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Houston Dynamo

2007 season
Owner	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
President COO	Oliver Luck Chris Canetti
Head coach	Dominic Kinnear
Stadium	Robertson Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 2nd Overall: 3rd
MLS Cup Playoffs	Winners
U.S. Open Cup	Third Round
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Semifinals
SuperLiga	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: Brian Ching Joseph Ngwenya 7 goals each All: Brian Ching 12 goals
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The 2007 Houston Dynamo season was the second season of existence for the Houston franchise. The Dynamo were the defending MLS Cup champions from the previous season and prevailed to win back-to-back MLS Cups as they defeated the New England Revolution for the second year in a row in the MLS Cup final. The Dynamo also competed in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, U.S. Open Cup, and North American SuperLiga during the 2007 season.

Summary

The Dynamo entered 2007 as defending champions, having defeated the New England Revolution in MLS Cup 2006. The result qualified them for the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, their first continental tournament in franchise history. The Dynamo began their season in the Champions Cup; defeating Puntarenas F.C. in the quarterfinals before losing to C.F. Pachuca in the semifinals. Houston had a disappointing Open Cup, losing in the third round to the Charleston Battery. The Dynamo also competed in the inaugural North American SuperLiga, finishing top of the group before losing to Pachuca 4–3 on penalties in the semifinals.

In MLS play, Houston struggled early in the season, losing 5 of their first 8 matches. The Dynamo then went on an 11 match unbeaten streak, with 8 wins during the streak, helping them climb up to top of the table. Houston had 5 wins, 4 losses, 3 draws over their final 11 games, enough of a dip in form to let D.C. United win the Supporters' Shield by 3 points and Chivas USA claim the top seed in the Western Conference by 1 point.

In the MLS Cup Playoffs, Houston matched up with Texas Derby rivals FC Dallas in the Conference Semifinals. Dallas won the first leg 1–0 thanks to a goal from Clarence Goodson. Houston got off to a poor start, with Carlos Ruiz scoring in the 14th minute to put the Dynamo down 2–0 on aggregate. The game turned in the 47th minute when Arturo Álvarez was shown a red card for violent conduct. Stuart Holden and Brian Ching then scored once each to level the aggregate score and send the game to extratime. In extratime, Ching scored in the 97th and Brad Davis scored in the 100th minute to help Houston advance to the next round. Facing off with the Kansas City Wizards in the Conference Final, the Dynamo rode goals from Nate Jaqua and Dwayne De Rosario to a 2–0 win and a return to MLS Cup. However star striker Brian Ching left the game due to an injury that forced him to miss the final. Houston met the New England Revolution in MLS Cup 2007, a rematch of the 2006 final. Taylor Twellman gave the Revs the lead after scoring in the 20th minute. Houston responded in the second half when Joseph Ngwenya scored the equalizer in the 61st minute. In the 74th minute De Rosario headed in a Brad Davis cross to give the Dynamo a 2–1 lead. Houston held onto the lead, becoming the second team in MLS history to win consecutive MLS Cups.

Final roster

As of November 19, 2007

Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Joined from	Joined in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Zach Wells		GK	February 26, 1981 (26)	MetroStars	2006	4	0
18	Pat Onstad		GK	January 13, 1968 (39)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	59	0
29	Jordan James		GK	November 25, 1982 (24)	Cincinnati Kings	2007	0	0
Defenders
2	Eddie Robinson		DF	June 19, 1978 (29)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	50	4
4	Patrick Ianni		DF	June 15, 1985 (22)	UCLA	2006	18	1
5	Ryan Cochrane		DF	August 8, 1983 (24)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	52	2
16	Craig Waibel		DF	August 21, 1975 (32)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	49	5
24	Wade Barrett (C)		DF	June 23, 1976 (31)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	61	0
Midfielders
9	Brian Mullan		MF	April 23, 1978 (29)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	59	3
11	Brad Davis		MF	November 8, 1981 (26)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	45	4
13	Ricardo Clark		MF	February 10, 1983 (24)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	50	4
14	Dwayne De Rosario		MF	May 15, 1978 (29)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	54	17
17	Mike Chabala		MF	May 24, 1984 (23)	University of Washington	2006	0	0
19	John Michael Hayden		MF	April 27, 1984 (23)	University of Indiana	2007	0	0
20	Eric Ebert		MF	August 27, 1984 (23)	University of California	2007	0	0
22	Stuart Holden		MF	August 1, 1985 (22)	Sunderland A.F.C.	2006	35	6
26	Corey Ashe		MF	March 14, 1986 (21)	University of North Carolina	2007	22	0
27	Erik Ustruck		MF	January 4, 1985 (22)	Santa Clara University	2007	0	0
30	Richard Mulrooney		MF	November 3, 1976 (31)	Toronto FC	2007	28	0
31	Nick Hatzke		MF	October 16, 1983 (24)	University of California	2007	0	0
	Kenneth Hoerner		MF	November 16, 1984 (23)	San Jacinto College	2007	0	0
Forwards
7	Chris Wondolowski		FW	January 28, 1983 (24)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	22	2
8	Paul Dalglish		FW	February 18, 1977 (30)	Hibernian F.C.	2006	11	2
21	Nate Jaqua		FW	October 28, 1981 (26)	Los Angeles Galaxy	2007	15	6
25	Brian Ching		FW	May 24, 1978 (29)	San Jose Earthquakes	2006	41	18
33	Joseph Ngwenya		FW	March 30, 1981 (26)	Columbus Crew	2007	25	7

