2025 Houston Dynamo FC season

Houston Dynamo
2025 season
Owner	Ted Segal
General manager	Pat Onstad
Head coach	Ben Olsen
Stadium	Shell Energy Stadium
MLS	Conference: TBD; Overall: TBD
MLS Cup Playoffs	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	TBD
Leagues Cup	TBD
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The 2025 Houston Dynamo season is the 20th season of the team's existence since joining Major League Soccer (MLS) prior to the 2006 season. 2025 is the third season under head coach Ben Olsen and the fourth season under GM Pat Onstad and technical director Asher Mendelsohn. It is the fifth season (fourth full season) under majority owner Ted Segal.

Current squad

As of February 22, 2025^[1]

Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Steve Clark	GK	(1986-04-14) April 14, 1986 (age 38)	Portland Timbers	2022	87	0
13	Andrew Tarbell	GK	(1993-10-07) October 7, 1993 (age 31)	Austin FC	2023	5	0
38	Xavier Valdez (HGP)	GK	(2003-11-23) November 23, 2003 (age 21)	Houston Dynamo Academy	2022	0	0
Defenders
2	Franco Escobar	DF	(1995-02-21) February 21, 1995 (age 29)	Los Angeles FC	2023	44	4
3	Brad Smith	DF	(1994-04-09) April 9, 1994 (age 30)	D.C. United	2023	34	3
4	Ethan Bartlow (GA)	DF	(2000-02-02) February 2, 2000 (age 24)	University of Washington	2021	55	0
5	Daniel Steres	DF	(1990-11-11) November 11, 1990 (age 34)	LA Galaxy	2022	59	5
22	Tate Schmitt	DF	(1997-05-28) May 28, 1997 (age 27)	Real Salt Lake	2023	19	1
23	Kieran Sargeant (HGP)	DF	(2003-05-13) May 13, 2003 (age 21)	Georgetown University	2025	0	0
25	Griffin Dorsey	DF	(1999-03-05) March 5, 1999 (age 25)	Toronto FC	2021	89	8
28	Erik Sviatchenko	DF	(1991-10-04) October 4, 1991 (age 33)	Midtjylland	2023	38	0
31	Micael	DF	(2000-08-12) August 12, 2000 (age 24)	Atlético Mineiro	2022	48	1
Midfielders
6	Artur	MF	(1996-03-11) March 11, 1996 (age 28)	Columbus Crew	2023	58	2
8	Amine Bassi	MF	(1997-11-27) November 27, 1997 (age 27)	FC Metz	2023	50	12
16	Héctor Herrera (DP)	MF	(1990-04-19) April 19, 1990 (age 34)	Atlético Madrid	2022	57	5
15	Latif Blessing	MF	(1996-12-30) December 30, 1996 (age 27)	Toronto FC	2025	19	5
20	Adalberto Carrasquilla	MF	(1998-11-28) November 28, 1998 (age 26)	Cartagena	2021	86	8
21	Ján Greguš	MF	(1991-01-29) January 29, 1991 (age 33)	Minnesota United FC	2025	6	0
26	Ousmane Sylla	MF	(2001-08-07) August 7, 2001 (age 23)	Clemson University	2025	0	0
27	Sebastian Kowalczyk	MF	(1998-08-22) August 22, 1998 (age 26)	Pogoń Szczecin	2023	31	3
30	Jefferson Valverde	MF	(1999-05-04) May 4, 1999 (age 25)	L.D.U. Quito	2025	1	0
35	Brooklyn Raines (HGP)	MF	(2005-03-11) March 11, 2005 (age 19)	Barça Residency Academy	2022	18	0
Forwards
7	Nelson Quiñónes	FW	(2002-08-20) August 20, 2002 (age 22)	Once Caldas	2022	36	4
10	Ezequiel Ponce (DP)	FW	(1997-03-29) March 29, 1997 (age 27)	AEK Athens	2025	1	0
11	Sebastián Ferreira (DP)	FW	(1998-02-13) February 13, 1998 (age 26)	Club Libertad	2022	54	18
14	McKinze Gaines	FW	(1998-03-02) March 2, 1998 (age 26)	Nashville SC	2025	4	0
17	Gabriel Segal	FW	(2001-05-17) May 17, 2001 (age 23)	New York City FC	2025	12	2
18	Ibrahim Aliyu (U22)	FW	(2002-01-16) January 16, 2002 (age 22)	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	2023	48	9
19	Stephen Annor Gyamfi (GA)	FW	(2003-05-19) May 19, 2003 (age 21)	University of Virginia	2025	0	0
37	Lawrence Ennali (U22)	FW	(2002-03-07) March 7, 2002 (age 22)	Górnik Zabrze	2025	0	0

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

Out

Date	Player	Position	Age	Destination Club	Notes	Ref

MLS SuperDraft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Age	College	Notes	Ref

Staff

As of December 20, 2024^[2]^[3]

