2015 Houston Dynamo season

The 2015 Houston Dynamo season was the club's tenth season of existence, and their first under new head coach Owen Coyle.

Houston Dynamo
2015 season
OwnerPhilip Anschutz
Head coachOwen Coyle
StadiumBBVA Compass Stadium
MLSConference: 8th
Overall: 15th
MLS Cup PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupQuarterfinals
(active)
Texas DerbyRunners-Up
Carolina Challenge CupWinners
Highest home attendance22,651
(July 3 vs. Chicago)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 16,018
(May 5 vs. San Jose)
All: 2,479
(June 30 vs. Colorado)
Average home league attendanceRegular season: 20,618
Playoffs: —
All: 17,725
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Background edit

Review edit

Club edit

Roster edit

As of August 17, 2015.[1]

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Tyler Deric   United States
2 DF Kofi Sarkodie   United States
3 MF Rob Lovejoy   United States
4 DF Jermaine Taylor   Jamaica
5 DF Raúl Rodríguez   Spain
6 MF Nathan Sturgis   United States
7 DF DaMarcus Beasley (DP)   United States
8 MF Luis Garrido   Honduras
9 FW Erick Torres (DP)   Mexico
10 FW Giles Barnes   England
11 MF Brad Davis   United States
12 FW Will Bruin   United States
13 MF Ricardo Clark   United States
14 MF Alex   Brazil
15 MF Alexander López   Honduras
16 DF A. J. Cochran   United States
17 FW Chandler Hoffman   United States
18 DF David Horst   United States
19 FW Mauro Manotas   Colombia
20 MF Rasheed Olabiyi   Nigeria
21 MF Zach Steinberger   United States
22 DF Sheanon Williams   United States
23 DF Taylor Hunter   United States
27 MF Boniek Garcia   Honduras
28 MF Memo Rodriguez (HGP)   United States
30 GK Michael Lisch   United States
31 GK Joe Willis   United States
33 MF Leonel Miranda   Argentina

Transfers edit

In edit

Squad # Position Player Transferred from Date Source
28 MF   Memo Rodriguez   Houston Dynamo Youth December 4, 2014 [2]
31 GK   Joe Willis   D.C. United December 8, 2014 [3]
DF   Samuel Inkoom   D.C. United December 8, 2014 [3]
17 FW   Chandler Hoffman   LA Galaxy December 18, 2014 [4]
6 MF   Nathan Sturgis   Chivas USA December 18, 2014 [4]
9 FW   Erick Torres   C.D. Guadalajara December 23, 2014 [5]
5 DF   Raúl Rodríguez   RCD Espanyol January 9, 2015 [6]
21 MF   Zach Steinberger   Butler Bulldogs January 15, 2015 [7]
3 MF   Rob Lovejoy   North Carolina Tar Heels January 15, 2015 [8]
22 DF   Taylor Hunter   Denver Pioneers January 20, 2015 [9]
14 MF   Alex   Chicago Fire April 13, 2015
20 MF   Rasheed Olabiyi   Enyimba July 9, 2015 [10]
22 DF   Sheanon Williams   Philadelphia Union July 23, 2015 [11]
MF   Christian Lucatero   Houston Dynamo Youth August 18, 2015 [12]

Out edit

Squad # Position Player Transferred to Date Source
DF   Eric Brunner   Retired [13]
DF   Anthony Arena   Pittsburgh Riverhounds November 25, 2014
FW   Omar Cummings   San Antonio Scorpions November 25, 2014
FW   Brian Ownby   Richmond Kickers November 25, 2014
MF   Bryan Salazar November 25, 2014
MF   Servando Carrasco   Sporting Kansas City November 25, 2014
FW   Andrew Driver   D.C. United December 8, 2014
GK   Tally Hall   Orlando City SC December 8, 2014 [14]
FW   Mark Sherrod   Orlando City SC December 10, 2014
FW   Jason Johnson   Chicago Fire April 13, 2015 [15]
DF   Corey Ashe   Orlando City SC July 15, 2015 [16]

Loan in edit

Squad # Position Player Loaned from Date Source
33 FW   Leonel Miranda   Independiente January 8, 2015 [17]

Loan out edit

Squad # Position Player Loaned to Date Source
9 FW   Erick Torres   C.D. Guadalajara December 23, 2014
18 MF   Memo Rodriguez   Charleston Battery March 20, 2015 [18]
22 DF   Taylor Hunter   Colorado Springs Switchbacks April 11, 2015 [19]

