The 2021 Houston Dynamo FC season was the 16th season of the team's existence since joining

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(MLS) prior to the 2006 season. It was the team's second season under head coach

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and seventh season under general manager

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. On August 30, with the team on a 15-game winless streak, Jordan was fired. On November 1, with one game left in the season,

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was hired as the new GM. The Dynamo finished the season last in the Western Conference for the second consecutive season, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the 7th time in 8 seasons. On the front office end, it was Gabriel Brener's sixth season as majority owner and John Walker's third season as President of Business Operations. On June 22, Ted Segal became majority owner after purchasing a controlling stake of the Dynamo and

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for a reported $400 million. Former majority owner Brener kept a minority stake in the team, with

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, and Ben Guill keeping their minority stakes. Minority owner Jake Silverstein sold his part of the team. In October, BBVA Stadium was rebranded as

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following

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' acquisition of

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Current squad

''Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.''

Player movement

In

''Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.''

Out

Loans in

Loans out

MLS SuperDraft

Coaching staff

Non-competitive

Preseason

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

= Western Conference

= Overall

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

On July 20, U.S. Soccer announced that the Open Cup would be cancelled for 2021 and would resume in 2022.

Season statistics

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Corey Baird Corey Jacob Baird (born January 30, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati. Career Youth Baird, from Escondido, California, 20 miles from San Diego, began his yout ...

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Joe Corona Joe Benny Corona Crespín (born July 9, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Mexican club Tijuana. Youth and college Corona began playing organized soccer at the age of 9. When Corona was 11, his fa ...

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Griffin Dorsey Griffin Lawrence Dorsey (born March 5, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo as a winger or full-back. Career Youth, college and amateur Dorsey played three years with U.S. Socce ...

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Honors and awards

MLS Team of the Week

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MLS Goal of the Week

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Dynamo team awards

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References

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