PM CDT	Quintero 40' (pen.) Schüller  65' Ibson 70'	Report	Elis 10' Fuenmayor  39' Cerén  55'	Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 21,574 Referee: Ted Unkel

Houston Dynamo v LA Galaxy

May 5 18	Houston Dynamo	3–2	LA Galaxy	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Fuenmayor 3' Quioto 47' Rodriguez 90'	Report	Kitchen  20' Ciani  34' Cole  36' Giovani 39' Kamara 85'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 22,320 Referee: Alan Kelly

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Houston Dynamo

May 11 19	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–2	Houston Dynamo	Vancouver, British Columbia
9:30 PM CDT	Aja 44' Kamara  61' Waston 90+4'	Report	Martínez 35',  90' O. García  64' Álvarez  88' Manotas 90'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 18,813 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Chicago Fire v Houston Dynamo

May 20 10	Chicago Fire	2–3	Houston Dynamo	Bridgeview, Illinois
3:00 PM CDT	Nikolić 14' Diego Campos 16' Mo Adams  38' Richard Sánchez  83' Rafael Ramos  90+1'	Report	Romell Quioto 4', 79' Alberth Elis 56' (pen.),  80' García  67' Joe Willis  90+6'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,206 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Houston Dynamo v New York City FC

May 25 11	Houston Dynamo	3–1	New York City FC	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Fuenmayor  16', 21' Martínez 69' Elis 80',  80'	Report	Villa 6',  36' Callens  89'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 18,123 Referee: Allen Chapman

Real Salt Lake v Houston Dynamo

May 30 12	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Sandy, Utah
8:30 PM CDT	L. Silva 34' Beckerman 82' M. Silva  90+7'	Report	Martínez  28' Alexander  70' Elis 75' Romell Quioto  90+6'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,613 Referee: David Gantar

Montreal Impact v Houston Dynamo

June 2 13	Montreal Impact	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Montreal, Quebec
6:30 PM CDT	Vargas 44' Edwards  65'	Report	Elis  29' Gil  33' Lundqvist  69' Martinez  84'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 17,512 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Houston Dynamo v Colorado Rapids

June 9 14	Houston Dynamo	2–0	Colorado Rapids	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Martinez 30' Manotas 36' (pen.)	Report	Boli  45+4' Wynne  55'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,058 Referee: Drew Fischer

Sporting Kansas City v Houston Dynamo

June 23 15	Sporting Kansas City	3–2	Houston Dynamo	Kansas City, Kansas
7:30 PM CDT	Espinoza  27' Sallói 59' Diego Rubio 85' Shelton 88'	Report	Manotas 2', 45' Alexander  22'  87' Willis  55' Fuenmayor  90+2'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,081 Referee: Alan Kelly

Houston Dynamo v Los Angeles FC

July 3 16	Houston Dynamo	2–2	Los Angeles FC	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Fuenmayor  30' Oscar Boniek Garcia  56' Manotas 90+4' Senderos 90+6'	Report	Blessing 5' Zimmerman  22' Diomande  27' Kaye 72' Blackmon  75'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,037 Referee: Armando Villareal

Houston Dynamo v Minnesota United FC

July 7 17	Houston Dynamo	3–0	Minnesota United FC	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Senderos 36', 52',  41' Lundqvist  72' Elis 90+2'	Report	Mears  5' Gómez  62' Ibson  75' Miller  78' Heath  88'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 13,947 Referee: Kevin Stott

Colorado Rapids v Houston Dynamo

July 14 18	Colorado Rapids	0–0	Houston Dynamo	Commerce City, Colorado
8:00 PM CDT	Smith  27'	Report	Cerén  85'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,327 Referee: Ted Unkel

Houston Dynamo v FC Dallas

July 21 19	Houston Dynamo	1–1	FC Dallas	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Manotas 8' Machado  60' Rodriguez  87'	Report	Hedges 1'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 19,295 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Houston Dynamo v Philadelphia Union

