The 2016 Houston Dynamo season was the club's 11th season of existence since joining Major League Soccer for the 2006 season.

The Dynamo entered the 2016 Major League Soccer season looking to return to the MLS Cup Playoffs after failing to qualify the previous two seasons but instead missed the playoffs for the third consecutive year, a club record, and finished in last place in the Western Conference.

The season covers the period from December 7, 2015 to December 10, 2016, the day of MLS Cup 2016. This was Houston's fifth season at BBVA Compass Stadium, after opening the stadium in 2012.

Club

Coaching staff

Until May 25, 2016 PositionStaffHead Coach Owen CoyleAssistant coach Sandy StewartAssistant coach Wade BarrettGoalkeeper coach Paul RogersSports Performance Director/Fitness Coach Paul CaffreyPerformance Analyst Oliver GageGeneral Manager/Vice President Matt JordanAssistant General Manager/Director of Soccer Operations Nick KowbaEquipment ManagerChris Maxwell Asst. Equipment ManagerEddie Cerda Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer Theron EnnsAssistant Athletic Trainer Rory BlevinsHead Team Physician Timothy C. Sitter, MDPrimary Care Physician David A. Braunreiter, MDDirector, Youth Development/Academy Director James ClarksonSoccer Programs Manager Adrian MosesCenter of Excellence Manager Justin Neese

From June 7, 2016 to October 28, 2016 PositionStaffInterim Head Coach Wade BarrettGoalkeeper coach Paul RogersSports Performance Director/Fitness Coach Paul CaffreyPerformance Analyst Oliver GageGeneral Manager/Vice President Matt JordanAssistant General Manager/Director of Soccer Operations Nick KowbaEquipment ManagerChris Maxwell Asst. Equipment ManagerEddie Cerda Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer Theron EnnsAssistant Athletic Trainer Rory BlevinsHead Team Physician Timothy C. Sitter, MDPrimary Care Physician David A. Braunreiter, MDDirector, Youth Development/Academy Director James ClarksonSoccer Programs Manager Adrian MosesCenter of Excellence Manager Justin Neese

From October 28, 2016 PositionStaffHead Coach Wilmer CabreraAssistant coach Davy ArnaudAssistant coach Michael DellorussoGoalkeeper coach Paul RogersSports Performance Director/Fitness Coach Paul CaffreyPerformance Analyst Oliver GageGeneral Manager/Vice President Matt JordanAssistant General Manager/Director of Soccer Operations Nick KowbaEquipment ManagerChris Maxwell Asst. Equipment ManagerEddie Cerda Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer Theron EnnsAssistant Athletic Trainer Rory BlevinsHead Team Physician Timothy C. Sitter, MDPrimary Care Physician David A. Braunreiter, MDDirector, Youth Development/Academy Director James ClarksonSoccer Programs Manager Adrian MosesCenter of Excellence Manager Justin Neese

Other information

Ben Guill Jake Silverstein |- ||President of Business Operations|| Chris Canetti

Roster

No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (AgeAge as of the end of the season) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Tyler Deric (HGP) GK North Carolina Tar Heels 2009 69 0 24 Calle Brown GK Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2016 0 0 31 Joe Willis GK D.C. United 2015 35 0 Defenders 2 Jalil Anibaba DF Sporting Kansas City 2016 40 0 4 Agus DF Albacete 2016 11 0 5 Raúl Rodríguez DF RCD Espanyol 2015 55 4 18 David Horst DF Portland Timbers 2014 93 4 20 Abdoulie Mansally DF Real Salt Lake 2016 11 0 22 Sheanon Williams DF Philadelphia Union 2015 38 0 30 Keyner Brown DF loan from Herediano 2016 4 0 34 Sebastien Ibeagha DF AC Horsens 2016 0 0 Midfielders 3 Rob Lovejoy MF Carolina Dynamo 2015 20 1 6 Eric Alexander MF Montreal Impact 2016 10 0 7 DaMarcus Beasley MF Puebla 2014 63 2 8 Cristian Maidana MF Philadelphia Union 2016 33 3 13 Ricardo Clark MF Eintracht Frankfurt 2012 114 23 14 Alex MF Chicago Fire 2015 50 9 21 Zach Steinberger MF Butler Bulldogs 2015 7 0 23 José Escalante MF loan from Olimpia 2016 3 0 26 Collen Warner MF Toronto 2016 26 0 27 Boniek García MF Olimpia 2012 141 15 28 Yair Arboleda MF loan from Santa Fe 2016 1 0 29 Christian Lucatero MF Academy 2016 0 0 Forwards 9 Erick Torres Padilla ST Guadalajara 2015 23 0 11 Andrew Wenger ST Philadelphia Union 2016 34 6 12 Will Bruin ST Indiana Hoosiers 2011 202 57 19 Mauro Manotas ST Uniautónoma 2015 37 10 Players eligible from Rio Grande Valley 32 T. J. Casner ST Clemson Tigers 2016 1 0 Left during the season 6 David Rocha MF Gimnàstic 2016 6 0 10 Giles Barnes ST Doncaster Rovers 2012 132 34 33 Leonel Miranda MF loan from Independiente 2015 37 5