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
January 12, 2007	John Michael Hayden	MF	22	University of Indiana	Selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft
January 12, 2007	Corey Ashe	MF	20	University of North Carolina	Selected with the 13th pick in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft
January 12, 2007	Mike Sambursky	FW	22	University of South Carolina	Selected with the 13th pick in the 3rd round (39th overall) of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft
January 12, 2007	Eric Ebert	MF	22	University of California	Selected with the 13th pick in the 4th round (52nd overall) of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft
January 18, 2007	Nick Hatzke	MF	23	University of California	Selected with 13th overall pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft
January 18, 2007	Erik Ustruck	MF	22	Santa Clara University	Selected with 13th in the 3rd round (39th overall) in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft
January 18, 2007	Justin Douglass	DF	21	Missouri State University	Selected with 3rd in the 4th round (42nd overall) in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft
January 2007	Jordan James	GK	24	Cincinnati Kings	Signed on a free transfer
April 18, 2007	Richard Mulrooney	MF	30	Toronto FC	Acquired in exchange for Kevin Goldthwaite and a 2008 MLS SuperDraft 1st round pick
May 9, 2007	Joseph Ngwenya	FW	26	Columbus Crew	Acquired in exchange for Alejandro Moreno
July 2, 2007	Nate Jaqua	FW	25	Los Angeles Galaxy	Acquired in exchange for Kelly Gray and a 2008 MLS SuperDraft 2nd round pick.
August 31, 2007	Kenneth Hoerner	MF	22	San Jacinto College	Signed on a free transfer

Out

Date	Player	Position	Age	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
November 17, 2006	Adrian Serioux	MF	27	Toronto FC	Selected by Toronto FC in the 2006 MLS Expansion Draft. A few hours later he was traded again to FC Dallas.
January 2007	Chris Aloisi	DF	25	Rochester Raging Rhinos	Released prior to the 2007 season
January 2007	Martin Hutton	GK	24	Retired	Released prior to the 2007 season
January 2007	Aaron Lanes	MF	24	Retired	Released prior to the 2007 season
January 2007	Marcus Storey	FW	24	TuS Heeslingen	Released prior to the 2007 season
February 27, 2007	Justin Douglass	DF	21	Retired	Released
March 2007	Julian Nash	FW	24	Retired	Released
April 18, 2007	Kevin Goldthwaite	DF	24	Toronto FC	Traded with a 2008 MLS SuperDraft 1st round pick for Richard Mulrooney
May 9, 2007	Alejandro Moreno	FW	27	Columbus Crew	Traded for Joseph Ngwnya
July 2, 2007	Kelly Gray	DF	26	Los Angeles Galaxy	Traded with a 2008 MLS SuperDraft 2nd round pick for Nate Jaqua
	Mike Sambursky	FW	22	Retired	Released
October 15, 2007	Mpho Moloi	MF	24	Thanda Royal Zulu F.C.	Released

Friendlies

Carolina Challenge Cup

March 24, 2007 Carolina Challenge Cup	Toronto FC	0–2	Houston Dynamo	Charleston, South Carolina
6:00 PM (CST)		Report	Cochrane 14' Wondolowski 73'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,183

