Dynamo vs. DC Game Notes

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWHOU 1-0-0 1-0-2 0-3-0 2-0-2 0-3-0DC 2-0-0 3-1-3 0-2-0 4-1-0 1-2-1

HOUSTON DYNAMO D.C. UNITED Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 10/23/2011 HOU 3, LA 1 (0) 4/28/2012 DC 3, HOU 2 (0)Road win 3/17/2012 HOU 1, SJ 0 (5) 5/05/2012 DC 2, TOR 0 (0)Home loss 6/18/2011 HOU 0, CLB 2 (8) 3/10/2012 DC 0, KC 1 (5)Road loss 5/09/2012 HOU 0, NY 1 (0) 5/02/2012 DC 3, SJ 5 (1)Tie game 4/21/2012 HOU 2, CLB 2 (2) 4/18/2012 DC 1, MTL 1 (4)Shutout for 3/17/2012 HOU 1, SJ 0 (5) 5/05/2012 DC 2, TOR 0 (0)Shutout vs. 5/09/2012 HOU 0, NY 1 (0) 4/07/2012 DC 0, SEA 0 (6)

Dynamo WWLTTLLUnited LLTWTWTWWLW

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGHOU 7 2 3 2 0 0 7 1.00DC 11 3 2 2 2 2 20 1.82

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGHOU 7 2 2 2 1 0 9 1.29DC 11 3 5 1 1 1 15 1.36

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90HOU 7 1 1 0 3 0 2DC 20 3 2 2 3 7 3

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90HOU 9 2 3 0 1 3 0DC 15 1 3 2 2 5 2

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

DYNAMO G: 4 BruinA: 2 MoffatSHT: 23 BruinSOG: 13 BruinFC: 9 Hainault/MoffatFS: 8 ChingOF: 4 ChingC: 2 HainaultE: 0

UNITED G: 6 SantosA: 7 De RosarioSHT: 40 SantosSOG: 13 SantosFC: 17 SantosFS: 15 Cruz/De RosarioOF: 11 SantosC: 3 Santos/PontiusE: 0

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Dynamo 7 2-3-2 8 7 9at home 0 0-0-0 0 0 0

United 11 5-3-3 18 20 15on road 5 2-2-1 7 8 9

2012 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (13 meetings): Dynamo 7 wins, 22 goals … United 4 wins, 15 goals … Ties 2

AT HOUSTON (6 meetings): Dynamo 5 wins, 12 goals … United 0 wins, 4 goals … Ties 1

2012 (MLS):4/28: DC 3, HOU 2: (Maicon Santos 11, 70; De Rosario 54 – Bruin 50, 59)

1Hall

10Watson

32Boswell

17Camargo

25Ching

31Hainault

11Davis

16Moffat

26Ashe

20Cameron

12Bruin

13Pontius

28Hamid

2Cruz

7De Rosario

14Najar21

Woolard

29Maicon Santos

23Kitchen

4McDonald

24Neal

22Korb

HOUSTON DYNAMO1 Tally Hall (GK)3 Calen Carr (FW)4 Jermaine Taylor (DF)5 Warren Creavalle (DF)6 Nathan Sturgis (MF)7 Colin Clark (MF)8 Kofi Sarkodie (DF)9 Macoumba Kandji (FW)10 Je-Vaughn Watson (MF)11 Brad Davis (MF)12 Will Bruin (FW)14 Colin Rolfe (FW)15 Cam Weaver (FW)16 Adam Moffat (MF)17 Luiz Camargo (MF)18 Josue Soto (MF)19 Alex Dixon (MF)20 Geoff Cameron (MF)22 Brian Ownby (MF)23 Oscar Recio (DF)24 Tyler Deric (GK)25 Brian Ching (FW)26 Corey Ashe (MF)28 Erich Marscheider (GK)31 Andre Hainault (DF)32 Bobby Boswell (DF)

D.C. UNITED2 Danny Cruz (MF)3 Robbie Russell (DF)4 Brandon McDonald (MF)5 Dejan Jakovic (DF)6 Kurt Morsink (MF)7 Dwayne De Rosario (MF)8 Branko Boskovic (MF)9 Hamdi Salihi (FW)11 Marcelo Saragosa (MF)13 Chris Pontius (MF)14 Andy Najar (MF)15 Ethan White (DF)16 Josh Wolff (FW)17 Conor Shanosky (MF)18 Nick DeLeon (MF)19 Emiliano Dudar (DF)20 Stephen King (MF)21 Daniel Woolard (DF)22 Chris Korb (DF)23 Perry Kitchen (MF)24 Lewis Neal (MF)25 Lance Rozeboom (MF)28 Bill Hamid (GK)29 Maicon Santos (FW)31 Joe Willis (GK)50 Andrew Dykstra (GK)

ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS

REFEREE: Hilario Grajeda.SAR (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; JAR (opposite): Bill Dittmar;

4th: Daniel Fitzgerald

DYNAMOTue. May 15 Portland

Sat. May 19 at New EnglandSat. May 26 Los Angeles

Sun. June 10 at Vancouver

UPCOMING MATCHES

HOUSTON DYNAMO v D.C. UNITED(May 12, BBVA Compass Stadium, 3:30 p.m. CT; NBC SN)

INJURY REPORTS

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

SUSPENDED: noneWARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none

none

HOUSTON DYNAMO -- OUT: DF Kofi Sarkodie (R foot sprain); GK Erich Marscheider (R shoulder sprain); FW Brian Ownby (L elbow dislocation) … D.C. UNITED – OUT: MF Lance Rozeboom (L ACL tear); DF Emiliano Dudar (L hamstring strain); DOUBTFUL: MF Marcelo Saragosa (R soleus strain); MF Nick DeLeon (L hamstring strain); QUESTIONABLE: DF Dejan Jakovic (L ankle sprain); PROBABLE: MF Kurt Morsink (L foot neurectomy); FW Josh Wolff (L hamstring strain); DF Ethan White (R knee surgery)

UNITEDWed. May 16 ColoradoSat. May 19 Toronto FC

Sat. May 26 New EnglandSat. June 16 at Philadelphia

GOALS SCOREDMINUTES PER GOAL

RIGHT FOOTLEFT FOOTHEADERS

OTHER

OPEN PLAYCROSS

CORNERREBOUND PENALTIES

DIRECT FROM FREE KICKFREE KICK (INDIRECT)

OWN GOALS

INSIDE GOAL AREAINSIDE PENALTY AREA

OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

F A 20 15 45 60

9 7 6 3 5 4 0 1

13 7 5 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

3 3 12 8 5 4

F A 7 9 90 70

2 4 4 2 1 2 0 1

3 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

2 1 4 5 1 3

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

DYNAMO UNITED

HOUSTON DYNAMO v D.C. UNITED(May 12, BBVA Compass Stadium, 3:30 p.m. CT - MLS Game 90)

2012 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 2 Danny Cruz MF 5-8 170 01/03/1990 Petersburg, VA 10 8 1 2 61 35 5 73 Robbie Russell DF 6-2 200 07/16/1979 Accra, Ghana 10 10 0 0 88 78 1 94 Brandon McDonald DF 6-1 185 01/16/1986 Phoenix, AZ 10 10 0 3 102 92 5 75 Dejan Jakovic DF 6-2 178 07/16/1985 Karlovac, Croatia 4 4 0 0 61 60 0 06 Kurt Morsink MF 5-10 160 06/27/1984 Orlando, FL 0 0 0 0 69 45 0 37 Dwayne De Rosario MF 5-11 164 05/15/1978 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada 11 11 2 7 285 239 95 708 Branko Boskovic MF 6-2 170 06/21/1980 Vojvodina, Montenegro 7 2 0 0 24 11 0 09 Hamdi Salihi FW 6-0 170 01/19/1984 Shkoder, Albania 8 5 2 0 8 5 2 011 Marcelo Saragosa MF 6-0 175 01/22/1982 Campo Grande, Brazil 4 3 0 1 120 99 2 813 Chris Pontius FW 6-0 170 05/12/1987 West Covina, CA 11 7 5 1 81 68 18 1014 Andy Najar MF 5-7 150 03/16/1993 Santa Cruz, Honduras 6 4 0 1 63 54 10 815 Ethan White DF 6-0 183 01/01/1991 Kensington, MD 0 0 0 0 24 21 1 016 Josh Wolff FW 5-9 160 02/25/1977 Stone Mountain, GA 3 0 0 0 261 209 80 4817 Conor Shanosky MF 6-4 185 12/13/1991 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 018 Nick DeLeon MF 5-10 170 07/17/1990 Phoenix, AZ 9 8 3 3 9 8 3 319 Emiliano Dudar DF 6-4 193 01/17/1982 Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 5 0 0 6 5 0 020 Stephen King MF 5-8 153 03/06/1986 Medford, NJ 4 1 0 1 74 39 3 321 Daniel Woolard DF 5-10 155 05/22/1984 Bedford, TX 10 10 1 2 52 42 3 222 Chris Korb DF 5-9 160 10/08/1987 Gates Mills, OH 6 3 0 0 18 15 0 223 Perry Kitchen MF 6-0 160 02/29/1992 Indianapolis, IN 9 9 0 1 40 39 1 124 Lewis Neal MF 5-11 155 07/14/1981 Leicester, England 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 025 Lance Rozeboom MF 6-1 170 05/31/1989 Walker, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 028 Bill Hamid GK 6-3 225 11/25/1990 Annandale, VA 2 2 0 0 38 38 0 029 Maicon Santos FW 6-1 186 04/18/1984 Paracambi, Brazil 11 9 6 1 73 54 20 631 Joe Willis GK 6-5 190 08/10/1988 St. Louis, MO 9 9 0 0 12 12 0 050 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 205 01/02/1986 Woodbridge, VA 0 0 0 0 17 17 0 1

