Houston Dynamo records and statistics

This article is a list of statistics and records relating to Houston Dynamo. The Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club based in Houston, Texas. The club was founded in 2006 and plays in Major League Soccer.

This list encompasses the major honors won by Houston Dynamo and records set by the club, their coaches, and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goal scorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Houston Dynamo players on the international stage. The club's attendance records at Robertson Stadium are also included in the list.

Honors

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Houston Dynamo's first trophy was the Carolina Challenge Cup, a preseason tournament before the 2006 campaign. Houston went on to win the 2006 MLS Cup before duplicating the feat in the 2007 MLS Cup. They returned to the MLS cup in 2011 and 2012, both times Falling to the host Los Angeles Galaxy. In 2015 the Dynamo won they're third Carolina Challenge Cup and two years later won another preseason tournament, The Desert Diamond Cup. The Dynamo have also won two editions of the U.S. Open Cup. The first in 2018 and the most recent in 2023.

Domestic

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Preseason and Friendly Trophies

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2009 : 2–1 vs. Monterrey
2010 : 4–0 vs. Águila
2013 : 2–0 vs. Stoke City
2015 : 4–0 vs. Santos Laguna
2016 : 3–3 (5–4p) vs. Real Sociedad

Player Stats

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All current players are in bold

 
Houston's all-time appearance and assist leader, Brad Davis

Most appearances

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Competitive, professional matches only. MLS Playoffs count as other. Substitutions count as appearances. Correct as of the end of the 2021 season.[1]

No. Name Pos. Years Total MLS Other
1   Brad Davis MF 2006–2015 328 271 57
2   Ricardo Clark MF 2006–09, 2012–17 304 253 51
3   Boniek García MF 2012–2021 266 235 31
3   Corey Ashe DF 2007–2015 266 211 55
5   Bobby Boswell DF 2008–2013 234 177 57
6   Brian Ching FW 2006–2013 224 169 55
7   Will Bruin FW 2011–2016 203 178 24
8   Brian Mullan MF 2006–2010 184 136 48
9   Pat Onstad GK 2006–2010 170 136 34
10   Mauro Manotas FW 2015–2020 167 149 18

Most Goals

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Major League Soccer

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As of June 2, 2023[2]
No. Nationality Name Years Goals
1   United States Brian Ching 2006–2013 56
2   Colombia Mauro Manotas 2015–2020 51
3   United States Will Bruin 2011–2016 50
4   United States Brad Davis 2006–2015 41
5   Honduras Alberth Elis 2017–2020 34
6   Jamaica Giles Barnes 2012–2016 31
7   United States Ricardo Clark 2006–09, 2012–17 28
8   Canada Dwayne De Rosario 2006–2008 24
9   United States Memo Rodríguez 2017–2022 17
10   United States Stuart Holden 2006–2009 15
  Honduras Romell Quioto 2017–2019 15

U.S. Open Cup

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As of June 2, 2023
No. Nationality Name Years Goals
1   Colombia Mauro Manotas 2015–2020 10
2   United States Memo Rodríguez 2015, 2017–2022 4
3   Venezuela Alejandro Moreno 2006 3
  Ghana Dominic Oduro 2009–2011 3
5   United States Eddie Robinson 2006–2011 2
  United States Geoff Cameron 2008–2012 2
  Jamaica Giles Barnes 2012–2016 2
  Argentina Leonel Miranda 2015–2016 2
  Brazil Alex Lima 2015–2017 2
  Mexico Aldo Quintanilla 2018 2
  United States Andrew Wenger 2016–2018 2
  Honduras Romell Quioto 2017–2019 2
  Argentina Tomás Martínez 2017–2020 2
  Venezuela Ronaldo Peña 2018–2020 2

Hat-tricks

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Date Player Goals Opponent Result* Comp­etition Ref
April 2, 2006   Brian Ching 4 Colorado Rapids 5–2 MLS [9]
June 21, 2007   Brad Davis 3 Chivas USA 4–0 MLS [9]
September 8, 2007   Nate Jaqua 3 Real Salt Lake 4–3 MLS [9]
August 21, 2010   Brian Ching 3 Chicago Fire 4–3 MLS [9]
April 29, 2011   Will Bruin 3 D.C. United 4–1 MLS [9]
September 24, 2016   Mauro Manotas 3 Portland Timbers 3–1 MLS [10]
April 1, 2017   Erick Torres 3 New York Red Bulls 4–1 MLS [11]

*Dynamo goals listed first.

Most Assists

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Competitive, professional matches only. Current as of the end of the 2021 season.[1]

No. Name Pos. Years Total MLS Other
1   Brad Davis MF 2006–2015 120 104 16
2   Boniek Garcia MF 2012–2021 41 39 2
3   Alberth Elis FW 2017–2020 31 27 4
4   Brian Ching FW 2006–2012 30 22 8
5   Brian Mullan MF 2006–2010 29 19 10
6   Corey Ashe DF 2007–2015 27 18 9
7   Ricardo Clark MF 2006–09,2012–17 25 23 2
8   Will Bruin FW 2011–2016 21 20 1
9   Dwayne De Rosario FW 2006–2008 21 11 10
10   Stuart Holden MF 2006–2009 19 13 6
  Tomás Martínez MF 2017–Present 19 16 3
 