March 28, 2007 Carolina Challenge Cup	Charleston Battery	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Charleston, South Carolina
8:15 PM (CST)	Sterling 83'	Report	Cochrane 17'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 1,792

March 31, 2007 Carolina Challenge Cup	Houston Dynamo	2–1	New York Red Bulls	Charleston, South Carolina
6:00 PM (CST)	Ching 70' Moreno 80'	Report	van den Bergh 6'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,613

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Western Conference

Overall

• ^Note 1 – Toronto FC cannot qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through MLS. Rather, they can qualify through the Canadian Championship.
  If they had qualified for the Champions League through MLS, then the highest placed team not already qualified would have qualified.
• ^Note 2 – The winner of the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield (D.C. United) and the winner of MLS Cup 2007 (Houston Dynamo) qualified for the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup and the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. The runner-up of MLS Cup 2007 and the winner of the 2007 U.S. Open Cup (New England Revolution) qualified for the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round. Because New England qualified twice, the additional berth in the preliminary round was awarded to the 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield runner-up (Chivas USA).

Matches

April 8, 2007 1	Houston Dynamo	0–0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Houston, Texas
6:00 PM(CDT)	Cochrane  76'	Report	Albright  82'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 16,404 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

April 14, 2007 2	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Chivas USA	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM(CDT)	Mullan  13' Robinson  57' Ching 65'	Report	Razov  30' Suárez  41'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 16,519 Referee: Kevin Stott

April 21, 2007 3	New York Red Bulls	1–0	Houston Dynamo	East Rutherford, New Jersey
6:30 PM(CDT)	Mathis  36' Parke  48' Altidore 60'	Report	De Rosario  10' Robinson  63'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 12,481 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

April 29, 2007 4	Houston Dynamo	0–1	Chicago Fire	Houston, Texas
6:00 PM(CDT)		Report	Segares  21' Rolfe 60' Carr  90+1' Gutiérrez  90+3'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 13,392 Referee: Tim Weyland

May 5, 2007 5	Colorado Rapids	1–3	Houston Dynamo	Commerce City, Colorado
8:30 PM(CDT)	Beckerman  3' Brown 5'  67' Mastroeni  66' Casey  90+1'	Report	Robinson  45+1' Ching 55' De Rosario 63', 68' Davis  90+1'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,719 Referee: Andrew Chapin

May 16, 2007 6	Toronto FC	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Toronto, Ontario
6:00 PM(CDT)	Welsh 25' Brennan  43' Eskandarian  54' Pozniak  86'	Report	Robinson  76'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 19,123 Referee: Terry Vaughn

May 19, 2007 7	Houston Dynamo	0–1	New England Revolution	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM(CDT)	Ching  43' De Rosario  45+3' Holden  71' Cochrane  77'	Report	Joseph 9' Smith  29' Heaps  82'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 18,232 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

May 26, 2007 8	D.C. United	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Washington, D.C.
6:30 PM(CDT)	Gómez 4' Olsen 27'  90+3' Kpene  45+2' Gros  72' Dyachenko  90+2'	Report	Cochrane  39' De Rosario  65' 73'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 18,078 Referee: Jair Marrufo

June 3, 2007 9	Houston Dynamo	2–1	FC Dallas	Houston, Texas
4:00 PM(CDT)	Clark 51' Ngwenya 66' Onstad  78'	Report	Ricchetti  29' Thompson 32' Rhine  35' Wagenfuhr  43'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 13,199 Referee: Michael Kennedy

June 7, 2007 10	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Colorado Rapids	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM(CDT)	Ngwenya 3' Holden 63' Cochrane  82'	Report	Cancela 12' Beckerman  35' Wingert  61'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 12,017 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

June 10, 2007 11	Columbus Crew	1–2	Houston Dynamo	Columbus, Ohio
4:00 PM(CDT)	Moreno 25' Barros Schelotto 27'	Report	Ngwenya 22'  43' Marshall 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 12,661 Referee: Kevin Stott

June 21, 2007 12	Houston Dynamo	4–0	Chivas USA	Houston, Texas
8:00 PM(CDT)	Mullan 5' Davis 55' 70' 75' Robinson  60'	Report	Nagamura  22' Thomas  66'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 14,184 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

June 24, 2007 13	Kansas City Wizards	0–1	Houston Dynamo	Kansas City, Missouri
4:00 PM(CDT)	Garcia  58'	Report	Ianni  31' 81'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 8,091 Referee: Jozef Batko

