2011 Houston Dynamo season

Houston Dynamo

2011 season
Chairman	Philip Anschutz
Manager	Dominic Kinnear
Major League Soccer	6th
MLS Cup	Runners-Up
U.S. Open Cup	Semifinals
Champions League	DNQ
Texas Derby	Winners
Highest home attendance	30,018 v Los Angeles Galaxy (October 23, 2011)
Lowest home attendance	12,047 (two matches)
Average home league attendance	16,868
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The 2011 Houston Dynamo season was the club's sixth season of the team's existence, breaking the record for the most seasons played for a Houston soccer team. The club had been tied with Houston Hurricanes of the D3 Pro League (1996–2000).

Most notably, the Dynamo became the runners-up in their third MLS Cup, falling to the Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 in the final. The team also made a run in the U.S. Open Cup but lost to the Seattle Sounders in the semifinals. Houston was the champions of the yearly edition in the Texas Derby.

The Dynamo switched from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference for the 2011 season, after teams were added in Vancouver and Portland.

Background

Current roster

As of August 7, 2011.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Tally Hall 2 DF Eddie Robinson 3 FW Calen Carr 4 DF Jermaine Taylor 5 MF Danny Cruz 7 MF Colin Clark 8 DF Kofi Sarkodie 9 FW Jason Garey 10 MF Je-Vaughn Watson 11 MF Brad Davis (vice-captain) 12 FW Will Bruin 13 MF Francisco Navas 15 FW Cam Weaver

No. Position Player 16 MF Adam Moffat 17 MF Luiz Camargo (on loan from Paraná Clube) 18 MF Josue Soto 19 MF Alex Dixon 20 MF Geoff Cameron 21 DF Hunter Freeman 24 GK Tyler Deric 25 FW Brian Ching (captain) 26 MF Corey Ashe 28 GK Evan Newton (on loan to FC Tampa Bay) 29 FW Carlo Costly (on loan from Club Atlas) 31 DF André Hainault 32 DF Bobby Boswell

Player Movement

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
December 3, 2010	Jason Garey	FW	Columbus Crew	Acquired for a 2015 4th round draft pick	[2]
December 13, 2010	Jordan Graye	DF	Portland Timbers	Acquired for a 2014 4th round draft pick	[3]
December 17, 2010	Hunter Freeman	DF	IK Start	Acquired rights and a 2012 3rd round draft pick from New York for allocation money	[4]
January 13, 2011	Kofi Sarkodie	DF	University of Akron	SuperDraft, 1st round	[5]
January 13, 2011	Will Bruin	FW	Indiana University	SuperDraft, 1st round	[5]
January 19, 2011	Alex Dixon	FW	Houston Dynamo Academy	Free	[6]
January 19, 2011	Josue Soto	MF	Houston Dynamo Academy	Free	[6]
February 14, 2011	Evan Newton	GK	Old Dominion University	Supplemental Draft, 1st round	[7]
February 16, 2011	Jermaine Taylor	DF	St. George's SC	Undisclosed	[8]
March 23, 2011	Calen Carr	FW	Chicago Fire	Acquired for Dominic Oduro	[9]
April 15, 2011	Je-Vaughn Watson	MF	Sporting Central	Undisclosed	[10]
April 15, 2011	Koke	FW	Aris	Undisclosed	[10]
July 21, 2011	Adam Moffat	MF	Portland Timbers	Acquired with allocation money for Lovel Palmer, Mike Chabala, and a 2011 international roster spot	[11]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
December 8, 2010	Joseph Ngwenya	FW	D.C. United	Selected in the Re-Entry Draft	[12]
December 15, 2010	Ryan Cochrane	DF	New England Revolution	Selected in the Re-Entry Draft	[13]
December 15, 2010	Richard Mulrooney	MF		Option declined
December 15, 2010	Pat Onstad	GK	D.C. United	Option declined, retired, un-retired	[14]
December 15, 2010	Adrian Serioux	DF		Option declined
December 15, 2010	Samuel Appiah	MF	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Option declined, free transfer
January 1, 2011	Anthony Obodai	MF		Out of contract
March 23, 2011	Dominic Oduro	FW	Chicago Fire	Traded for Calen Carr	[9]
May 31, 2011	Koke	FW	Rayo Vallecano	Released, free transfer	[15][16]
June 30, 2011	Jordan Graye	DF		Waived	[17]
July 21, 2011	Lovel Palmer	MF	Portland Timbers	Traded with a 2011 international roster spot for Adam Moffat and allocation money	[11]
	Mike Chabala	DF

