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2011 Houston Dynamo season

Field	Value
club	Houston Dynamo
season	2011
owner	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
mgrtitle	Head coach
manager	Dominic Kinnear
chairman	Chris Canetti
chrtitle	President
stadium	Robertson Stadium
league	Major League Soccer
league result	Conference: 2nd
Overall: 6th
highest attendance	30,018 v Los Angeles Galaxy (October 23, 2011)
lowest attendance	12,047 (two matches)
average attendance	16,868
cup1	MLS Cup Playoffs
cup1 result	Runners-Up
cup2	U.S. Open Cup
cup2 result	DNQ
cup3	Texas Derby
cup3 result	Winners
league topscorer
Bobby Boswell
Will Bruin
Geoff Cameron
Brian Ching 5 goals each
season topscorer	Brian Ching 6 goals
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Overall: 6th Bobby Boswell Will Bruin Geoff Cameron Brian Ching 5 goals each

The 2011 Houston Dynamo season was the sixth season of the team's existence, breaking the record for the most seasons played for a Houston soccer team. The Dynamo had been tied with Houston Hurricanes, who competed in the USISL D3 Pro League from 1996 to 2000. It was the Dynamo's sixth season with head coach Dominic Kinnear and majority owner Philip Anschultz. It was Chris Canettis first season as team president, having worked as chief operating officer for the previous five.

Prior to the season, Houston was switched to MLS's Eastern Conference along with Sporting Kansas City due to expansion teams Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC joining the Western Conference. It was the Dynamo's final season playing at Robertson Stadium, with the new BBVA Compass Stadium set to open the following year.

After failing to qualify for the playoffs in 2010, Houston rebounded and finished 2nd in the conference. During the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs, Houston beat the Philadelphia Union 3–1 over two legs. In the Eastern Conference Final, Houston defeated Kansas City 2–0 to reach their third ever MLS Cup, where they fell 1–0 to the Los Angeles Galaxy in the final. The Dynamo failed to qualify for the U.S. Open Cup, losing to Sporting Kansas City in the Qualification Semi-finals.

Final roster

As of November 21, 2011.

Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Joined from	Joined in	Apps.	Goals
1	Tally Hall	USA	GK	May 12, 1985 (26)	Esbjerg fB	2009	39	0
24	Tyler Deric (HGP)	USA	GK	August 30, 1988 (23)	Houston Dynamo Academy	2009	2	0
28	Evan Newton	USA	GK	April 1, 1988 (23)	Old Dominion University	2011	0	0
2	Eddie Robinson	USA	DF	June 19, 1978 (33)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	96	5
4	Jermaine Taylor	JAM	DF	January 14, 1985 (26)	St. George's SC	2011	13	0
8	Kofi Sarkodie (GA)	USA	DF	March 22, 1991 (20)	University of Akron	2011	7	0
20	Geoff Cameron	USA	DF	July 11, 1985 (26)	University of Rhode Island	2008	101	11
21	Hunter Freeman	USA	DF	January 8, 1985 (26)	IK Start	2011	23	1
26	Corey Ashe	USA	DF	March 14, 1986 (25)	University of North Carolina	2007	130	1
31	André Hainault	CAN	DF	June 17, 1986 (25)	FK Baník Most	2009	79	4
32	Bobby Boswell	USA	DF	March 15, 1983 (28)	D.C. United	2008	112	7
5	Danny Cruz (GA)	USA	MF	January 3, 1990 (21)	UNLV	2009	51	4
7	Colin Clark	USA	MF	April 11, 1984 (27)	Colorado Rapids	2010	29	4
10	Je-Vaughn Watson	JAM	MF	October 22, 1983 (28)	Sporting Central Academy	2011	22	1
11	Brad Davis	USA	MF	November 8, 1981 (30)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	159	21
13	Francisco Navas Cobo (HGP)	USA	MF	November 17, 1991 (20)	Houston Dynamo Academy	2010	1	0
16	Adam Moffat	SCO	MF	May 15, 1986 (25)	Portland Timbers	2011	13	2
17	Luiz Camargo	BRA	MF	May 4, 1987 (24)	Paraná Clube	2011	7	0
18	Josue Soto (HGP)	USA	MF	January 3, 1989 (22)	Houston Dynamo Academy	2011	0	0
19	Alex Dixon (HGP)	USA	MF	February 7, 1990 (21)	Houston Dynamo Academy	2011	7	1
3	Calen Carr	USA	FW	October 4, 1982 (29)	Chicago Fire	2011	9	1
9	Jason Garey	USA	FW	July 19, 1984 (27)	Columbus Crew	2011	10	0
12	Will Bruin (GA)	USA	FW	October 24, 1989 (22)	Indiana University	2011	25	5
15	Cam Weaver	USA	FW	June 10, 1983 (28)	San Jose Earthquakes	2009	50	10
25	Brian Ching (C)	USA	FW	May 24, 1978 (32)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	125	51
29	Carlo Costly	HON	FW	July 18, 1982 (29)	Atlas	2011	11	1