HEAD COACH: Ben Olsen 05/03/1977 W17 L24 T16

D.C. UNITED

2012 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Tally Hall GK 6-4 205 05/12/1985 SeaTac, WA 7 7 0 0 46 46 0 13 Calen Carr FW 6-0 150 10/04/1982 Oakland, CA 6 1 0 0 97 24 10 34 Jermaine Taylor DF 5-10 195 01/14/1985 Portland, Jamaica 6 5 0 1 19 15 0 25 Warren Creavalle DF 6-0 165 08/14/1990 Brooklyn, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06 Nathan Sturgis MF 5-10 150 07/06/1987 Boca Raton, FL 2 1 0 0 77 63 1 27 Colin Clark MF 6-0 180 04/11/1984 Fort Collins, CO 4 3 0 0 117 90 14 138 Kofi Sarkodie DF 5-8 165 03/22/1991 Huber Heights, OH 1 0 0 0 8 7 0 09 Macoumba Kandji FW 6-4 175 08/02/1985 Dakar, Senegal 4 1 0 0 61 36 6 1010 Je-Vaughn Watson MF 6-1 175 10/22/1983 St. Catherine, Jamaica 6 6 0 0 28 17 1 211 Brad Davis MF 5-11 175 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 5 4 1 0 261 222 36 8012 Will Bruin FW 6-2 194 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 7 6 4 1 32 27 9 214 Colin Rolfe FW 6-0 175 02/15/1990 Spokane, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 015 Cam Weaver FW 6-4 195 06/10/1983 Tacoma, WA 3 1 0 0 62 35 11 516 Adam Moffat MF 6-0 175 05/15/1986 Glasgow, Scotland 6 6 0 2 67 54 7 417 Luiz Camargo MF 5-8 172 05/04/1987 Vinhedo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 5 4 0 0 12 10 0 218 Josue Soto MF 5-9 155 01/03/1989 Fort Worth, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 019 Alex Dixon MF 5-8 150 02/07/1990 Bay City, TX 1 0 0 0 8 0 1 020 Geoff Cameron DF 6-3 185 07/11/1985 Attleboro, MA 7 7 0 0 108 92 11 1322 Brian Ownby MF 6-0 160 07/16/1990 Glen Allen, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 023 Oscar Recio DF 5-9 161 06/23/1989 Monterrey, Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 024 Tyler Deric GK 6-3 195 08/30/1988 Houston, TX 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 025 Brian Ching FW 6-1 195 05/24/1978 Haleiwa, HI 6 6 1 1 195 163 78 2926 Corey Ashe DF 5-7 154 03/14/1986 Orange County, CA 6 6 0 1 136 82 1 1228 Erich Marscheider GK 6-3 185 01/05/1993 Vienna, Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 031 Andre Hainault DF 6-0 180 06/17/1986 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 6 6 1 0 85 82 5 332 Bobby Boswell DF 6-2 185 03/15/1983 Austin, TX 7 7 0 0 199 196 11 7

HEAD COACH : Dominic Kinnear 07/26/1967 W102 L70 T83

HOUSTON DYNAMO

MLS GAME INFORMATION

HOUSTON DYNAMO vs D.C. UNITED BBVA COMPASS STADIUM, Houston, Texas

May 12, 2012 (WEEK 10, MLS Game #90) 3:30 p.m. CT (NBC SN) It’s the grand opening of Major League Soccer’s newest palace for the Beautiful Game as the Houston Dynamo make their long-awaited BBVA Compass Stadium debut against D.C. United on Saturday afternoon. The Dynamo return home after a seven-game road trip, winless in their last five, after a 1-0 loss at New York at midweek. United are on the third game of a road swing of their own, rebounding for a 2-0 win at Toronto FC last weekend. REFEREE: Hilario Grajeda. SAR (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; JAR (opposite): Bill Dittmar; 4th: Daniel Fitzgerald MLS Career: 64 games; FC/gm: 24.5; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 14; pens: 9 INJURY REPORT: HOUSTON DYNAMO -- OUT: DF Kofi Sarkodie (R foot sprain); GK Erich Marscheider (R shoulder sprain); FW Brian Ownby (L elbow dislocation) … D.C. UNITED – OUT: MF Lance Rozeboom (L ACL tear); DF Emiliano Dudar (L hamstring strain); DOUBTFUL: MF Marcelo Saragosa (R soleus strain); MF Nick DeLeon (L hamstring strain); QUESTIONABLE: DF Dejan Jakovic (L ankle sprain); PROBABLE: MF Kurt Morsink (L foot neurectomy); FW Josh Wolff (L hamstring strain); DF Ethan White (R knee surgery) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DC: Maicon Santos, Chris Pontius HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (13 meetings): Dynamo 7 wins, 22 goals … United 4 wins, 15 goals … Ties 2 AT HOUSTON (6 meetings): Dynamo 5 wins, 12 goals … United 0 wins, 4 goals … Ties 1 FUTURE MATCH: 7/15: Houston Dynamo vs. D.C. United, 8 p.m. CT (Galavision)

United have never won in Houston, in six all-time visits. The Dynamo have a three-game home winning streak alive vs. D.C. United.

United’s win in the first meeting this year was their first since a 1-0 triumph April 4, 2009 at RFK Stadium. The Dynamo had four of the previous five meetings, with one draw.

Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. DC: P18 W8 L6 D4 … Ben Olsen v HOU: P4 W1 L2 D1 LAST MEETING (MLS): 4/28: DC 3, HOU 2: (Maicon Santos 11, 70; De Rosario 54 – Bruin 50, 59)

United once again got off to a flying start. In the 11th minute, a long ball out of the back from Brandon McDonald found Chris Pontius behind the defense, and he touched the ball around on-rushing Houston ‘keeper Tally Hall before finding an unmarked Maicon Santos for a header from the spot.

The Dynamo pulled level in the 50th minute through Will Bruin. Jermaine Taylor placed a pinpoint cross in the box from the left corner, which the unmarked Bruin volleyed in from six yards out.

But United were back ahead through Dwayne De Rosario in the 54th minute. After a corner was partially cleared, the Canadian international whipped a ball in from the left side that slithered past everyone, including Hall, as the ball curled in off the far post.

Just five minutes later though, the Dynamo again were level. Bruin pounced on a loose ball outside the United box and fired dipping shot on frame that slipped under goalkeeper Joe Willis.

But Maicon Santos wasn’t to be outdone. In the 70th minute, he rose highest to meet a Daniel Woolard cross, nodding it off Hall's hand to the back of the net for the eventual game-winner.

D.C. UNITED (4-3-1-2): Joe Willis - Robbie Russell, Brandon McDonald, Emiliano Dudar (Marcelo Saragosa 44), Daniel Woolard - Danny Cruz (Andy Najar 65), Perry Kitchen, Nick DeLeon - Dwayne De Rosario - Maicon Santos, Chris Pontius (Lewis Neal 83).

HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-4-2): Tally Hall - Andre Hainault (Brad Davis 72), Geoff Cameron, Bobby Boswell, Jermaine Taylor - Je-Vaughn Watson (Calen Carr 59), Adam Moffat, Luiz Camargo, Corey Ashe (Kofi Sarkodie 82) - Will Bruin, Brian Ching.


HOUSTON DYNAMO The Houston Dynamo concluded their long season-opening road swing with a second consecutive loss, their winless run at five after a 1-0 loss to the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday evening at Red Bull Arena. The Dynamo are tied for seventh place in the Eastern Conference with 8 points from 6 games. LAST MATCH

The game's lone goal came after seven minutes. Kenny Cooper raced onto a lazy back pass from Dynamo defender Corey Ashe, and deflected the ball into the back of the net as goalkeeper Tally Hall attempted to clear.

Red Bulls goalkeeper Ryan Meara was called upon to make three saves on the night in recording a third consecutive shutout.

Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear made four changes to the team that went down to a 3-2 loss to D.C. United at RFK Stadium. Calen Carr, Brad Davis, Macoumba Kandji and Cam Weaver came into the team, in place of Andre Hainault, Je-Vaughn Watson, Will Bruin and Brian Ching.

HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-4-2): Tally Hall - Jermaine Taylor, Geoff Cameron, Bobby Boswell, Corey Ashe - Calen Carr, Adam Moffat, Luiz Camargo (Alex Dixon 56), Brad Davis - Macoumba Kandji (Colin Clark 73), Cam Weaver (Will Bruin 61).

TEAM NEWS The Dynamo conclude their road trip while awaiting the completion of BBVA Compass Stadium with two wins,

three losses and two draws – after starting it with a pair of victories. “(Being on the road) is not so bad. I just wished we had more games played; the breaks in between games

were too much,” said Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear. But to be able to play in a new stadium that’s very exciting. We’ve been playing for three months now and it’s only been seven games, you want to get into a rhythm of playing games instead of training all the time.”

After scoring two goals in each of the last two games, the Dynamo were shut out for the first time since the 2-0 loss at Seattle on March 23.

“We gave up an early goal and went searching for the equalizer and had a lot of the play and had some chances, but just couldn’t find the goal today,” Kinnear said. “This group’s always the same. I’m never left questioning their attitude and commitment trying to get back into games. These guys are professionals and they care and it shows in the way they play.”

For the first time this season, the Dynamo did not start the strike tandem of Brian Ching and Will Bruin. Bruin came on for the final half-hour; Ching did not figure in the match.

After three substitute appearances, Macoumba Kandji made his first start of the season. Cam Weaver was also given his first start of the season.

