2014 Houston Dynamo season

Houston Dynamo 2014 soccer season
Houston Dynamo
2014 season
OwnerPhilip Anschutz
Head coachDominic Kinnear
StadiumBBVA Compass Stadium
MLSEastern Conference: 8th
Overall: 14th
MLS Cup playoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Giles Barnes (11)
All: Giles Barnes (12)
Average home league attendance20,117

The 2014 Houston Dynamo season was the club's ninth season of existence, and their ninth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer.

Background

Roster

No. Position Nation Player
1 Goalkeeper  USA Tally Hall
2 Defender  USA Eric Brunner
3 Defender  USA Anthony Arena
4 Defender  JAM Jermaine Taylor
7 Forward  JAM Omar Cummings
8 Defender  USA Kofi Sarkodie
10 Midfielder  HON Alexander Lopez
11 Midfielder  USA Brad Davis
12 Forward  USA Will Bruin
13 Midfielder  USA Ricardo Clark
14 Forward  JAM Jason Johnson
15 Forward  USA Mark Sherrod
16 Defender  USA A.J. Cochran
17 Midfielder  USA Servando Carrasco
18 Defender  USA David Horst
19 Midfielder  HON Luis Garrido
20 Midfielder  SCO Andrew Driver
21 Defender  USA Damarcus Beasley
22 Midfielder  USA Brian Ownby
23 Forward  JAM Giles Barnes
24 Goalkeeper  USA Tyler Deric
26 Defender  USA Corey Ashe
27 Midfielder  HON Boniek García
28 Midfielder  USA Tony Cascio
30 Goalkeeper  USA Michael Lisch

Transfers

USA international DaMarcus Beasley joined the club after the 2014 World Cup as a DP

In

Position Player Previous club Date
Defender United StatesDavid Horst United StatesPortland Timbers December 17, 2013
Defender United StatesDaMarcus Beasley MexicoPuebla July 23, 2014
Midfielder HondurasLuis Garirdo HondurasOlimpia July 25, 2014

Out

Position Player Transferred to Date
Defender United StatesBobby Boswell United StatesD.C. United December 12, 2013
Defender United StatesWarren Creavalle CanadaToronto FC July 23, 2014

Loan in

Position Player Loaned From Date
Midfielder United StatesTony Cascio United StatesColorado Rapids January 21, 2014

Loan out

Position Player Loaned To Date
Forward JamaicaJason Johnson United StatesPittsburgh Riverhounds March 24, 2014
Defender United StatesAnthony Arena United StatesPittsburgh Riverhounds March 24, 2014
Forward United StatesBryan Salazar United StatesPittsburgh Riverhounds March 24, 2014
Goalkeeper United StatesMichael Lisch United StatesPittsburgh Riverhounds April 3, 2014
Forward United StatesBrian Ownby United StatesPittsburgh Riverhounds April 3, 2014