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when Houston Dynamo officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Houston Dynamo officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Houston Dynamo roster.

In

No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource 8 Philadelphia Union Trade Houston Dynamo acquire Cristian Maidana, Andrew Wenger from Philadelphia Union, Houston Dynamo, 7 December 2015 11 Philadelphia Union Trade 24 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Free 30 Houston Dynamo Academy Signed HGP deal 2 Sporting Kansas City Free 34 AC Horsens Free 6 Gimnàstic Free 4 Albacete Free 33 Independiente Loan 20 Real Salt Lake Trade 26 Toronto FC Trade 6 Montreal Impact Trade 28 Independiente Santa Fe Loan 23 RGVFC Toros Loan 30 Herediano Loan

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2015 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

DatePlayerNumberPositionPrevious clubNotesRef January 14, 2016 Ivan MagalhãesDF Maryland Terrapins MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#26). Signed to USL hybrid-affiliate RGVFC. January 19, 2016 T. J. CasnerFW Clemson Tigers MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#47). Signed to USL hybrid-affiliate RGVFC.

Out

No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource30 Contract option declined 16 Saint Louis FC Contract option declined, Signed with St. Louis on March 6, 2016 4 Portland Timbers Contract option declined, Second pick in Stage Two of the 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft on December 17, 2015 8 Olimpia Contract option declined, Loan expired 15 Olimpia Contract option declined 6 Seattle Sounders FC Contract option declined, signed with Seattle on a free transfer on February 23, 2016 17 Louisville City FC Contract option declined, Signed with Louisville City on December 28, 2015 11 Sporting Kansas City Trade 28 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Waived 23 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Waived 20 Waived 21 Jacksonville Armada Out on Loan 6 Real Oviedo Mutual termination 33 Independiente Loan expired 34 Rayo OKC Out on Loan 10 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Trade 9 Cruz Azul Out on Loan

Friendlies

Desert Diamond Cup

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Conference Table

Matches

Overall table

U.S. Open Cup

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

|colspan="14"|Players eligible from Rio Grande Valley:

|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:

|colspan="14"|Players who left Houston Dynamo during the season:

Goal scorers

PlacePositionNationNumberNameMLSU.S. Open CupTotal1 FW19Mauro Manotas6392 MF14Alex5273 FW11Andrew Wenger6064 MF13Ricardo Clark404FW12Will Bruin404FW10Giles Barnes4047 MF8 Cristian Maidana303DF18David Horst3039 MF33Leonel Miranda112DF5 Raúl Rodríguez11211MF7 DaMarcus Beasley101 Own goal101TOTALS39746

Assists

PlacePositionNationNumberNameMLSU.S. Open CupTotal1 MF27Boniek García9092 MF8 Cristian Maidana400MF13Ricardo Clark4004 FW12Will Bruin300FW11Andrew Wenger3006 FW10Giles Barnes200MF14Alex2028 FW9 Erick Torres Padilla101MF33Leonel Miranda101FW19Mauro Manotas101DF22Sheanon Williams101MF26Collen Warner101DF2 Jalil Anibaba101TOTALS33033

Disciplinary record

NumberNationPositionNameMLSU.S. Open CupTotal1 GKTyler Deric0200022 DFJalil Anibaba4010505 DFRaúl Rodríguez3000306 DFEric Alexander1000107 MFDaMarcus Beasley1000108 MFCristian Maidana1000109 FWErick Torres Padilla10001011FWAndrew Wenger30003012FWWill Bruin10001013MFRicardo Clark40105014MFAlex81008118DFDavid Horst40004019FWMauro Manotas00101020DFAbdoulie Mansally11102122DFSheanon Williams30003026MFCollen Warner20002027MFBoniek García40004031GKJoe Willis201030TOTALS43450484

See also Houston Dynamo 2016 in American soccer 2016 Major League Soccer season

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