“Things like this happen. I think we were really close and we dominated most of the game but we were just unlucky at the end, we couldn’t get that final finishing touch at the end, Kandji said. “I can’t really say anything but to give them credit for hanging in there 90 minutes after the goal.”

Brad Davis started his first match since March 23, missing two matches with a calf strain before coming on as a substitute against D.C. United.

“I feel like we were the better team and we moved the ball well and had the chances,” Davis said. “We’re very disappointed about this and I’m taking this one pretty hard and putting this one on my shoulders. I had a number of chances and I have to score one of those opportunities. Those are opportunities you pray for all year long and I have to do better with my opportunities.”

Corey Ashe made his return to the back four where he had started two of the opening three games this season. D.C. UNITED D.C. United won for the third time in four games, rebounding for a 2-0 victory against Toronto FC on Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. United are in third place in the Eastern Conference with 18 points from 11 games. LAST MATCH

Seconds after a handball on the line appeared to have kept out a United goal, the visitors struck. Chris Pontius took a pass outside the area and lashed a left-footed rocket into the top left corner for the 55th-minute opener.

United's Hamdi Salihi, who came on as a substitute in the 71st minute, put the game away in the 75th in the wake of a corner kick. After the initial set piece was cleared, Brandon McDonald headed the ball back into the area, and Salihi fired it home expertly from a half-turn.

United head coach Ben Olsen made four changes to the team that fell 5-3 to the San Jose Earthquakes at Buck Shaw Stadium. Bill Hamid made his return to goalkeeping duties, replacing Joe Willis. Andy Najar, Chris Korb and Lewis Neal came into the team, in place of Robbie Russell, Marcelo Saragosa and Nick DeLeon.

D.C. UNITED (4-3-1-2): Bill Hamid - Andy Najar, Daniel Woolard, Brandon McDonald, Chris Korb - Danny Cruz, Perry Kitchen, Lewis Neal (Branko Boskovic 46) - Dwayne De Rosario - Maicon Santos (Hamdi Salihi 71), Chris Pontius (Stephen King 65).


TEAM NEWS Just 72 hours after opening their three-game road trip with a 5-3 loss in San Jose – the most goals United have

allowed in nearly five years, since a 5-2 loss at Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 2008 – they kept their first clean sheet in six matches.

“If you look at [the back four] it was an attacking lineup,” said Brandon McDonald. “Andy [Najar] is flying up and down, [Chris] Korb is the same way. There were just more attacking options for us to keep the ball."

The back four included three players – Chris Korb, Daniel Woolard, and Andy Najar – all playing out of their natural positions.

Korb shifted to the left side of the back four, while Najar – who made his name on club and international level after his performances as a winger – moved to right back. It was a position he had played in his days in the United academy.

“I was surprised when they put me at right back," Najar said. “But if there are more opportunities to play there then I will take advantage of them. I'll gladly take the responsibility of playing right back and do my best for the team.”

Said Ben Olsen: “You see some things out there that maybe – against a better team – could have cost us. Just as far as his positioning and not knowing the position. Saying that, he did a lot of great things too. On the offensive side his instincts are good and his passing out of the back was good. He also made a play or two that kept us in the game early. I thought he did a great job.”

Daniel Woolard, who played at fullback in San Jose, moved inside to partner Brandon McDonald. McDonald assisted on both United goal from his spot.

Goalkeeper Bill Hamid recorded the shutout in making his first appearance for United since the season opener, after suffering an injury while playing for the U.S. U-20 national team in their failed Olympic qualification effort.

“Every last player was first class," said Hamid. “It was a makeshift back line because this is a tough stretch of games, but we have faith in every single player on this team.”

After going his first six appearances with United without hitting the back of the net, Hamdi Salihi has scored in back-to-back games – both after coming on as a substitute.

“Normally when you don’t score, you are angry with yourself,” Salihi said. “You lose a bit of confidence, but I always try to believe in myself, and wait for my moments. And I knew when the first goal came, the second, third, and fourth ones would be easier.”

“I think we’re seeing now what he’s about,” Olsen said of Salihi. “He doesn’t need many opportunities to score goals. Forwards are streaky, and they go through runs, and they’re human so they go through confidence issues, [but] he’s done great. He wants more. He wants to play more, and I don’t blame him, and he’s making me make some tough decisions.”

2012 HOUSTON DYNAMO STATISTICS (2-3-2, 8 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 12 F Will Bruin 7 6 509 4 1 23 13 1 6 3 0 0 0 25 F Brian Ching 6 6 469 1 1 5 3 7 8 4 0 0 0 11 M Brad Davis 5 4 378 1 0 6 2 4 6 0 22 1 0 31 D Andre Hainault 6 6 453 1 0 4 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 16 M Adam Moffat 6 6 540 0 2 9 2 9 2 0 4 1 0 26 D Corey Ashe 6 6 507 0 1 4 0 4 7 0 4 1 0 4 D Jermaine Taylor 6 5 471 0 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 32 D Bobby Boswell 7 7 606 0 0 3 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 17 M Luiz Camargo 5 4 322 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 20 D Geoff Cameron 7 7 606 0 0 5 0 7 3 0 0 1 0 3 F Calen Carr 6 1 171 0 0 3 2 5 4 1 0 1 0 7 M Colin Clark 4 3 279 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 M Alex Dixon 1 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 G Tally Hall 7 7 606 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 F Macoumba Kandji 4 1 92 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 8 D Kofi Sarkodie 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 M Nathan Sturgis 2 1 74 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 M Je-Vaughn Watson 6 6 451 0 0 6 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 15 F Cam Weaver 3 1 90 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 D Warren Creavalle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 G Tyler Deric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 G Erich Marscheider 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 M Brian Ownby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 D Oscar Recio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 F Colin Rolfe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team totals 7 7 606 7 6 80 29 72 70 10 30 8 0 Opponent totals 7 7 606 9 8 88 29 70 72 13 29 10 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Andre Hainault 1, Brad Davis 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Adam Moffat 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Brad Davis 1-1 HOUSTON DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 1 G Tally Hall 7 7 606 29 19 9 1.34 1 1 2 3 2 2 Team totals 7 7 606 29 19 9 1.34 1 1 2 3 2 2 Opponent totals 7 7 606 29 22 7 1.04 1 1 3 2 2 2 * = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Houston Dynamo statistics listed here.

2012 D.C. UNITED STATISTICS (4-3-3, 15 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 29 F Maicon Santos 11 9 777 6 1 40 13 17 6 11 2 3 0 13 F Chris Pontius 11 7 652 5 1 18 7 7 13 2 1 3 0 18 M Nick DeLeon 9 8 703 3 3 16 10 5 8 1 35 0 0 7 M Dwayne De Rosario 11 11 960 2 7 33 8 16 15 10 0 2 0 9 F Hamdi Salihi 8 5 419 2 0 16 7 3 8 2 0 0 0 2 M Danny Cruz 10 8 663 1 2 13 4 16 15 1 0 2 0 21 D Daniel Woolard 10 10 881 1 2 3 1 7 11 0 0 0 0 4 D Brandon McDonald 10 10 900 0 3 2 0 7 5 0 0 2 0 20 M Stephen King 4 1 116 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 23 M Perry Kitchen 9 9 810 0 1 2 0 9 7 0 0 2 0 14 M Andy Najar 6 4 412 0 1 5 0 7 2 0 5 1 0 11 M Marcelo Saragosa 4 3 271 0 1 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 8 M Branko Boskovic 7 2 269 0 0 4 0 8 4 0 5 1 0 19 D Emiliano Dudar 6 5 449 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 28 G Bill Hamid 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 D Dejan Jakovic 4 4 285 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 22 D Chris Korb 6 3 330 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 24 M Lewis Neal 4 1 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 D Robbie Russell 10 10 884 0 0 3 1 8 5 0 0 0 0 31 G Joe Willis 9 9 810 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16 F Josh Wolff 3 0 59 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 M Kurt Morsink 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 M Lance Rozeboom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 M Conor Shanosky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 D Ethan White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team totals 11 11 990 20 23 160 52 129 123 29 50 18 0 Opponent totals 11 11 990 15 14 153 50 123 129 32 48 11 1 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Chris Pontius 3, Maicon Santos 1, Nick DeLeon 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Daniel Woolard 1, Brandon McDonald 1, Maicon Santos 1, Dwayne De Rosario 1 Nick DeLeon 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None D.C. UNITED INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 28 G Bill Hamid 2 2 180 12 11 1 0.50 0 0 1 1 0 1 31 G Joe Willis 9 9 810 38 24 14 1.56 0 0 4 2 3 2 Team totals 11 11 990 50 35 15 1.36 0 0 5 3 3 3 Opponent totals 11 11 990 52 30 20 1.82 0 0 3 5 3 3 * = Played with other teams in 2012. Only D.C. United statistics listed here.