Player movement

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date	Player	Position	Age	Previous club	Notes	Ref
December 3, 2010	USA Jason Garey	FW	26	USA Columbus Crew	Acquired in exchange for a 4th round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.
December 13, 2010		USA Jordan Graye	DF	23	USA Portland Timbers	Acquired in exchange for a 4th round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft.
December 17, 2010	USA Hunter Freeman	DF	25	NOR IK Start	Signed on a free transfer. Houston acquired his MLS rights and a 2012 MLS SuperDraft 3rd round pick from the New York Red Bulls in exchange for allocation money.
January 19, 2011	USA Alex Dixon	FW	20	USA Houston Dynamo Academy	Signed as a homegrown player.	title=Dynamo sign two Academy players	url=http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/01/dynamo-sign-two-academy-players	url-status=live	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122080147/http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/01/dynamo-sign-two-academy-players	archive-date=2011-01-22	access-date=2011-02-04	website=Houston Dynamo}}
January 19, 2011	USA Josue Soto	MF	22	USA Houston Dynamo Academy	Signed as a homegrown player.
February 16, 2011	JAM Jermaine Taylor	DF	26	JAM St. George's SC	Full transfer, fee undisclosed.
March 23, 2011	USA Calen Carr	FW	28	USA Chicago Fire	Acquired in exchange for Dominic Oduro.	date=March 23, 2011	title=Fire Trade Calen Carr	url=http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2011/03/fire-trade-calen-carr	url-status=live	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326193107/http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2011/03/fire-trade-calen-carr	archive-date=March 26, 2011	access-date=March 28, 2021	website=Chicago Fire}}
April 15, 2011	JAM Je-Vaughn Watson	MF	27	JAM Sporting Central Academy	Full transfer, fee undisclosed.	date=April 15, 2011	title=Dynamo sign two prior to transfer deadline	url=http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/04/dynamo-sign-two-prior-transfer-deadline	url-status=live	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418195345/http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/04/dynamo-sign-two-prior-transfer-deadline	archive-date=April 18, 2011	access-date=March 28, 2021	website=Houston Dynamo}}
April 15, 2011	ESP Koke	FW	27	GRE Aris	Signed on a free transfer.
July 21, 2011	SCO Adam Moffat	MF	25	USA Portland Timbers	Acquired along with allocation money in exchange for Lovel Palmer, Mike Chabala, and a 2011 international roster spot	date=2011-07-21	title=Dynamo acquire Portland midfielder Moffat	url=http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/07/dynamo-acquire-portland-midfielder-moffat	url-status=live	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725055741/http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/07/dynamo-acquire-portland-midfielder-moffat	archive-date=2011-07-25	access-date=2011-07-21	website=Houston Dynamo}}