June 30, 2007 14	FC Dallas	0–0	Houston Dynamo	Frisco, Texas
5:00 PM(CDT)	Saragosa  21' Pitchkolan  37'	Report	Barrett  23' Robinson  29'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 13,887 Referee: Brian Hall

July 5, 2007 15	Houston Dynamo	4–0	New York Red Bulls	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM(CDT)	Ngwenya 28' 50' Ching 32' Holden 81'	Report	Goldthwaite  27'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 14,072 Referee: Tim Weyland

July 8, 2007 16	Houston Dynamo	1–0	D.C. United	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM(CDT)	Ching 33' De Rosario  52'	Report	Gómez  90'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 15,033 Referee: Brian Hall

July 12, 2007 17	Chicago Fire	0–4	Houston Dynamo	Bridgeview, Illinois
8:00 PM(CDT)	Gutierrez  70' Thiago  80'	Report	Holden 31'  76' Jaqua 58' Ngwenya 62' Wondolowski 90+1'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,034 Referee: Alex Prus

July 15, 2007 18	Houston Dynamo	0–0	Toronto FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM(CDT)	Robinson  66'	Report	Edu  42' Robinson  53'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 11,114 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

July 22, 2007 19	New England Revolution	3–3	Houston Dynamo	Foxborough, Massachusetts
3:00 PM(CDT)	Noonan 32' Twellman 51' Joseph 66'	Report	De Rosario 49'  53' Ching 60' 61' Ngwenya  65' Robinson  86'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 14,606 Referee: Kevin Stott

August 4, 2007 20	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Salt Lake City, Utah
8:00 PM(CDT)	Findley 84' Kotschau  87' Beckerman  88' Wingert  89'	Report		Stadium: Rice–Eccles Stadium Attendance: 13,003 Referee: Jozef Batko

August 11, 2007 21	Colorado Rapids	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Commerce City, Colorado
8:00 PM(CDT)	Gomez  4' De Rosario 61' (o.g.) Petke  71' Ihemelu  77' Prideaux  81'	Report	Cochrane  44' Ngwenya  71' Waibel  80'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 18,024 Referee: Terry Vaughn

August 19, 2007 22	Houston Dynamo	1–0	FC Dallas	Houston, Texas
6:00 PM(CDT)	Robinson  34' Ching 42' Jaqua  84'	Report	Rhine  31' Oduro  77'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 19,501 Referee: Tim Weyland

August 25, 2007 23	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Columbus Crew	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM(CDT)	Jaqua  26' 80' Mullan  84'	Report	González  33'  38' Moreno 17' Barros Schelotto  73' Miglioranzi  90'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 14,351 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

September 1, 2007 24	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Kansas City Wizards	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM(CDT)	Ngwenya  27' 69' Mulrooney  32' Ianni  51' De Rosario  61'	Report	Conrad  29' Johnson 45+1'  47' Morsink  47'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 13,530 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

September 8, 2007 25	Houston Dynamo	4–3	Real Salt Lake	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM(CDT)	Jaqua 6' 48' 57' Robinson 28' Ashe  39' Clark  79'	Report	Morales  7' Espíndola 18'  51' Mantilla  33' Talley 69' Brown 72'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 16,104 Referee: Jair Marrufo

September 16, 2007 26	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–3	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
7:00 PM(CDT)	Gordon 26' Randolph  34' Vagenas  76'	Report	Cochrane 21'  45+2' Robinson  44' Mullan  45+3'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 25,217 Referee: Brian Hall

September 30, 2007 27	FC Dallas	0–3	Houston Dynamo	Frisco, Texas
2:00 PM(CDT)	Ruiz  17'  89'	Report	Ashe  5' De Rosario 45+1' Robinson 62'  87' Clark  81'  89' Holden 84'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 17,366 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

October 7, 2007 28	Houston Dynamo	1–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Houston, Texas
2:00 PM(CDT)	Jaqua 21'  59'	Report	Pavón 45+1' Glinton 77' Tudela  84' Cannon  90+1'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 30,588 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

October 15, 2007 29	Real Salt Lake	0–1	Houston Dynamo	Salt Lake City, Utah
8:00 PM(CDT)	Williams  42' Movsisyan  42'  77'	Report	Cochrane  43' Holden 66' Robinson  73'	Stadium: Rice–Eccles Stadium Attendance: 14,587 Referee: Tim Weyland