HOUSTON DYNAMO 2012 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: Sun. Mar. 11 at Chivas USA W 1-0 14,464 1-0-0 T1 3 HOU: Hainault (92+) Sat. Mar. 17 at San Jose W 1-0 21,816 2-0-0 T1 6 HOU: Davis (14) Fri. Mar. 23 at Seattle L 0-2 38,304 2-1-0 T1 6 SEA: Estrada (23) Evans (27) Sun. Apr. 15 at Chicago T 1-1 10,489 2-1-1 4 7 HOU: Bruin (24); CHI: Pause (27) Sat. Apr. 21 at Columbus T 2-2 10,479 2-1-2 T4 8 HOU: Bruin (59) Ching (81); CLB: Gaven (63,74) Sat. Apr. 28 at D.C. United L 2-3 13,975 2-2-2 T4 8 HOU: Bruin (50,59); DC: Santos (11,70) De Rosario (54) Wed. May 9 at New York L 0-1 11,315 2-3-2 0 8 NY: Cooper (7) Sat. May 12 D.C. United Tue. May 15 Portland Sat. May 19 at New England Sat. May 26 Los Angeles Sun. June 10 at Vancouver Sat. June 16 FC Dallas Wed. June 20 Toronto FC Sat. June 23 at Montreal Sat. June 30 Philadelphia Tue. July 3 Chicago Sat. July 7 at Sporting KC Sun. July 15 D.C. United Wed. July 18 Sporting KC Sat. July 21 Montreal Sat. July 28 at Toronto FC Fri. Aug. 3 New York Fri. Aug. 10 at New York Sun. Aug. 19 Columbus Sat. Aug. 25 Toronto FC Sun. Sept. 2 at Chicago Thu. Sept. 6 Real Salt Lake Fri. Sept. 14 at Sporting KC Sun. Sept. 23 at Philadelphia Sat. Sept. 29 New England Sat. Oct. 6 Montreal Sat. Oct. 20 Philadelphia Sat. Oct. 27 at Colorado D.C. UNITED 2012 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: Sat. Mar. 10 Sporting KC L 0-1 16,314 0-1-0 T2 0 KC: Sapong (92) Sun. Mar. 18 at Los Angeles L 1-3 18,466 0-2-0 T5 0 DC: DeLeon (87); LA: Keane (45,69) Sarvas (86) Sat. Mar. 24 at Vancouver T 0-0 19,394 0-2-1 T6 1 Fri. Mar. 30 FC Dallas W 4-1 13,169 1-2-1 T3 4 DC: Santos (28,73) DeLeon (60) Cruz (66); DAL: B. Perez (41) Sat. Apr. 7 Seattle T 0-0 15,651 1-2-2 6 5 Sat. Apr. 14 at New England W 2-1 10,389 2-2-2 0 8 DC: Santos (19) Pontius (82); NE: Moreno (6) Wed. Apr. 18 Montreal T 1-1 10,135 2-2-3 3 9 DC: Santos (72); MTL: Corradi (68) Sun. Apr. 22 New York W 4-1 13,262 3-2-3 2 12 DC: Pontius (8,32,69) DeLeon (36); NY: Henry (72) Sat. Apr. 28 Houston W 3-2 13,975 4-2-3 2 15 DC: Santos (11,70) De Rosario (54); HOU: Bruin (50,59) Wed. May 2 at San Jose L 3-5 8,734 4-3-3 2 15 DC: De Rosario (8) Woolard (64) Salihi (88); SJ: Lenhart (19,74) Wondolowski (21,69) Morrow (31) Sat. May 5 at Toronto FC W 2-0 18,364 5-3-3 2 18 DC: Pontius (55) Salihi (75) Sat. May 12 at Houston Wed. May 16 Colorado Sat. May 19 Toronto FC Sat. May 26 New England Sat. June 16 at Philadelphia Sun. June 24 at New York Sat. June 30 Montreal Sun. July 15 at Houston Sat. July 21 at Columbus Sat. Aug. 4 Columbus Sat. Aug. 11 at Sporting KC Sun. Aug. 19 Philadelphia Wed. Aug. 22 Chicago Sat. Aug. 25 at Montreal Wed. Aug. 29 New York Sat. Sept. 1 at Real Salt Lake Sat. Sept. 15 New England Thu. Sept. 20 at Philadelphia Sun. Sept. 23 Chivas USA Sat. Sept. 29 at Portland Sat. Oct. 6 at Toronto FC Sat. Oct. 20 Columbus Sat. Oct. 27 at Chicago

HOUSTON DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 2 Will Bruin 04/28/2012 at DC L 2-3 Assists 1 6 times Shots 7 Will Bruin 04/28/2012 at DC L 2-3 Shots on Goal 3 Will Bruin 03/11/2012 at CHV W 1-0 3 Will Bruin 04/21/2012 at CLB T 2-2 3 Will Bruin 04/28/2012 at DC L 2-3 Fouls Committed 4 Jermaine Taylor 03/17/2012 at SJ W 1-0 Fouls Suffered 4 Bobby Boswell 04/28/2012 at DC L 2-3 Offside 2 Will Bruin 03/11/2012 at CHV W 1-0 2 Brian Ching 04/28/2012 at DC L 2-3 Saves 5 Tally Hall 03/17/2012 at SJ W 1-0 Shots Faced 7 Tally Hall 04/28/2012 at DC L 2-3 Goals Allowed 3 Tally Hall 04/28/2012 at DC L 2-3

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 2 04/21/2012 at CLB T 2-2 2 04/28/2012 at DC L 2-3 Assists 2 04/21/2012 at CLB T 2-2 2 04/28/2012 at DC L 2-3 Shots 18 03/11/2012 at CHV W 1-0 Shots on Goal 9 03/11/2012 at CHV W 1-0 Fouls Committed 14 03/11/2012 at CHV W 1-0 14 03/17/2012 at SJ W 1-0 Fouls Suffered 12 03/11/2012 at CHV W 1-0 Corner Kicks 6 03/11/2012 at CHV W 1-0 6 03/23/2012 at SEA L 0-2 6 04/21/2012 at CLB T 2-2 Offside 4 03/11/2012 at CHV W 1-0 Saves 5 03/17/2012 at SJ W 1-0 Shots Faced 7 04/28/2012 at DC L 2-3 Goals Allowed 3 04/28/2012 at DC L 2-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012) Shots 5 04/15/2012 at CHI T 1-1 Shots on Goal 1 04/15/2012 at CHI T 1-1 Fouls Committed 6 05/09/2012 at NY L 0-1 Fouls Suffered 8 03/17/2012 at SJ W 1-0 8 04/21/2012 at CLB T 2-2 Corner Kicks 0 04/15/2012 at CHI T 1-1 Offside 0 03/23/2012 at SEA L 0-2 0 04/15/2012 at CHI T 1-1 0 04/21/2012 at CLB T 2-2 Saves 0 03/23/2012 at SEA L 0-2 Shots Faced 2 03/11/2012 at CHV W 1-0 2 03/23/2012 at SEA L 0-2

D.C. UNITED INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 3 Chris Pontius 04/22/2012 vs. NY W 4-1 Assists 2 Dwayne De Rosario 03/30/2012 vs. DAL W 4-1 2 Nick DeLeon 04/14/2012 at NE W 2-1 2 Daniel Woolard 04/28/2012 vs. HOU W 3-2 2 Dwayne De Rosario 05/02/2012 at SJ L 3-5 2 Brandon McDonald 05/05/2012 at TOR W 2-0 Shots 8 Maicon Santos 04/18/2012 vs. MTL T 1-1 Shots on Goal 4 Chris Pontius 04/22/2012 vs. NY W 4-1 4 Maicon Santos 05/02/2012 at SJ L 3-5 Fouls Committed 5 Dwayne De Rosario 03/30/2012 vs. DAL W 4-1 Fouls Suffered 4 Daniel Woolard 03/10/2012 vs. KC L 0-1 4 Chris Pontius 05/02/2012 at SJ L 3-5 4 Dwayne De Rosario 05/05/2012 at TOR W 2-0 4 Perry Kitchen 05/05/2012 at TOR W 2-0 Offside 4 Dwayne De Rosario 03/18/2012 at LA L 1-3 Saves 7 Bill Hamid 03/10/2012 vs. KC L 0-1 Shots Faced 8 Bill Hamid 03/10/2012 vs. KC L 0-1 8 Joe Willis 03/18/2012 at LA L 1-3 Goals Allowed 5 Joe Willis 05/02/2012 at SJ L 3-5

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 4 03/30/2012 vs. DAL W 4-1 4 04/22/2012 vs. NY W 4-1 Assists 4 03/30/2012 vs. DAL W 4-1 Shots 22 04/14/2012 at NE W 2-1 22 05/02/2012 at SJ L 3-5 Shots on Goal 9 03/30/2012 vs. DAL W 4-1 Fouls Committed 17 03/18/2012 at LA L 1-3 Fouls Suffered 16 03/10/2012 vs. KC L 0-1 Corner Kicks 10 04/14/2012 at NE W 2-1 Offside 7 03/18/2012 at LA L 1-3 Saves 7 03/10/2012 vs. KC L 0-1 Shots Faced 8 03/10/2012 vs. KC L 0-1 8 03/18/2012 at LA L 1-3 Goals Allowed 5 05/02/2012 at SJ L 3-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2012) Shots 7 03/10/2012 vs. KC L 0-1 Shots on Goal 1 03/10/2012 vs. KC L 0-1 1 03/18/2012 at LA L 1-3 Fouls Committed 8 04/22/2012 vs. NY W 4-1 Fouls Suffered 3 04/22/2012 vs. NY W 4-1 Corner Kicks 2 05/02/2012 at SJ L 3-5 2 05/05/2012 at TOR W 2-0 Offside 1 03/30/2012 vs. DAL W 4-1 1 04/07/2012 vs. SEA T 0-0 1 04/18/2012 vs. MTL T 1-1 1 04/22/2012 vs. NY W 4-1 1 05/02/2012 at SJ L 3-5 Saves 0 03/24/2012 at VAN T 0-0 0 04/18/2012 vs. MTL T 1-1 Shots Faced 0 03/24/2012 at VAN T 0-0