Eddie Robinson has been sent off the most times in club history

Most Yellow Cards

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Competitive, professional matches only. Current as of the end of the 2020 season.[1]

Name Pos. Years Total MLS Others
1  Ricardo Clark MF 2006–2009,2012–2017 46 38 8
2   Boniek García MF 2012–present 46 36 10
3  Eddie Robinson DF 2006–2011 42 31 11
4  Bobby Boswell DF 2008–2013 39 31 8
5  Brad Davis MF 2006–2015 36 28 8
6  Brian Mullan MF 2006–2010 31 16 15
7  Kofi Sarkodie DF 2011–2015 29 19 10
8   Alberth Elis FW 2017–2020 25 21 4
9  Geoff Cameron DF 2008–2012 23 15 8
10  Corey Ashe DF 2007–2015 22 15 7

Most Red Cards

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Competitive, professional matches only. Current as of the end of the 2020 season.[1]

Name Pos. Years Total MLS Others
1  Eddie Robinson DF 2006–2011 6 4 2
2  Ricardo Clark MF 2006–2009,2012–2017 3 3 0
 Lovel Palmer DF 2010–2011 3 3 0
 Brian Ching FW 2006–2012 3 3 0
 Brad Davis MF 2006–2015 3 3 0
 Kofi Sarkodie DF 2011–2015 3 3 0
  Alberth Elis FW 2017–2020 3 3 0
  Tyler Deric GK 2009–2019 3 2 1
 Dwayne De Rosario FW 2006–2008 3 2 1
 
Pat Onstad leads the club in all major goalkeeping stats

Goalkeeping

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MLS regular season matches only. Current as of the end of the 2021 season[2]

No. Name Years Shutouts Apps Saves Goals Allowed
1   Pat Onstad 2005–2010 37 136 384 155
2   Tally Hall 2009–2014 35 130 367 173
3   Tyler Deric 2009–2019 21 90 273 120
4   Joe Willis 2015–2019 14 90 281 144
5   Marko Marić 2020–2021 6 45 148 74
6   Tony Caig 2008 3 7 24 8
7   Michael Nelson 2018– 2 11 31 18
8   Zach Wells 2006–2007 2 4 8 1
9   Chris Seitz 2018 1 6 14 9

Coaching records

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All statistics are correct as of February 18, 2022.

  • First full-time head coach: Dominic Kinnear.
  • Longest spell as head coach: Dominic Kinnear (managed the club for 288 league matches from April 2006 to October 2014).
  • Most seasons as coach: Dominic Kinnear, nine seasons from 2006 to 2014.
  • Most consecutive seasons as coach: Dominic Kinnear, nine consecutive seasons from 2006 to 2014.
  • Most trophies won as coach: Dominic Kinnear, 2 MLS Cup titles and 4 conference titles between 2006 and 2014.

Club records

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Matches

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Record wins

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Record defeats

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Streaks

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  • Longest unbeaten run: 14 (all competitions), June 3 to August 1. 2007
  • Longest unbeaten run: 11 (league competitions), June 3 to July 22, 2007
  • Longest Home unbeaten run: 36, July 9, 2011 to May 12, 2013
  • Longest winless run: 16 (league competitions), May 29 to September 3, 2021

Wins/draws/losses in a season

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  • Most wins in a league season: 15 2007
  • Most draws in a league season: 13 2006, 2011, 2016
  • Most defeats in a league season: 18 2019
  • Fewest wins in a league season: 4 2020
  • Fewest draws in a league season: 4 2019
  • Fewest defeats in a league season: 5 2008

Goals

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  • Most league goals in a season: 58, 2018
  • Fewest league goals in a season: 30, 2020
  • Most league goals allowed in a season: 59; 2019
  • Fewest league goals allowed in a season: 23; 2007

Points

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  • Most points in a season: 53 in 34 matches, 2012
  • Fewest points in a season: 21 in 23 matches, 2020

Attendance

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d "All-Time Leaders (All Competitions)". Houston Dynamo. March 4, 2019. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "ALL-TIME LEADERS (MLS REGULAR SEASON)". Houston Dynamo. May 21, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "All-Time Leaders (MLS Regular Season)". Houston Dynamo. October 23, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Recap: Houston Dynamo: 3, San Jose Earthquakes: 2". Houston Dynamo. September 29, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Major League Soccer - Statistics » Most goals by a player per game". worldfootball.net. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Recap: Houston Dynamo 5, NTX Rayados 0". houstondynamo.com. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  7. ^ "Recap: Houston Dynamo 4, Sporting Kansas City 2". houstondynamo.com. July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "Houston Dynamo 3, Philadelphia Union 0 | 2018 US Open Cup Final Recap". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  9. ^ a b c d e Yardley, Jonathan (May 2, 2011). "Dynamo Hat Trick History". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  10. ^ "Houston Dynamo vs. Portland Timbers - 25 September 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  11. ^ "Houston Dynamo vs. New York Red Bulls - Football Match Summary - April 1, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  12. ^ Game played as part of a doubleheader along with a friendly between FC Barcelona and Club América
  13. ^ a b c d "All-Time MLS Attendance". Houston Dynamo. 11 February 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  14. ^ Roepken, Corey (November 21, 2017). "Dynamo crushed by Seattle Sounders in conference finals opener". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved December 28, 2017.