July 25 20	Houston Dynamo	1–3	Philadelphia Union	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Manotas 10' Martinez  59' Cerén  90+2' Fuenmayor  90+5'	Report	Bedoya 34' Rosenberry  45+1' McKenzie  53' Sapong  65' Burke 70' Picault 90+6'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 13,094 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

Portland Timbers v Houston Dynamo

July 28 21	Portland Timbers	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Portland, Oregon
10:00 PM CDT	Blanco 7'  39' Powell  9' Asprilla  17' Adi 80'	Report	Quioto 12' Elis  17' Watts  26'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City

August 4 22	Houston Dynamo	0–1	Sporting Kansas City	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Quioto  4' Fuenmayor  14' Elis  15',  90+8' García  19' Willis  70' Peña  80' Cerén  90+4'	Report	Sinovic  22' Rubio 74',  90+2'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 14,675 Referee: Chris Penso

Columbus Crew SC v Houston Dynamo

August 11 23	Columbus Crew SC	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Columbus, Ohio
6:30 PM CDT	Zardes  56', 90+1' P. Santos 90+7'	Report	Leonardo  80' Lundqvist  86'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 15,891 Referee: Mark Geiger

Houston Dynamo v Real Salt Lake

August 18 24	Houston Dynamo	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	O. García 36'	Report	Ruiz  33' Herrera  58' Kreilach  82' Sunny  87' Savarino  90' Rusnák 90+3', 90+10' (pen.)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,072 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Houston Dynamo v FC Dallas

August 23 25	Houston Dynamo	1–1	FC Dallas	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	O. García  58' Cerén  61' Peña 88'	Report	Gruezo  53' Barrios 83' Figueroa  90+2'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,544 Referee: Allen Chapman

New York Red Bulls v Houston Dynamo

August 29 26	New York Red Bulls	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Harrison, New Jersey
7:00 PM CDT	White 55'	Report	Leonardo  89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15,042 Referee: Robert Sibiga

FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo

September 1 27	FC Dallas	4–2	Houston Dynamo	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Barrios 10' Mosquera 48', 51' Ziegler 58' (pen.)	Report	Lundqvist  23' Manotas 53' Cerén  60' Elis 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 16,835 Referee: Kevin Stott

Houston Dynamo v Portland Timbers

September 15 28	Houston Dynamo	4–1	Portland Timbers	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Elis 32' Manotas 39',  65', 71' Fuenmayor 81'	Report	Fuenmayor 9' (o.g.) Valentin  31' Ebobisse  34'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,256 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Orlando City SC v Houston Dynamo

September 22 29	Orlando City SC	0–0	Houston Dynamo	Orlando, Florida
6:30 PM CDT	Wenger  33'	Report	Spector  24' Ascues  73' Dwyer  90+1' Yotun  90+4'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,723 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Houston Dynamo v San Jose Earthquakes

September 29 30	Houston Dynamo	3–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Manotas 56' Martínez  52', 68' Quioto 87'	Report	Kashia  11' Wondolowski 37' (pen.) Fuenmayor 45' (o.g.)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,136 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Seattle Sounders FC v Houston Dynamo

October 8 31	Seattle Sounders FC	4–1	Houston Dynamo	Seattle, Washington
9:30 P.M. CDT	Bruin 18' C. Roldan 34' Rodríguez 64', 73'	Boxscore	Cabezas  55' Leonardo  76' Beasley 87'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,518 Referee: Drew Fischer

Los Angeles FC v Houston Dynamo

October 12 32	Los Angeles FC	4–2	Houston Dynamo	Los Angeles, California
9:00 PM CDT	Silva  19' Nguyen  35' Vela 44' (pen.), 78' Diomande 53' Zimmerman 58'	Report	Manotas 33' Deric  44' Cerén  45+1' Wenger 80'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Alan Kelly

Houston Dynamo v Seattle Sounders FC

October 21 33	Houston Dynamo	2–3	Seattle Sounders FC	Houston, Texas
4:30 PM CDT	K. Garcia 63' O. García  74' Manotas 89'	Report	Marshall 26' Svensson 49' Nouhou  72' Ruidíaz 87'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 19,127 Referee: David Gantar