2012 HOUSTON DYNAMO VS. D.C. UNITED (0-1-0) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP 12 FWD Will Bruin 1 1 90 2 0 7 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 26 DEF Corey Ashe 1 1 82 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 DEF Jermaine Taylor 1 1 90 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 DEF Bobby Boswell 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 MID Luiz Camargo 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 DEF Geoff Cameron 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 FWD Calen Carr 1 0 31 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 FWD Brian Ching 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 MID Brad Davis 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 31 DEF Andre Hainault 1 1 72 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 GK Tally Hall 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 MID Adam Moffat 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 DEF Kofi Sarkodie 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 MID Je-Vaughn Watson 1 1 59 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----------- Team totals 1 1 90 2 2 11 3 10 9 3 3 2 0 0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 3 5 13 7 9 10 4 5 2 0 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME 1 GK Tally Hall 1 1 90 7 4 3 3.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0-0 ----------- Team totals 1 1 90 7 4 3 3.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0-0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 3 1 2 2.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0-0

2012 D.C. UNITED VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (1-0-0) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP 29 FWD Maicon Santos 1 1 90 2 0 4 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 MID Dwayne De Rosario 1 1 90 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 21 DEF Daniel Woolard 1 1 90 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 DEF Brandon McDonald 1 1 90 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 F/M Chris Pontius 1 1 83 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 MID Danny Cruz 1 1 65 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 MID Nick DeLeon 1 1 90 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 19 DEF Emiliano Dudar 1 1 44 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 MID Perry Kitchen 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 M/F Andy Najar 1 0 25 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 MID Lewis Neal 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 DEF Robbie Russell 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 MID Marcelo Saragosa 1 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 GK Joe Willis 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----------- Team totals 1 1 90 3 5 13 7 9 10 4 5 2 0 0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 2 2 11 3 10 9 3 3 2 0 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Maicon Santos 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Daniel Woolard 1, Dwayne De Rosario 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME 31 GK Joe Willis 1 1 90 3 1 2 2.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0-0 ----------- Team totals 1 1 90 3 1 2 2.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0-0 Opponent totals 1 1 90 7 4 3 3.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-0-0

D.C. UNITED VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Dynamo 7 wins, 22 goals United 4 wins, 15 goals Ties 2 04/15/2006 DC 2 vs HOU 0 (DC) 09/30/2006 HOU 1 vs DC 0 (H) 05/26/2007 DC 2 vs HOU 1 (DC) 07/08/2007 HOU 1 vs DC 0 (H) 07/23/2008 HOU 2 at DC 0 (DC) 10/12/2008 HOU 0 vs DC 0 (H) 04/04/2009 DC 1 vs HOU 0 (DC) 08/01/2009 HOU 4 vs DC 3 (H) 05/22/2010 HOU 2 vs DC 0 (H) 09/25/2010 HOU 3 at DC 1 (DC) 04/29/2011 HOU 4 vs DC 1 (H) 06/25/2011 DC 2 vs HOU 2 (DC) 04/28/2012 DC 3 vs HOU 2 (DC) SUPERLIGA 08/01/2007 HOU 1 vs DC 0 (H, GrpB) 07/19/2008 HOU 3 at DC 1 (DC, GrpA)

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Dynamo United Category 1 2 OT Tot. 1 2 OT Tot. Goals 9 13 0 22 7 8 0 15 Shots 64 94 0 158 54 55 0 109 Shots on Goal 28 43 0 71 22 25 0 47 Fouls 73 74 0 147 85 88 0 173 Offsides 17 18 0 35 16 14 0 30 Corner Kicks 32 35 0 67 20 29 0 49 GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total HOU 2 1 6 4 5 4 0 22 DC 2 4 1 3 4 1 0 15 CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Dominic Kinnear vs. DC 8-6-4 (1.56 pts./game) Ben Olsen vs. HOU 1-2-1 (1.00 pts./game) ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Dynamo United Goals 6 Brian Ching 3 Luciano Emilio Assists 5 Brad Davis 2 4 players tied Shots 22 Brian Ching 16 Chris Pontius Shots on Goal 11 Ching/Davis 9 Luciano Emilio Fouls Committed 15 Brad Davis 14 Fred Fouls Suffered 20 Ching/Davis 11 Ben Olsen Wins 5 Pat Onstad 2 Troy Perkins Losses 3 Pat Onstad 4 Troy Perkins Shutouts 4 Pat Onstad 2 Louis Crayton Saves 23 Pat Onstad 24 Troy Perkins Goals Allowed 9 Pat Onstad 8 Troy Perkins ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Dynamo United Goals 3 Will Bruin (4/29/11) 2 Emilio/dos Santos Assists 2 5 players tied 2 Daniel Woolard (4/28/12) Shots 7 De Rosario/Bruin 4 6 players tied Shots on Goal 3 6 players tied 3 Luciano Emilio (8/1/09) Fouls Committed 4 Mullan/Hainault 4 5 players tied Fouls Suffered 5 Brad Davis (7/23/08) 4 4 players tied Saves 4 3 players tied 8 Zach Wells (7/23/08) Goals Allowed 3 Onstad/Hall 4 Wicks/Hamid 2012 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS: HOUSTON DYNAMO D.C. UNITED W-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started) At Halftime: Leading 1-0-0 3 Ws (10/14/2011 2-0-0 2 Ws (4/22/2012) Tied 1-0-2 2 Ts (4/15/2012) 3-1-3 1 Ws (5/5/2012) Trailing 0-3-0 3 Ls (3/23/2012) 0-2-0 2 Ls (3/18/2012) First Goal: Scored 2-0-2 2 Ts (4/15/2012) 4-1-0 1 Ws (5/5/2012) Allowed 0-3-0 3 Ls (3/23/2012) 1-2-1 1 Ts (4/18/2012) Goals Scored: 0 goals 0-2-0 5 Ls (7/23/2011) 0-1-2 2 Ts (3/24/2012) 1 goals 2-0-1 1 Ts (4/15/2012) 0-1-1 1 Ts (4/18/2012) 2 goals 0-1-1 1 Ls (4/28/2012) 2-0-0 2 Ws (4/14/2012) 3 goals 0-0-0 5 Ws (9/25/2010) 1-1-0 1 Ls (5/2/2012) 4 or more 0-0-0 11 Ws (4/2/2006) 2-0-0 31 Ws (7/18/1998) Goals Allowed: 0 goals 2-0-0 5 Ws (7/9/2011) 1-0-2 1 Ws (5/5/2012) 1 goals 0-1-1 1 Ls (5/9/2012) 3-1-1 1 Ws (4/22/2012) 2 goals 0-1-1 1 Ts (4/21/2012) 1-0-0 1 Ws (4/28/2012) 3 goals 0-1-0 4 Ls (8/28/2010) 0-1-0 3 Ls (9/17/2011) 4 goals 0-0-0 2 Ls (6/5/2010) 0-1-0 28 Ls (4/13/1996)

HOUSTON DYNAMO CAREER STATISTICS VS. D.C. UNITED (7-4-2) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Brian Ching 11 10 874 6 1 22 Will Bruin 3 3 261 5 0 16 Brad Davis 12 11 916 2 5 17 Dominic Oduro 3 2 211 2 2 8 Geoff Cameron 8 7 662 1 4 9 Danny Cruz 3 2 201 1 1 6 Stuart Holden 6 5 417 1 1 7 Dwayne De Rosario 5 5 432 1 0 17 Brian Mullan 8 8 693 1 0 8 Cam Weaver 3 1 126 1 0 3 Mike Chabala 3 2 202 0 2 0 Luis Angel Landin 1 1 61 0 2 2 Corey Ashe 11 4 435 0 1 4 Colin Clark 2 1 117 0 1 2 Paul Dalglish 1 0 39 0 1 1 Hunter Freeman 1 1 90 0 1 0 Richard Mulrooney 6 6 519 0 1 0 Lovel Palmer 3 3 270 0 1 3 Eddie Robinson 7 6 518 0 1 1 Jermaine Taylor 2 2 180 0 1 1 Craig Waibel 7 4 406 0 1 1 Ade Akinbiyi 1 0 11 0 0 0 Wade Barrett 7 7 612 0 0 2 Bobby Boswell 7 7 630 0 0 6 Luiz Camargo 1 1 90 0 0 0 Calen Carr 1 0 31 0 0 0 Ronald Cerritos 1 0 31 0 0 2 Ricardo Clark 7 6 558 0 0 5 Ryan Cochrane 4 3 223 0 0 0 Kevin Goldthwaite 1 0 18 0 0 0 Kelly Gray 1 1 59 0 0 0 Andre Hainault 5 5 425 0 0 3 Tally Hall 4 4 360 0 0 0 Patrick Ianni 2 1 139 0 0 0 Julius James 2 1 108 0 0 0 Nate Jaqua 3 1 117 0 0 1 Kei Kamara 1 0 45 0 0 1 Koke 1 0 5 0 0 0 Adam Moffat 1 1 90 0 0 1 Alejandro Moreno 2 2 141 0 0 2 Joseph Ngwenya 3 3 193 0 0 2 Pat Onstad 9 9 810 0 0 0 Kofi Sarkodie 2 1 86 0 0 1 Adrian Serioux 3 3 246 0 0 3 Je-Vaughn Watson 3 2 167 0 0 1 Chris Wondolowski 1 1 45 0 0 0 Team totals 13 13 1170 22 27 158 Opponent totals 13 13 1170 15 16 109 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Pat Onstad 9 810 32 23 1.00 0 Tally Hall 4 360 15 8 1.50 0 ----------- Team totals 13 1170 47 31 1.15 0 Opponent totals 13 1170 71 48 1.69 2