Out

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date	Player	Position	Age	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
December 3, 2010	ZIM Joseph Ngwenya	FW	29	USA D.C. United	Contract option declined, selected in the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft	last=Ortiz	first=Jose de Jesus	date=December 3, 2010	title=Dynamo acquire Garey; Onstad eligible for re-entry draft	url=https://www.chron.com/sports/dynamo/article/Dynamo-acquire-Garey-Onstad-eligible-for-1712316.php	url-status=live	access-date=March 28, 2011	website=Houston Chronicle	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023810/https://www.chron.com/sports/dynamo/article/Dynamo-acquire-Garey-Onstad-eligible-for-1712316.php	archive-date=2020-11-09 }}
December 3, 2010		USA Ryan Cochrane	DF	27	USA New England Revolution	Contract option declined, selected in the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft
December 3, 2010	USA Richard Mulrooney	MF	34	Retired	Contract option declined.
December 3, 2010	CAN Pat Onstad	GK	42	USA D.C. United	Contract option declined, retired, and later came out of retirement.
December 3, 2010	CAN Adrian Serioux	DF	31	Retired	Contract option declined.
December 3, 2010	GHA Samuel Appiah	MF	25	USA Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Contract option declined, free transfer.
December 3, 2010	GHA Anthony Obodai	MF	28	Northern Cyprus Mağusa Türk Gücü	Contract option declined, free transfer.
March 23, 2011	GHA Dominic Oduro	FW	25	USA Chicago Fire	Traded for Calen Carr.
May 31, 2011	ESP Koke	FW	28	ESP Rayo Vallecano	Released, free transfer.
June 29, 2011	USA Jordan Graye	DF	24	USA Carolina RailHawks	Released, free transfer.
July 21, 2011	JAM Lovel Palmer	MF	26	USA Portland Timbers	Traded along with a 2011 international roster spot for Adam Moffat and allocation money.
USA Mike Chabala	DF	27

Loans in

Date	Player	Position	Age	Loaned from	Notes	Ref
August 4, 2011	HON Carlo Costly	FW	29	MEX Club Atlas	Loaned for the remainder of the 2011 season.
August 9, 2011	BRA Luiz Camargo	MF	24	BRA Paraná Clube	Loaned for the remainder of the 2011 season.

Loans out

Date	Player	Position	Age	Loaned to	Notes	Ref
May 5, 2011	USA Evan Newton	GK	23	USA FC Tampa Bay	Loaned for remainder of 2011 NASL season.

MLS SuperDraft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Age	College	Notes	Ref
1	7	USA Kofi Sarkodie	DF	19	University of Akron	Signed to a Generation Adidas contract.	title=Dynamo select Sarkodie, Bruin in draft	url=http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/01/dynamo-select-sarkodie-bruin-draft	url-status=live	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119001035/http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/01/dynamo-select-sarkodie-bruin-draft	archive-date=2011-01-19	access-date=2011-02-04	website=Houston Dynamo}}
1	11	USA Will Bruin	FW	21	Indiana University	Signed to a Generation Adidas contract.

MLS Supplemental Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Age	College	Notes
1	7	USA Evan Newton	GK	22	Old Dominion University	Signed with Dynamo on February 14, 2011.
2	25	MEX Sergio Castillo	MF	21	Creighton University	Did not sign with Dynamo, retired.
3	43

Coaching staff

As of November 21, 2011.

Position	Name
Head coach	USA Dominic Kinnear
Assistant coach	USA Wade Barrett
Assistant coach	USA Steve Ralston
Goalkeeper coach	USA Tim Hanley
Head athletic trainer	USA Theron Enns
Assistant athletic trainer	USA Shane Caron
Team administrator	USA Nick Kowba
Equipment manager	USA Michael Porter

Friendlies

Wheater Davies Moffat Davis Camargo Garey Cruz Delgado Pérez Suazo Orozco de la Peña

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2011 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Eastern Conference