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

February 4, 2015 Desert Friendlies Houston Dynamo 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes Tucson, Arizona
11:00a.m. MST Lovejoy   13'
Barnes   40'
Horst   53'
Report Jahn   28' (57)
García   86'
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
February 7, 2015 Desert Friendlies Houston Dynamo 1–1 Portland Timbers Tucson, Arizona
6:00P.m. MST Davis   20'
Miranda   47'
Johnson
Cochran   67'
Report Cummings   69'
Paparatto   56'
Asprilla   63'
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: Edwin Jurisevic
February 10, 2015 Desert Friendlies Houston Dynamo 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tucson, Arizona
10:00a.m. MST Rodríguez   17'
Horst   29'
Taylor   52'
Report Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Referee: Sorin Stoica

MLS edit

Schedule edit

March 7, 2015 1 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Columbus Crew SC Houston, Texas
7:30p.m. CST Barnes   66' Report Pogatetz   28'
Tchani   78'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,351 (Sellout)
Referee: Allen Chapman
March 13, 2015 2 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Orlando City SC Houston, Texas
6:00p.m. CST Sarkodie   34'
Deric   75'
Report
Report
Okugo   46'
Deric   74' (o.g.)
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,407
Referee: Chris Penso
March 21, 2015 3 LA Galaxy 1–1 Houston Dynamo Carson, California
9:30p.m. CST Keane   3'
Husidić   39'
Juninho   58'
Report
Report
Barnes   5'
Sturgis   11'
Garrido   38'
Sarkodie   77'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 19,087
Referee: Juan Guzman
March 28, 2015 4 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Colorado Rapids Houston, Texas
7:30p.m. CST Clark   43'
López   68'
Sarkodie   84'
Report
Report
Watts   47' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 19,603
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
April 4, 2015 5 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Houston Dynamo Seattle, Washington
9:00p.m. CST Rose   17'
Martins   39'
Pineda   56'
Report
Report
Garrido   38'
Clark   45+3'
Taylor   52'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 39,860
Referee: Ted Unkel
April 11, 2015 6 Houston Dynamo 3–0 Montreal Impact Houston, Texas
7:30p.m. CST Barnes   15'
Taylor   67'
Clark   72'
Lovejoy   80'
Report
Report
Alexander   65'
Reo-Coker   90+2'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 18,924
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
April 18, 2015 7 D.C. United 1–1 Houston Dynamo Washington, D.C.
6:00p.m. CST Rolfe   36'
Kitchen   50'
Report
Report
Clark   9',   65' Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 13,047
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
April 25, 2015 8 Houston Dynamo 4–4 Sporting Kansas City Houston, Texas
7:30p.m. CST Barnes   11', 46'
Bruin   45+1',   63'
Taylor   77'
Rodriguez   83'
Report
Report
Nemeth   2'
Espinoza   31'
Anibaba   43'
Ellis   52'
Dwyer   74'
Feilhaber   80' (pen.), 90+5'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 21,046
Referee: Kevin Stott
May 1, 2015 9 Houston Dynamo 1–4 FC Dallas Houston, Texas
7:00p.m. CST Barnes   32' Report Hollingshead   9'
Texeira   21'
Hernandez   39'
Díaz   52'
Castillo   55'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 19,975
May 5, 2015 10 Houston Dynamo 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes Houston, Texas
7:30p.m. CST Clark   26'
Sarkodie   79'
Report Jahn   54'
Stewart   75'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 16,018
May 10, 2015 11 Toronto FC 1–2 Houston Dynamo Toronto, Ontario
4:00p.m. CST Cheyrou   12'
Altidore   77'
Report Taylor   41'
García   44'
Bruin   53'
Miranda   90+3'
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 30,226
May 16, 2015 12 Houston Dynamo 3–1 Portland Timbers Houston, Texas
7:30p.m. CST Bruin   9', 83'
Barnes   45+1',   75'
Davis   90'
Report Jewsbury   12'
Adi   14',   48'
Chará   42'
Powell   84'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 20,844
May 22, 2015 13 L.A. Galaxy 1–0 Houston Dynamo Los Angeles, California
Ishizaki   24'
Juninho   58'
Gordon   90+1',   90+2'
Sorto   90+6'
Report Rodríguez   42'
Barnes   82'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 20,195
Referee: Ismail Elfath
May 30, 2015 14 New York City FC 1–1 Houston Dynamo The Bronx, New York
Wingert   32'
Villa   45+1'
Hernandez   79'
Report Bruin   16'
Clark   35'
Garrido   54'
Rodríguez   90+4'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 26,211
June 5, 2015 15 Houston Dynamo 4–2 New York Red Bulls Houston, Texas
García   59'
Clark   72'
Bruin   80', 90+3'
Report Duvall   27'
Grella   42',   62'
Abang   90'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,356
June 20, 2015 16 Portland Timbers 2–0 Houston Dynamo Portland, Oregon
21:30 Urruti   34'
Chará   54'
Fernández   61' (pen)
Report Horst   59'
Garrido   69'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21.144
June 26, 2015 17 FC Dallas 2–0 Houston Dynamo Frisco, Texas
20:00 Taylor   37' (o.g.)
Castillo   42'
Acosta   54'
Hedges   66'
Harris   68'
Report Horst   42'
Barnes   42'
Taylor   77'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 15,037
July 3, 2015 18 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Chicago Fire Houston, Texas
20:00 Alex   56'
Rodríguez   66'
Report Palmer   38'
Guly   40'
Nyarko   72'   86'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,651
July 10, 2015 19 San Jose Earthquakes 0–2 Houston Dynamo San Jose, California
22:00 Report Clark   10'
Bruin   81'
Deric   31'
Beasley   37'
Rodríguez   45+2'
Sturgis   45+3'
Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Sorin Stoica
October 25, 2015 34 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Houston Dynamo Vancouver, British Columbia
18:00 Stadium: BC Place

