2019 Houston Dynamo season
The 2019 Houston Dynamo season is the club's 14th season of existence since joining Major League Soccer in the 2006 season. The Dynamo missed the playoffs in 2018, but they did win the 2018 US Open Cup, the first in club history. The Open Cup victory also qualified the Dynamo for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. It is the Dynamo's third year with Wilmer Cabrera as Head coach and fifth season under General Manager Matt Jordan. On the front office end, it is Gabriel Brenner's fourth season as majority owner. On November 1, 2018, John Walker was announced as the new President of Business Operations, replacing Chris Canetti who stepped down on October 26. On July 18, NBA and Houston Rockets All-Star James Harden became a minority owner in the Dynamo
The Dynamo got off to their best start in club history, winning 6 and drawing 1 in their first 8 league matches. However, Houston would lose form as the season progressed. The Dynamo were knocked out of the Champions League in the quarter finals to Tigres and fell to Minnesota United at home in the Round of 16 for the US Open Cup, After a 14 game stretch that saw the Dynamo only get 2 wins and 1 draw that included 4-0 and 5-0 defeats to the Portland Timbers and Atlanta United respectively, the Dynamo had fallen down to 9th place in the Western Conference. On August 13th, Cabrera was fired as head coach. Assistant coach Davy Arnaud was promoted to interim head coach. Arnaud and the newly acquired Christian Ramirez were able to improve the Dynamo's performances at the end of the season, but not enough to lead them into the playoffs. Houston missed the playoffs for the 5th time in 6 years and team captain DaMarcus Beasley retired at the end of the season.
Current squad
Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only. Age and stats are up to the end of the season.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 |
| October 30, 2018 |  Erik McCue | DF | 17 | Houston Dynamo Academy | Home Grown Player | |
| December 17, 2018 | Chris Duvall | DF | 27 |  Montreal Impact | Acquired in exchange for Houston's 3rd round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft | |
| December 21, 2018 |  Matías Vera | MF | 23 | San Lorenzo | Full Rights Purchased | |
| December 24, 2018 |  Aljaž Struna | DF | 28 |  Palermo | Full Rights Purchased | |
| January 11, 2019 | Tommy McNamara | MF | 27 | New York City FC | Selected in second stage of the 2018 MLS Re-Entry Draft. | |
| January 11, 2019 | Marlon Hairston | MF | 24 | Colorado Rapids | Acquired in exchange for $175,000 in General Allocation Money | |
| January 30, 2019 |  Maynor Figueroa | DF | 35 | FC Dallas | Free Transfer | |
| June 10, 2019 |  Michael Salazar | FW | 26 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Promoted from the Dynamo's USL Championship affiliate | |
| July 11, 2019 |  José Bizama | DF | 25 | Huachipato | Full Rights Purchased | |
| August, 7 2019 | Christian Ramirez | FW | 28 | LAFC | Acquired in exchange for $175,000 in General Allocation Money and $75,000 in Targeted Allocation Money | |
| August 8, 2019 |  Niko Hansen | MF | 24 | Columbus Crew SC | Acquired in exchange for $75,000 in Targeted Allocation Money |
Out
MLS SuperDraft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Age | College | Notes | Ref |
| 1 | 8 | Sam Junqua | DF | 22 | California | ||
| 2 | 33 | Andrew Samuels | MF | 21 | Maryland | Signed with Houston's USL Championship affiliate club Rio Grand Valley FC | |
| 3 | 56 | Brad Dunwell | DF | 22 | Wake Forrest | Signed with Houston's USL Championship affiliate club Rio Grand Valley FC |
Coaching Staff
| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Davy Arnaud |
| First Assistant Coach | Michael Dellorusso |
| Goalkeeper Coach |  Paul Rogers |
| Sports Performance Director/Fitness Coach |  Paul Caffrey |
| Assistant Fitness Coach | Steve Fell |
| Equipment Manager | Chris Maxwell |
| Assistant Equipment Manager |  Eddie Cerda |
| Chief Medical Officer | David A. Braunreiter |
| Head Athletic Trainer | Chris Rumsey |
| Assistant Athletic Trainer | Casey Carlson |
| Head Physical Therapist | Nathan Hironymous |
| Massage Therapist | Wes Speights |