2019 Houston Dynamo 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.

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
← 2018 2020 →

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

See also: 2019 MLS SuperDraft

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]

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

Houston Dynamo v Rio Grande Valley FC Toros

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.

Houston Dynamo v Rio Grande Valley FC Toros

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

Houston Dynamo v Minnesota United FC

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

Houston Dynamo v Seattle Sounders FC

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.

Houston Dynamo v Seattle Sounders FC

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

Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City

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

Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City

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

Midseason friendlies

TBD

Competitive

MLS

Main article: 2019 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Western Conference table

2019 MLS Western Conference standings

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[a]	34	8	16	10	37	58	−21	34

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:

1. Canadian clubs could not qualify for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League through MLS play.

Overall table

2019 MLS regular season standings

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 (V)	34	12	17	5	47	60	−13	41	2020 CONCACAF Champions League[a]
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

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:

1. As 2019 Canadian Championship champions (CAN1)

Match results

Houston Dynamo v Real Salt Lake

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

Houston Dynamo v Montreal Impact

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

Houston Dynamo v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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

Colorado Rapids v Houston Dynamo

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

Houston Dynamo v San Jose Earthquakes

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

LA Galaxy v Houston Dynamo

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

Houston Dynamo v Columbus Crew SC

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

Houston Dynamo v FC Dallas

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

Seattle Sounders FC v Houston Dynamo

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

Houston Dynamo v Portland Timbers

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

Houston Dynamo v D.C. United

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

Minnesota United FC v Houston Dynamo

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

Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City

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

Portland Timbers v Houston Dynamo

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

San Jose Earthquakes v Houston Dynamo

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

New England Revolution v Houston Dynamo

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

Houston Dynamo v New York Red Bulls

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

FC Cincinnati v Houston Dynamo

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

Houston Dynamo v Los Angeles FC

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

Atlanta United FC v Houston Dynamo

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

Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo

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

Houston Dynamo v Seattle Sounders FC

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

Houston Dynamo v Chicago Fire

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

New York City FC v Houston Dynamo

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

Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo

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

Houston Dynamo v Colorado Rapids

August 17, 2019 26	Houston Dynamo	2–2	Colorado Rapids	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT	Lundqvist  2' Manotas 74', 79'	Report	Rubio 7', 38' Price  25' Smith  76' Vines  81'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,458 Referee: Ismail Elfath

FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo

August 24, 2019 27	FC Dallas	5–1	Houston Dynamo	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Ziegler 24' (pen.) Badji  28' Ferreira 29',  33' Ondrášek 56', 64' Barrios 90+6'	Report	Elis  15' Bizama  23' Rodríguez 80'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,452 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Sporting Kansas City v Houston Dynamo

August 31, 2019 28	Sporting Kansas City	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Kansas City, Kansas
7:30 PM CDT	Russell 12' Gutiérrez  47'	Report	B. García  61' DeLaGarza  65' Vera  89' Figueroa  90+3'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,917 Referee: Alan Kelly

Houston Dynamo v Minnesota United FC

September 11, 2019 29	Houston Dynamo	2–0	Minnesota United FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Manotas 37' Ramirez 44' Rodríguez  82'	Report	Gasper  26'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 13,166 Referee: Timothy Ford

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Houston Dynamo

September 14, 2019 30	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Vancouver, British Columbia
9:00 PM CDT	Ali Adnan  30' In-beom 54' (pen.),  66' Montero 90'	Report	Vera  42' Manotas 78'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 17,382 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Houston Dynamo v Orlando City SC

September 21, 2019 31	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Orlando City SC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Elis 70' Ramirez 73'	Report	Dwyer 6' Higuita  60'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,146 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Los Angeles FC v Houston Dynamo

September 25, 2019 32	Los Angeles FC	3–1	Houston Dynamo	Los Angeles, California
9:30 PM CDT	Vela 23' (pen.) El-Munir  56' Rossi 70',  80' Atuesta  75', 82'	Report	Miller 28' (o.g.) Struna  33' Vera  81'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Referee: Ramy Touchan

Real Salt Lake v Houston Dynamo

September 29, 2019 33	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Sandy, Utah
6:30 PM CDT	Baird 1' Savarino  29' 75'	Report	Martínez 32' McNamara  87'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,117 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Houston Dynamo v LA Galaxy

October 6, 2019 34	Houston Dynamo	4–2	LA Galaxy	Houston, Texas
3:00 PM CDT	Ramírez 45+2', 83' Elis 62' B. García  70' Rodríguez 90+4'	Report	Ibrahimović 9' Feltscher  45+1' Pavón 54'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 21,777 Referee: Allen Chapman

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2019 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]

Houston Dynamo v Austin Bold FC

June 11, 2019 (2019-06-11) Fourth round	Houston Dynamo	3–2	Austin Bold FC	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM CDT	Martínez 14' Peña 31' Vera 40' Cabezas  65' Duvall  70' O. García  88'	Report	Guadarrama  42' Báez 48',  51' Saramutin  49' Promise 58' Taylor  86'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,765 Referee: Elton Garcia

