2008 Houston Dynamo season

Houston Dynamo
2008 season
Chairman United States Philip Anschutz
Manager United States Dominic Kinnear
Major League Soccer 1st, West
2nd, Overall
MLS Cup Playoffs
U.S. Open Cup Third Round
CONCACAF Champions' Cup Semifinals
CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals
SuperLiga Runners-up
Pan-Pacific Championship Runners-up
Texas Pro Soccer Festival Winner
Top goalscorer Brian Ching (13)
Home colors
Away colors

The 2008 Houston Dynamo season was the third season of the Houston club franchise. The Houston Dynamo were the defending back-to-back MLS Cup Champions, and sought to become the first club in Major League Soccer history to win three straight MLS Cups.

The Dynamo were expected to have an even busier year than in 2007. In addition to defending their MLS Cup in MLS regular-season play, they participated in the 2008 U.S. Open Cup, the final 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, the inaugural 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League and the 2008 North American SuperLiga, were invited to play in the inaugural Pan-Pacific Championship and the Texas Pro Soccer Festival 2008.

Major events

Team news

  • Houston's City Council on January 30, 2008 approved the purchase of over 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land near State Highway 288 and Almeda-Genoa Rd. for the development of an amateur sports complex—the first of its kind in the history of the city. The new complex will provide 18 fields for local soccer organizations and will also afford the area the opportunity to host amateur tournaments of state, regional and national stature. Once completely developed, the complex is expected to attract well over 500,000 visitors per year.[1]
  • On February 26, 2008 Houston Dynamo President Oliver Luck revealed the planned negotiations to the media stating that the Houston Dynamo would be managed in majority by original owners Anschutz Entertainment Group (who will hold 50% of ownership) along with newfound partners Gabriel Brener, head of Brener International Group, and multiple World and Olympic boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya (each with 25% ownership each).[2]

Club appearances

Squad

First-team squad

As of August 8, 2008.[10] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 England GK Tony Caig
2 United States DF Eddie Robinson
3 United States MF Johnny Alcaraz
4 United States DF Patrick Ianni
5 United States FW Kyle Brown
6 United States MF Erik Ustruck
7 United States FW Chris Wondolowski
8 United States MF Richard Mulrooney
9 United States MF Brian Mullan
10 Sierra Leone FW Kei Kamara
11 United States MF Brad Davis
13 United States MF Ricardo Clark
16 United States DF Craig Waibel
No. Position Player
17 United States MF Mike Chabala
18 Canada GK Pat Onstad
19 United States MF John Michael Hayden
20 United States MF Geoff Cameron
21 United States MF Nick Hatzke
22 United States MF Stuart Holden
23 United States DF Stephen Wondolowski
24 United States DF Wade Barrett (captain)
25 United States FW Brian Ching
26 United States MF Corey Ashe
27 United States FW Nate Jaqua
30 United States GK Corbin Waller
32 United States DF Bobby Boswell
99 Ivory Coast FW Guy-Roland Kpene

Transfers

In

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Tony Caig (Free Agent[11])
5 United States FW Kyle Brown (from 2008 MLS Waiver Draft[12])
10 Argentina FW Franco Caraccio (from Arsenal de Sarandí, Loan[13])
10 Sierra Leone FW Kei Kamara (from Trade, from San Jose Earthquakes[14])
No. Position Player
20 United States MF Geoff Cameron (from 2008 MLS SuperDraft, 3rd Round Pick[15])
27 United States FW Nate Jaqua (from Free Agent[16])
32 United States DF Bobby Boswell (from D.C. United, Trade[17])
-- United States MF Jeremy Barlow (from 2008 MLS SuperDraft, 4th Round Pick[18])

Out

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

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Zach Wells (to D.C. United, Trade[19])
5 United States DF Ryan Cochrane (to San Jose Earthquakes, Expansion Draft[20])
8 Scotland FW Paul Dalglish (Released[21])
10 Argentina FW Franco Caraccio (Released)
No. Position Player
20 United States MF Kenneth Hoerner (Waived[22])
21 United States FW Nate Jaqua (to SC Rheindorf Altach, Free Agent/European transfer window[23])
29 United States GK Jordan James (Waived[22])
33 Zimbabwe FW Joseph Ngwenya (to SK Austria Kärnten, Free Agent/European transfer window[24])

Statistics

Last updated on May 14, 2013.