October 20, 2007 30	Chivas USA	0–0	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
9:30 PM(CDT)	Vaughn  40'	Report	Barrett  45+1' Ianni  68' Mulrooney  82' Mullan  90'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 16,853 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

MLS Cup Playoffs

October 27, 2007 Conference Seminfinals Leg 1	FC Dallas	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Frisco, Texas
7:00 PM(CDT)	Ruíz  19' Goodson 23' Ricchetti  58' Oduro  79'	Report	Cochrane  26'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 12,537 Referee: Kevin Stott

November 2, 2007 Conference Seminfinals Leg 2	Houston Dynamo	4–1(A.E.T.) (4–2 agg.)	FC Dallas	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM(CDT)	Mulrooney  28' Robinson  40' Holden 67' Ching 72', 97' Onstad  98' Davis 100' De Rosario  109'	Report	Ruíz 14' Sala  24' Denílson  39' C Gbandi  44' Alvarez  47' Serioux  78' Moor  99'  119' Ricchetti  120'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 30,088 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

November 10, 2007 Conference Finals	Houston Dynamo	2–0	Kansas City Wizards	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM(CST)	Jaqua 35'  41' De Rosario 81'	Report	Garcia  55' Marinelli  58' Arnaud  90+3'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 30,972 Referee: Jair Marrufo

November 18, 2007 MLS Cup	New England Revolution	1–2	Houston Dynamo	Washington, D.C.
11:00 AM(CST)	Twellman 20' Smith 65'	Report	Barrett  57' Ngwenya 61' De Rosario 74'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 39,859 Referee: Alex Prus

US Open Cup

July 10, 2007 Third Round	Charleston Battery	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Charleston, South Carolina
6:30 PM(CDT)	Armstrong  33' 108' Chin  88'	Report	Ustruck  69' Dalglish  108'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,569 Referee: Shane Moody

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Quarterfinals

February 21, 2007 First leg	Puntarenas F.C.	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Puntarenas, Costa Rica
3:00 PM(CST)	Bernard 90+2'	Report	Robinson  6'  71' Waibel  26' Barrett  85'	Stadium: Estadio Lito Pérez Attendance: 5,721 Referee: German Arredondo

March 1, 2007 Second leg	Houston Dynamo	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Puntarenas F.C.	College Station, Texas
9:00 PM(CST)	De Rosario  18' Dalglish 26'  82' Gray 74' Mullan  77' Wondolowski  89'	Report	Camacho  26' Rocella  90'	Stadium: Aggie Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,286 Referee: Benito Archundia

Semifinals

March 15, 2007 First leg	Houston Dynamo	2–0	Pachuca	Houston, Texas
5:00 PM(CDT)	Ching 57' Davis  68' Wondolowski 84'	Report	Salazar  45' Mosquera  53' Christian Giménez  78'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 13,007 Referee: Neal Brizan

April 5, 2007 Second leg	Pachuca	5–2 (aet) (5–4 agg.)	Houston Dynamo	Hidalgo, Mexico
9:00 PM(CDT)	Caballero 4', 86'  50' Cacho  54' Giménez 15' (pen), 58' (pen), 105'	Report	Wells  35' Mullan 53' Robinson  57' Ching 79' Gray  90' Goldthwaite  101' Dalglish  108'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mauricio Navarro

SuperLiga

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Houston Dynamo	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
D.C. United	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Club América	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
Monarcas Morelia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

July 25, 2007 Group stage	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Club América	Houston, Texas
9:00 PM(CDT)	Jaqua 41' Robinson  45+1' Mullan  55'	Report	Villa  45+3' Argüello  61' Cabañas  80' Davino  90+1'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 18,112 Referee: Samir Osman

July 29, 2007 Group stage	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Monarcas Morelia	Houston, Texas
9:00 PM(CDT)	Ngwenya 1' De Rosario  49' Mullan  78'	Report	Acre  48' Cervantes  66' Batista 74' Martínez  79'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 11,236 Referee: Walter Quesada

August 1, 2007 Group stage	Houston Dynamo	1–0	D.C. United	Houston, Texas
7:00 PM(CDT)	Ching 50' Mulrooney  90+2'	Report	Burch  61' Kpene  86'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 11,013 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