Competitions

Preseason

Houston Dynamo v Dynamo Academy
January 29, 2014 Scrimmage Houston Dynamo 4 - 0 Dynamo Academy Houston, Texas
3:00 p.m. CST Bruin 29'
Carrasco Yellow card 33'
Arena Yellow card 38'
Sherrod 63'
Seoane 67'
Johnson 73'		 Report Stadium: Houston Sports Park
Houston Dynamo v Colorado Rapids
February 2, 2014 Scrimmage Houston Dynamo 2 - 3 Colorado Rapids Houston, Texas
11:00 a.m. CST Cascio 15'
Barnes 38'		 Report Serna 12'
Brown 47'
Torres 86'		 Stadium: Houston Sports Park
Houston Dynamo v Portland Timbers
February 5, 2014 Desert Friendlies Houston Dynamo 0 - 2 Portland Timbers Tucson, Arizona
2:00 p.m. MT Report Johnson 80'
Urruti 83'		 Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Houston Dynamo v San Jose Earthquakes
February 8, 2014 Desert Friendlies Houston Dynamo 3 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes Tucson, Arizona
3:00 p.m. MT Cummings 66'
Seoane 74', Yellow card 82'
Cascio 84'		 Report Wondolowski 22' Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
FC Tucson v Houston Dynamo
February 10, 2014 Desert Friendlies FC Tucson 0 - 2 Houston Dynamo Tucson, Arizona
10:00 a.m. MT Salticcia Red card 75' Report Ownby 45'
Cummings 83'		 Stadium: Kino Sports Complex
Houston Baptist Huskies v Houston Dynamo
February 12, 2014 Scrimmage Houston Baptist Huskies 0 - 6 Houston Dynamo Houston, Texas
7:00 p.m. CST Kelley Yellow card 17' Report Barnes 12', Yellow card 21'
Davis 15', 27'
Cascio 34'
Johnson Yellow card 55'
Sherrod 72'
Cummings 74'		 Stadium: Sorrels Field
Houston Dynamo v SMU Mustangs
February 15, 2014 Scrimmage Houston Dynamo 2 - 0 SMU Mustangs Houston, Texas
11:00 a.m. CST Seoane 15'
Brunner Yellow card 56'
Davis 58'		 Report Stadium: Houston Sports Park
Houston Dynamo v Pittsburgh Riverhounds
February 19, 2014 Scrimmage Houston Dynamo 4 - 1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Houston, Texas
11:00 a.m. CST Cascio 18'
Barnes 28', 59'
Cummings 79'		 Report Kerr 25' Stadium: Houston Sports Park
Houston Dynamo v D.C. United
February 22, 2014 Carolina Challenge Cup Houston Dynamo 0 - 2 D.C. United Charleston, South Carolina
5:00 p.m. EST Bruin Yellow card 66' Report Horst 21' (o.g.)
Kitchen Yellow card 32'
Arnaud Yellow card 55'
Christian Yellow card 71'
Seaton 88', Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 5,175
Seattle Sounders FC v Houston Dynamo
February 26, 2014 Carolina Challenge Cup Seattle Sounders FC 1 - 1 Houston Dynamo Charleston, South Carolina
5:00 p.m. EST Martins 44'
González Yellow card 45+1'		 Report Davis 14'
Arena Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Charleston Battery v Houston Dynamo
March 1, 2014 Carolina Challenge Cup Charleston Battery 0 - 2 Houston Dynamo Charleston, South Carolina
5:15 p.m. EST Report Cascio 53'
Barnes 63'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