Standings edit

Western Conference Table edit
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51 Knockout round
7 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 13 8 41 39 +2 47
8 Houston Dynamo 34 11 14 9 42 49 −7 42
9 Real Salt Lake 34 11 15 8 38 48 −10 41
10 Colorado Rapids 34 9 15 10 33 43 −10 37
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) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Overall Table edit
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]
13 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 13 8 41 39 +2 47
14 Orlando City SC 34 12 14 8 46 56 −10 44
15 Houston Dynamo 34 11 14 9 42 49 −7 42
16 Real Salt Lake 34 11 15 8 38 48 −10 41
17 New York City FC 34 10 17 7 49 58 −9 37
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) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. ^
    CONCACAF Champions League
    Selection Procedure

U.S. Open Cup edit

Houston will enter the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.[20]

June 17, 2015 4R Houston Dynamo 2–0 Austin Aztex Houston, Texas
8:00 PM CDT Miranda   24'
Ashe   36'
Sturgis   48'
Steinberger   68'
Clark   90+2'
Houston Report
MLS Report
Timbó   59'
Ambrose   73'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,041
Referee: Luis Guardia
June 30, 2015 5R Houston Dynamo 1–0 Colorado Rapids Houston, Texas
20:00 CDT Sturgis   11'
Manotas   43'
Report Hairston   26'
O'Neill   55'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 2,479
Referee: Nima Saghafi
July 21, 2015 QF Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Houston Dynamo Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 CDT Mustivar   34'
Espinoza   68'
Feilhaber   71'
Dwyer   86'
Németh   88'
Report Garrido   30'
Clark   57'
Bruin   59'
Davis   68'
Miranda   75'
Stadium: Sporting Park
Attendance: 17,589
Referee: Ted Unkel

Friendlies edit

May 28, 2015 BBVA Compass Dynamo Charities Cup Houston Dynamo   Canceled   Manchester City F.C. Houston, Texas
MST Report Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Note: Playing surface deemed unsafe after recent flooding.

Statistical Leaders edit

 
Will Bruin led the Dynamo in scoring in 2015
Goals
Name #
1  Will Bruin 11
2  Ricardo Clark 8
3  Giles Barnes 7
4  Brad Davis 4
5  Boniek Garcia 3
Assists
Name #
1  Brad Davis 10
2  Boniek Garcia 5
3  Will Bruin 4
4  Alexander Lopez 3
 Giles Barnes
Appearances (starts)
Name #
1  Will Bruin 33 (28)
2  David Horst 32 (28)
3  Ricardo Clark 30 (30)
4  Brad Davis 30 (29)
5  Luis Garido 29 (21)

Uniforms edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home Alt.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away

Television edit

For the 2015 season, Root Sports Southwest serves as the English broadcaster of all 22 non-national Major League Soccer matches. The one-year deal with ROOT SPORTS' regional network includes a 30-minute pregame and postgame show for each game. Games and weekly programing had aired the previous two seasons on Comcast SportsNet Houston, which was purchased out of bankruptcy court by DirecTV and AT&T in October 2014 and rebranded as Root Sports Southwest.[21]

Root Sports initially cancelled the three-year deal signed in 2013[22] with CSN Houston before agreeing on this new deal with the Dynamo. In comparison, the Dynamo lose airtime by way of a weekly show and daily coverage on CSN's daily newscast but gained a higher distribution to homes in Houston that weren't subscribed to Comcast and therefore did not have access to Comcast's exclusive sports network.

