Dynamo Charities Cup

Dynamo Charities Cup
Founded2009
RegionHouston
Number of teams2 (2009–)
Current championsMexico Cruz Azul
Most successful club(s)United States Houston Dynamo (5 titles)

The Dynamo Charities Cup is an annual friendly match putting the Houston Dynamo against an international opponent, with a portion of the match’s proceeds donated to charity.

Format

Each team will face each other only once at the host team's venue. A max of 10 substitutions are allowed; re-entry is not allowed unless a goalkeeper injury is sustained. If the match is tied after 90 minutes, a penalty shootout will be implemented.

Venue

Only one city has served as the venue of the Dynamo Charities Cup. The Dynamo began play in their new stadium in May of the 2012 season.

Houston, Texas Houston, Texas
Robertson Stadium BBVA Compass Stadium
Capacity: 32,000 Capacity: 22,000
2009–2011 2012–

Charities Cup matches

Key

† Match decided by a penalty shootout
Bold Won their respective league within the year before or after Cup
Italics Sellout crowd

Results

Year Home Score Away Venue Attendance
2009 United States Houston 2–1 Mexico Monterrey1 Robertson Stadium 10,456
2010 United States Houston 4–0 El Salvador Águila Robertson Stadium 11,843
2011 United States Houston 0–2 England Bolton Robertson Stadium 13,612
2012 United States Houston 1–2 Spain Valencia BBVA Compass Stadium 22,039
2013 United States Houston 2–0 England Stoke BBVA Compass Stadium 14,123
2014 United States Houston 0–1 England Aston Villa BBVA Compass Stadium 20,514
2015 United States Houston 4–0 Mexico Santos Laguna2 [1] BBVA Compass Stadium 14,640
2016 United States Houston 3–3 (5–4 pen.) Spain Real Sociedad2 [2] BBVA Compass Stadium 13,675
2017 United States Houston 3-5 Mexico Cruz Azul[3] BBVA Compass Stadium 12,102
2018 United States Houston 1-2 Mexico Monterrey BBVA Compass Stadium 12,102

Kickoff times are in CDT.

2009: vs. Monterrey

October 11, 2009 Houston United States 2 – 1 Mexico Monterrey Robertson Stadium
Houston, Texas
20:00 CST Cameron 63'
Oduro 85'		 Report 82' Zavala Attendance: 10,456

2010: vs. Águila

June 19, 2010 Houston United States 4 – 0 El Salvador Águila Robertson Stadium
Houston, Texas
20:00 CST Ngwenya 16'
Ashe 28'
Oduro 67'
Landín 74'		 Report Attendance: 11,843

2011: vs. Bolton (Trans-Atlantic Challenge)

July 20, 2011 Houston United States 0 – 2 England Bolton Robertson Stadium
Houston, Texas
19:30 CST Report[dead link‍] 32' Klasnić
58' Davies		 Attendance: 13,612

2012: vs. Valencia (BBVA Compass Cup)

May 31, 2012 Houston United States 1 – 2 Spain Valencia BBVA Compass Stadium
Houston, Texas
19:30 CST Carr 14' Report 2' 17' Aduriz Attendance: 22,039

2013: vs. Stoke City (BBVA Compass Cup)

July 24, 2013 Houston United States 2 - 0 England Stoke BBVA Compass Stadium
Houston, Texas
20:00 CST Driver 11'
Barnes 89'		 Report Attendance: 14,123

2014: vs. Aston Villa F.C (BBVA Compass Cup)

July 26, 2014 Houston United States 0 - 1 England Aston Villa BBVA Compass Stadium
Houston, Texas
20:00 CST [1] Bennett 41' Attendance: 20,514

2015: vs. Santos Laguna

Oct 10, 2015 Houston United States 4 – 0 Mexico Santos Laguna BBVA Compass Stadium
Houston, Texas
19:30 CST Manotas 41', 50'
Hoffman 82', 84'		 Report Attendance: 14,640
Referee: Nima Saghafi

2016: vs. Real Sociedad

May 24, 2016 Houston United States 3 – 3
(5 – 4 p)		 Spain Real Sociedad BBVA Compass Stadium
Houston, Texas
18:15 CST David Rocha 22'
Gonzalez 31' (o.g.)
Manotas 49'		 Report Prieto 55'
Bautista 59'
Pardo 73'		 Attendance: 13,675
Referee: Les Stalmach
Penalties
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark

2017: vs. Cruz Azul

October 5, 2017 Houston United States 3 – 5 Mexico Cruz Azul BBVA Compass Stadium
Houston, Texas
20:00 CST Sánchez 10'
Manotas 48'
Remick 86'		 Report Méndez 15'
Cauteruccio 23'
Faurlín 57'
Silva 69'
Mora 85'		 Attendance: 12,102
Referee: Kyle Phillips

2018: vs. Monterrey

June 29, 2018 Houston United States 1 – 2 Mexico Monterrey BBVA Compass Stadium
Houston, Texas
Conor Donovan 49' Report Alfonso González 64'
Luis Madrigal 90+1'		 Attendance: 14,978
Referee: Jorge Luna Hernandez

References

  1. ^ "Dynamo to face Liga MX's Santos Laguna at BBVA Compass Stadium on October 10". 21 August 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Match Recap: Houston Dynamo 3, Real Sociedad 3". 24 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Recap: Houston Dynamo 3, Cruz Azul FC 5". October 5, 2017.