2019 Houston Dynamo season

Houston Dynamo
2018 season
Owner	Gabriel Brener
General Manager	Matt Jordan
Head Coach	Wílmer Cabrera
Stadium	BBVA Compass Stadium
MLS	Conference: TBD; Overall: TBD
MLS Cup Playoffs	TBD
2019 U.S. Open Cup	TBD
Texas Derby	TBD
Top goalscorer	League: ; TBD; All: ; TBD
Highest home attendance	TBD
Lowest home attendance	TBD
Average home league attendance	TBD
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Houston Dynamo season is 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 is 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 Brenner'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]

Current squad

As of December 17, 2018^[6]

Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Tyler Deric (HGP)	GK	(1988-08-30) August 30, 1988 (age 35)	North Carolina Tar Heels	2009	83	0
18	Chris Seitz	GK	(1987-03-12) March 12, 1987 (age 37)	FC Dallas	2017	6	0
23	Joe Willis	GK	(1988-08-10) August 10, 1988 (age 36)	DC United	2015	63	0
26	Michael Nelson	GK	(1995-02-10) February 10, 1995 (age 29)	Southern Methodist University	2018	0	0
Defenders
2	Alejandro Fuenmayor	DF	(1996-08-29) August 29, 1996 (age 28)	Carabobo FC	2018	22	3
14	Adam Lundkvist	DF	(1994-03-20) March 20, 1994 (age 30)	IF Elfsborg	2018	16	0
16	Kevin Garcia	DF	(1990-08-21) August 21, 1990 (age 34)	Rio Grande Valley	2016	18	1
20	A. J. DeLaGarza	DF	(1987-11-04) November 4, 1987 (age 36)	LA Galaxy	2017	34	0
	Chris Duvall	DF	(1991-09-10) September 10, 1991 (age 32)	Montreal Impact	2018	0	0
	Erik McCue (HGP)	DF	(2001-01-18) January 18, 2001 (age 23)	Houston Dynamo Academy	2018	0	0
	Aljaž Struna	DF	(1990-08-04) August 4, 1990 (age 34)	Palermo	2018	0	0
Midfielders
5	Juan David Cabezas	MF	(1991-02-27) February 27, 1991 (age 33)	Deportivo Cali	2017	33	1
8	Memo Rodríguez (HGP)	MF	(1995-12-27) December 27, 1995 (age 28)	Rio Grande Valley	2017	28	3
10	Tomás Martínez (DP)	MF	(1995-03-07) March 7, 1995 (age 29)	Braga	2017	41	7
24	Darwin Cerén	MF	(1989-12-31) December 31, 1989 (age 34)	San Jose Earthquakes	2018	24	1
25	Eric Bird	MF	(1993-04-08) April 8, 1993 (age 31)	Rio Grande Valley	2017	6	0
27	Boniek García	MF	(1984-09-04) September 4, 1984 (age 39)	Olimpia	2012	169	13
	Matías Vera	MF	(1995-10-26) October 26, 1995 (age 28)	San Lorenzo	2018	0	0
Forwards
9	Mauro Manotas	ST	(1995-07-15) July 15, 1995 (age 29)	Uniautónoma	2015	97	35
17	Alberth Elis (DP)	ST	(1996-02-12) February 12, 1996 (age 28)	Monterrey	2017	56	21
21	Ronaldo Peña	ST	(1997-03-10) March 10, 1997 (age 27)	Caracas FC	2018	9	1
31	Romell Quioto	ST	(1991-08-09) August 9, 1991 (age 33)	CD Olimpia	2017	54	13

Player movement

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	US	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
—	DF	Erik McCue	17	US	Houston Dynamo Academy	HGP	Winter	Undisclosed	Youth system	HoustonDynamo.com
—	DF	Chris Duvall	27	US	Montreal Impact	Trade	Winter	Undisclosed	2020 MLS SuperDraft pick (Round 3)	HoustonDynamo.com
—	MF	Matías Vera	23	Non-US	San Lorenzo	Transfer^†	Winter	Undisclosed	~ $1 million^[7]	HoustonDynamo.com
—	DF	Aljaž Struna	28	Non-US	Palermo	Transfer^†	Winter	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	HoustonDynamo.com