On the Spanish side, Telemundo Houston returns as the Dynamo's broadcast partner for the second consecutive season.[23] The Telemundo-owned Houston station signed up for 10 Dynamo games in 2015, a three-game increase from the 2014 season. Five of those matches will air live on TeleXitos, available over-the-air on KTMD's secondary channel 47.2, and select games on TeleXitos include a 30-minute pregame and a 30-minute postgame show. Games on Telemundo, channel 47.1, air deferred at 11 p.m. on the night of the match due to scheduling conflicts with national programming (of which includes Telemundo's home games telecast of Liga MX sides León and Pachuca).

The remaining 12 games of the regular-season will be carried by MLS' national TV partners, including 8 on the Univision family of networks, which shows the Dynamo's appeal to a national Hispanic audience due to its Honduran trio (Boniek, Garrido and López) and the addition of Mexican international Erick Torres.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Players". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "Houston Dynamo sign Memo Rodríguez to homegrown contract". HoustonDynamo.com. Houston Dynamo Communications. December 4, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Trade Tracker: MLS half-day trade window to make for a busy post-MLS Cup Monday | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on January 23, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Houston Dynamo select Chandler Hoffman, Nathan Sturgis in Stage Two of MLS Re-Entry Draft". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  5. ^ "Houston Dynamo sign Mexican forward Erick "Cubo" Torres as Designated Player | Houston Dynamo". Archived from the original on December 27, 2014.
  6. ^ "Houston Dynamo expect signing of La Liga center back Raul Rodriguez to address backline weaknesses". Major League Soccer. January 9, 2015. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  7. ^ "Dynamo select Zach Steinberger at MLS Draft". January 15, 2015.
  8. ^ "Houston Dynamo select Zach Steinberger, Oumar Ballo and Rob Lovejoy in 2015 MLS SuperDraft". HoustonDynamo.com. Houston Dynamo Communications. January 15, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  9. ^ "Houston Dynamo select defender Taylor Hunter in third round of 2015 MLS SuperDraft". HoustonDynamo.com. Houston Dynamo Communications. January 20, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  10. ^ Akpayen, George. "Olabiyi joins Houston Dynamo". supersport.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  11. ^ "Houston Dynamo acquire Philadelphia Union defender Sheanon Williams in exchange for allocation money | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on July 25, 2015.
  12. ^ "Houston Dynamo sign Academy midfielder Christian Lucatero as Homegrown Player | Houston Dynamo". Archived from the original on August 20, 2015.
  13. ^ "Houston Dynamo defender Eric Brunner announces retirement | Houston Dynamo". www.houstondynamo.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014.
  14. ^ "Orlando City trades for Houston Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall".
  15. ^ "Houston Dynamo, Chicago Fire swap attacking talent as Alex, Jason Johnson switch clubs | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on April 15, 2015.
  16. ^ "Orlando City SC acquire backline depth in trade for experienced Houston Dynamo left back Corey Ashe | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on July 17, 2015.
  17. ^ Mirando joins Houston on loan - mlssoccer.com
  18. ^ Conover, Dan (March 20, 2015). "Three players cleared, one in limbo". CharlestonBattery.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  19. ^ Smith, Amanda (April 11, 2015). "SFC Introduces MLS Loanee Taylor Hunter". SwitchbacksFC.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  20. ^ "102nd U.S. Open Cup Unveils Format, Record Number of Teams". ussoccer.com.
  21. ^ Barron, David (March 2, 2015). "Root Sports to air 22 Dynamo games this season". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  22. ^ Tolar, Alicia (September 17, 2014). "DirecTV to cancel Houston Dynamo deal, retain Houston Dash". Dynamo Theory. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  23. ^ Houston Dynamo Communications (March 9, 2015). "Telemundo Houston returns as the official Spanish-language broadcast partner of the Dynamo". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved March 30, 2015.