MLS

Houston Dynamo v New England Revolution
March 8, 2014 1 Houston Dynamo 4 - 0 New England Revolution Houston, Texas
7:30 CT Will Bruin 2' (13), Yellow card 64'
Boniek Garcia 23'
Omar Cummings 90+2'		 [1] Darrius Barnes Yellow card 64'
AJ Soares Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,320
Houston Dynamo v Montreal Impact
March 15, 2014 2 Houston Dynamo 1 - 0 Montreal Impact Houston, Texas
7:30 CT Kofi Sarkodie Yellow card 35'
Will Bruin 40'
Jermaine Taylor Yellow card 52'		 [2] Felipe Martins Yellow card 59'
Hassoun Camara Yellow card 77'
Hernan Bernardello Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 18,245
Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Houston Dynamo
March 29, 2014 3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 - 1 Houston Dynamo Vancouver, British Columbia
6:00 CT Jordan Harvey 14'
Kenny Miller 23' (pen.)		 [3] Ricardo Clark 75' Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 21,000
Houston Dynamo v FC Dallas
April 5, 2014 4 Texas Derby Houston Dynamo 1 - 4 FC Dallas Houston, Texas
7:00 CT Jermaine Taylor Yellow card 21'
Ricardo Clark 41'
David Horst Red card 60'		 [4] Michel 31' (pen.)
Hendry Thomas Yellow card 37'
Je-Vaughn Watson 61' (70)
Giles Barnes 68' (o.g.)		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,202
New England Revolution v Houston Dynamo
April 12, 2014 5 New England Revolution 2 - 0 Houston Dynamo Foxborough, Massachusetts
4:00 CT Kevin Alston 68', Yellow card 88'
Scott Caldwell Yellow card 86'
Jerry Bengtson 90+1'		 [5] Ricardo Clark Yellow card 38' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 14,259
Philadelphia Union v Houston Dynamo
April 19, 2014 6 Philadelphia Union 0 - 0 Houston Dynamo Chester, Pennsylvania
3:00 CT Sheanon Williams Yellow card 61' [6] Kofi Sarkodie Red card 82'
Ricardo Clark Yellow card 42'
Will Bruin Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: PPL Park
Attendance: 17,301
New York Red Bulls v Houston Dynamo
April 23, 2014 7 New York Red Bulls 4 - 0 Houston Dynamo Harrison, New Jersey
6:30 CT Bradley Wright-Phillips 12' (24), 86' (pen.)
Thierry Henry 65'		 [7] Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 13,278
Houston Dynamo v Portland Timbers
April 27, 2014 8 Houston Dynamo 1 - 1 Portland Timbers Houston, Texas
2:00 CT Will Bruin 16'
Jermaine Taylor Yellow card 40'		 [8] Gaston Fernandez 33' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 20,558
Chivas USA v Houston Dynamo
May 3, 2014 9 Chivas USA 1 - 4 Houston Dynamo Carson, California
9:30 CT Erick Torres 7' (pen.)
Tim Melia Red card 67'		 [9] Brad Davis 12'
Giles Barnes 32' (69), pen'
Will Bruin 45+2'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 6,082
Houston Dynamo v Columbus Crew
May 7, 2014 10 Houston Dynamo 1 - 0 Columbus Crew Houston, Texas
7:00 CT Will Bruin 50'
Warren Creavalle Yellow card 87'		 [10] Bernardo Anor Yellow card 60'
Federico Higuain Yellow card 61'
Daniel Paladini Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 15,030
Houston Dynamo v Real Salt Lake
May 11, 2014 11 Houston Dynamo 2 - 5 Real Salt Lake Houston, Texas
6:00 CT Mark Sherrod 22' (56), Yellow card 90+2'
Boniek Garcia Yellow card 45+4'
Servando Carrasco Red card 27'		 [11] Javier Morales 1' (17), 89' (pen.)
Alvaro Saborio 32', Yellow card 26'
Luke Mulholland 78'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 16,514
Houston Dynamo v Los Angeles Galaxy
March 28, 2014 12 Houston Dynamo 1 - 0 Los Angeles Galaxy Houston, Texas
7:30 CT Jermaine Taylor Yellow card 17'
Giles Barnes 61'		 [12] AJ DeLaGarza Yellow card 19'
Kofi Opare Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,233
D.C. United v Houston Dynamo
May 21, 2014 13 D.C. United 2 - 0 Houston Dynamo Washington DC
6:00 CT Chris Rolfe 28'
Davy Arnaud Yellow card 36'
Lewis Neal Yellow card 56'
Fabian Espindola 63', Yellow card 72'		 [13] Giles Barnes Yellow card 65'
Brian Ownby Red card 90+2'		 Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 8,224
San Jose Earthquakes v Houston Dynamo
May 25, 2014 14 San Jose Earthquakes 3 - 0 Houston Dynamo San Jose, California
9:30 CT Khari Stephenson 38' (58), pen'
Steven Lenhart Yellow card 60'
Atiba Harris 70'		 [14] Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium
Attendance: 10,525
Colorado Rapids v Houston Dynamo
June 1, 2014 15 Colorado Rapids 3 - 0 Houston Dynamo Commerce City, Colorado
7:00 CT Deshorn Brown 5' (35)
Kamani Hill 51'		 [15] Warren Creavalle Yellow card 40' Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 17,470
Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City
June 6, 2014 16 Houston Dynamo 0 - 2 Sporting Kansas City Houston, Texas
7:30 CT Alexander Lopez Yellow card 21'
Andrew Driver Yellow card 29'
Eric Brunner Yellow card 45+2'
Jermaine Taylor Yellow card 79'		 [16] Toni Red card 21'
Soony Saad 45', Yellow card 87'
Dom Dwyer 70' (pen.)
Eric Kronberg Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 18,396
Montreal Impact v Houston Dynamo
June 29, 2014 17 Montreal Impact 3 - 0 Houston Dynamo Montreal, Quebec
6:30 CT Jack McInerney 41' (75)
Maxim Tissot Yellow card 22'
Marco Di Vaio 79'		 [17] AJ Cochran Yellow card 16'
Will Bruin Yellow card 52'		 Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 16,759
Houston Dynamo v New York Red Bulls
July 4, 2014 18 Houston Dynamo 2 - 2 New York Red Bulls Houston, Texas
