2022 Houston Dynamo FC season

The 2022 Houston Dynamo season is the 17th season of the team's existence since joining Major League Soccer (MLS) prior to the 2006 season. The Dynamo missed the playoffs in 2021 for the 7th time in 8 years.

2022 is the Dynamo's first season under General Manager Pat Onstad, who was hired with 1 game remaining in the 2021 season. On the front office end, it is Ted Segal's second season (first full season) as majority owner and John Walker's fourth season as President of Business Operations.

Houston Dynamo
2022 season
OwnerTed Segal
General managerPat Onstad
Head coachvacant
StadiumPNC Stadium
MLSConference: TBD
Overall: TBD
MLS Cup PlayoffsTBD
U.S. Open CupTBD
Top goalscorerLeague:

All:

Current squad
As of December 12, 2021[1]

Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.

No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
26 Michael Nelson GK (1995-02-10) February 10, 1995 Southern Methodist University 2018 11 0
Defenders
3 Adam Lundkvist DF (1994-03-20) March 20, 1994 IF Elfsborg 2018 90 0
4 Zarek Valenin DF (1991-08-06) August 6, 1991 Nashville SC 2020 48 0
5 Tim Parker DF (1993-02-23) February 23, 1993 New York Red Bulls 2021 34 0
13 Ethan Bartlow (GA) DF (2000-02-02) February 2, 2000 University of Washington 2021 0 0
18 Teenage Hadebe (DP) DF (1995-09-17) September 17, 1995 Yeni Malatyaspor 2021 17 0
29 Sam Junqua DF (1996-11-09) November 9, 1996 University of California 2019 31 1
30 Ian Hoffmann DF (2001-09-08) September 8, 2001 Rio Grande Valley FC 2021 6 0
Daniel Steres DF (1990-11-11) November 11, 1990 LA Galaxy 2022 0 0
Midfielders
8 Memo Rodríguez (HGP) MF (1995-12-27) December 27, 1995 Rio Grande Valley FC 2017 106 17
14 Joe Corona MF (1990-07-09) July 9, 1990 LA Galaxy 2021 30 0
20 Adalberto Carrasquilla MF (1998-11-28) November 28, 1998 Cartagena 2021 10 1
21 Derrick Jones (HGP) MF (1997-03-03) March 3, 1997 Nashville SC 2021 20 0
22 Matías Vera MF (1995-10-26) October 26, 1995 San Lorenzo 2019 80 3
24 Darwin Cerén MF (1989-12-31) December 31, 1989 San Jose Earthquakes 2018 82 3
32 Juan Castilla (HGP) MF (2004-07-27) July 27, 2004 Houston Dynamo Academy 2021 2 0
Marcelo Palomino (HGP) MF (2001-05-21) May 21, 2001 Houston Dynamo Academy 2020 3 0
Forwards
7 Mateo Bajamich FW (1999-08-03) August 3, 1999 Instituto 2020 9 0
10 Fafà Picault FW (1991-02-23) February 23, 1991 FC Dallas 2021 31 11
11 Ariel Lassiter FW (1994-09-27) September 27, 1994 Alajuelense 2020 35 3
12 Corey Baird FW (1996-01-30) January 30, 1996 Los Angeles FC 2021 7 0
17 Nico Lemoine FW (2000-04-10) April 10, 2000 Rio Grande Valley FC 2020 12 0
19 Tyler Pasher FW (1994-04-27) April 27, 1994 Indy Eleven 2021 19 4
25 Griffin Dorsey DF (1999-03-05) March 5, 1999 Toronto FC 2021 20 2
33 Danny Ríos (HGP) FW (2003-03-29) March 29, 2003 Houston Dynamo Academy 2021 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
December 12, 2021 Daniel Steres DF 31 LA Galaxy Acquired in exchange for a 3rd round pick in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft. The Galaxy will retain a portion of the salary budget charge in 2022. [2]

Out
Date Player Position Age Destination Club Notes Ref
November 30, 2021 José Bizama DF 27 Contract option declined [3]
November 30, 2021 Maynor Figueroa DF 38 Contract option declined [3]
November 30, 2021 Erik McCue DF 20 Contract option declined [3]
November 30, 2021 Marko Marić GK 25 Contract option declined [3]
November 30, 2021 Kyle Morton GK 27 Contract option declined [3]
November 30, 2021 Darwin Quintero FW 34 Contract option declined [3]
November 30, 2021 Maximiliano Urruti FW 30 Contract option declined [3]
November 30, 2021 Alejandro Fuenmayor DF 25 Contract expired [3]
November 30, 2021 Boniek García MF 37 Contract expired [3]

MLS SuperDraft
See also: 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Round Pick Player Position Age College Notes Ref
1 4
2 32
3 40

References
  1. "Roster". Houston Dynamo FC. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  2. "Houston Dynamo FC acquire defender Daniel Steres". Houston Dynamo FC. December 12, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  3. "Houston Dynamo FC exercise 2022 contract options on seven players". Houston Dynamo FC. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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