CURRENT HOUSTON DYNAMO PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. D.C. UNITED (7-4-2) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Brian Ching 15 13 1149 6 2 30 Will Bruin 3 3 261 5 0 16 Brad Davis 23 17 1523 4 8 30 Geoff Cameron 8 7 662 1 4 9 Colin Clark 8 3 388 1 2 12 Cam Weaver 3 1 126 1 0 3 Corey Ashe 11 4 435 0 1 4 Jermaine Taylor 2 2 180 0 1 1 Bobby Boswell 7 7 630 0 0 6 Luiz Camargo 1 1 90 0 0 0 Calen Carr 9 2 290 0 0 5 Andre Hainault 5 5 425 0 0 3 Tally Hall 4 4 360 0 0 0 Macoumba Kandji 3 1 119 0 0 5 Adam Moffat 6 5 451 0 0 7 Kofi Sarkodie 2 1 86 0 0 1 Nathan Sturgis 6 5 476 0 0 3 Je-Vaughn Watson 3 2 167 0 0 1 Team totals 13 13 1170 22 27 158 Opponent totals 13 13 1170 15 16 109 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Tally Hall 4 360 15 8 1.50 0 ----------- Team totals 13 1170 47 31 1.15 0 Opponent totals 13 1170 71 48 1.69 2

D.C. UNITED CAREER STATISTICS VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-7-2) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Luciano Emilio 6 4 450 3 1 10 Christian Gomez 6 6 437 2 1 7 Maicon Santos 1 1 90 2 0 4 Marc Burch 6 5 474 1 1 4 Dwayne De Rosario 1 1 90 1 1 2 Chris Pontius 6 5 488 1 1 16 Charlie Davies 2 2 175 1 0 6 Fred 7 5 452 1 0 2 Joshua Gros 4 4 360 1 0 2 Andy Najar 5 2 280 1 0 5 Ben Olsen 6 6 460 1 0 2 Dax McCarty 2 2 149 0 2 2 Bryan Namoff 6 6 523 0 2 2 Josh Wolff 2 2 153 0 2 2 Daniel Woolard 2 2 180 0 2 2 Brandon McDonald 1 1 90 0 1 0 Jaime Moreno 6 5 391 0 1 3 Santino Quaranta 4 3 276 0 1 2 Nicholas Addlery 2 1 83 0 0 1 Freddy Adu 2 2 180 0 0 5 Danny Allsopp 2 2 164 0 0 3 Branko Boskovic 1 1 90 0 0 2 Bobby Boswell 4 4 360 0 0 0 Blake Brettschneider 1 0 21 0 0 1 Junior Carreiro 1 0 7 0 0 0 Brian Carroll 4 4 346 0 0 1 Pat Carroll 1 1 25 0 0 0 Christian Castillo 1 1 90 0 0 3 Louis Crayton 2 2 180 0 0 0 Adam Cristman 1 1 45 0 0 0 Danny Cruz 1 1 65 0 0 2 Nick DeLeon 1 1 90 0 0 2 Francis Doe 2 0 51 0 0 1 Matias Donnet 1 1 77 0 0 0 Emiliano Dudar 1 1 44 0 0 0 Rod Dyachenko 4 0 115 0 0 1 Facundo Erpen 2 2 180 0 0 0 Alecko Eskandarian 1 0 26 0 0 1 Lucio Filomeno 1 1 64 0 0 1 Jordan Graye 1 1 90 0 0 0 Ivan Guerrero 1 1 87 0 0 0 Bill Hamid 2 2 180 0 0 0 Pablo Hernandez 1 1 90 0 0 3 Andrew Jacobson 1 1 90 0 0 0 Dejan Jakovic 4 4 360 0 0 0 Julius James 1 1 90 0 0 0 Greg Janicki 2 1 101 0 0 0 Avery John 1 0 45 0 0 0 Thabiso Khumalo 1 1 65 0 0 0 Stephen King 1 0 5 0 0 0 Quavas Kirk 1 0 4 0 0 0 Perry Kitchen 3 3 270 0 0 0 Guy-Roland Kpene 1 1 71 0 0 1 Gonzalo Martinez 2 1 86 0 0 0 Devon McTavish 4 4 353 0 0 2 Kurt Morsink 2 2 135 0 0 1 Ange N'Silu 1 1 65 0 0 0 Lewis Neal 1 0 7 0 0 0 Juan Manuel Pena 1 1 90 0 0 0 Gonzalo Peralta 1 1 90 0 0 0 Troy Perkins 6 6 540 0 0 0 Brandon Prideaux 2 2 180 0 0 0 Robbie Russell 1 1 90 0 0 0 Marcelo Saragosa 1 0 46 0 0 0 Clyde Simms 9 6 580 0 0 2 Danny Szetela 1 0 11 0 0 0 Carey Talley 1 1 90 0 0 0 Craig Thompson 1 1 64 0 0 0 Greg Vanney 1 1 90 0 0 0 Carlos Varela 1 0 16 0 0 1 Joe Vide 1 1 90 0 0 1 Jamil Walker 1 0 24 0 0 0 Rodney Wallace 2 2 180 0 0 1 Zach Wells 1 1 90 0 0 0 Ethan White 2 1 119 0 0 0 Josh Wicks 1 1 90 0 0 0 Joe Willis 1 1 90 0 0 0 John Wilson 1 0 1 0 0 0 Jed Zayner 3 3 241 0 0 0 Team totals 13 13 1170 15 16 109 Opponent totals 13 13 1170 22 27 158

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Louis Crayton 2 180 7 6 0.00 0 Troy Perkins 6 540 32 24 1.33 0 Zach Wells 1 90 10 8 2.00 0 Joe Willis 1 90 3 1 2.00 0 Bill Hamid 2 180 13 7 3.00 1 Josh Wicks 1 90 6 2 4.00 1 ----------- Team totals 13 1170 71 48 1.69 2 Opponent totals 13 1170 47 31 1.15 0 CURRENT D.C. UNITED PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-7-2 PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Dwayne De Rosario 7 6 585 4 2 23 Maicon Santos 7 5 349 3 0 10 Josh Wolff 9 8 678 2 2 13 Chris Pontius 6 5 488 1 1 16 Andy Najar 5 2 280 1 0 5 Daniel Woolard 3 2 235 0 2 2 Brandon McDonald 5 4 357 0 1 0 Branko Boskovic 1 1 90 0 0 2 Danny Cruz 1 1 65 0 0 2 Nick DeLeon 1 1 90 0 0 2 Emiliano Dudar 1 1 44 0 0 0 Bill Hamid 2 2 180 0 0 0 Dejan Jakovic 4 4 360 0 0 0 Stephen King 2 1 95 0 0 0 Perry Kitchen 3 3 270 0 0 0 Kurt Morsink 5 4 338 0 0 2 Lewis Neal 1 0 7 0 0 0 Robbie Russell 9 8 740 0 0 3 Marcelo Saragosa 11 7 771 0 0 2 Ethan White 2 1 119 0 0 0 Joe Willis 1 1 90 0 0 0 Team totals 13 13 1170 15 16 109 Opponent totals 13 13 1170 22 27 158 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Joe Willis 1 90 3 1 2.00 0 Bill Hamid 2 180 13 7 3.00 1 ----------- Team totals 13 1170 71 48 1.69 2 Opponent totals 13 1170 47 31 1.15 0

Houston Dynamo vs. D.C. United Saturday, 12 May 2012 – 3:30 p.m. CT

MLS regular season – Game #8 ‐ Home Game #1

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX

Broadcast Information Dynamo Media Contacts (@HoustonDynamo.com)

TV: The NBC Sports Network Lester Gretsch (lgretsch@ 832‐633‐0632)

Radio: SportsTalk 790 AM (English), La Ranchera 850 AM (Spanish) Matt Pedersen (mpedersen@ 832‐794‐8673)

Jonathan Kaplan (jkaplan@ 516‐965‐4664)

DYNAMO VS. D.C. UNITED – THE OPENING OF BBVA COMPASS STADIUM The Houston Dynamo (2‐3‐2; 8 points) welcome D.C. United (5‐3‐3; 18 points) to downtown Houston for the

inaugural match at BBVA Compass Stadium. After a seven‐game road trip to begin the 2012 season, the Dynamo

can settle in for two home games in four days as part of a stretch that includes four games in 11 days. Houston

suffered a 1‐0 loss to the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday. Kenny Cooper tallied the winning goal in the

seventh minute, pouncing on a slow back pass from Corey Ashe and blocking Tally Hall’s clearance attempt into

an empty net. D.C. United earned a 2‐0 road win over Toronto FC on Saturday with Chris Pontius and Hamdi

Salihi providing the goals. Saturday’s matchup marks the second of three meetings between United and Houston

in 2012 after D.C. captured a 3‐2 win at RFK Stadium on April 28.

Houston vs. D.C: The Dynamo have a 7‐4‐2 mark against D.C. United in 13 meetings all‐time. United’s 3‐2 win

on April 28 ended a five‐game unbeaten run (4‐0‐1) for the Dynamo over D.C. In the 3‐2 win, Maicon Santos

broke a 2‐2 tie with a 70th‐minute header for his second goal and match winner. Will Bruin scored a pair of

equalizers for Houston, scoring in the 50th minute and then nine minutes later for his fourth goal in three games.

Brian Ching leads all players in the series with six career goals against United.

2011 Meetings: In 2011, The Dynamo won the first meeting, 4‐1, at Robertson Stadium on April 29 behind Will

Bruin’s first career hat trick. The teams played to a 2‐2 draw at RFK Stadium on June 25, with Brad Davis’ penalty

and Brian Ching’s 89th‐minute equalizer cancelling out goals from Charlie Davies and Pontius.

DYNAMO NOTES Boswell Bicentennial: If Bobby Bowell plays against D.C. United on Saturday, it will be his 200th Major League

Soccer appearance in his eight‐year career.