7:30 CT Giles Barnes 1'
AJ Cochran Yellow card 50'
Brad Davis 82' (pen.)		 [18] Bradley Wright-Phillips 13' (72)
Jonny Steele Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,312
Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo
July 12, 2014 19 Toronto FC 4 - 2 Houston Dynamo Toronto, Ontario
6:00 CT Jonathan Osorio 39'
Dominic Oduro 45+1'
Jermain Defoe 63' (89), Yellow card 37'		 [19] Brad Davis 13' (34)
Kofi Sarkodie Yellow card 35'
Jermaine Taylor Yellow card 37'
David Horst Yellow card 40'
Ricardo Clark Yellow card 56'
Warren Creavalle Yellow card 59'		 Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 22,591
Houston Dynamo v Toronto FC
July 19, 2014 20 Houston Dynamo 2 - 2 Toronto FC Houston, Texas
8:00 CT Will Bruin 11'}
Giles Barnes 26'
Corey Ashe Yellow card 79'		 [20] Gilberto 18'
Dominic Oduro 45+2', Yellow card 81'
Doneil Henry Yellow card 58'
Michael Bradley Yellow card 79'
Jermain Defoe Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 20,069
Houston Dynamo v D.C. United
August 3, 2014 21 Houston Dynamo 1 - 0 D.C. United Houston, Texas
7:00 CT Will Bruin 90' [21] Taylor Kemp Yellow card 5'
Perry Kitchen Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 20,061
Seattle Sounders FC v Houston Dynamo
August 10, 2014 22 Seattle Sounders FC 2 - 0 Houston Dynamo Seattle, Washington
9:30 CT Lamar Neagle Yellow card 28'
Obafemi Martins Red card 86'
Marco Pappa 69'
Gonzalo Pineda 75' (pen.), Yellow card 55'		 [22] Luis Garrido Yellow card 60'
Kofi Sarkodie Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 50,276
Houston Dynamo v Philadelphia Union
August 15, 2014 23 Houston Dynamo 2 - 0 Philadelphia Union Houston, Texas
8:00 CT David Horst Yellow card 28'
Will Bruin 51'
DaMarcus Beasley Yellow card 58'
Raymon Gaddis 90' (o.g.)		 [23] Danny Cruz Yellow card 64' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 20,283
Columbus Crew v Houston Dynamo
August 23, 2014 24 Columbus Crew 3 - 0 Houston Dynamo Columbus, Ohio
6:30 CT Justin Meram 35'
Adam Bedell 59'
Aaron Schoenfeld 64'		 [24] Corey Ashe Yellow card 61'
Brian Ownby Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 17,551
Sporting Kansas City v Houston Dynamo
August 29, 2014 25 Sporting Kansas City 1 - 3 Houston Dynamo Kansas City, Kansas
7:00 CT Dom Dwyer 54', Yellow card 40'
Benny Feilhaber Yellow card 44'		 [25] Will Bruin 35'
Kofi Sarkodie Yellow card 44'
David Horst 62'
Ricardo Clark 67', Yellow card 50'
Boniek Garcia Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 20,332
Houston Dynamo v Montreal Impact
September 6, 2014 26 Houston Dynamo 3 - 2 Montreal Impact Houston, Texas
7:30 CT Giles Barnes 30' (62)
Ricardo Clark 65'		 [26] Dilly Duka 40'
Ignaco Piatti 55'
Felipe Martins Yellow card 71'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 18,501
Houston Dynamo v Columbus Crew
September 13, 2014 27 Houston Dynamo 2 - 2 Columbus Crew Houston, Texas
7:30 CT Aaron Schoenfeld 12' (o.g.)
Giles Barnes 38', Yellow card 63'
Boniek Garcia Yellow card 45+2'
Kofi Sarkodie Yellow card 86'		 [27] Aaron Schoenfled Yellow card 34'
Will Trapp 48'
Ethan Finlay 54'
Bernardo Anor Yellow card 68'
Waylon Francis Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 20,807
Houston Dynamo v Philadelphia Union
September 20, 2014 28 Houston Dynamo 0 - 0 Philadelphia Union Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7:00 ET Sarkodie Yellow card 75' [28] Stadium: PPL Park
Attendance: 18,462
Houston Dynamo v Chicago Fire
September 28, 2014 29 Houston Dynamo 2 - 0 Chicago Fire Houston, Texas
2:00 CT Ricardo Clark Yellow card 10'
Omar Cummings 15'
David Horst Yellow card 21'
Boniek Garcia 67'		 [29] Gonzalo Segares Yellow card 47'
Jeff Larentowicz Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 20,262
New York Red Bulls v Houston Dynamo
October 4, 2014 30 New York Red Bulls 1 - 0 Houston Dynamo Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 CT Thierry Henry 47'
Pegguy Luyindula Yellow card 73'
Tim Cahill Red card 88'		 [30] Boniek Garcia Yellow card 54'
Giles Barnes Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 21,569
Toronto FC v Houston Dynamo
October 8, 2014 31 Toronto FC 0 - 1 Houston Dynamo Toronto, Ontario
6:30 CT Daniel Lovitz Yellow card 90+5' [31] Giles Barnes Yellow card 35'
A.J. Cochran Red card 56'		 Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 18,269
Houston Dynamo v D.C. United
October 12, 2014 32 Houston Dynamo 1 - 3 D.C. United Houston, Texas
2:00 CT Giles Barnes 83' (pen.) [32] Taylor Kemp 41'
Fabian Espindola 64'
Bill Hamid Yellow card 70'
Eddie Johnson 87'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 21,869
Houston Dynamo v New England Revolution
October 16, 2014 33 Houston Dynamo 1 - 2 New England Revolution Houston, Texas
7:00 CT Giles Barnes 37', Yellow card 73'
Jermaine Taylor Yellow card 47'
Luis Garrido 52'		 [33] Lee Nguyen 65' (87) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,332
Chicago Fire v Houston Dynamo
October 24, 2014 34 Chicago Fire 2 - 1 Houston Dynamo Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 CT Alex Yellow card 33'
Jeff Larentowicz 66' (pen.)
Florent Sinama Pongolle 90+1'		 [34] Omar Cummings 18'
Tyler Deric Yellow card 82'
Brad Davis Yellow card 82'
AJ Cochran Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 18,776

