Dynamo Charities Cup

Dynamo Charities Cup

Founded	2009
Region	Houston
Teams	2 (2009–)
Current champions	Cruz Azul
Most championships	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	Houston	2–1	Monterrey1	Robertson Stadium	10,456
2010	Houston	4–0	Águila	Robertson Stadium	11,843
2011	Houston	0–2	Bolton	Robertson Stadium	13,612
2012	Houston	1–2	Valencia	BBVA Compass Stadium	22,039
2013	Houston	2–0	Stoke	BBVA Compass Stadium	14,123
2014	Houston	0–1	Aston Villa	BBVA Compass Stadium	20,514
2015	Houston	4–0	Santos Laguna2	BBVA Compass Stadium	14,640
2016	Houston	3–3 (5–4 pen.)	Real Sociedad2	BBVA Compass Stadium	13,675
2017	Houston	3-5	Cruz Azul	BBVA Compass Stadium	12,102
2018	Houston	1-2	Monterrey	BBVA Compass Stadium	12,102

• ¹ - Won the Liga MX Apertura 2009 & Apertura 2010
• ² – Won the Copa MX Apertura 2014, Liga MX Clausura 2015 & Campeón de Campeones 2014-15

Kickoff times are in CDT.

2009: vs. Monterrey

Houston v Monterrey

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

2010: vs. Águila

Houston v Águila

June 19, 2010	Houston	4 – 0	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)

Houston v Bolton

July 20, 2011	Houston	0 – 2	Bolton	Robertson Stadium Houston, Texas
19:30 CST		Report	32' Klasnić 58' Davies	Attendance: 13,612

2012: vs. Valencia (BBVA Compass Cup)

Houston v Valencia

May 31, 2012	Houston	1 – 2	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)

Houston v Stoke

July 24, 2013	Houston	2 - 0	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)

Houston v Aston Villa

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

2015: vs. Santos Laguna

Houston v Santos Laguna

Oct 10, 2015	Houston	4 – 0	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

Houston v Real Sociedad

May 24, 2016	Houston	3 – 3 (5 – 4 p)	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

2017: vs. Cruz Azul

Houston v Cruz Azul

October 5, 2017	Houston	3 – 5	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

Houston v Monterrey

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

External links

• Dynamo Charities Cup