2018 Houston Dynamo season
The 2018 Houston Dynamo season was the club's 13th season of existence since joining Major League Soccer in the 2006 season.[2] The club entered the campaign coming off its 7th Conference Final appearance in 13 years, the most among any MLS team in that time span.[3] It was the team's second year under the leadership of Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera and fourth season under General Manager Matt Jordan.[4] On the front office end, it was Gabriel Brenner's third season as majority owner and Chris Canetti's eighth as the President of Business Operations.[5][6]
2018 season | |||
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Owner | Gabriel Brener | ||
General Manager | Matt Jordan | ||
Head Coach | Wílmer Cabrera | ||
Stadium | BBVA Compass Stadium | ||
MLS | Conference: 9th Overall: 17th | ||
MLS Cup Playoffs | Did Not Qualify | ||
2018 U.S. Open Cup | Winners | ||
Texas Derby | Runner-up | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Mauro Manotas (19 goals) All: Mauro Manotas (25 goals) | ||
Highest home attendance | 22,320 vs LA Galaxy (May 5) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 1,930 vs Minnesota United FC (June 18) | ||
Average home league attendance | 16,906[1] | ||
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The Dynamo failed to make the MLS Cup Playoffs for the fourth time in five years but reached success in cup play, lifting its first U.S. Open Cup title - earning qualification to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.
Season Overview
Preseason
Roster
- As of October 29, 2018[7]
No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||
1 | Tyler Deric (HGP) | GK | August 30, 1988 (age 30) | North Carolina Tar Heels | 2009 | 83 | 0 | |
18 | Chris Seitz | GK | March 12, 1987 (age 31) | FC Dallas | 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
23 | Joe Willis | GK | August 10, 1988 (age 30) | D.C. United | 2015 | 63 | 0 | |
26 | Michael Nelson | GK | February 10, 1995 (age 23) | Southern Methodist University | 2018 | 0 | 0 | |
Defenders | ||||||||
2 | Alejandro Fuenmayor | DF | August 29, 1996 (age 22) | Carabobo FC | 2018 | 22 | 3 | |
3 | Adolfo Machado | DF | February 14, 1985, (age 33) | Saprissa | 2017 | 54 | 0 | |
4 | Philippe Senderos | DF | February 14, 1985, (age 33) | Rangers | 2017 | 10 | 4 | |
7 | DaMarcus Beasley | DF | May 24, 1982 (age 36) | Puebla | 2014 | 116 | 3 | |
14 | Adam Lundkvist | DF | March 20, 1994 (age 24) | IF Elfsborg | 2018 | 16 | 0 | |
15 | Dylan Remick | DF | May 19, 1991 (Age 27) | Seattle Sounders | 2017 | 14 | 1 | |
16 | Kevin Garcia | DF | August 21, 1990 (age 28) | Rio Grande Valley | 2016 | 18 | 1 | |
20 | A. J. DeLaGarza | DF | November 4, 1987 (age 30) | LA Galaxy | 2017 | 34 | 0 | |
22 | Leonardo | DF | February 5, 1988 (age 30) | LA Galaxy | 2017 | 54 | 3 | |
30 | Conor Donovan | DF | January 8, 1996 (age 22) | Rio Grande Valley | 2018 | 0 | 0 | |
33 | Jared Watts | DF | February 3, 1992 (age 26) | Colorado Rapids | 2018 | 7 | 0 | |
Midfielders | ||||||||
5 | Juan David Cabezas | MF | February 27, 1991 (age 27) | Deportivo Cali | 2017 | 33 | 1 | |
6 | Eric Alexander | MF | April 14, 1988 (age 30) | Montreal Impact | 2016 | 43 | 1 | |
8 | Memo Rodríguez (HGP) | MF | December 27, 1995 (age 22) | Rio Grande Valley | 2017 | 28 | 3 | |
10 | Tomás Martínez (DP) | MF | March 7, 1995 (age 23) | Braga | 2017 | 41 | 7 | |
11 | Andrew Wenger | MF | December 15, 1990 (age 27) | Philadelphia Union | 2016 | 76 | 10 | |
12 | Arturo Alvarez | MF | June 28, 1985 (age 33) | Chicago Fire | 2018 | 18 | 0 | |
13 | Luis Gil | MF | November 14, 1993 (age 24) | loan from Querétaro F.C. | 2018 | 12 | 0 | |
24 | Darwin Cerén | MF | December 31, 1989 (age 28) | San Jose Earthquakes | 2018 | 24 | 1 | |
25 | Eric Bird | MF | April 8, 1993 (age 25) | Rio Grande Valley | 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
27 | Boniek García | MF | September 4, 1984 (age 34) | Olimpia | 2012 | 169 | 13 | |
Forwards | ||||||||
9 | Mauro Manotas | ST | July 15, 1995 (age 23) | Uniautónoma | 2015 | 97 | 35 | |
17 | Alberth Elis (DP) | ST | February 12, 1996 (age 22) | Monterrey | 2017 | 56 | 21 | |
19 | Mac Steeves | ST | July 31, 1994 (age 24) | Providence College | 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
21 | Ronaldo Peña | ST | March 10, 1997 (age 21) | Caracas FC | 2018 | 9 | 1 | |
31 | Romell Quioto | ST | August 9, 1991 (age 27) | CD Olimpia | 2017 | 54 | 13 |
Player movement
In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
Date | Player | Position | Previous Club | Notes | Ref |