MLS stats from H. Dynamo website

No. Pos Nat Player TotalMajor League SoccerMLS Cup PlayoffsU.S. Open CupChampions Cup/Champions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK England Tony Caig 906+10000020
2 DF United States Eddie Robinson 29019+10201060
3 MF United States Johnny Alcaraz 1000000+1000
4 DF United States Patrick Ianni 24010+7000006+10
5 FW United States Kyle Brown 501+30001000
6 MF United States Erik Ustruck 2000001010
7 MF United States Chris Wondolowski 1531+70001162
8 MF United States Richard Mulrooney 32022+1020004+30
9 MF United States Brian Mullan 39328+2320005+20
10 FW Sierra Leone Kei Kamara 1756+421+11004+12
11 MF United States Brad Davis 31120+6120002+10
13 MF United States Ricardo Clark 362252200090
14 MF Canada Dwayne De Rosario 351022+2720005+43
16 DF United States Craig Waibel 212140000072
17 MF United States Mike Chabala 500000103+10
18 GK Canada Pat Onstad 330240200070
19 MF United States John Michael Hayden 2000001010
20 MF United States Geoff Cameron 3118+1510+101060
21 MF United States Nick Hatzke 1000001000
22 MF United States Stuart Holden 35418+930+200+1051
23 DF United States Stephen Wondolowski 2000001010
24 DF United States Wade Barrett 350260200070
25 FW United States Brian Ching 331424+11320005+11
26 MF United States Corey Ashe 3518+1610+101090
27 FW United States Nate Jaqua 21011+301+100050
30 GK United States Corbin Waller 0000000000
32 DF United States Bobby Boswell 381291200070
99 FW Ivory Coast Guy-Roland Kpene 0000000000
  Own goals for 030+020+000+000+01
Players who left the club during the season: (Statistics shown are the appearances made and goals scored while at Houston Dynamo)
10 FW Argentina Franco Caraccio (Released) 1528+22001040
Leading Scorers
Rank Name #
1 United StatesBrian Ching 13
2 CanadaDwayne De Rosario 7
3 United StatesNate Jaqua 4
4 United StatesBrad Davis 3
United StatesStu Holden
United StatesBrian Mullan
Leading Assisters
Rank Name #
1 United StatesBrad Davis 8
2 United StatesBrian Ching 5
United StatesBrian Mullan
4 United StatesStu Holden 4
United StatesNate Jaqua
United StatesRichard Mulrooney
Goalkeeping Stats
Name Apps. Saves Goals Allowed Shutouts
CanadaPat Onstad 24 76 24 7
EnglandAntony Caig 7 24 8 3
United StatesCorbin Walker 0 0 0 0

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager United States Dominic Kinnear
Assistant manager Scotland John Spencer
Goalkeeper coach Canada Mike Toshack
Head athletic trainer United States Theron Enns
Assistant athletic trainer United States Shane Caron
Team administrator United States Nick Kowba
Equipment manager United States Beau Abdulla

Last updated: 19 Jan 2008
Source: Houston Dynamo

Kit

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): Amigo Energy

Source: Houston Dynamo (Home) and Houston Dynamo (Away)

Other information

Chairman United States Philip Anschutz
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Robertson Stadium (32,000 / N/A)

Source:Houston Dynamo


Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Pan-Pacific Championship 2008 Semi-Finals — Runner-up 20 Feb 200823 Feb 2008
Texas Pro Soccer Festival 2008 — — Winner 5 Mar 20089 Mar 2008
CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008 Quarterfinals — Semifinals 12 Mar 20089 Apr 2008
2008 Major League Soccer season — — Quarter-finals 29 Mar 2008
2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Third Round — Third Round 1 Jul 20081 Jul 2008
2008 North American SuperLiga Group Stage — Runner-up 12 Jul 20085 Aug 2008
CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 Group Stage — Quarter-finals 23 September 20083 March 2009

Last updated: April 15, 2008
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer

Classification

  • 1st in Western Conference
  • 2nd in MLS table

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 13 12 5 45 32  +13 51 10 4 1 30 14  +16 3 8 4 15 18  −3

Last updated: 2009-06-29.
Source: Major League Soccer

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAAAHHAAAHAHHAHAHHHAHHAHAAHHA
ResultLDDDLDWWLDWWLDDDWWWWLWWDDWDWWD

Updated to match(es) played on 2008-11-07. Source: Houston Dynamo
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Pre-season

United States Houston Dynamo 1-0 United States San Jose Earthquakes
Clark  44' (report)
Attendance: 3,182

