The shakeup at the Houston Dynamo following the departure of longtime coach Dominic Kinnear and arrival of former EPL manager Owen Coyle as head coach continued. Scotsman Sandy Stewart has joined the Dynamo as an assistant coach while PaulCaffrey enters as sports performance director/fitness coach, while goalkeeper coach Tim Hanley and assistant coach SteveRalston resigned, […]
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Cubo Torres has landed at Houston
Christmas came early for Houston Dynamo fans as the MLS club announced late Tuesday night it had signed Erick “Cubo” Torres as a Designated Player.Dynamo president Chris Canetti termed the deal a “monumental signing,” though the club will have to wait up to six months for the 21-year-old Mexico nationalteam forward to arrive as he […]
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Houston switches USL PRO partners for 2015 season
The Houston Dynamo will team up with the Charleston Battery as its USL PRO affiliate in 2015. In 2014, the Dynamo partnered with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, while the Battery worked with the VancouverWhitecaps, who have since formed their own USL PRO club to be based out of the University of British Columbia. The partnership […]
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Beas brought cool to the national team
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) This is turning out to be a year fraught with nostalgia for USA soccerfans. Another icon has called it quits. The greatest player to wear the shirt, Landon Donovan, announced his retirement from not just the national team but the pro gig altogether backin August. On Monday, one of his counterparts […]
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Ranking the U.S. candidates at left back
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) DaMarcus Beasley, the onlyAmerican to play in four World Cups, announced his retirement from international soccer at the age of 32. With his departure, the search fora new U.S. left back begins again. U.S. Left Backs at World Cup: YEAR PLAYER 1990: played 3-5-2 1994: Paul Caligiuri 1998: played 3-5-2 2002: […]
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Dynamo's Coyle is up to new challenge in MLS
Owen Coyle will be the only head coach in MLS next season without any previous experience as a player or coach in the league, but that doesn’t mean he is comingin blindly. As manager at Burnley, Bolton Wanderers and then Wigan Athletic, he brought his teams to the United States each summer for six years, […]
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Dynamo defender Brunner retires at age of 28
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] At the age of 28, Houston Dynamo defender Eric Brunner is retiring from professional soccer. He spent seven seasons in MLS withColumbus, Portland and Houston, where he was a key part of the Dynamo’s run to the 2013 Eastern Conference championship. Ohio State University product appeared in 111 MLSgames (regular season and […]
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Houston hires Jordan to head soccer operations
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] The Houston Dynamo named Montreal Impact technical director Matt Jordan, a former MLS goalkeeper, as itsvice president/general manager to oversee soccer operations. “I am pleased to be adding one of the brightest young technical minds in Major League Soccer to our staff,” saidDynamo president Chris Canetti said in a statement. “Matt is hard-working, […]
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Orlando City set to acquire Houston keeper Hall
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The MLS trade window doesn’t reopen until Dec. 8, a day after MLS Cup 2014, but Orlando City has already struck a deal to fill one of itshigh-priority needs: a starting goalkeeper. The Orlando Sentinel reported that theHouston Dynamo will trade Tally Hall to Orlando for allocation money. Hall has been sidelined since […]
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Kinnear says goodbye to Houston: 'We did a lot of great things'
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax The way forward for Houston isimpossible to chart in the absence of former head coach Dominic Kinnear, who ended his nine-year stint in charge Friday night with a 2-1 loss to Chicago. “We were reallyinconsistent in our performances,” said Kinnear Saturday morning as he drove to his daughter’s soccer game after […]