Executive
Majority owner	Ted Segal
Minority owners	Lyle Ayes James Harden
General manager/vice president	Pat Onstad
Technical director	Asher Mendelsohn
Assistant general manager	Nick Kowba
Director of soccer operations	Francisco Tobar
Coaching staff
Head coach	Ben Olsen
Assistant coach	Aurélien Collin
Assistant coach	Juan Guerra
Assistant coach	Adin Osmanbašić
Goalkeeper coach	Tim Hanley
Head of performance	Paul Caffrey
Head video analyst	Carlon Carpenter
Head of sports science	Alex Calder
Strength & conditioning coach	Anthony Narcisi
Director of sports medicine	Craig Devine
Head athletic trainer	Matt Murphy
Assistant athletic trainer	Juan Castano
Physical therapist	Micah Kust
Massage therapist	Ivan Diaz
Scouting coordinator & analyst	Sebastian Romero
Director of methodology	Ben Bartlett
Player care manager	Martha Carvajal
Head equipment manager	Jaime Gonzalez

Friendlies

Preseason

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Western Conference

MLS Western Conference table (2025)
Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
2	Colorado Rapids	Qualification for round one
3	FC Dallas
4	Houston Dynamo FC
5	LA Galaxy
6	Los Angeles FC

First match(es) will be played: February 22, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall

Overall MLS standings table
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	FC Dallas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	D.C. United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Houston Dynamo FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	LA Galaxy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Los Angeles FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: February 22, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results by round

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
Stadium
Result
Position (conf.)
Position (league)

Updated to match(es) played on February 22, 2025. Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Match results

February 22 1 Texas Derby	Houston Dynamo	–	FC Dallas	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CST				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

March 2 2	Houston Dynamo	–	Inter Miami CF	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CST				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

March 8 3	Columbus Crew	–	Houston Dynamo	Columbus, Ohio
1:30 PM CST				Stadium: Lower.com Field

March 15 4	Houston Dynamo	–	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

March 22 5	Seattle Sounders FC	–	Houston Dynamo	Seattle, Washington
9:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Lumen Field

March 30 6	Portland Timbers	–	Houston Dynamo	Portland, Oregon
6:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Providence Park

April 5 7	Houston Dynamo	–	Los Angeles FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

April 12 8	LA Galaxy	–	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
9:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

April 19 9	Houston Dynamo	–	Colorado Rapids	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

April 26 10 Copa Tejas	Houston Dynamo	–	Austin FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

May 3 11	Los Angeles FC	–	Houston Dynamo	Los Angeles, California
9:30 PM CDT				Stadium: BMO Stadium

May 10 12	Houston Dynamo	–	Seattle Sounders FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

May 14 13	Houston Dynamo	–	Minnesota United FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

May 17 14 Texas Derby	FC Dallas	–	Houston Dynamo	Frisco, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Toyota Stadium

May 24 15	San Jose Earthquakes	–	Houston Dynamo	San Jose, California
9:30 PM CDT				Stadium: PayPal Park

May 28 16	New York City FC	–	Houston Dynamo	New York, New York
6:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Yankee Stadium

May 31 17	Houston Dynamo	–	Sporting Kansas City	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

June 14 18	Houston Dynamo	–	CF Montréal	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

June 25 19	Minnesota United FC	–	Houston Dynamo	Saint Paul, Minnesota
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Allianz Field

June 28 20	Houston Dynamo	–	St. Louis City SC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

July 5 21	San Diego FC	–	Houston Dynamo	San Diego, California
9:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

July 12 22	Real Salt Lake	–	Houston Dynamo	Sandy, Utah
8:30 PM CDT				Stadium: America First Field

July 16 23	Houston Dynamo	–	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

July 19 24	Houston Dynamo	–	Philadelphia Union	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

July 25 25	Houston Dynamo	–	LA Galaxy	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

August 9 26 Copa Tejas	Austin FC	–	Houston Dynamo	Austin, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Q2 Stadium

August 17 27	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	–	Houston Dynamo	Vancouver, British Columbia
8:00 PM CDT				Stadium: BC Place

August 23 28	Houston Dynamo	–	San Jose Earthquakes	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

August 30 29	St. Louis City SC	–	Houston Dynamo	St. Louis, Missouri
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Energizer Park

September 13 30	Colorado Rapids	–	Houston Dynamo	Commerce City, Colorado
8:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park

September 20 31	Houston Dynamo	–	Portland Timbers	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

September 27 32	Nashville SC	–	Houston Dynamo	Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Geodis Park

October 4 33	Houston Dynamo	–	San Diego FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

October 18 34	Sporting Kansas City	–	Houston Dynamo	Kansas City, Kansas
8:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Children's Mercy Park

MLS Cup playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

Leagues Cup

References

^ "Roster". Houston Dynamo FC. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
^ "Front Office". Houston Dynamo FC. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
^ "Staff". Houston Dynamo FC. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

[1] "Roster". Houston Dynamo FC. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

[2] "Front Office". Houston Dynamo FC. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

[3] "Staff". Houston Dynamo FC. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

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