2013 Houston Dynamo season

The 2013 season is the Houston Dynamo's 8th competitive season in Major League Soccer, 8th year of existence as a football club, and their second consecutive season playing at BBVA Compass Stadium. They also competed in the CONCACAF Champions League, participating in the knockout phase of the 2012–13 campaign being eliminated by Santos Laguna in the quarterfinal 3–1 on Aggregate. They will be opening the 2013–14 group stage in late July or early August 2013.

During the 2013 season Houston suffered their first ever loss at BBVA Compass Stadium against Sporting Kansas City on May 12, 2013.

The Dynamo are entering the season as the two-time defending MLS Eastern Conference post-season champions and runners-up to the MLS Cup.

First-team squad
Updated on April 21, 2013

Source (Stats are for Major League Soccer Regular Season Only):

Appearances and goals

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Statistics current as of May 10, 2013 Source: Houston Dynamo Season Statistics

Coaching staff
{| class="wikitable" !Position !Staff
 * Head Coach||🇺🇸 Dominic Kinnear
 * Assistant coach & Reserve Team Manager|| 🇺🇸 Wade Barrett
 * Assistant coach & Reserve Team Manager|| 🇺🇸 Steve Ralston
 * Goalkeeper coach||🇺🇸 Tim Hanley
 * Head Athletic Trainer||🇺🇸 Theron Enns
 * Assistant Athletic Trainer||🇺🇸 Shane Caron
 * Director, Soccer Operations||🇺🇸 Nick Kowba
 * Equipment Manager||🇺🇸 Michael Porter
 * Director, Youth Development||🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Clarkson
 * Assistant director, Youth Development||🇺🇸 Eddie Robinson
 * Youth Development Coordinator||🇺🇸 Michael Fasching
 * U-18 assistant coach||🇺🇸 Scot Fraser
 * Director, Soccer Operations||🇺🇸 Nick Kowba
 * Equipment Manager||🇺🇸 Michael Porter
 * Director, Youth Development||🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Clarkson
 * Assistant director, Youth Development||🇺🇸 Eddie Robinson
 * Youth Development Coordinator||🇺🇸 Michael Fasching
 * U-18 assistant coach||🇺🇸 Scot Fraser
 * Assistant director, Youth Development||🇺🇸 Eddie Robinson
 * Youth Development Coordinator||🇺🇸 Michael Fasching
 * U-18 assistant coach||🇺🇸 Scot Fraser
 * Youth Development Coordinator||🇺🇸 Michael Fasching
 * U-18 assistant coach||🇺🇸 Scot Fraser
 * U-18 assistant coach||🇺🇸 Scot Fraser

Other information
🇺🇸 Gabriel Brener
 * President of Business Operations||🇺🇸 Chris Canetti
 * President of Business Operations||🇺🇸 Chris Canetti

MLS Cup Playoffs
Kickoff time for Knockout round is in CDT while rest of games are in CST.