2016 Houston Dynamo season

Houston Dynamo
2016 season
Owner	Gabriel Brener
President	Chris Canetti
Coach	Owen Coyle; (until May 25, 2016); Wade Barrett; (until October 28, 2016); Wilmer Cabrera; (from October 28, 2016)
Stadium	BBVA Compass Stadium
MLS	Conference: 10th; Overall: 19th
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	League: ; Andrew Wenger; Mauro Manotas; (6 goals each); All: ; Mauro Manotas (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	21,601 (vs. FC Dallas – March 12)
Lowest home attendance	5,807 (vs. San Antonio FC – June 15)
Average home league attendance	19,021
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2016 Houston Dynamo season was the club's 11th season of existence since joining Major League Soccer for the 2006 season.

The Dynamo entered the 2016 Major League Soccer season looking to return to the MLS Cup Playoffs after failing to qualify the previous two seasons but instead missed the playoffs for the third consecutive year, a club record, and finished in last place in the Western Conference.

The season covers the period from December 7, 2015 to December 10, 2016, the day of MLS Cup 2016. This was Houston's fifth season at BBVA Compass Stadium, after opening the stadium in 2012.

Club

Coaching staff

Until May 25, 2016

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Owen Coyle
Assistant coach	Sandy Stewart
Assistant coach	Wade Barrett
Goalkeeper coach	Paul Rogers
Sports Performance Director/Fitness Coach	Paul Caffrey
Performance Analyst	Oliver Gage
General Manager/Vice President	Matt Jordan
Assistant General Manager/Director of Soccer Operations	Nick Kowba
Equipment Manager	Chris Maxwell
Asst. Equipment Manager	Eddie Cerda
Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer	Theron Enns
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Rory Blevins
Head Team Physician	Timothy C. Sitter, MD
Primary Care Physician	David A. Braunreiter, MD
Director, Youth Development/Academy Director	James Clarkson
Soccer Programs Manager	Adrian Moses
Center of Excellence Manager	Justin Neese

From June 7, 2016 to October 28, 2016

Position	Staff
Interim Head Coach	Wade Barrett
Goalkeeper coach	Paul Rogers
Sports Performance Director/Fitness Coach	Paul Caffrey
Performance Analyst	Oliver Gage
General Manager/Vice President	Matt Jordan
Assistant General Manager/Director of Soccer Operations	Nick Kowba
Equipment Manager	Chris Maxwell
Asst. Equipment Manager	Eddie Cerda
Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer	Theron Enns
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Rory Blevins
Head Team Physician	Timothy C. Sitter, MD
Primary Care Physician	David A. Braunreiter, MD
Director, Youth Development/Academy Director	James Clarkson
Soccer Programs Manager	Adrian Moses
Center of Excellence Manager	Justin Neese

From October 28, 2016

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Wilmer Cabrera
Assistant coach	Davy Arnaud
Assistant coach	Michael Dellorusso
Goalkeeper coach	Paul Rogers
Sports Performance Director/Fitness Coach	Paul Caffrey
Performance Analyst	Oliver Gage
General Manager/Vice President	Matt Jordan
Assistant General Manager/Director of Soccer Operations	Nick Kowba
Equipment Manager	Chris Maxwell
Asst. Equipment Manager	Eddie Cerda
Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer	Theron Enns
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Rory Blevins
Head Team Physician	Timothy C. Sitter, MD
Primary Care Physician	David A. Braunreiter, MD
Director, Youth Development/Academy Director	James Clarkson
Soccer Programs Manager	Adrian Moses
Center of Excellence Manager	Justin Neese

Other information

Owner	Gabriel Brener
Co-Owners	Oscar De La Hoya Ben Guill Jake Silverstein
President of Business Operations	Chris Canetti
Executive Vice President/Chief Revenue Officer	Steven Powell
Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer	David Tagliarino
Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer	Amber Cox
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	BBVA Compass Stadium (22,039 / 115x70 yards)
Training ground	Houston Sports Park