Loans

In

Date	Player	Position	Loaned From	Fee/Notes	Ref
August 4, 2011	Carlo Costly	FW	Club Atlas		[18]
August 9, 2011	Luiz Camargo	MF	Paraná Clube		[19]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Loaned To	Fee/Notes	Ref
May 5, 2011	Evan Newton	GK	FC Tampa Bay	Loan for remainder of 2011 North American Soccer League season	[20]

Club Staff

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

Last updated: 9 February 2011
Source: ^[21]

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Major League Soccer		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Tally Hall	38	0	34	0	4	0	0	0
2	DF		Eddie Robinson	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
3	FW		Calen Carr	9	1	4+5	1	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Jermaine Taylor	15	0	10+3	0	1+1	0	0	0
5	MF		Danny Cruz	25	2	13+7	2	4	0	1	0
7	MF		Colin Clark	31	4	17+12	4	0+1	0	1	0
8	DF		Kofi Sarkodie	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW		Jason Garey	11	0	2+8	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF		Je-Vaughn Watson	25	1	11+11	1	0+3	0	0	0
11	MF		Brad Davis	37	4	34	4	3	0	0	0
12	FW		Will Bruin	29	5	21+4	5	0+3	0	0+1	0
13	MF		Francisco Navas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW		Cam Weaver	29	4	16+12	4	0	0	1	0
16	MF		Adam Moffat	17	2	12+1	2	4	0	0	0
17	MF		Luiz Camargo	11	0	6+1	0	4	0	0	0
18	MF		Josue Soto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Alex Dixon	8	1	0+7	1	0	0	1	0
20	MF		Geoff Cameron	37	5	33	5	4	0	0	0
21	DF		Hunter Freeman	23	1	22+1	1	0	0	0	0
24	GK		Tyler Deric	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	FW		Brian Ching	24	6	15+5	5	4	1	0	0
26	MF		Corey Ashe	37	0	30+2	0	4	0	0+1	0
29	FW		Carlo Costly	15	2	7+4	1	0+4	1	0	0
31	DF		André Hainault	35	3	31	1	4	2	0	0
32	DF		Bobby Boswell	33	5	27+1	5	4	0	1	0
			Own goals for	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the season: (Statistics shown are the appearances made and goals scored while at Houston Dynamo)
14	DF		Jordan Graye (Waived)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	DF		Mike Chabala (Traded)	8	0	2+5	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF		Lovel Palmer (Traded)	20	1	16+3	1	0	0	1	0
23	FW		Dominic Oduro (Traded)	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Koke (Released)	7	1	2+5	1	0	0	0	0
28	GK		Evan Newton (Loaned to Tampa Bay)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standings

Conference Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Kansas City (E1)	51	34	13	9	12	50	40	+10	2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Houston Dynamo	49	34	12	9	13	45	41	+4
3	Philadelphia Union	48	34	11	8	15	44	36	+8
4	Columbus Crew	47	34	13	13	8	43	44	−1	2011 MLS Cup Play-In Round
5	New York Red Bulls	46	34	10	8	16	50	44	+6
6	Chicago Fire	43	34	9	9	16	46	45	+1
7	D.C. United	39	34	9	13	12	49	52	−3
8	Toronto FC	33	34	6	13	15	36	59	−23
9	New England Revolution	28	34	5	16	13	38	58	−20

Updated to matches played on October 20, 2011. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

• ^Note 1 - The top three clubs in each conference are guaranteed spots in the 2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals. The other four clubs in the playoffs enter via-wild card entrees, regardless of their conference, based on their overall standings in a single table.

Overall Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	LA Galaxy (SS) (W1)	67	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ^2
2	Seattle Sounders FC	63	34	18	7	9	56	37	+19
3	Real Salt Lake	53	34	15	11	8	44	36	+8
4	FC Dallas	52	34	15	12	7	42	39	+3
5	Sporting Kansas City (E1)	51	34	13	9	12	50	40	+10
6	Houston Dynamo	49	34	12	9	13	45	41	+4	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ^2
7	Colorado Rapids	49	34	12	9	13	44	41	+3
8	Philadelphia Union	48	34	11	8	15	44	36	+8
9	Columbus Crew	47	34	13	13	8	43	44	−1
10	New York Red Bulls	46	34	10	8	16	50	44	+6
11	Chicago Fire	43	34	9	9	16	46	45	+1
12	Portland Timbers	42	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8
13	D.C. United	39	34	9	13	12	49	52	−3
14	San Jose Earthquakes	38	34	8	12	14	40	45	−5
15	Chivas USA	36	34	8	14	12	41	43	−2
16	Toronto FC	33	34	6	13	15	36	59	−23	2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ^3
17	New England Revolution	28	34	5	16	13	38	58	−20
18	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	28	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20

