The 2013 season is the Houston Dynamo's 8th competitive season in Major League Soccer, 8th year of existence as a football club, and their second consecutive season playing at BBVA Compass Stadium. They also competed in the CONCACAF Champions League, participating in the knockout phase of the 2012–13 campaign being eliminated by Santos Laguna in the quarterfinal 3–1 on Aggregate. They will be opening the 2013–14 group stage in late July or early August 2013.

During the 2013 season Houston suffered their first ever loss at BBVA Compass Stadium against Sporting Kansas City on May 12, 2013.

The Dynamo are entering the season as the two-time defending MLS Eastern Conference post-season champions and runners-up to the MLS Cup.

Squads

First-team squad Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Games played Goals scored Goalkeepers 1 Tally Hall GK 2009 Esbjerg fB 79 0 24 Tyler Deric GK 2009 Houston Dynamo Academy 3 0 28 Erich Marscheider GK 2012 Colorado Rush Soccer Club 0 0 Defenders 2 Eric Brunner CB 2013 Portland Timbers 2 0 4 Jermaine Taylor CB / RB/LB 2011 St. George's SC 46 1 5 Warren Creavalle RB 2012 UCF Knights 16 2 6 Mike Chabala LB 2013 D.C. United 47 1 8 Kofi Sarkodie RB 2011 Akron Zips 24 0 21 Anthony Arena CB / LB 2013 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 0 0 26 Corey Ashe LB / LM 2007 North Carolina Tar Heels 167 1 32 Bobby Boswell CB 2008 D.C. United 152 9 Midfielders 11 Brad Davis (C) LM / CM 2006 San Jose Earthquakes 196 31 13 Ricardo Clark CM / DM 2012 Eintracht Frankfurt 115 9 16 Adam Moffat CM / DM 2011 Portland Timbers 43 5 17 Luiz Camargo AM / CM 2011 Paraná Clube 36 1 19 Alex Dixon RM / CM 2011 Houston Dynamo Academy 11 1 20 Andrew Driver LW / AM 2013 Heart of Midlothian 6 1 22 Brian Ownby AM / LW / RW 2012 Virginia Cavaliers 7 0 27 Oscar Boniek García LW / AM / RW 2012 C.D. Olimpia 20 4 Forwards 3 Calen Carr LW / ST 2011 Chicago Fire 35 5 7 Omar Cummings LW / ST 2013 Colorado Rapids 2 0 9 Bryan Salazar ST 2013 Houston Dynamo Academy 0 0 12 Will Bruin CF 2011 Indiana Hoosiers 63 19 14 Jason Johnson ST 2013 VCU Rams 0 0 15 Cam Weaver ST 2009 San Jose Earthquakes 64 10 23 Giles Barnes LW / AM / ST 2012 Doncaster Rovers 11 2 25 Brian Ching (VC) ST 2006 San Jose Earthquakes 160 56

Updated on April 21, 2013

Source (Stats are for Major League Soccer Regular Season Only):

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Statistics current as of May 10, 2013 Source: Houston Dynamo Season Statistics

Top scorers

PlayerMLSMLS Cup PlayoffsCONCACAFU.S. Open CupTotal1FW 23 Will Bruin 8 2 0 0 10FW 12 Giles Barnes 9 0 0 0 92MF 11 Brad Davis 2 0 1 0 3MF 20 Andrew Driver 3 0 0 0 33DF 5 Warren Creavalle 2 0 0 0 24MF 13 Ricardo Clark 1 0 0 0 1

Club

Coaching staff {| class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |Head Coach|| Dominic Kinnear |- |Assistant coach &Reserve Team Manager|| Wade Barrett |- |Assistant coach &Reserve Team Manager|| Steve Ralston |- |Goalkeeper coach|| Tim Hanley |- |Head Athletic Trainer|| Theron Enns |- |Assistant Athletic Trainer|| Shane Caron |- |Director, Soccer Operations|| Nick Kowba |- |Equipment Manager|| Michael Porter |- |Director, Youth Development|| James Clarkson |- |Assistant director, Youth Development|| Eddie Robinson |- |Youth Development Coordinator|| Michael Fasching |- |U-18 assistant coach|| Scot Fraser

Other information

Gabriel Brener |- ||President of Business Operations|| Chris Canetti

Transfers

In

Winter Squad #PositionPlayerTransferred FromNotesDateSource 2 Portland TimbersUndisclosed 7 Colorado RapidsUndisclosed 14 VCU RamsSuperDraft 10 C.D. OlimpiaUndisclosed

Out

Winter Squad #PositionPlayerTransferred ToNotesDateSource6 Colorado RapidsUndisclosed31 Ross County F.C.Free transfer18UnattachedWaived9 AEL KalloniFree transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Major League Soccer

Eastern Conference

Supporters' Shield

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

U.S. Open Cup

MLS Cup Playoffs

Kickoff time for Knockout round is in CDT while rest of games are in CST.

Knockout round

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage

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Knockout phase

Quarterfinals

References