Updated to match played July 24, 2016
Source: Houston Dynamo

Roster

As of match plated October 23, 2016

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age^{[N 1]})	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Tyler Deric (HGP)	GK	(1983-08-30)30 August 1983 (aged 33)	North Carolina Tar Heels	2009	69	0
24	Calle Brown	GK	(1992-07-01)1 July 1992 (aged 24)	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	2016	0	0
31	Joe Willis	GK	(1988-08-10)10 August 1988 (aged 28)	D.C. United	2015	35	0
Defenders
2	Jalil Anibaba	DF	(1988-10-19)19 October 1988 (aged 28)	Sporting Kansas City	2016	40	0
4	Agus	DF	(1985-05-03)3 May 1985 (aged 31)	Albacete	2016	11	0
5	Raúl Rodríguez	DF	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 29)	RCD Espanyol	2015	55	4
18	David Horst	DF	(1985-10-25)25 October 1985 (aged 30)	Portland Timbers	2014	93	4
20	Abdoulie Mansally	DF	(1989-01-27)27 January 1989 (aged 27)	Real Salt Lake	2016	11	0
22	Sheanon Williams	DF	(1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 26)	Philadelphia Union	2015	38	0
30	Keyner Brown	DF	(1991-12-30)30 December 1991 (aged 24)	loan from Herediano	2016	4	0
34	Sebastien Ibeagha	DF	(1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 24)	AC Horsens	2016	0	0
Midfielders
3	Rob Lovejoy	MF	(1991-04-14)14 April 1991 (aged 25)	Carolina Dynamo	2015	20	1
6	Eric Alexander	MF	(1988-04-14)14 April 1988 (aged 28)	Montreal Impact	2016	10	0
7	DaMarcus Beasley	MF	(1982-05-25)25 May 1982 (aged 34)	Puebla	2014	63	2
8	Cristian Maidana	MF	(1987-01-24)24 January 1987 (aged 29)	Philadelphia Union	2016	33	3
13	Ricardo Clark	MF	(1983-02-10)10 February 1983 (aged 33)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2012	114	23
14	Alex	MF	(1988-12-15)15 December 1988 (aged 27)	Chicago Fire	2015	50	9
21	Zach Steinberger	MF	(1992-05-10)10 May 1992 (aged 24)	Butler Bulldogs	2015	7	0
23	José Escalante	MF	(1995-05-29)29 May 1995 (aged 21)	loan from Olimpia	2016	3	0
26	Collen Warner	MF	(1988-06-24)24 June 1988 (aged 28)	Toronto	2016	26	0
27	Boniek García	MF	(1984-09-04)4 September 1984 (aged 32)	Olimpia	2012	141	15
28	Yair Arboleda	MF	(1996-04-07)7 April 1996 (aged 20)	loan from Santa Fe	2016	1	0
29	Christian Lucatero	MF	(1984-09-04)4 September 1984 (aged 32)	Academy	2016	0	0
Forwards
9	Erick Torres Padilla	ST	(1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 23)	Guadalajara	2015	23	0
11	Andrew Wenger	ST	(1990-12-25)25 December 1990 (aged 25)	Philadelphia Union	2016	34	6
12	Will Bruin	ST	(1989-10-24)24 October 1989 (aged 26)	Indiana Hoosiers	2011	202	57
19	Mauro Manotas	ST	(1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 21)	Uniautónoma	2015	37	10
Players eligible from Rio Grande Valley
32	T. J. Casner	ST	(1994-09-28)28 September 1994 (aged 22)	Clemson Tigers	2016	1	0
Left during the season
6	David Rocha	MF	(1985-02-07)7 February 1985 (aged 31)	Gimnàstic	2016	6	0
10	Giles Barnes	ST	(1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 28)	Doncaster Rovers	2012	132	34
33	Leonel Miranda	MF	(1994-01-07)7 January 1994 (aged 22)	loan from Independiente	2015	37	5

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when Houston Dynamo officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Houston Dynamo officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Houston Dynamo roster.