Updated to matches played on October 22, 2011 (NER v TFC). Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

(W1) = Western Conference champion

• ^Note 1 Teams qualify for the MLS Cup Conference Semifinals by finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective conferences.
• ^Note 2 Since the LA Galaxy won both the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield and the 2011 MLS Cup, a place in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League became available. The Seattle Sounders, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield runner-up, had already qualified as they also won the 2011 U.S. Open Cup. Therefore, the CCL place went to Real Salt Lake, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield third place. Houston Dynamo, the 2011 MLS Cup runner-up, also qualified for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. All four teams directly enter the Group Stage as the Preliminary Round has been eliminated from CCL.
• ^Note 3 Toronto FC qualified for the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2011 Canadian Championship.

Match results

      Win       Tie       Loss

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
25	7	11	7	31	30	+1	32	7	3	3	23	15	+8	0	8	4	8	15	−7

Last updated: August 18, 2011.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by rounds

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Result	L	T	T	W	W	T	W	L	L	T	T	L	T	L	W	L	T	T	W	T	L	W	T	W	T	W	L	L	T	W	W	T	W	W
Position	13	13	14	7	5	4	4	8	9	8	9	12	13	13	10	12	12	14	9	11	13	11	12					11	11	4	12	10	8	7

Last updated: August 18, 2011.
Source: HoustonDynamo.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Major League Soccer

Kickoff times are in CDT.

Houston v Philadelphia

March 19, 2011 Match 1	Houston	0 – 1	Philadelphia	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30		Report	5' Califf	Attendance: 19,385 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

Seattle v Houston

March 25, 2011 Match 2	Seattle	1 – 1	Houston	Qwest Field, Seattle
21:00	Cameron  42'	Report	80' Zakuani	Attendance: 36,204 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

New York v Houston

April 2, 2011 Match 3	New York	1 – 1	Houston	Red Bull Arena, Harrison
18:30	Richards  47'	Report	50' Weaver	Attendance: 13,664 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Houston v Vancouver

April 10, 2011 Match 4	Houston	3 – 1	Vancouver	Robertson Stadium, Houston
18:00	Weaver  37' Boswell  42' Bruin  76'	Report	38' Camilo	Attendance: 12,047 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Houston v New England

April 17, 2011 Match 5	Houston	1 – 0	New England	Robertson Stadium, Houston
18:00	Freeman  86'	Report		Attendance: 15,176 Referee: Alex Prus

Chicago v Houston

April 23, 2011 Match 6	Chicago	1 – 1	Houston	Toyota Park, Bridgeview
19:30	Chaves  18'	Report	83' Boswell	Attendance: 12,473 Referee: Mark Geiger

Houston v D.C. United

April 29, 2011 Match 7	Houston	4 – 1	D.C. United	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30	Bruin  4'  41'  57' Weaver  62'	Report	39' Burch	Attendance: 20,577 Referee: Jasen Anno

Houston v Colorado

May 4, 2011 Match 8	Houston	1 – 2	Colorado	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30	Clark  71'	Report	73' Smith  84' Palguta	Attendance: 13,206 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Toronto FC v Houston

May 7, 2011 Match 9	Toronto FC	2 – 1	Houston	BMO Field, Toronto
18:00	Plata  50' Santos  81'	Report	87' Palmer	Attendance: 20,259 Referee: Jorge González

Salt Lake v Houston

May 14, 2011 Match 10	Salt Lake	0 – 0	Houston	Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy
20:30		Report		Attendance: 16,301 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Houston v New York

May 21, 2011 Match 11	Houston	2 – 2	New York	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30	Davis  12' (pen.) Koke  82'	Report	1' Richards  91+' Ballouchy	Attendance: 25,314 Referee: Juan Guzman

Los Angeles v Houston

May 25, 2011 Match 12	Los Angeles	1 – 0	Houston	The Home Depot Center, Carson
21:30	Donovan  46+' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 14,458 Referee: Chris Penso

Houston v Dallas

May 28, 2011 Match 13	Houston	2 – 2	Dallas	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30	Weaver  42' Clark  87'	Report	27' Jacobson  70' Ihemulu	Attendance: 16,709 Referee: Terry Vaughn

San Jose v Houston

June 4, 2011 Match 14	San Jose	2 – 0	Houston	Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara
21:30	Lenhart  69' Lenhart  90+1'	Report		Attendance: 9,270 Referee: Alex Prus