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December 7, 2017 | MF | Full Rights Purchased | [8] | ||
December 10, 2017 | MF | Trade | [9] | ||
December 13, 2017 | FW | Full Rights Purchased, Designated Player | [10] | ||
December 15, 2017 | GK | Free Agent | [11] | ||
December 22, 2017 | MF | Signed | [12] | ||
January 16, 2018 | DF | Full Rights Purchased | [13] | ||
January 19, 2018 | MF | Trade | [14] | ||
January 19, 2018 | GK | Southern Methodist University (College) | MLS SuperDraft | [15] | |
January 19, 2018 | FW | Providence College | MLS SuperDraft | [16] | |
March 28, 2018 | DF | Trade | [17] | ||
April 26, 2018 | DF | Full Rights Purchased | [18] | ||
July 5, 2018 | FW | Full Rights Purchased | [19] |
Out
Date | Player | Position | Destination Club | Notes | Ref |
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December 5, 2017 | MF | Contract expired | [20] | ||
December 5, 2017 | MF | Contract option declined | [20] | ||
December 5, 2017 | MF | Contract option declined | [20] | ||
December 5, 2017 | DF | Contract option declined | [20] | ||
December 5, 2017 | FW | Retired | Contract option declined | [20] | |
December 5, 2017 | DF | Contract option declined | [20] | ||
December 5, 2017 | GK | Contract option declined | [20] | ||
December 5, 2017 | MF | Contract option declined | [20] | ||
January 25, 2018 | FW | Transfer | [21] | ||
May 9, 2018 | MF | Waived | [22] | ||
June 5, 2018 | DF | Waived | [23] |
Loans
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
In
Date | Player | Position | Loaned from | Notes | Ref |
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April 23, 2018 | MF | Season long loan | [24] |
Coaching Staff
As of 17 January 2018[25]
Name | Position |
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Wilmer Cabera | Head Coach |
Michael Dellorusso | First Assistant Coach |
Davy Arnaud | Assistant Coach |
Paul Rogers | Goalkeeper Coach |
Paul Caffrey | Sports Performance Director/ Fitness Coach |
Steve Fell | Assistant Fitness Coach |
Oliver Gage | Head of Performance Analyst / Technical Recruitment |
Competitions
Major League Soccer
Matches
Win Draw Loss
March 3 11 | Houston Dynamo | 4–0 | Atlanta United | Houston, Texas |
2:30 PM CST | Wenger Senderos Manotas Cerén Seitz |
Report | González Pírez McCann Gressel |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,377 Referee: Allen Chapman |
March 10 12 | Houston Dynamo | 1–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Houston, Texas |
5:00 PM CST | Senderos Elis Cerén |
Report | Teibert Kamara Shea Marinovic |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,082 Referee: Ted Unkel |
March 17 13 | D.C. United | 2–2 | Houston Dynamo | Germantown, Maryland |
12:30 PM CDT | Acosta Mattocks Mora |
Report | Alexander Elis Manotas |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,128 Referee: David Gantar |
March 31 14 | Houston Dynamo | 0–2 | New England Revolution | Houston, Texas |
7:30 PM CDT | Beasley Machado Fuenmayor |
Report | Bunbury Somi Fagúndez Penilla |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,156 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
April 14 15 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2–2 | Houston Dynamo | San Jose, California |
9:30 PM CDT | Eriksson Affolter Wondolowski Hyka |
Report | Martínez Manotas Elis Machado Cerén |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 17,822 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
April 21 16 | Houston Dynamo | 5–1 | Toronto FC | Houston, Texas |
3:00 PM CDT | Manotas Leonardo Alexander Elis Quioto |
Report | Taintor Hamilton |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,109 Referee: Drew Fischer |
April 28 17 | Minnesota United FC | 2–1 | Houston Dynamo | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
7:00 PM CDT | Quintero Schüller Ibson |
Report | Elis Fuenmayor Cerén |
Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 21,574 Referee: Ted Unkel |
May 5 18 | Houston Dynamo | 3–2 | LA Galaxy | Houston, Texas |
7:30 PM CDT | Fuenmayor Quioto Rodriguez |
Report | Kitchen Ciani Cole Giovani Kamara |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 22,320 Referee: Alan Kelly |
May 11 19 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–2 | Houston Dynamo | Vancouver, British Columbia |
9:30 PM CDT | Aja Kamara Waston |
Report | Martínez O. García Álvarez Manotas |
Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 18,813 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
May 20 10 | Chicago Fire | 2–3 | Houston Dynamo | Bridgeview, Illinois |