Lineup Shuffle: Faced with the task of keeping players fresh at the start of a stretch of four games in 11 days,

Dominic Kinnear made several changes to his lineup against New York. Calen Carr, Macoumba Kandji and

Cam Weaver each made their first start of the season and regular starters Will Bruin, Brian Ching and Andre

Hainault rested. Midfielder Alex Dixon also made his first appearance of the season as a second half substitute.

Boswell Milestone: Bobby Boswell’s start at New York on Wednesday was his 150th Dynamo start in all

competitions. He is the fifth Dynamo player to start 150 (Brad Davis, Pat Onstad, Brian Mullan, Brian Ching).

Davis Milestone: If Brad Davis starts against D.C. United on Saturday, it will be his 150th MLS regular season

start with the Dynamo. Davis is the franchise leader in regular season starts.

Corey Ashe made his 175th appearance for the Dynamo in all competitions at D.C. on April 28. He is the third

Dynamo player to reach 175 appearances in all competitions (Brad Davis, Brian Mullan).

Brian Ching’s start against D.C. United on April 28 was his 150th start in all competitions for Houston to

become the fourth Dynamo player to make 150 starts (Brad Davis, Pat Onstad, Brian Mullan).

More Ching: If Ching plays Saturday vs. United it will be his 175th appearance for the Dynamo in all

competitions.

Will Bruin did not start at New York, but entered as a substitute in the second half for a chance to score in his

fourth consecutive game. As the Dynamo were held scoreless, Bruin missed a chance to before the first‐ever

Dynamo player to score in four consecutive games. By scoring in the previous three games, Bruin marked the

fifth time a Dynamo player has scored in three consecutive games (Bruin 2012, Ching 2006, 2008; Joseph

Ngwenya 2007; Stuart Holden 2009).

A Hundred for Hainault: Andre Hainault made his 100th Dynamo appearance in all competitions on April 21

at Columbus, becoming the 15th player to reach 100 in franchise history.

Cameron the Ironman: Geoff Cameron has started and played full time in 37 consecutive matches (playoffs

included), the most among Houston field players. Cameron has played 3,306 consecutive minutes in MLS play

(playoffs included), since he did not play on May 4, 2011 vs. Colorado. Goalkeeper Tally Hall leads all players

with 41 consecutive starts. Brad Davis had a streak of 45 consecutive starts broken at Chicago on April 15 due

to a left calf strain.

Tally Hall turns 27: Saturday is Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall’s 27th birthday.

Brad Davis has 24 goals in all competitions with the Dynamo. With his next tally, he will become the third

Houston player to reach 25 goals (Ching, 64; Dwayne De Rosario, 32).

The three goals allowed by the Dynamo on April 28 at D.C. United marked the first time Houston has allowed

three goals in a game since Sept. 10, 2011, a 3‐0 loss at Sporting Kansas City. The Dynamo went 15 games

without allowing three goals in that stretch.

Possession: Despite playing their first seven games on the road, the Dynamo have won the possession battle in

five of seven games on the season and had slim disadvantages in the others. Houston had a 53‐47% advantage

at New York, 54% at D.C., a slim 49‐51% disadvantage at Columbus, 55% at Chicago, 56% at Seattle, a narrow

disadvantage (48‐52%) at San Jose, and 53% at Chivas USA.

First Road Win of 2012: Houston’s 1‐0 win over Chivas USA erased bad memories of the 2011 road schedule. It

took Houston 16 games to record its first road win of the 2011 campaign. After a 0‐6‐9 start, the Dynamo

defeated FC Dallas 1‐0 at Pizza Hut Park on September 24.

Clutch: Brian Ching’s equalizer in the 81st minute at Columbus and Andre Hainault’s game‐winner two

minutes into stoppage time at Chivas USA were reminiscent of 2011 for the Dynamo. Last year, Houston

scored 14 goals in the final 15 minutes of games, second best in MLS (Seattle).

Six years after the club’s first match on April 2, 2006, only two players remain on the Dynamo roster: Brian

Ching and Brad Davis. Defender Eddie Robinson retired in January and joined the front office as an

assistant coach with the team’s Youth Academy and as a color analyst on TV broadcasts.

UP NEXT: PORTLAND TIMBERS VISIT FOR STADIUM’S FIRST NIGHT MATCH

Houston will battle the Portland Timbers in the first‐ever night match at BBVA Compass Stadium on Tuesday at

7:30 p.m.

Injury Report Presented by The Methodist Center for Sports Medicine (As of Tuesday, May 8)

HOUSTON DYNAMO

OUT: DF Kofi Sarkodie (R foot sprain); GK Erich Marscheider (R shoulder sprain);

FW Brian Ownby (L elbow dislocation)

D.C. UNITED

OUT: MF Lance Rozeboom (L ACL tear); DF Emiliano Dudar (L hamstring strain);

DOUBTFUL: MF Marcelo Saragosa (R soleus strain); MF Nick DeLeon (L hamstring strain);

QUESTIONABLE: DF Dejan Jakovic (L ankle sprain);

PROBABLE: MF Kurt Morsink (L foot neurectomy); FW Josh Wolff (L hamstring strain);

DF Ethan White (R knee surgery)

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (4-4-2, Right-Left)

Tally Hall;

Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Geoff Cameron, Corey Ashe;

Je‐Vaughn Watson, Adam Moffat, Luiz Camargo, Brad Davis;

Will Bruin, Brian Ching

HOUSTON DYNAMO NUMERICAL ROSTER/TECHNICAL STAFF No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Born Pronunciation Status 1 Tally Hall GK 6‐4 205 5‐12‐85 rhymes with RALLY

3 Calen Carr F 6‐0 150 10‐4‐82

4 Jermaine Taylor D 5‐10 180 1‐14‐85 International

5 Warren Creavalle D 6‐0 165 8‐14‐90 cruh‐VALL

6 Nathan Sturgis M/D 5‐10 150 7‐6‐87 Stir‐jiss

7 Colin Clark M 6‐0 180 4‐11‐84

8 Kofi Sarkodie D 5‐8 165 3‐22‐91 KO‐fee sar‐KO‐dee Generation adidas

9 Macoumba Kandji F 6‐4 175 8‐2‐84 mah‐KOOM‐bah KAHN‐gee

10 Je‐Vaughn Watson M 6‐1 175 10‐22‐83 Jeh‐Vaughn International

11 Brad Davis M 5‐11 175 11‐8‐81

12 Will Bruin F 6‐2 194 10‐24‐89 Generation adidas

14 Colin Rolfe F 6‐0 175 2‐15‐90 Rawlfe

15 Cam Weaver F 6‐4 195 6‐10‐83

16 Adam Moffat M 6‐0 175 5‐15‐86 Moff‐it

17 Luiz Camargo M 5‐8 172 5‐4‐87 International

18 Josue Soto M 5‐9 160 1‐3‐89 hoh‐SWAY Homegrown Player

19 Alex Dixon M 5‐8 150 2‐7‐90 Homegrown Player

20 Geoff Cameron D 6‐3 185 7‐11‐85

22 Brian Ownby M 6‐0 160 7‐14‐90 Own‐be

23 Oscar Recio D 5‐9 161 6‐23‐89 REH‐cee‐oh International

24 Tyler Deric GK 6‐3 195 8‐30‐88 DARE‐ick Homegrown Player

25 Brian Ching F 6‐1 195 5‐24‐78

26 Corey Ashe M 5‐5 154 3‐14‐86 ASH

28 Erich Marscheider GK 6‐3 185 1‐5‐93 Mar‐shy‐der

31 Andre Hainault D 6‐0 180 6‐17‐86 HAY‐no International

32 Bobby Boswell D 6‐2 185 3‐15‐83 BOZ‐well

Head Coach – Dominic Kinnear (9th year overall, 102‐70‐83 MLS)

Assistant Coach – Wade Barrett

Assistant Coach – Steve Ralston

Goalkeepers Coach – Tim Hanley

Head Athletic Trainer – Theron Enns

Director, Soccer Operations – Nick Kowba

Assistant Athletic Trainer – Shane Caron

Equipment Manager – Michael Porter

Houston Dynamo Player Bios

*All Dynamo career stats are regular season only 1 TALLY HALL GK 6-4 205 Born: 5/12/85, SeaTac, WA Age: 27 Last Club: Esbjerg fB (Denmark) - 2007-09 College: San Diego State University Dynamo career: Fourth year – 46 GP, 46 GS, 9 SHO Goalkeeper with great size and shot-blocking ability returns as the starter in 2012 after making first MLS All-Star team in 2011. 2012 MLS: 7 GS, 606 mins, 1.29 GAA 2 shutouts, 2-3-2 2011 MLS: 34 GS, 3,060 mins, 1.21 GAA, 6 shutouts, 12-9-13

Save of the Week candidate for multi-save sequence in 88th minute at Crew on 4/21, stopping two close-range efforts to preserve 2-2 draw.

Made two saves in 3/17 win @ San Jose for ninth career MLS regular season shutout. Named to MLSSoccer.com Team of the Week.

2011: Posted a 1.21 GAA and notched six shutouts while playing every minute of the regular season (Dynamo Ironman of the Year).

Notched two playoff shutouts and allowed just 2 goals in 4 games in 2011 Cup run.

One of only four players to play all 3,060 minutes of the season in 2011, an MLS record.