2008 Pan-Pacific Championship

Semi-Finals

United States Houston Dynamo 3-0 Australia Sydney FC
De Rosario  28'
Holden  29'
Wondolowski  43'		 (report)
Attendance: 15,128
Referee: Alex Prus

Final

Japan Gamba Osaka 6-1 United States Houston Dynamo
Bare  13'  25'  59'  71'
Lucas  62'
Yamazaki  77'		 (report) Clark  10'
Attendance: 23,087
Referee: Kevin Stott

2008 Texas Pro Soccer Festival

United States Houston Dynamo 4-3 Canada Toronto FC
C. Wondolowski  3'
Ching  42'  44'
Ustruck  47'		 (Report) Musampa  36'
Brittain  71'
Vairelles  81'
Steele Stadium, Cibolo
Attendance: 1,000
United States Houston Dynamo 1-0 United States Chivas USA
DeRosario  12' (Report)
Steele Stadium, Cibolo
Attendance: 600
United States D.C. United 1-1 United States Houston Dynamo
Cezar  78' (Report) Caraccio  53'
Steele Stadium, Cibolo
Attendance: 800

2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Quarterfinals

Guatemala Municipal 0-0 United States Houston Dynamo
(report)
Referee: Edgar Rodriguez (CRC)
United States Houston Dynamo 3-1 Guatemala Municipal
DeRosario  47',  69'
Wondolowski  75'		 (report) Ramírez  86'
Attendance: 14,348
Referee: Mauricio Mejia (MEX)

Houston Dynamo advance 3-1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

United States Houston Dynamo 0-0 Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
(Report)
Attendance: 10,260
Referee: Courtney Campbell (JAM)
Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa 3-0 United States Houston Dynamo
Alonso  33'
Borges  49'
Arrieta  76'		 (Report)
Attendance: 23,112
Referee: Marco Rodriguez (MEX)

Deportivo Saprissa advances 3-0 on aggregate.