3:00 PM CDT | Nikolić Diego Campos Mo Adams Richard Sanchez Rafael Ramos |
Report | Romell Quioto Alberth Elis García Joe Willis |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,206 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
May 25 11 | Houston Dynamo | 3–1 | New York City FC | Houston, Texas |
8:00 PM CDT | Fuenmayor Martínez Elis |
Report | Villa Callens |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 18,123 Referee: Allen Chapman |
May 30 12 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | Houston Dynamo | Sandy, Utah |
8:30 PM CDT | L. Silva Beckerman M. Silva |
Report | Martínez Alexander Elis Romell Quioto |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,613 Referee: David Gantar |
June 2 13 | Montreal Impact | 1–0 | Houston Dynamo | Montreal, Quebec |
6:30 PM CDT | Vargas Edwards |
Report | Elis Gil Lundqvist Martinez |
Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 17,512 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
June 9 14 | Houston Dynamo | 2–0 | Colorado Rapids | Houston, Texas |
8:00 PM CDT | Martinez Manotas |
Report | Boli Wynne |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,058 Referee: Drew Fischer |
June 23 15 | Sporting Kansas City | 3–2 | Houston Dynamo | Kansas City, Kansas |
7:30 PM CDT | Espinoza Sallói Diego Rubio Shelton |
Report | Manotas Alexander Willis Fuenmayor |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,081 Referee: Alan Kelly |
July 3 16 | Houston Dynamo | 2–2 | Los Angeles FC | Houston, Texas |
8:00 PM CDT | Fuenmayor Oscar Boniek Garcia Manotas Senderos |
Report | Blessing Zimmerman Diomande Kaye Blackmon |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,037 Referee: Armando Villareal |
July 7 17 | Houston Dynamo | 3–0 | Minnesota United FC | Houston, Texas |
8:00 PM CDT | Senderos Lundqvist Elis |
Report | Mears Gómez Ibson Miller Heath |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 13,947 Referee: Kevin Stott |
July 14 18 | Colorado Rapids | 0–0 | Houston Dynamo | Commerce City, Colorado |
8:00 PM CDT | Smith |
Report | Cerén |
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,327 Referee: Ted Unkel |
July 21 19 | Houston Dynamo | 1–1 | FC Dallas | Houston, Texas |
8:00 PM CDT | Manotas Machado Rodriguez |
Report | Hedges |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 19,295 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
July 25 20 | Houston Dynamo | 1–3 | Philadelphia Union | Houston, Texas |
8:00 PM CDT | Manotas Martinez Cerén Fuenmayor |
Report | Bedoya Rosenberry McKenzie Sapong Burke Picault |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 13,094 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
July 28 21 | Portland Timbers | 2–1 | Houston Dynamo | Portland, Oregon |
10:00 PM CDT | Blanco Powell Asprilla Adi |
Report | Quioto Elis Watts |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
August 4 22 | Houston Dynamo | 0–1 | Sporting Kansas City | Houston, Texas |
8:00 PM CDT | Quioto Fuenmayor Elis García Willis Peña Cerén |
Report | Sinovic Rubio |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 14,675 Referee: Chris Penso |
August 11 23 | Columbus Crew SC | 1–0 | Houston Dynamo | Columbus, Ohio |
6:30 PM CDT | Zardes P. Santos |
Report | Leonardo Lundqvist |
Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 15,891 Referee: Mark Geiger |
August 18 24 | Houston Dynamo | 1–2 | Real Salt Lake | Houston, Texas |
8:00 PM CDT | O. García |
Report | Ruiz Herrera Kreilach Sunny Savarino Rusnák |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,072 Referee: Armando Villarreal |
August 23 25 | Houston Dynamo | 1–1 | FC Dallas | Houston, Texas |
8:00 PM CDT | O. García Cerén Peña |
Report | Gruezo Barrios Figueroa |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,544 Referee: Allen Chapman |
August 29 26 | New York Red Bulls | 1–0 | Houston Dynamo | Harrison, New Jersey |
7:00 PM CDT | White |
Report | Leonardo |
Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15,042 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
September 1 27 | FC Dallas | 4–2 | Houston Dynamo | Frisco, Texas |
7:00 PM CDT | Barrios Mosquera Ziegler |
Report | Lundqvist Manotas Cerén Elis |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 16,835 Referee: Kevin Stott |
September 15 28 | Houston Dynamo | 4–1 | Portland Timbers | Houston, Texas |
7:30 PM CDT | Elis Manotas Fuenmayor |
Report | Fuenmayor Valentin Ebobisse |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 15,256 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
