Dynamo snap MLS record home unbeaten streak: The 1‐0 loss to Sporting Kansas City on May 12, 2013 ended the Dynamo’s league record home unbeaten streak at 36 games in all competitions (includes regular season, playoffs and CONCACAF Champions League). The streak included: 30 regular season games, a 2011 playoff win over Philadelphia (31 overall), two Champions League games in 2012 (33), playoff victories over Sporting KC and D.C. United in 2012 (35) and a Champions League win over Santos Laguna on March 5 (36). Houston broke Real Salt Lake’s 34‐game record with a 2‐1 win over the Chicago Fire on April 14, 2013 and set the current mark at 36 games with a 1‐1 draw against Colorado on April 28, 2013.
The Dynamo also set new MLS regular season home unbeaten streak record: The loss to Sporting KC also snapped Houston’s league record regular season home unbeaten streak at 30 games, which was set with a 1‐1 draw vs. Colorado on April 28. The streak eclipsed Real Salt Lake’s previous regular season record of 29 games. The Dynamo had not lost a home game in over 22 months, with their previous home defeat on June 18, 2011, a 2‐0 loss to Columbus. The chart below details the longest regular season home unbeaten streaks in MLS history:
Team Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake Columbus Crew LA Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Houston Dynamo
Regular season home 30 29 22 18 18 17
Streak start date 7/9/2011 6/6/2009 6/28/2008 10/24/2010 9/25/2004 6/26/2008
Streak end date 5/12/13 5/14/2011 9/26/2009 10/16/2011 10/8/2005 6/20/2009
The Dynamo have the best all‐time home win percentage in Major League Soccer history. Furthermore, Houston has lost just 22 home games in nine seasons, an average of 2.44 home losses per year. BEST ALL‐TIME HOME WIN PERCENTAGE IN MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER (Regular season; min. 50 home games): TEAM WINS LOSSES DRAWS PERCENTAGE
Dynamo 72 22 36 .692 .676 LA Galaxy 167 68 47 .667 Seattle Sounders 46 18 20 .655 Portland Timbers 27 10 18 Dominic Kinnear is the sixth longest‐tenured head coach in American pro sports: Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear enters his 11th consecutive season as head coach of the Dynamo or their predecessor, the San Jose Earthquakes in 2014. Only five head coaches/managers in American professional sports have been with their current organization longer than Kinnear. The list below details the longest‐tenured head coaches in American professional sports: FIRST SEASON NAME CLUB (LEAGUE) NOTE 1996 Greg Popovich San Antonio Spurs (NBA) 2000 Bill Belicheck New England Patriots (NFL) 2000 Mike Scioscia LA Angels of Anaheim (MLB) 2002 Ron Gardenhire Minnesota Twins (MLB) 2003 Marvin Lewis Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) 2004
Dominic Kinnear
2004
Tom Coughlin
San Jose Earthquakes/Houston Dynamo (MLS) New York Giants (NFL)
Injury Report Presented by Houston Methodist (As of Friday, April 25) OUT: Eric Brunner – R ankle sprain surgery; Ricardo Clark ‐‐ concussion
Named head coach December 2003 Named head coach January 2004