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
8	MF	Cristian Maidana	Philadelphia Union	Trade	December 7, 2015	^[1]
11	MF	Andrew Wenger	Philadelphia Union	Trade	December 7, 2015	^[1]
24	GK	Calle Brown	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Free	December 17, 2015	^[2]
30	DF	Bradley Bourgeois	Houston Dynamo Academy	Signed HGP deal	December 23, 2015	^[3]
2	DF	Jalil Anibaba	Sporting Kansas City	Free	January 11, 2016	^[4]
34	DF	Sebastien Ibeagha	AC Horsens	Free	January 26, 2016	^[5]
6	MF	David Rocha	Gimnàstic	Free	January 27, 2016	^[6]
4	DF	Agus	Albacete	Free	January 27, 2016	^[6]
33	MF	Leonel Miranda	Independiente	Loan	January 30, 2016	^[7]
20	DF	Abdoulie Mansally	Real Salt Lake	Trade	February 18, 2016	^[8]
26	MF	Collen Warner	Toronto FC	Trade	March 2, 2016	^[9]
6	MF	Eric Alexander	Montreal Impact	Trade	July 22, 2016	^[10]
28	MF	Yair Arboleda	Independiente Santa Fe	Loan	July 29, 2016	^[11]
23	FW	José Escalante	RGVFC Toros	Loan	August 3, 2016	^[12]
30	DF	Keyner Brown	Herediano	Loan	August 3, 2016	^[13]

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2015 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 14, 2016	Ivan Magalhães		DF	Maryland Terrapins	MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#26). Signed to USL hybrid-affiliate RGVFC.^[14]	^[15]
January 19, 2016	T. J. Casner		FW	Clemson Tigers	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#47). Signed to USL hybrid-affiliate RGVFC.^[14]	^[16]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
30	GK	Michael Lisch		Contract option declined	November 30, 2015	^[17]
16	DF	A. J. Cochran	Saint Louis FC	Contract option declined, Signed with St. Louis on March 6, 2016^[18]	November 30, 2015	^[17]
4	DF	Jermaine Taylor	Portland Timbers	Contract option declined, Second pick in Stage Two of the 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft on December 17, 2015^[19]	November 30, 2015	^[17]
8	MF	Luis Garrido	Olimpia	Contract option declined, Loan expired	November 30, 2015	^[17]
15	MF	Alexander López	Olimpia	Contract option declined	November 30, 2015	^[17]
6	MF	Nathan Sturgis	Seattle Sounders FC	Contract option declined, signed with Seattle on a free transfer on February 23, 2016	November 30, 2015	^[17]
17	FW	Chandler Hoffman	Louisville City FC	Contract option declined, Signed with Louisville City on December 28, 2015	November 30, 2015	^[17]
11	MF	Brad Davis	Sporting Kansas City	Trade	January 7, 2016	^[20]
28	MF	Memo Rodriguez	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Waived	February 26, 2016	^[21]
23	DF	Taylor Hunter	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Waived	February 26, 2016	^[21]
20	MF	Rasheed Olabiyi		Waived	February 29, 2016	^[22]
21	MF	Zach Steinberger	Jacksonville Armada	Out on Loan	June 29, 2016	^[23]
6	MF	David Rocha	Real Oviedo	Mutual termination	July 6, 2016	^[24]
33	MF	Leonel Miranda	Independiente	Loan expired	July 6, 2016	^[24]
34	DF	Sebastien Ibeagha	Rayo OKC	Out on Loan	July 12, 2016	^[25]
10	FW	Giles Barnes	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Trade	July 30, 2016	^[26]
9	FW	Erick Torres	Cruz Azul	Out on Loan	September 3, 2016	^[27]

Friendlies

February 3, 2016 Desert Friendlies	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Portland Timbers	Tucson
19:00 CDT	Manotas 74'	Report	Asprilla 38'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

February 6, 2016 Desert Friendlies	Houston Dynamo	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Tucson
18:00 CDT	Torres 47' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

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Houston Dynamo

February 9, 2016 Desert Friendlies	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–0	Houston Dynamo	Tucson
19:00 CDT	Bustos 98' Ibeagha 120' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Note: Four thirty minute periods