U.S. Open Cup

Houston Dynamo (1) v Laredo Heat (4)
June 11 Fourth Round Houston Dynamo (1) 1–0Laredo Heat (4)Houston, Texas
9:00 CT López 38'
Deric Red card 52'		 Report Braem Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 40'
F. Garcia Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,929
Houston Dynamo (1) v FC Dallas (1)
June 24 Fifth Round Texas DerbyHouston Dynamo (1)2–3 (a.e.t.) FC Dallas (1) Houston, Texas
8:00 CT Barnes 43' (pen.)
Cummings 62'
Taylor Yellow card 102'		 Report Castillo 35'
Escobar 59'
Akindele 99'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 2,083

Statistical Leaders

Giles Barnes led the Dynamo in both appearances and goals in 2014
Goals
Rank Name #
1 JamaicaGiles Barnes 11
2 United StatesWill Bruin 10
3 United StatesRicardo Clark 4
United StatesBrad Davis
5 JamaicaOmar Cummings 3
Assists
Rank Name #
1 United StatesBrad Davis 11
2 JamaicaGiles Barnes 8
3 United StatesRicardo Clark 4
United StatesKofi Sarkodie
5 United StatesCorey Ashe 3
JamaicaOmar Cummings
Appearances (starts)
Rank Name #
1 JamaicaGiles Barnes 34(34)
United StatesAndrew Driver 34(22)
3 United StatesKofi Sarkodie 32(32)
4 United StatesDavid Horst 31(31)
5 United StatesWill Bruin 27(24)
HondurasBoniek García 28(26)
Goalkeeping
Name Apps. Saves GA ShO
United StatesTally Hall 24 67 44 7
United StatesTyler Deric 10 36 14 3
United StatesMichael Lisch 0 0 0 0

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References

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