Overall

Results summary

Match results

Ruiz Valdés González Zakuani Palmer Cameron
Boswell Bruin Camilo Rochat Cháves
Palmer Weaver Jakovic Davis Clark Palguta Plata
Santos Eckersley Boswell Koke Márquez Ballouchy Franklin Weaver Sarkodie Clark Loyd Ihemulu Shea Lenhart Ashe Pearce Umaña Pearce Palmer Anor
Heinemann Davies Sarkodie Ching Cruz Hall Cameron Gordon Yourassowsky Cruz Clark Ching Ching Weaver Davis Fucito Valdés Cameron Ching Jewsbury Caraglio Reis Moffat Boswell
Taylor Ching Ashe Watson Dixon Gil Saborío Salinas Jéferson Sapong Costly Mendoza Rogers Taylor Carr Moffat Bruin Attakora Cameron Segares Cruz
Watson Hainault Cruz Boswell Costly
McBean

MLS Cup Playoffs

Cruz Carr Moffat Le Toux Miglioranzi Williams Carroll Carr Farfán Espinoza Hainault Camargo Costly
Donovan
Beckham Hainault

U.S. Open Cup

Semifinal Palmer Chabala Boswell Sapong

Player statistics

Appearances, goals, and assists

Month	Player	Ref.
April	USA Brad Davis

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
7	USA Will Bruin

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Date
22	SCO Adam Moffat	Portland Timbers	August 14
31	USA Danny Cruz	Portland Timbers	October 14
32	SCO Adam Moffat	LA Galaxy	October 23

Annual

Honor	Player	Ref.
MLS All-Star		USA Brad Davis

MLS Best XI		USA Brad Davis

Dynamo team awards

MVP	Defensive Player of the Year	Humanitarian of the Year	Young Player of the Year	Newcomer of the Year	Ref.
USA Brad Davis	CAN André Hainault	USA Brad Davis	USA Will Bruin	SCO Adam Moffat

Kits

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Greenstar

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"Dynamo acquire forward Jason Garey".
"Dynamo acquire defender Jordan Graye".
"Dynamo sign defender Hunter Freeman".
"Dynamo sign two Academy players".
"Dynamo sign defender Jermaine Taylor".
(March 23, 2011). "Fire Trade Calen Carr".
(April 15, 2011). "Dynamo sign two prior to transfer deadline".
(2011-07-21). "Dynamo acquire Portland midfielder Moffat".
Ortiz, Jose de Jesus. (December 3, 2010). "Dynamo acquire Garey; Onstad eligible for re-entry draft".
Lovell, Darrell. (March 7, 2011). "2011 Houston Preview: Dynamo eye rebound year".
Lovell, Darrell. (May 30, 2011). "Koke set to leave Dynamo".
Ortiz, Jose de Jesus. (June 29, 2011). "Dynamo waive Graye, begin Castillo's tryout".
(August 4, 2011). "Dynamo sign Honduran forward Carlo Costly".
(August 9, 2011). "Dynamo add midfielder Camargo".
Lovell, Darrell. (May 9, 2011). "Dynamo loan Newton to FC Tampa Bay".
"Dynamo select Sarkodie, Bruin in draft".
Ortiz, Jose de Jesus. (February 14, 2011). "Dynamo sign goalkeeper taken in supplemental draft".
Ortiz, Jose de Jesus. (January 18, 2011). "Dynamo take goalkeeper first in supplemental draft".
(July 13, 2010). "Dynamo announce multiple transactions".
"Team Staff".
(May 6, 2011). "Houston's Davis wins first career Player of the Month award".
(May 2, 2011). "Bruin is 1st rookie to win Player of the Week in '11".
(August 19, 2011). "No doubt about it: Moffat wins Goal of the Week".
(October 21, 2011). "Cruz's stunner wins AT&T Goal of the Week in a landslide".
Prince-Wright, Jon. (October 28, 2011). "Moffat's wonder strike wins AT&T Goal of the Week".
(July 26, 2011). "MLS All-Star Game Preview: MLS vs. Manchester United".
(November 10, 2011). "2011 MLS Best XI".
"Dynamo Awards".

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