September 22 29 | Orlando City SC | 0–0 | Houston Dynamo | Orlando, Florida |
6:30 PM CDT | Wenger |
Report | Spector Ascues Dwyer Yotun |
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 23,723 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
September 29 30 | Houston Dynamo | 3–2 | San Jose Earthquakes | Houston, Texas |
7:30 PM CDT | Manotas Martínez Quioto |
Report | Kashia Wondolowski Fuenmayor |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 17,136 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
October 8 31 | Seattle Sounders FC | 4–1 | Houston Dynamo | Seattle, Washington |
9:30 P.M. CDT | Bruin C. Roldan Rodríguez |
Boxscore | Cabezas Leonardo Beasley |
Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,518 Referee: Drew Fischer |
October 12 32 | Los Angeles FC | 4–2 | Houston Dynamo | Los Angeles, California |
9:00 PM CDT | Silva Nguyen Vela Diomande Zimmerman |
Report | Manotas Deric Cerén Wenger |
Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Alan Kelly |
October 21 33 | Houston Dynamo | 2–3 | Seattle Sounders FC | Houston, Texas |
4:30 PM CDT | K. Garcia O. García Manotas |
Report | Marshall Svensson Nouhou Ruidíaz |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 19,127 Referee: David Gantar |
October 28 34 | LA Galaxy | 2–3 | Houston Dynamo | Carson, California |
3:30 PM CDT | Kamara |
Report | Quioto Manotas Cerén O. García Peña |
Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,068 Referee: Kevin Stott |
League Tables
Western Conference
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 62 | Conference Semi-finals[lower-alpha 1] |
2 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 59 | |
3 | Los Angeles FC | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 57 | Knockout round |
4 | FC Dallas | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 57 | |
5 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 54 | |
6 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 49 | |
7 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 48 | |
8 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 47 | |
9 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 38 | |
10 | Minnesota United FC | 34 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 36 | |
11 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 31 | |
12 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 21 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goal differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
- Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions did not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.[26]
Overall
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification[lower-alpha 1] |
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15 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 46 | |
16 | New England Revolution | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 41 | |
17 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 38 | 2019 CONCACAF Champions League |
18 | Minnesota United FC | 34 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 36 | |
19 | Toronto FC | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 36 | 2019 CONCACAF Champions League |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
- CONCACAF Champions League
Selection procedure- Four US-based teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers came from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.[27] This combined qualification method was used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2018 season, the following teams qualified:
- The winner of MLS Cup 2018 (Atlanta United FC);
- The winner of the 2018 U.S. Open Cup (Houston Dynamo)
One Canada-based team qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams could not qualify through MLS):- The winner of the 2018 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)
- The winner of MLS Cup 2018 (Atlanta United FC);
- Four US-based teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers came from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.[27] This combined qualification method was used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2018 season, the following teams qualified:
U.S. Open Cup
Win Draw Loss
June 6 Fourth Round | Houston Dynamo | 5–0 | NTX Rayados | Houston, Texas |
7:30 PM CDT | Rodríguez Padilla Quintanilla Senderos Zaldívar |
Report | Burciaga |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,212 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
June 18 Round of 16 | Houston Dynamo | 1–0 | Minnesota United FC | Houston, Texas |