Houston Dynamo v Minnesota United FC

June 18, 2019 (2019-06-18) Round of Sixteen	Houston Dynamo	2–3	Minnesota United FC	Houston, Texas
6:00 PM CDT	Peña 9' Martínez 37' Fuenmayor  40'	Report	Boxall  20' Quintero 66', 82' Toye 89' Olum  90+4'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,559 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

CONCACAF Champions League

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Round of 16

Guastatoya v Houston Dynamo

February 19, 2019 First leg	Guastatoya	0–1	Houston Dynamo	Guatemala City, Guatemala
9:00 PM CST	Ramírez  21' Aparicio  87'	Report	Beasley 84'	Stadium: Estadio Flores Referee: Kimbell Ward

Houston Dynamo v Guastatoya

February 26, 2019 Second leg	Houston Dynamo	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Guastatoya	Houston, United States
7:00 PM CST	Peña  66' Manotas 77', 85' Vera  88'	Report	Cincotta  33' Aparicio  63' Navarro 72' Domínguez  84'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 10,021 Referee: Hector Martinez

Quarter-finals

Houston Dynamo v UANL

March 5, 2019 First leg	Houston Dynamo	0–2	UANL	Houston, United States
7:00 PM CST	Elis  63' García  90+2'	Report	Torres  60' Valencia 78' Quiñones 81' Rodríguez  86' Vargas  90+3'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Referee: Iván Arcides Barton Cisneros

UANL v Houston Dynamo

March 12, 2019 Second leg	UANL	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Houston Dynamo	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
11:00 PM CST	Salcedo 68'	Report	Figueroa  45+1' Vera  55' Struna  64'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 41,615 Referee: Yadel Martinez

Leagues Cup

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Houston Dynamo v América

July 24, 2019 Quarterfinal	Houston Dynamo	1–1 (5–6 p)	América	Houston, United States
7:30 PM CDT	Salazar  40' Fuenmayor  64' Beasley 85'		Bruno Valdez  43' Benedetti 73',  88' Uribe  76'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,315 Referee: Walter López Castellanos
	Penalties
	Quioto Cerén Elis Cabezas Bird K. Garcia Junqua		Castillo Aguilera Uribe Ibargüen Martínez Benedetti dos Santos

Player statistics

Appearances, goals, and assists

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total			MLS			US Open Cup			CONCACAF Champions League			Leagues Cup
				Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
1	GK		Tyler Deric	9	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Alejandro Fuenmayor	12	0	1	8	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Adam Lundqvist	29	0	4	28	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF		Juan David Cabezas	19	1	0	15	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF		Aljaž Struna	32	0	1	29	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF		DaMarcus Beasley	18	2	2	12	0	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0
8	MF		Memo Rodríguez	28	7	5	26	7	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW		Mauro Manotas	36	15	8	32	13	8	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Tomás Martínez	37	7	4	33	5	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Tommy McNamara	39	2	3	33	2	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Niko Hansen	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Chris Duvall	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	FW		Christian Ramirez	10	5	1	10	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Marlon Hairston	18	0	1	12	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0
15	DF		Maynor Figueroa	29	0	3	25	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Kevin Garcia	16	0	1	12	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
17	FW		Alberth Elis	31	9	11	26	9	10	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0
18	DF		José Bizama	5	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Michael Salazar	10	0	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	DF		A. J. DeLaGarza	27	0	1	23	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Ronaldo Peña	8	2	1	4	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Matías Vera	36	1	1	30	0	1	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK		Joe Willis	31	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Darwin Cerén	16	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
25	MF		Eric Bird	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
26	GK		Michael Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Boniek García	37	0	1	32	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Erik McCue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Sam Junqua	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	MF		Romell Quioto	23	2	2	18	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0
34	FW		Carlos Small[a]	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Season Statistics and Match reports in Competitive

1. Short term loan from RGVFC

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		US Open Cup		CONCACAF Champions League		Leagues Cup
1	GK		Tyler Deric	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Alejandro Fuenmayor	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Adam Lundqvist	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF		Juan David Cabezas	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Aljaž Struna	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	DF		DaMarcus Beasley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Memo Rodríguez	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Mauro Manotas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Tomás Martínez	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Tommy McNamara	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Niko Hansen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Chris Duvall	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW		Christian Ramirez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Marlon Hairston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Maynor Figueroa	7	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF		Kevin Garcia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Alberth Elis	7	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
18	DF		José Bizama	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Michael Salazar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF		A. J. DeLaGarza	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Ronaldo Peña	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF		Matías Vera	11	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
23	GK		Joe Willis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Darwin Cerén	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Eric Bird	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Michael Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Boniek García	8	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF		Erik McCue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Sam Junqua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Romell Quioto	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW		Carlos Small	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Season Statistics and Match reports in Competitive