Houston v Chivas

June 11, 2011 Match 15	Houston	2 – 1	Chivas	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30	Cameron  29' Pearce  56' (o.g.)	Report	7' Mondaini	Attendance: 19,333 Referee: Geoff Gamble

Houston v Columbus

June 18, 2011 Match 16	Houston	0 – 2	Columbus	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30		Report	41' Mendoza  77' Anor	Attendance: 13,039 Referee: Jasen Anno

United v Houston

June 25, 2011 Match 17	United	2 – 2	Houston	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
19:00	Pontius  31' Davies  73'	Report	41' Davis  89' Ching	Attendance: 15,734 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Colorado v Houston

July 3, 2011 Match 18	Colorado	0 – 0	Houston	Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City
20:00		Report		Attendance: 18,203 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Houston v Toronto

July 9, 2011 Match 19	Houston	2 – 0	Toronto	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30	Cruz  50' Cameron  81'	Report		Attendance: 19,085 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Houston v Kansas City

July 16, 2011 Match 20	Houston	1 – 1	Kansas City	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30	Davis  8'	Report	90' Collin	Attendance: 12,047 Referee: Kevin Stott

Chivas v Houston

July 23, 2011 Match 21	Chivas	3 – 0	Houston	The Home Depot Center, Carson
21:30	Braun  31', 40', 86'	Report		Attendance: 11,013 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

Houston v Seattle

July 30, 2011 Match 22	Houston	3 – 1	Seattle	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30	Clark  7' Ching  23', 71'	Report	36' Fernández	Attendance: 18,465 Referee: Niko Bratsis

Philadelphia v Houston

August 6, 2011 Match 23	Philadelphia	1 – 1	Houston	PPL Park, Chester
19:00	McInerney  15'	Report	84' Cameron	Attendance: 18,524 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Houston v Portland

August 14, 2011 Match 24	Houston	2 – 1	Portland	Robertson Stadium, Houston
20:00	Moffat  17' Ching  27'	Report	56' Jewsbury	Attendance: 14,475 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

New England v Houston

August 17, 2011 Match 25	New England	1 – 1	Houston	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough
19:00	Cochrane  4'	Report	Boswell  90'	Attendance: 10,963 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Houston v Salt Lake

August 20, 2011 Match 26	Houston	3 – 2	Salt Lake	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30	Boswell  69' Ching  47' Dixon  93+'	Report	Espindola  28' Gil  60'	Attendance: 16,247 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

Vancouver v Houston

August 27, 2011 Match 27	Vancouver	1 – 0	Houston	Empire Field, Vancouver
18:00	Salinas  86'	Report		Attendance: 20,226 Referee: Niko Bratsis

Kansas City v Houston

September 10, 2011 Match 28	Kansas City	3 – 0	Houston	Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City
15:00	Bunbury  9', 73' Sapong  79'	Report		Attendance: 14,791 Referee: Mark Geiger

Columbus v Houston

September 14, 2011 Match 29	Columbus	2 – 2	Houston	Crew Stadium, Columbus
18:30	Mendoza  64' (pen.), 75' (pen.)	Report	Watson  34' Carr  86'	Attendance: 10,709 Referee: Chris Penso

Houston v San Jose

September 17, 2011 Match 30	Houston	2 – 1	San Jose	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:30	Davis  47' (pen.) Bruin  79'	Report	Stephenson  40'	Attendance: 18,129 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Dallas v Houston

September 24, 2011 Match 31	Dallas	0 – 1	Houston	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco
15:00		Report	Cameron  87'	Attendance: 10,849 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Houston v Chicago

October 1, 2011 Match 32	Houston	1 – 1	Chicago	Robertson Stadium, Houston
15:00	Clark  33'	Report	Oduro  43'	Attendance: 17,544 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Portland v Houston

October 14, 2011 Match 33	Portland	0 – 2	Houston	Jeld-Wen Field, Portland
21:30		Report	Hainault  36' Cruz  59'	Attendance: 20,323 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Houston v Los Angeles

October 23, 2011 Match 34	Houston	3 – 1	Los Angeles	Robertson Stadium, Houston
18:00	Moffat  27' Hainault  43' Cruz  44' Boswell  48' Costly  74',  75'	Report	Kirovski  49' McBean  88'	Attendance: 30,018 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

U.S. Open Cup

Kickoff times are in CDT.