August 14, 2007 Semifinals	Houston Dynamo	2–2 (3–4 p)	Pachuca	Houston, Texas
9:00 PM(CDT)	De Rosario 4' Ianni  13' Jaqua  69' Robinson 83'  90+3' Mullan  83' Ashe  102' Ngwenya  114'	Report	Giménez  6' Álvarez  7' Cacho 28' Chitiva 61'  82'  85' Correa  102'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 21,712 Referee: Ricardo Salazar
	Penalties
	Barrett Wondolowski Mulrooney Ching Ngwenya		Salazar Caballero Rey Álvarez Lugo

Player statistics

Appearances, goals, and assists

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Total			MLS			Playoffs			U.S. Open Cup			Champions Cup			SuperLiga
				Apps	G	A	Apps	G	A	Apps	G	A	Apps	G	A	Apps	G	A	Apps	G	A
1	GK		Zach Wells	11	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0
2	DF		Eddie Robinson	37	3	2	25	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	1	0
3	DF		Kevin Goldthwaite	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Patrick Ianni	20	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
5	DF		Ryan Cochrane	35	1	1	25	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0
6	DF		Kelly Gray	13	1	1	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Chris Wondolowski	22	2	1	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0
8	FW		Paul Dalglish	10	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
9	MF		Brian Mullan	40	2	4	28	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	1
11	MF		Brad Davis	25	4	5	17	3	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
13	MF		Ricardo Clark	23	2	3	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0
14	MF		Dwayne De Rosario	36	9	8	24	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	2	4	1	0
15	FW		Alejandro Moreno	8	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Craig Waibel	33	0	5	21	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	4	0	0
17	MF		Mike Chabala	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK		Pat Onstad	34	0	0	27	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
19	MF		John Michael Hayden	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Eric Ebert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Nate Jaqua	24	8	3	15	6	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1
22	MF		Stuart Holden	31	6	7	22	5	5	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1
23	MF		Mpho Moloi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Wade Barrett	42	0	2	30	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0
25	FW		Brian Ching	30	12	5	20	7	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	4	1	1
26	MF		Corey Ashe	26	0	4	22	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
27	MF		Erik Ustruck	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK		Jordan James	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Richard Mulrooney	36	0	7	28	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
31	MF		Nick Hatzke	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Joseph Ngwenya	33	9	5	25	7	3	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0

Source: Season Statistics and match reports in Competitions

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Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Total		MLS		Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Champions Cup		SuperLiga
1	GK		Zach Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF		Eddie Robinson	16	2	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
3	DF		Kevin Goldthwaite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF		Patrick Ianni	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	DF		Ryan Cochrane	7	1	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Kelly Gray	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	FW		Chris Wondolowski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	FW		Paul Dalglish	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
9	MF		Brian Mullan	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
11	MF		Brad Davis	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	MF		Ricardo Clark	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Dwayne De Rosario	8	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15	FW		Alejandro Moreno	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF		Craig Waibel	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	FW		Nate Jaqua	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF		Stuart Holden	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Wade Barrett	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
25	FW		Brian Ching	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Corey Ashe	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	MF		Erik Ustruck	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Richard Mulrooney	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Joseph Ngwenya	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Source: Season Statistics and match reports in Competitions

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Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	MLS	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Champions Cup	SuperLiga	Total
1		Pat Onstad	11	1	0	0	1	14
2		Zach Wells	2	0	0	2	1	5
Total			13	1	0	2	2	19

Source: Season Statistics and match reports in Competitions

Honors and awards

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
5	Dwayne De Rosario
12	Brad Davis
14	Stuart Holden

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Date
12	Brad Davis	Chivas USA	June 21
14	Stuart Holden	New York Red Bulls	July 5
15	Joseph Ngwenya	Chicago Fire	July 12
16	Dwayne De Rosario	New England Revolution	July 22

Annual

Honor	Player	Ref.
MLS All-Star	Brian Ching Ricardo Clark Dwayne De Rosario
MLS Best XI	Dwayne De Rosario Eddie Robinson
MLS Cup MVP	Dwayne De Rosario

Dynamo team awards

MVP	Defensive Player of the Year	Humanitarian of the Year	Ref.
Brian Mullan Pat Onstad	Eddie Robinson	Craig Waibel

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External links

• 2007 Houston Dynamo Schedule
• 2007 Houston Dynamo Stats

• Houston Dynamo FC seasons
• American soccer clubs 2007 season
• 2007 Major League Soccer season
• 2007 in sports in Texas
• MLS Cup champion seasons
• MLS Western Conference champion seasons