February 13, 2016	Houston Baptist Huskies	0–5	Houston Dynamo	Houston
11:00 EDT		Report	Manotas 34', 43' Torres 38' Bruin 49' Maidana 51'	Stadium: Methodist Champions Field

February 16, 2016	Houston Dynamo	3–1	Dynamo Academy U-18s	Houston
19:00 EDT	Maidana 5' (pen.) Manotas 33', 42'	Report	Ouattara 85'	Stadium: Methodist Champions Field

March 15, 2016 Scrimmage	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Rio Grande Valley	Houston
11:00 CT	Lovejoy 37' Torres	Report	Catic 43'	Stadium: Houston Sports Park

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Real Sociedad

May 24, 2016 Dynamo Charities Cup	Houston Dynamo	3–3 (5–4 p)	Real Sociedad	Houston
6:15 p.m. CT	Rocha 22' González 31' (o.g.) Manotas 49' Agus 84' Williams 90'	Report	Prieto 55' Bautista 59' Pardo 73'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 13,675 Referee: Les Stalmach
	Penalties
	Maidana Rocha Agus Williams Bruin		Pardo Prieto Illarramendi Zurutuza Rulli

Houston Dynamo v Guadalajara

September 4, 2016	Houston Dynamo	0–0	Guadalajara	Houston
19:00 CT		Report	Escalante 31' Williams 35' Rodríguez 38'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 14,872 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Desert Diamond Cup

February 20, 2016	Houston Dynamo	0–0	Colorado Rapids	Tucson
20:00 EDT		Report		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

February 24, 2016	Houston Dynamo	1–2	New England Revolution	Tucson
18:30 EDT	Agus 61' Torres 67' Rocha 82'	Report	Bunbury 48' Neumann 69' Herivaux 73' Gamble 87'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

February 27, 2016	Houston Dynamo	2–2	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson
EDT	Barnes 31' Torres 77'	Report	Coelho 16' Sallói 55'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Conference Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Dallas	34	17	8	9	50	40	+10	60	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Colorado Rapids	34	15	6	13	39	32	+7	58	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
3	LA Galaxy	34	12	6	16	54	39	+15	52	MLS Cup Knockout Round
4	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	14	6	44	43	+1	48
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	13	13	8	42	41	+1	47
6	Real Salt Lake	34	12	12	10	44	46	−2	46
7	Portland Timbers	34	12	14	8	48	53	−5	44
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	10	15	9	45	52	−7	39
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	32	40	−8	38
10	Houston Dynamo	34	7	14	13	39	45	−6	34

Source: MLS

Matches

March 6, 2016 1	Houston Dynamo	3–3	New England Revolution	Houston
13:45 CT	Maidana 45+1' Wenger 50' Anibaba 55' Barnes 77'	Report	Fagúndez 3' Bunbury 27' Watson 49' Davies 52' Kobayashi 90+3'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 21,594 Referee: Jose Rivero

March 12, 2016 2	Houston Dynamo	5–0	Dallas	Houston
19:15 CT	Horst 6' Hedges 13' (o.g.) Clark 23' Wenger 27' 34' Rodríguez 32' Bruin 85' García 80'	Report	Harris 21' Gruezo 33' Figueroa 43'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 21,601 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

March 19, 2016 3	New York Red Bulls	4–3	Houston Dynamo	Harrison
18:00 CT	Kljestan 22' Felipe 62' 77', 83' Grella 63'	Report	Bruin 35', 41' Horst 50' Alex 65'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15,167 Referee: Jair Marrufo

March 26, 2016 4	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Vancouver
21:00 CT	Morales 23' (pen.) Laba 77' Kah 90+2'	Report		Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: David Gantar

April 10, 2016 5	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Houston
14:45 CT	Barnes 35' Anibaba 41'	Report	Jones 55' Marshall 90+4'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,975 Referee: Ismail Elfath

April 15, 2016 6	Houston Dynamo	1–4	LA Galaxy	Houston
17:45 CT	Horst 1'	Report	dos Santos 4', 31' Husidić 21' Zardes 49' Cole 56' Steres 90'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,563 Referee: Mark Geiger