Houston v Kansas City

April 6, 2011 Qualifying Semifinal	Houston	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Kansas City	Aggie Soccer Stadium (Texas A&M), College Station
19:00		Report	92' Sapong	Attendance: 2,383 Referee: Ismail Elfath

MLS Cup

Kickoff times are in CDT.

Philadelphia v Houston

October 29, 2011 Conf. SF	Philadelphia	1 – 2	Houston	Chester, Pennsylvania
17:00 ET	Farfan  4' Le Toux  7' Miglioranzi  17' Williams  39' Carroll  65'	Report	Hainault  5' Cruz  28' Carr  30' Moffat  40'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 18,539 Referee: Jair Maruffo

Houston v Philadelphia

November 2, 2011 Conf. SF	Houston	1 – 0	Philadelphia	Houston, Texas
19:30 CT	Ching  45+3'	Report		Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 24,749 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Kansas City v Houston

November 6, 2011 Conf. Final	Kansas City	0 – 2	Houston	Kansas City, Kansas
16:30 CT	Júlio César  30' Espinoza  74'	Report	Carr  17' Hainault  53' Camargo  55' Costly  87'  87'	Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park Attendance: 20,839 Referee: Mark Geiger

Los Angeles v Houston

November 20, 2011 MLS Cup	Los Angeles	1 – 0	Houston	Carson, California
9:00 EST	Donovan  72'	Report		Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 30,281 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Dynamo Charities Cup

Kickoff times are in CDT.

Houston v Bolton

July 20, 2011	Houston	0 – 2	Bolton	Robertson Stadium, Houston
19:00		Report	32' Klasnić  58' Davies	Attendance: 11,843 Referee: Alex Prus

Friendlies

Kickoff times are in CDT.

Houston v Monterrey

September 4, 2011 Friendly	Houston	3 – 0	Monterrey	Robertson Stadium, Houston
20:00	Weaver  12' Davis  23' (p.k.) Garey  70'	Report		Attendance: 28,440 Referee: Jasen Anno

Miscellany

Allocation Ranking

Houston is in the #2 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 having gone 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.^[22]

International Roster Spots

It is uncertain how many international roster spots Houston has for the 2011 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^[23] and dealt another spot to New York on 14 January 2005 while the Houston franchise was still based in San Jose.^[24] 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.^[25]

The club also dealt one spot to San Jose on 14 August 2009^[26] but that roster spot was to return to Houston after the 2010 season.^[27]

There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club’s roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).^[22]

Future Draft Pick Trades

Future picks acquired: 2012 SuperDraft Round 3 pick acquired from D.C. United; 2012 SuperDraft Round 3 pick acquired from New York Red Bulls; 2014 SuperDraft Round 4 pick acquired from Los Angeles Galaxy
Future picks traded: 2012 SuperDraft Round 4 pick traded to C.D. Chivas USA; 2013 SuperDraft Round 4 pick traded to Colorado Rapids; 2014 SuperDraft Round 4 pick traded to Portland Timbers; 2015 SuperDraft Round 4 pick traded to Columbus Crew

MLS Rights to Other Players

Houston holds the MLS rights to Euan Holden through SuperDraft day 2012 due to drafting the player in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft and Holden instead choosing to sign overseas.

References

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3. Dynamo acquire defender Jordan Graye | Houston Dynamo
4. Dynamo sign defender Hunter Freeman | Houston Dynamo
5. Dynamo select Sarkodie, Bruin in draft | Houston Dynamo
6. Dynamo sign two Academy players | Houston Dynamo
7. Dynamo Sign Goalkeeper Evan Newton - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News
8. Dynamo sign defender Jermaine Taylor | Houston Dynamo
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13. Wolff goes 1st in Stage 2 Re-Entry Draft, Ángel to LA | Major League Soccer
14. Pat Onstad returns to the playing field | D.C. United
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18. http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/08/dynamo-sign-honduran-forward-carlo-costly
19. http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/08/dynamo-add-midfielder-camargo
20. http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/05/dynamo-loan-newton-fc-tampa-bay
21. Team Staff | Houston Dynamo
22. 2011 MLS Roster Rules | Major League Soccer
23. Red Bull New York Signs Goalkeeper Alec Dufty - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News
24. MetroStars Acquire a Portion of an Allocation and Youth International Spot from San Jose Earthquakes - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News
25. http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2011/07/timbers-acquire-lovel-palmer-mike-chabala-houston-exchange-adam-moffat-allocation
26. Earthquakes Acquire International Slot from the Houston Dynamo in Exchange for Defender Ryan Cochran - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News
27. Dynamo get Cochrane, ship James to D.C. United | Soccer | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle