2012 Houston Dynamo season

Houston Dynamo

2012 season
Chairman	Philip Anschutz
Manager	Dominic Kinnear
Major League Soccer	8th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Runners-up
U.S. Open Cup	Third round
Champions League	TBD
Texas Derby	Winners
Highest home attendance	22,039 (seven matches)
Lowest home attendance	18,452 vs. Real Salt Lake (September 6, 2012)
Average home league attendance	20,985
Home colors Away colors Third colors

The 2012 Houston Dynamo season was the seventh season of the team's existence and the first season in their new soccer-specific stadium, BBVA Compass Stadium. The Dynamo entered the season as both the defending MLS Cup runners-up and Texas Derby winners. The club also played in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.

Houston would finish the season fifth in the Eastern Conference, making a run back to MLS Cup by defeating Chicago Fire in the wild-card round, upsetting top-seeded Sporting Kansas City in the conference semifinals, and seeing off D.C. United in the conference finals. The 2011 runners-up came up short against defending champions LA Galaxy in the final by a 3–1 scoreline. As of 2024, this is the Dynamo's most recent MLS Cup appearance.

As of March 9, 2012.^[1]

No.	Position	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Tally Hall
3	FW	USA	Calen Carr
4	DF	JAM	Jermaine Taylor
5	MF	USA	Warren Creavalle
6	MF	USA	Nathan Sturgis
7	MF	USA	Colin Clark
8	DF	USA	Kofi Sarkodie (GA)
9	FW	SEN	Macoumba Kandji
10	MF	JAM	Je-Vaughn Watson
11	MF	USA	Brad Davis
12	FW	USA	Will Bruin (GA)
14	FW	USA	Colin Rolfe
15	FW	USA	Cam Weaver
16	MF	SCO	Adam Moffat
17	MF	BRA	Luiz Camargo
18	MF	USA	Josue Soto (HGP)
19	MF	USA	Alex Dixon (HGP)
20	DF	USA	Geoff Cameron
22	FW	USA	Brian Ownby
24	GK	USA	Tyler Deric (HGP)
25	FW	USA	Brian Ching
26	MF	USA	Corey Ashe
31	DF	CAN	André Hainault
32	DF	USA	Bobby Boswell

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
December 6, 2011	Luiz Camargo	MF	Paraná Clube	Undisclosed	[2]
December 28, 2011	Nathan Sturgis	MF	Toronto FC	Acquired for a 2014 draft pick	[3]
February 8, 2012	Macoumba Kandji	MF	Colorado Rapids	Acquired for a 2014 draft pick	[4]
February 16, 2012	Brian Ching	FW	Montreal Impact	Acquired for a 2013 draft pick	[5]
June 7, 2012	Oscar Boniek Garcia	MF	Olimpia	Undisclosed	[6]
August 8, 2012	Ricardo Clark	MF	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free Agent / Undisclosed	[7]
August 29, 2012	Giles Barnes	MF	Doncaster Rovers	Undisclosed	[8]

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 23, 2011	Brian Ching	FW	Montreal Impact	Selected in the Expansion Draft	[9]
December 12, 2011	Hunter Freeman	DF	Colorado Rapids	Selected in the Re-Entry Draft	[10]
January 20, 2012	Danny Cruz	MF	D.C. United	Traded for allocation money	[11]
August 8, 2012	Geoff Cameron	CB/MF	Stoke City F.C.	Sold – approximately $2.5 million	[12]

Round/Pick	Player	Position	College
1/18	Colin Rolfe	Forward	Louisville
2/37	Warren Creavalle	Defender	Central Florida

Round/Pick	Player	Position	From
1/7	Brian Ownby	Forward	Virginia
1/18	Eder Arreola	Midfielder	UCLA
4/75	Daniel Roberts	Midfielder	UNC Wilmington

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Dominic Kinnear
Assistant Coach	Steve Ralston
Assistant Coach	Wade Barrett
Goalkeeper Coach	Tim Hanley
Athletic Trainer	Theron Enns
Manager, Team Operations	Nick Kowba
Equipment Manager	Michael Porter

Chairman	Philip Anschutz
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	BBVA Compass Stadium (22,039 / N/A)

Source: Houston Dynamo

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting Kansas City	34	18	7	9	42	27	+15	63	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	D.C. United	34	17	10	7	53	43	+10	58
3	New York Red Bulls	34	16	9	9	57	46	+11	57
4	Chicago Fire	34	17	11	6	46	41	+5	57	MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Houston Dynamo	34	14	9	11	48	41	+7	53
6	Columbus Crew	34	15	12	7	44	44	0	52
7	Montreal Impact	34	12	16	6	45	51	−6	42
8	Philadelphia Union	34	10	18	6	37	45	−8	36
9	New England Revolution	34	9	17	8	39	44	−5	35
10	Toronto FC	34	5	21	8	36	62	−26	23

  Win   Tie   Loss

Kickoff times are in CDT.^[14]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	9	9	53	44	+9	57	12	6	0	34	13	+21	4	3	9	19	31	−12

Kickoff times are in CDT.^[15]

Kickoff times are in CDT.

Kickoff times are in CDT.^[15]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Houston Dynamo	4	2	2	0	9	3	+6	8
Olimpia	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	5
FAS	4	1	0	3	3	11	−8	3

Kickoff times are in CDT.^[15]

Last updated on October 27, 2012.

MLS stats from Houston Dynamo website

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Major League Soccer		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		CONCACAF Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	FW	USA	Calen Carr	31	5	30	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	JAM	Jermaine Taylor	32	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	USA	Warren Creavalle	16	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
6	MF	USA	Nathan Sturgis	9	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
7	MF	USA	Colin Clark	19	1	14	1	0	0	1	0	4	0
8	DF	USA	Kofi Sarkodie	19	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
9	FW	SEN	Macoumba Kandji	36	4	34	4	0	0	1	0	1	0
10	FW	JAM	Je-Vaughn Watson	22	1	19	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
11	MF	USA	Brad Davis	37	8	37	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	USA	Will Bruin	39	16	38	16	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW	USA	Colin Rolfe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	FW	USA	Cam Weaver	17	2	12	0	0	0	1	0	4	2
16	MF	USA	Adam Moffat	33	4	29	3	0	0	1	0	3	1
17	MF	BRA	Luiz Camargo	34	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	4	0
18	MF	USA	Josue Soto	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF	USA	Alex Dixon	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	USA	Geoff Cameron	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	USA	Brian Ownby	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	FW	USA	Brian Ching	37	6	34	5	0	0	0	0	3	1
26	MF	USA	Corey Ashe	37	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF	HON	Oscar Boniek Garcia	26	5	23	5	0	0	0	0	3	0
31	DF	USA	Andre Hainault	32	4	28	3	0	0	1	0	3	1
32	DF	USA	Bobby Boswell	42	3	39	2	0	0	1	0	2	1

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer
			MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA
1	USA	Tally Hall	2946	33	1.19	2946	33	1.19
30	USA	Tyler Deric	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00

Updated to match played October 28, 2012
Source: Houston Dynamo
Italic: denotes player is no longer with team

Rank	Nation	Number	Name	Total	Major League Soccer
1	USA	12	Bruin	12	12
2	USA	11	Davis	8	8
3	USA	25	Ching	5	5
4	HON	27	Garcia	4	4
4	USA	3	Carr	4	4
4	SEN	9	Kandji	4	4
5	USA	31	Hainault	2	2
5	USA	32	Boswell	2	2
5	SCO	16	Moffat	2	2

Updated to match played October 8, 2012
Source: Houston Dynamo

Home

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Alternate

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks
Home	Orange	White	Orange
Away	White	Orange	White
Alternate	Orange	Orange	Orange

Houston is in the #18 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after going to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.^[17]

Houston has 6 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. Houston has previously dealt one spot to New York on 17 March 2009^[18] and dealt another spot to New York on 14 January 2005 while the Houston franchise was still based in San Jose.^[19] Press reports did not indicate if or when these roster spots would revert to Houston. On 21 July 2011, Houston traded an international roster spot for the remainder of the 2011 season only to Portland Timbers.^[20]

Future picks acquired:

• 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 1 pick from Portland Timbers;
• 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 4 pick from Los Angeles Galaxy.

Future picks traded:

• 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 4 pick to Colorado Rapids;
• 2013 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick to Montreal Impact;
• 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 4 pick to Portland Timbers;
• 2014 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick to Colorado Rapids;
• 2014 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick to Toronto FC;
• 2015 MLS SuperDraft Round 4 pick to Columbus Crew.