April 23, 2016 7	Columbus Crew SC	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Columbus
18:30 CT	Kamara 21' (pen.) Meram 24' Wahl 27'	Report	Deric 18'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 17,705 Referee: Kevin Stott

April 30, 2016 8	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Sandy
20:30 CT	Allen 62' Movsisyan 70'	Report	Beasley 3' Clark 24' Miranda 54'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,950 Referee: Nima Saghafi

May 7, 2016 9	Houston Dynamo	2–0	Sporting Kansas City	Houston
19:30 CT	Alex 29' Barnes 30' Wenger 45+1' Anibaba 53' Clark 90+5'	Report	Myers 45+1' Espinoza 62'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,071 Referee: Drew Fischer

May 11, 2016 10	San Jose Earthquakes	3–1	Houston Dynamo	San Jose
21:30 CT	Quintero 3', 70' Godoy 50' Wynne 73'	Report	Alex 21' Clark 43' Deric 79'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jaime Herrera

May 14, 2016 11	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Houston
19:15 CT	Alex 31' Barnes 65'	Report	Beltran 81'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,943 Referee: Juan Guzman

May 21, 2016 12	Chicago Fire	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Bridgeview
16:00 CT	Álvarez 3' Igboananike 56' Polster 76'	Report	Horst 23'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,363 Referee: Allen Chapman

May 28, 2016 13	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Vancouver, British Columbia
17:00 CT	Smith 22' Teibert 40' Morales 42' Rivero 52' Laba 67'	Report	Beasley 20' Alex 42' García 51' Wenger 69'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Drew Fischer

June 2, 2016 14	FC Dallas	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Frisco
20:00 CT	Hollingshead 23' 67'	Report	Clark 51'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 13,457 Referee: Kevin Stott

June 18, 2016 15	Houston Dynamo	0–0	D.C. United	Houston
19:45 CT	Rodríguez 42'	Report	DeLeon 9' Boswell 28' Jeffrey 87'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 19,774 Referee: Allen Chapman

June 26, 2016 16	Portland Timbers	3–2	Houston Dynamo	Portland
17:00 CT	Melano 64' Valeri 82' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.) Adi 90+4'	Report	Wenger 28' Bruin 30' Horst 43' Alex 90+1'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

July 2, 2016 17	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Philadelphia Union	Houston
19:45 CT	Maidana 90+5'	Report	Yaro 2' 87' Creavalle 90+4'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 18,457 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

July 8, 2016 18	Orlando City SC	0–0	Houston Dynamo	Orlando
19:00 CT		Report		Stadium: Camping World Stadium Attendance: 28,104 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

July 15, 2016 19	LA Galaxy	1-0	Houston Dynamo	Carson
22:00 CT	dos Santos 55' Larentowicz 64' Gerrard 66'	Report	Warner 24'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,667 Referee: Mark Geiger

July 23, 2016 20	Houston Dynamo	0-0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Houston
20:30 CT	Wenger 62'	Report	Hurtado 84'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,465 Referee: Jaime Herrera

July 31, 2016 21	Houston Dynamo	1-1	San Jose Earthquakes	Houston
19:45 CT	Mansally 17' Lima 40', 45+2'	Report	Wondolowski 60' Stewart 90'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,045 Referee: Alan Kelly

August 6, 2016 22	Montreal Impact	1-0	Houston Dynamo	Montreal
18:30 CT	Mancosu 76' Bernardello 86'	Report	Horst 41' Williams 61'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 20,801 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

August 14, 2016 23	Houston Dynamo	1-1	Toronto	Houston
20:15 CT	Maidana 8' Mansally 45+2'	Report	Altidore 24' Bradley 86'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,474 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

August 19, 2016 24	San Jose Earthquakes	1-2	Houston Dynamo	San Jose
22:00 CT	Stewart 48' Bernárdez 54', 55'	Report	Clark 6' Anibaba 18' Horst 50' Willis 54' García 86'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Robert Sibiga

August 24, 2016 25	Houston Dynamo	1-1	Seattle Sounders FC	Houston
19:45 CT	Wenger 75'	Report	Roldan 50' Lodeiro 90+4'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,125 Referee: Armando Villarreal

August 27, 2016 26	Houston Dynamo	1-3	Dallas	Houston
19:45 CT	Alex 19' Torres 90+3'	Report	Díaz 59' (pen.) Barrios 60', 79'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 18,769 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 9, 2016 27	Sporting Kansas City	3-3	Houston Dynamo	Kansas City
19:00 CT	Peterson 14' Espinoza 18', 26' Dwyer 81'	Report	Manotas 31' Alex 59', 83' Warner 65' Rodríguez 90+4'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,331 Referee: Alan Kelly

September 17, 2016 28	Real Salt Lake	0-1	Houston Dynamo	Sandy
20:30 CT	Beltran 76'	Report	Alex 33', 36' Williams 54' Maidana 69' Willis 81' Clark 85' Alexander 90+3'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,795 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

September 24, 2016 29	Houston Dynamo	3-1	Portland Timbers	Houston
19:45 CT	Manotas 34', 73', 85'	Report	Valeri 51'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 19,404 Referee: Juan Guzman

September 30, 2016 30	Houston Dynamo	0-2	New York City	Houston
18:45 CT	Rodríguez 57'	Report	Villa 52', 90+1' McNamara 62'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 19,616 Referee: Robert Sibiga

October 8, 2016 31	Houston Dynamo	2-3	Colorado Rapids	Houston
19:15 CT	Manotas 45', 81' Alex 90+2'	Report	Badji 12', 54' Gashi 79' Cronin 83' Azira 90+1'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 18,400 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

October 12, 2016 32	Seattle Sounders FC	0-0	Houston Dynamo	Seattle
21:30 CT	Alonso 64'	Report	Clark 43' Bruin 64'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,772 Referee: Drew Fischer

October 16, 2016 33	Houston Dynamo	0-1	LA Galaxy	Houston
17:45 CT		Report	Gordon 72'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 21,085 Referee: Kevin Stott

October 23, 2016 34	Colorado Rapids	1-1	Houston Dynamo	Commerce City
15:00 CT	Gashi 67' Jones 88' Burch 90+4'	Report	Wenger 20' García 74' Williams 90+4'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 18,446 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Dallas (S)	34	17	8	9	50	40	+10	60	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Colorado Rapids	34	15	6	13	39	32	+7	58
3	New York Red Bulls	34	16	9	9	61	44	+17	57
4	New York City FC	34	15	10	9	62	57	+5	54
5	Toronto FC	34	14	9	11	51	39	+12	53	CONCACAF Champions League
6	LA Galaxy	34	12	6	16	54	39	+15	52
7	Seattle Sounders FC (C)	34	14	14	6	44	43	+1	48	CONCACAF Champions League
8	Sporting Kansas City	34	13	13	8	42	41	+1	47
9	Real Salt Lake	34	12	12	10	44	46	−2	46
10	D.C. United	34	11	10	13	53	47	+6	46
11	Montreal Impact	34	11	11	12	49	53	−4	45
12	Portland Timbers	34	12	14	8	48	53	−5	44
13	Philadelphia Union	34	11	14	9	52	55	−3	42
14	New England Revolution	34	11	14	9	44	54	−10	42
15	Orlando City SC	34	9	11	14	55	60	−5	41
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	10	15	9	45	52	−7	39
17	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	32	40	−8	38
18	Columbus Crew SC	34	8	14	12	50	58	−8	36
19	Houston Dynamo	34	7	14	13	39	45	−6	34
20	Chicago Fire	34	7	17	10	42	58	−16	31

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored;
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

U.S. Open Cup

June 15, 2016 Fourth Round	Houston Dynamo	4–0	San Antonio	Houston
19:15 CDT	Manotas 39' Alex 45+5' Rodríguez 60' Miranda 66'	Report		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,807 Referee: Leszek Stalmach

June 29, 2016 Round of 16	Houston Dynamo	3–1	Sporting Kansas City	Houston
18:00 CDT	Manotas 7', 84' Anibaba 52' Alex 55' Willis 86'	Report	Davis 61' Espinoza 88'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,371 Referee: Allen Chapman

July 20, 2016 Quarterfinal	Houston Dynamo	0-1	Dallas	Houston
19:30 CDT	Manotas 23' Clark 71' Mansally 83'	Report	Harris 88' Castillo 90+1'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 10,150 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Player statistics

As of match played October 23, 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Tyler Deric	10	0	10	0	0	0
2	DF	USA	Jalil Anibaba	32	0	28+2	0	1+1	0
3	MF	USA	Rob Lovejoy	2	0	2	0	0	0
4	DF	ESP	Agus	11	0	8	0	3	0
5	DF	ESP	Raúl Rodríguez	27	2	24+1	1	1+1	1
6	MF	USA	Eric Alexander	10	0	3+7	0	0	0
7	MF	USA	DaMarcus Beasley	25	1	24	1	1	0
8	MF	ARG	Cristian Maidana	33	3	21+9	3	2+1	0
11	FW	USA	Andrew Wenger	34	6	24+8	6	2	0
12	FW	USA	Will Bruin	32	4	18+13	4	0+1	0
13	MF	USA	Ricardo Clark	33	4	29+3	4	1	0
14	MF	BRA	Alex	33	7	29+1	5	2+1	2
18	DF	USA	David Horst	28	3	24+2	3	2	0
19	FW	COL	Mauro Manotas	25	9	10+12	6	3	3
20	DF	GAM	Abdoulie Mansally	11	0	5+4	0	2	0
22	DF	USA	Sheanon Williams	24	0	20+2	0	2	0
23	MF	HON	José Escalante	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
26	MF	USA	Collen Warner	26	0	24	0	1+1	0
27	MF	HON	Boniek García	34	0	24+7	0	1+2	0
28	MF	COL	Yair Arboleda	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	DF	CRC	Keyner Brown	4	0	3+1	0	0	0
31	GK	USA	Joe Willis	29	0	24+2	0	3	0
Players eligible from Rio Grande Valley:
32	FW	USA	T. J. Casner	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
9	FW	MEX	Erick Torres	11	0	4+7	0	0	0
21	MF	USA	Zach Steinberger	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Houston Dynamo during the season:
6	MF	ESP	David Rocha	6	0	4	0	2	0
10	FW	JAM	Giles Barnes	15	4	13+1	4	1	0
33	MF	ARG	Leonel Miranda	14	2	3+9	1	2	1

Goal scorers

As of match played October 23, 2016^[28]

Place	Position	Number	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW	19	Mauro Manotas	6	3	9
2	MF	14	Alex	5	2	7
3	FW	11	Andrew Wenger	6	0	6
4	MF	13	Ricardo Clark	4	0	4
	FW	12	Will Bruin	4	0	4
	FW	10	Giles Barnes	4	0	4
7	MF	8	Cristian Maidana	3	0	3
7	DF	18	David Horst	3	0	3
9	MF	33	Leonel Miranda	1	1	2
9	DF	5	Raúl Rodríguez	1	1	2
11	MF	7	DaMarcus Beasley	1	0	1
11			Own goal	1	0	1
TOTALS				39	7	46

Assists

As of match played October 23, 2016^[29]

Place	Position	Number	Name	MLS	Total
1	MF	27	Boniek García	9	9
2	MF	8	Cristian Maidana	4	0
2	MF	13	Ricardo Clark	4	0
4	FW	12	Will Bruin	3	0
4	FW	11	Andrew Wenger	3	0
6	FW	10	Giles Barnes	2	0
6	MF	14	Alex	2	2
8	FW	9	Erick Torres Padilla	1	1
	MF	33	Leonel Miranda	1	1
	FW	19	Mauro Manotas	1	1
	DF	22	Sheanon Williams	1	1
	MF	26	Collen Warner	1	1
	DF	2	Jalil Anibaba	1	1
TOTALS				33	33

Disciplinary record