Major League Soccer regular season

United States New England Revolution 3–0 United States Houston Dynamo
Steve Ralston  16'
Adam Cristman  32'
Sainey Nyassi  90+3'		 (report)
Attendance: 11,116
Referee: Michael Kennedy
United States Houston Dynamo 3–3 United States FC Dallas
Franco Caraccio  21'
Brian Ching  56'
Geoff Cameron  90+2'		 (report) Kenny Cooper  35'  45'
Arturo Alvarez  58'
Attendance: 20,102
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
United States Kansas City Wizards 0–0 United States Houston Dynamo
(report)
Attendance: 9,627
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
United States Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 United States Houston Dynamo
Landon Donovan  67'  84' (report) Brad Davis  36'
Franco Caraccio  79'
Attendance: 23,401
Referee: Mark Geiger
United States Columbus Crew 1–0 United States Houston Dynamo
Alejandro Moreno  22' (report)
Attendance: 15,271
Referee: Terry Vaughn
United States Houston Dynamo 0–0 United States Chivas USA
(report)
Attendance: 20,058
Referee: Josef Botko
United States Houston Dynamo 2–1 United States Colorado Rapids
Brian Ching  43'
Dwayne De Rosario  87'		 (report) Omar Cummings  68'
Attendance: 15,024
Referee: Tim Weyland
United States Chicago Fire 1–2 United States Houston Dynamo
Calen Carr  28' (report) Dwayne De Rosario  17'
Bobby Boswell  82'
Attendance: 17,183
Referee: Paul Ward
United States FC Dallas 2–2 United States Houston Dynamo
Kenny Cooper  34'
Drew Moor  61'		 (report) Corey Ashe  56'
Dwayne De Rosario  90+3'
Attendance: 8,541
Referee: Alex Prus
United States Houston Dynamo 1–0 United States New York Red Bulls
Brian Ching  67' HDnet
Attendance: 17,204
Referee: Andrew Chapin
United States D.C. United 0–2 United States Houston Dynamo
(report) Brian Mullen  20'
Brian Ching  79'
RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C., USA
Attendance: 14,660
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
United States Houston Dynamo 3–1 Canada Toronto FC
Dwayne De Rosario  45+1'
Brian Ching  53'  69'		 MLS Direct Kick Jeff Cunningham  71'
Attendance: 13,179
Referee: Terry Vaughn
United States Colorado Rapids 0–0 United States Houston Dynamo
HDnet
Attendance: 13,220
Referee: Jeff Gontarek
United States Houston Dynamo 1–1 United States FC Dallas
Brian Ching  21' ESPN2
ESPN Deportes		 Kenny Cooper  62'
Attendance: 16,933
Referee: Kevin Stott
United States Real Salt Lake 0–0 United States Houston Dynamo
Chris Wingert Red card 90' ESPN2
ESPN Deportes
Attendance: 17,898
Referee: Mark Geiger
United States D.C. United 0–2 United States Houston Dynamo
Gonzalo Martínez Yellow cardRed card 83' Brian Mullan  20'
Brian Ching  79'
RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C., USA
Attendance: 14,660
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
United States Houston Dynamo 2–0 United States Columbus Crew
Brad Davis  13'
Brian Ching  43'		 Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Sports en Español
Attendance: 15,371
Referee: Steven DiPiero
United States Houston Dynamo 4–3 United States Real Salt Lake
Brian Mullan  16'  29'
Ricardo Clark  35'
Nate Jaqua  42'		 MLS Direct Kick Yura Movsisyan  3'
Javier Morales  25'
Kenny Deuchar  80'
Attendance: 13,579
Referee: Paul Ward
United States Houston Dynamo 4–0 United States Chivas USA
Stuart Holden  11'
Kei Kamara  22'  35'
Nate Jaqua  28'		 MLS Direct Kick
Attendance: 10,908
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
United States New York Red Bulls 3–0 United States Houston Dynamo
Juan Pablo Angel  8'
Dane Richards  26'
Mike Magee  60'		 TeleFutura
Attendance: 12,549
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
United States Houston Dynamo 1–2 United States Chicago Fire
Dwayne De Rosario  7'
Brian Mullan  39'		 MLS Direct Kick Brian McBride  6'
Attendance: 22,554
Referee: Alex Prus
United States Houston Dynamo 3–1 United States Kansas City Wizards
Brad Davis  28'
Nate Jaqua  54'  67'		 TeleFutura Davy Arnaud  87'
Attendance: 14,297
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
United States San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 United States Houston Dynamo
Ronnie O'Brien  50' MLS Direct Kick Brian Ching  71'
Eddie Robinson Yellow cardRed card 85'
Attendance: 10,526
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
United States Houston Dynamo 1–2 United States San Jose Earthquakes
Stuart Holden  6'  93'
Kei Kamara Red card 11'		 MLS Direct Kick Scott Sealy  68'
Attendance: 12,327
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Canada Toronto FC 1–1 United States Houston Dynamo
Marvell Wynne  73' MLS Direct Kick Hunter Freeman  23' (o.g.)
Attendance: 20,074
Referee: Tim Weyland
United States Colorado Rapids 1–3 United States Houston Dynamo
Conor Casey  7' Yellow cardRed card 53' MLS Direct Kick Brian Ching  2'  9'
Ricardo Clark  19'
Attendance: 12,496
Referee: Mark Geiger
United States Houston Dynamo 0–0 United States D.C. United
MLS Direct Kick Bryan Namoff Yellow cardRed card 73'
Attendance: 17,531
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
United States Houston Dynamo 3–0 United States Los Angeles Galaxy
Bryan Jordan  14' (o.g.)
Dwayne De Rosario  20'
Brian Ching  23'		 (report)
Attendance: 30,361
Referee: Mark Geiger
United States Chivas USA 1–1 United States Houston Dynamo
Jim Curtin  90'
Dan Kennedy Red card 50'		 Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Sports en Español		 Dwayne De Rosario  52'
Attendance: 18,165
Referee: Terry Vaughn

SuperLiga 2008

Group A

United States Houston Dynamo 4–0 Mexico Atlante F.C.
De Rosario  20' Red card 44'
Holden  21'  29'
Mullan  54'		 Report Mustafá Red card 45'
Attendance: 13,105
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
United States D.C. United 1–3 United States Houston Dynamo
Doe  76' Report Clark  12'
Boswell  29'
Holden  84'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 12,893
Referee: Alex Prus (USA)

Semifinals

Houston Dynamo 2–0 Pachuca
Boswell  77'
Ashe  87'		 Report
Attendance: 16,679
Referee: TeleFutura

Final

References

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  2. ↑ "De La Hoya on the way to Dynamo". Houston Dynamo Media Relations. 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
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  24. ↑ "Former Dynamo Ngwenya signs with SK Austria". Houston Chronicle. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
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