† Transfer completed by utilizing Targeted Allocation Money

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	US	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
3	DF	Adolfo Machado	33	Non-US	The Strongest	Contract option declined	Winter	Free	Twitter
4	DF	Philippe Senderos	33	Non-US		Contract expiration	Winter		^[8]
7	DF	DaMarcus Beasley	36	US		Contract expiration	Winter		^[8]
11	DF	Andrew Wenger	27	US	Retirement	Contract expiration	Winter	—	^[9]
12	MF	Arturo Álvarez	33	US		Contract expiration	Winter		^[8]
13	MF	Luis Gil	25	US	Querétaro	Loan expiration	Winter	Free	^[8]
15	DF	Dylan Remick	27	US	Retirement	Contract option declined	Winter	—	^[10]
19	FW	Mac Steeves	24	US		Contract option declined	Winter		^[8]
22	DF	Leonardo	30	Non-US		Contract option declined	Winter		^[8]
30	DF	Conor Donovan	22	US		Contract option declined	Winter		^[8]
33	DF	Jared Watts	26	US		Contract option declined	Winter		^[8]
6	MF	Eric Alexander	30	US	FC Cincinnati	2018 MLS Expansion Draft	Winter	Undisclosed	FCCincinnati.com

Coaching Staff

As of December 18, 2018^[update]^[11]


Position	Name
Head Coach	Wilmer Cabrera
Associate Head Coach	Michael Dellorusso
Assistant Coach	Dave Arnaud
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

TBD

Midseason friendlies

TBD

Competitive

MLS

March 2, 2019 1	Houston Dynamo	v	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas
5:00 PM CST				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

February 19, 2019 First leg	Guastatoya	v	Houston Dynamo	Guatemala City, Guatemala
9:00 PM CST				Stadium: Estadio Flores

February 26, 2019 Second leg	Houston Dynamo	v	Guastatoya	Houston, United States
7:00 PM CST				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

References

^ "Dynamo History". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
^ "Team Staff". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
^ "Brener International Group". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
^ "John Walker named Dynamo & Dash President of Business Operations". Houston Dynamo. November 1, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
^ "Dynamo & Dash president Chris Canetti to leave club and join Houston's 2026 World Cup bid efforts". Houston Dynamo. October 26, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
^ "Players". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
^ Arch Bell (December 21, 2018). "Houston Dynamo ficha a Matías Vera". MARCA Claro Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved December 27, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Dynamo announce roster moves ahead of 2019 season". Houston Dynamo. November 27, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
^ "Dynamo's Andrew Wenger retires after 8 MLS seasons - HoustonChronicle.com". www.chron.com. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
^ "Dynamo defender Dylan Remick announces retirement". Houston Dynamo. December 2, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
^ "Team Staff". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 18, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

[1] "Dynamo History". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

[2] "Team Staff". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

[3] "Brener International Group". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

[4] "John Walker named Dynamo & Dash President of Business Operations". Houston Dynamo. November 1, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

[5] "Dynamo & Dash president Chris Canetti to leave club and join Houston's 2026 World Cup bid efforts". Houston Dynamo. October 26, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

[6] "Players". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

[7] Arch Bell (December 21, 2018). "Houston Dynamo ficha a Matías Vera". MARCA Claro Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved December 27, 2018.

[:0-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Dynamo announce roster moves ahead of 2019 season". Houston Dynamo. November 27, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

[9] "Dynamo's Andrew Wenger retires after 8 MLS seasons - HoustonChronicle.com". www.chron.com. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-12-18.

[10] "Dynamo defender Dylan Remick announces retirement". Houston Dynamo. December 2, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

[11] "Team Staff". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 18, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

v t e 2019 MLS season by team
SuperDraft All-Star Game Homegrown Game Playoffs MLS Cup Transfers
Eastern	Atlanta United FC Chicago Fire FC Cincinnati Columbus Crew SC D.C. United Montreal Impact New England Revolution New York City FC New York Red Bulls Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union Toronto FC
Western	Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC