DYNAMO IN HISTORIC HOME TERRITORY
Dynamo seeking fourth perfect home season in MLS history: The Dynamo are 10‐0‐6 (W‐L‐T) at home in 2012 and with a win or a draw on Saturday against Philadelphia, would become just the fourth team in Major League Soccer history (est. 1996) to complete a season without a regular season home loss. Dominic Kinnear was also head coach of the 2005 San Jose Earthquakes, one of three teams to complete a perfect home season. The chart below lists the perfect home seasons in Major League Soccer history: TEAM
YEAR
HOME RECORD
LA Galaxy
2011
12‐0‐5
Real Salt Lake
2010
11‐0‐4
San Jose Earthquakes
2005
9‐0‐7
Houston Dynamo
2012
10‐0‐6*
*Dynamo have one remaining regular season home game, Saturday vs. Philadelphia
Dynamo have second longest home unbeaten streak in MLS history: With the 1‐1 draw with the Montreal Impact on Oct. 6, the Dynamo extended their home unbeaten streak to 24 regular season games, the second‐longest streak in league history. The Dynamo have not lost a home game in over a year, with their last home defeat on June 18, 2011, a 2‐0 loss to Columbus. The chart below details the longest regular season home unbeaten streaks in Major League Soccer history: Team
Home unbeaten streak
Streak start date
Streak end date
Real Salt Lake
29
6/6/2009
5/14/2011
Houston Dynamo
24
7/9/2011
???
Columbus Crew
22
6/28/2008
9/26/2009
LA Galaxy
18
10/24/2010
10/16/2011
San Jose Earthquakes
18
9/25/2004
10/8/2005
Houston Dynamo
17
6/26/2008
6/20/2009
The Dynamo have the best all‐time home win percentage in Major League Soccer history. Furthermore, Houston has lost just 17 home games in seven seasons, an average of 2.43 home losses per year. BEST ALL‐TIME HOME RECORDS IN MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER (Current; minimum 20 home games): TEAM
WINS
LOSSES
DRAWS
PERCENTAGE
Dynamo
60
17
32
.697
LA Galaxy
154
65
43
.670
Seattle Sounders
34
14
14
.661
Chicago Fire
122
55
54
.645