LA Galaxy v Houston Dynamo

October 28 34	LA Galaxy	2–3	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
3:30 PM CDT	Kamara 27', 30'	Report	Quioto 57' Manotas 73' (pen.), 79' Cerén  89' O. García  90+4' Peña  90+8',  90+8'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,068 Referee: Kevin Stott

League Tables

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Kansas City	34	18	8	8	65	40	+25	62	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	11	5	52	37	+15	59
3	Los Angeles FC	34	16	9	9	68	52	+16	57	MLS Cup Knockout Round
4	FC Dallas	34	16	9	9	52	44	+8	57
5	Portland Timbers	34	15	10	9	54	48	+6	54
6	Real Salt Lake	34	14	13	7	55	58	−3	49
7	LA Galaxy	34	13	12	9	66	64	+2	48
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	13	13	8	54	67	−13	47
9	Houston Dynamo	34	10	16	8	58	58	0	38
10	Minnesota United FC	34	11	20	3	49	71	−22	36
11	Colorado Rapids	34	8	19	7	36	63	−27	31
12	San Jose Earthquakes	34	4	21	9	49	71	−22	21

Source: MLS

Overall

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
15	Montreal Impact	34	14	16	4	47	53	−6	46
16	New England Revolution	34	10	13	11	49	55	−6	41
17	Houston Dynamo	34	10	16	8	58	58	0	38	CONCACAF Champions League
18	Minnesota United FC	34	11	20	3	49	71	−22	36
19	Toronto FC	34	10	18	6	59	64	−5	36	CONCACAF Champions League

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

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2018 U.S. Open Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Houston Dynamo v NTX Rayados

June 6 Fourth round	Houston Dynamo	5–0	NTX Rayados	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Rodríguez 55', 71' (pen.) Padilla  65' Quintanilla 68', 90+2' Senderos  74' Zaldívar 88'	Report	Burciaga  9'  70'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,212 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Houston Dynamo v Minnesota United FC

June 18 Round of 16	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Minnesota United FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Manotas 47' (Lundqvist) Fuenmayor  89' Seitz  90'	Dynamo Report	Boxall  67' Kallman  90+3'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 1,930 Referee: Guido Gonzalez

Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City

July 18 Quarterfinals	Houston Dynamo	4–2	Sporting Kansas City	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Quioto  26', 35', 66' O. García  45' Manotas 69', 88' Fuenmayor  79'	Report	Russell 2' Croizet 90+3'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,431 Referee: Allen Chapman

Houston Dynamo v Los Angeles FC

August 8 Semi-finals	Houston Dynamo	3–3 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Los Angeles FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Wenger 12' (Lundqvist) Manotas 25' (Elis) Martínez  45+2' Elis  50' Rodríguez 75' (Martínez) Cerén  107'	Dynamo Report LAFC Report	Rossi 6' (Nguyen) 78' (Blessing) 90+5' Atuesta  58'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 7,581 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
	Penalties
	Cerén Rodríguez Elis Boniek García Martínez Gil Wenger Senderos		Beitashour Kovar Horta Vela Ciman Harvey Rossi Blessing

Houston Dynamo v Philadelphia Union

September 26 Final	Houston Dynamo	3–0	Philadelphia Union	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Manotas 4' (Elis), 25',  61' Martínez  53' Trusty 65' (o.g.) O. García  69'	Report	Dočkal  51'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,060 Referee: Nima Saghafi Assistant referees: Cameron Blanchard Assistant referees: Kyle Atkins Fourth official: Alejandro Mariscal