7:30 PM CDT | Manotas Fuenmayor Seitz |
Dynamo Report | Boxall Kallman |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 1,930 Referee: Guido Gonzalez |
July 18 Quarterfinals | Houston Dynamo | 4–2 | Sporting Kansas City | Houston, Texas |
7:30 PM CDT | Quioto O. García Manotas Fuenmayor |
Report | Russell Croizet |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,431 Referee: Allen Chapman |
August 8 Semi-finals | Houston Dynamo | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p) | Los Angeles FC | Houston, Texas |
7:30 PM CDT | Wenger Manotas Martínez Elis Rodríguez Cerén |
Dynamo Report LAFC Report |
Rossi Atuesta |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 7,581 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez |
Penalties | ||||
Cerén Rodríguez Elis Boniek García Martínez Gil Wenger Senderos |
Beitashour Kovar Horta Vela Ciman Harvey Rossi Blessing |
September 26 Final | Houston Dynamo | 3–0 | Philadelphia Union | Houston, Texas |
7:00 PM CDT | Manotas Martínez Trusty O. García |
Report | Dočkal |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,060 Referee: Nima Saghafi Assistant referees: Cameron Blanchard Kyle Atkins Fourth official: Alejandro Mariscal |
Player Statistics
Appearances, goals, and assists
As of October 29, 2018
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | MLS | US Open Cup | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||||
1 | GK | Tyler Deric | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Alejandro Fuenmayor | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Adolfo Machado | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Philippe Senderos | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | MF | Juan David Cabezas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | MF | Eric Alexander | 23 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | DF | DaMarcus Beasley | 28 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Memo Rodríguez | 24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
9 | FW | Mauro Manotas | 37 | 25 | 1 | 33 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Tomás Martínez | 36 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | MF | Andrew Wenger | 24 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
12 | MF | Arturo Álvarez | 20 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
13 | MF | Luis Gil | 15 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | DF | Adam Lundqvist | 18 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
14 | MF | Charlie Ward[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Dylan Remick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | DF | Kevin Garcia | 19 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | FW | Alberth Elis | 34 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
18 | GK | Chris Seitz | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Mac Steeves | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | DF | A. J. DeLaGarza | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | FW | Ronaldo Peña | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | DF | George Malki[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | MF | Leonardo | 25 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | GK | Joe Willis | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
24 | MF | Darwin Cerén | 27 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | MF | Eric Bird | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | GK | Michael Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | MF | Boniek García | 32 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | DF | Conor Donovan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
31 | MF | Romell Quioto | 36 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
33 | DF | Jared Watts | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | MF | Todd Wharton[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
37 | FW | Matías Zaldívar[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
38 | FW | Aldo Quintanilla[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
39 | MF | Manny Padilla[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
40 | FW | Jhon Montaño[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Season Statistics and Match reports in Competitions
- Left during the season
- Short term loan from RGVFC
Disciplinary Record
Appearances, goals, and assists
As of October 29, 2018
Source: Season Statistics and Match reports in Competitions
- Left during the season
- Short term loan from RGVFC
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