Player statistics

Appearances, goals, and assists

As of October 29, 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total			MLS			US Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
1	GK		Tyler Deric	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Alejandro Fuenmayor	26	3	1	22	3	1	4	0	0
3	DF		Adolfo Machado	23	0	0	21	0	0	2	0	0
4	DF		Philippe Senderos	13	4	1	8	4	1	5	0	0
5	MF		Juan David Cabezas	7	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	MF		Eric Alexander	23	1	2	21	1	2	2	0	0
7	DF		DaMarcus Beasley	28	1	2	26	1	2	2	0	0
8	MF		Memo Rodríguez	24	4	1	19	1	0	5	3	1
9	FW		Mauro Manotas	37	25	1	33	19	1	4	6	0
10	MF		Tomás Martínez	36	5	14	32	5	13	4	0	1
11	MF		Andrew Wenger	24	3	1	22	2	1	2	1	0
12	MF		Arturo Álvarez	20	0	3	18	0	1	2	0	2
13	MF		Luis Gil	15	0	1	12	0	0	3	0	1
14	DF		Adam Lundqvist	18	0	3	16	0	1	2	0	2
14	MF		Charlie Ward[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Dylan Remick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Kevin Garcia	19	1	0	15	1	0	4	0	0
17	FW		Alberth Elis	34	11	13	30	11	10	4	0	3
18	GK		Chris Seitz	9	0	0	6	0	0	3	0	0
19	FW		Mac Steeves	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		A. J. DeLaGarza	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Ronaldo Peña	9	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0
21	DF		George Malki[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Leonardo	25	1	0	24	1	0	1	0	0
23	GK		Joe Willis	28	0	0	26	0	0	2	0	0
24	MF		Darwin Cerén	27	1	1	24	1	0	3	0	1
25	MF		Eric Bird	8	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0
26	GK		Michael Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Boniek García	32	1	7	29	1	7	3	0	0
30	DF		Conor Donovan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	MF		Romell Quioto	36	8	12	32	6	12	4	2	0
33	DF		Jared Watts	7	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	0
35	MF		Todd Wharton[b]	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
37	FW		Matías Zaldívar[b]	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
38	FW		Aldo Quintanilla[b]	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
39	MF		Manny Padilla[b]	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
40	FW		Jhon Montaño[b]	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Source: Season Statistics and Match reports in Competitions

1. Left during the season
2. Short term loan from RGVFC

Disciplinary record

As of October 29, 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		US Open Cup
1	GK		Tyler Deric	1	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF		Alejandro Fuenmayor	9	1	7	1	2	0
3	DF		Adolfo Machado	3	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF		Philippe Senderos	3	0	2	0	1	0
5	MF		Juan David Cabezas	1	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF		Eric Alexander	3	1	3	1	0	0
7	DF		DaMarcus Beasley	0	1	0	1	0	0
8	MF		Memo Rodríguez	1	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Mauro Manotas	2	0	1	0	1	0
10	MF		Tomás Martínez	7	1	5	1	2	0
11	MF		Andrew Wenger	1	0	1	0	0	0
12	MF		Arturo Álvarez	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	MF		Luis Gil	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	DF		Adam Lundqvist	4	0	4	0	0	0
14	MF		Charlie Ward[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Dylan Remick	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Kevin Garcia	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Alberth Elis	7	1	6	1	1	0
18	GK		Chris Seitz	2	0	1	0	1	0
19	FW		Mac Steeves	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		A. J. DeLaGarza	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Ronaldo Peña	2	1	2	1	0	0
21	DF		George Malki[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Leonardo	4	0	4	0	0	0
23	GK		Joe Willis	3	0	3	0	0	0
24	MF		Darwin Cerén	10	1	9	1	1	0
25	MF		Eric Bird	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Michael Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Boniek García	9	0	7	0	2	0
30	DF		Conor Donovan	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Romell Quioto	4	0	3	0	1	0
33	DF		Jared Watts	1	0	1	0	0	0
35	MF		Todd Wharton[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Matías Zaldívar[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW		Aldo Quintanilla[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Manny Padilla[b]	1	0	0	0	1	0
40	FW		Jhon Montaño[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Season Statistics and Match reports in Competitions

1. Left during the season
2. Short term loan from RGVFC