Most saves (’12): 5, 3/17/12 at San Jose Last shutout: 3/17/12 @ San Jose Last goal: 10/21/09 at Isidro Metapán (CCL) Last assist: 4/2/11 at New York Last yellow card: 7/3/11 at Colorado

3 CALEN CARR FW 6-0 150 Born: 10/4/82, Berkeley, CA Age: 29 Last Club: Chicago Fire - 2006-11 College: University of California Dynamo career: Second year – 15 GP, 5 GS, 1 G, 0 A Fast, versatile forward acquired from Chicago early in 2011 season. 2012 MLS: 6 GP, 1 GS, 171 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 4 GP, 4 GS, 339 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 9 GP, 4 GS, 380 mins, 1 G, 0 A

Made first start of 2012 in 1-0 loss at New York

Has made five appearances as substitute after offseason surgery to repair meniscus in left knee

2011: Started all four playoff matches and scored game-winning goal in first leg vs. PHI on 10/30

Recovered from preseason concussion in 2011 to make 9 regular-season appearances, including 4 starts

Last goal: 10/30/11 at Philadelphia (Playoffs) Last assist: 10/21/07 vs. LA Galaxy (w. CHI) Last start: 5/9/12 @ New York Red Bulls Last yellow card: 11/6/11 at Kansas City (Playoffs) Last red card: 9/9/06 at Columbus (w. CHI) 4 JERMAINE TAYLOR DF 5-10 180 I Born: 1/14/85, Portland, Jamaica Age: 27 Last Club: St. George’s SC (Jamaica) – 2009-11 Other Clubs: Harbour View F.C. (Jamaica) – 2004-09 Dynamo career: Second year – 19 GP, 15 GS, 0 G, 2 A Calm, experienced defender who provides depth across backline and remains a fixture for Jamaica national team (46 caps). 2012 MLS: 6 GP, 5 GS, 471 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2011 MLS: 13 GP, 10 GS, 925 mins, 0 G, 1 A

Recorded first assist of season with excellent cross from flank on Will Bruin’s first goal at D.C. on 4/28

In 2011, made 13 appearances (10 starts), and notched one assist while missing time due to injury and national team duty

Last start: 5/9/12 at Columbus Last goal: None in MLS Last assist: 9/14/11 at Columbus Last yellow card: 9/14/11 at Columbus 5 WARREN CREAVALLE DF 6-0 165 Born: 8/14/90, Brooklyn, NY Age: 21 Last Club: University of Central Florida ROOKIE Acquired: Selected by Houston in second round of 2012 SuperDraft (No.37 overall) Predominately a defensive midfielder in college, has begun transition to right back with Houston 2012 Reserves: 4 GP, 4 GS, 360 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Rookie has played 90 minutes in all four Reserve League games

Played at Furman University (2008-09) and University of Central Florida (2010-11)

Scored 8 goals and added 10 assists in 73 career collegiate games

Two-time All-Conference USA First Team (2010, ’11) Two-time All-Southern Conference Second Team

(2008, ’09) Played for U.S. U-20 national team on a tour of

Spain against Real Madrid, Atletico Marid, and Rayo Vallecano (2008)

6 NATHAN STURGIS M/D 5-10 150 Born: 7/6/87, Boca Raton, FL Age: 24 Last Club: Toronto FC (2011) Other Clubs: Seattle (2009-10), Real Salt Lake (2007-08), LA Galaxy (2006-07) College: Clemson University Dynamo career: 2012 debut *Traded from Toronto FC in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2012 SuperDraft on 12/29/11. Versatile player who can fill roles in midfield and defense, while offering both experience and youth to new club.

2012 MLS: 2 GP, 1 GS, 74 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 2 GP, 2 GS, 180 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 14 GP, 11 GS, 953 mins, 0 G,0 A

Made Dynamo starting debut in 1-1 draw at Chicago

Played 90 minutes in 1-0 Reserves win vs. Colorado on 3/13 and 3-0 win at Sporting KC on 3/27

2011: Appeared in 14 games for Toronto FC, starting 11. Led club with 31 corner kicks

2010: Appeared in 20 games for Seattle, starting 16. Last start: 4/15/12 at Chicago Last goal: 9/18/10 at Columbus (only career goal) Last assist: 10/2/10 vs Toronto FC Last yellow card: 3/19/11 at Vancouver Last red card: Never in MLS 7 COLIN CLARK MF 6-0 180 Born: 4/11/84, Fort Collins, CO Age: 28 Last Club: Colorado Rapids (2006-10) College: Southern Methodist University Dynamo career: Third year – 33 GP, 20 GS, 4 G, 3 A Tricky, technical attacking midfielder acquired from Colorado in 2010. United States international (1 cap). 2012 MLS: 4 GP, 3 GS, 279 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 29 GP, 17 GS, 1,486 mins, 4 G, 3 A

Played final 17 minutes at New York on Wednesday

Missed three matches (4/15 at Chicago, 4/21 at Columbus and 4/28 at DC United) due to suspension.

Started first three games of regular season

2011: Returned from 2010 ACL injury and made first MLS appearance for Houston on 4/10/11

Last goal: 10/1/11 vs. Chicago Last assist: 8/14/11 vs. Portland Last start: 3/23/12 @ Seattle Last yellow card: 7/3/11 at Colorado Last red card: 7/16/11 vs. Kansas City

8 KOFI SARKODIE DF 5-8 165 GA Born: 3/22/91, Dayton, OH Age: 21 Last Club: University of Akron Dynamo career: Second year – 8 GP, 7 GS, 0 G, 0 A Dynamic outside defender who likes to attack. Selected by Dynamo with No. 7 pick of 2011 MLS SuperDraft. United States U-23 international. 2012 MLS: 1 GP, 0 GS, 8 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 2 GP, 2 GS, 180 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 7 GP, 7 GS, 582 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Made 2012 debut as late sub in 3-2 loss at D.C. on 4/28

Played 90 minutes in Reserve League games at Chicago and FC Dallas

Played 90 minutes in two of three games for the U.S. U-23 team in the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying, starting games vs. Cuba and El Salvador

Played 90 minutes in US U-23s 2-0 win over rival Mexico in friendly in Frisco, Texas on Feb. 29.

Started in 1-1 tie at SEA on 3/25/11, becoming youngest Dynamo player to start an MLS match at age 20 years, 3 days

Last appearance: 4/28/12 at D.C. United Last start: 7/23/11 at Chivas USA Last yellow card: 6/25/11 at D.C. United Last red card: 5/28/11 vs. FC Dallas Last goal: never in MLS Last assist: never in MLS 9 MACOUMBA KANDJI FW 6-4 175 Born: 8/2/85, Dakar, Senegal Age: 26 Last Club: Colorado Rapids - 2010-11 Other Clubs: N.Y. Red Bulls – 2008-10 College: Georgia Military College Dynamo career: 2012 debut *Traded from Colorado in exchange for a conditional draft pick on 2/8/12. A tall, quick, athletic forward, who has can play both the outside mid and forward positions.

2012 MLS: 4 GP, 1 GS, 92 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 4 GP, 4 GS, 360 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 9 GP, 1 GS, 123 mins, 0 G, 0 A Made first start since 9/9/11 at New York on

Wednesday, playing 73 minutes in 1-0 defeat. Has played 90 minutes in 4 Reserve League games. 2011: Appeared in nine games (one start) for

Colorado ... Playoffs: Made three appearances off the bench and totaled 102 minutes

Last goal: 4/3/10 @Seattle (w/ NY) Last assist: 9/29/10 vs. Philadelphia (2) (w/ COL) Last start: 5/9/12 @ New Yorkj Last 2-goal game: 10/24/09 vs. Toronto (only in MLS) Last yellow card: 4/3/10 @ Seattle (w/ NY) Last red card: never in MLS 10 JE-VAUGHN WATSON MF 6-1 175 I Born: 10/22/83, St. Catherine, Jamaica Age: 28 Last Club: Sporting Central (Jamaica) – 2005-11 Other Clubs: None Dynamo career: Second year – 28 GP, 17 GS, 1 G, 2 A Energetic player who can play a variety of roles in midfield. Jamaica international (15 caps). 2012 MLS: 6 GP, 6 GS, 451 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 22 GP, 11 GS, 1,163 mins, 1 G, 2 A

Did not play at New York on Wednesday after starting first six games of season

Started six consecutive games to begin 2012 for his longest starting streak in his MLS career

Scored goal and had two assists for Jamaica in pair of February friendlies vs. Cuba and New Zealand

Acquired in April 2011 and made Dynamo debut as substitute in 1-1 tie at CHI on 4/23

Last goal: 9/14/11 at Columbus Last assist: 5/7/11 at Toronto FC Last yellow card: 10/14/11 at Portland Last red card: 7/23/11 at Chivas USA

11 BRAD DAVIS MF 5-11 175 Born: 11/8/81, St. Charles, MO Age: 30 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (2005) Other Clubs: Dallas Burn - 2003-04, New York - 2002 College: Saint Louis University Dynamo career: Seventh year – 164 GP, 149 GS, 22 G, 62 A Original Dynamo player, 4-time MLS All-Star and winner of last three team MVP awards. Club's all-time leader in games, starts, and assists, the midfielder recorded 16 assists in 2011 and finished as MLS MVP runner-up and named to MLS Bext XI. United States international (5 caps) 2012 MLS: 5 GP, 4 GS, 1 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 34 GS, 2,892 mins, 4 G, 16 A

Returned to action on 4/28 at D.C. after missing two games with left calf strain

Did not play at Chicago on 4/15 due to left calf strain, breaking a streak of 45 consecutive regular season games started.

Scored game-winning penalty (14’) in 1-0 win @ San Jose on 3/17

2011: Assisted two of three Houston goals in playoff series vs. PHI with free kick deliveries

League MVP runner up after leading MLS with 16 assists

40 assists over last three seasons (16, 12, 12)

Named to MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week on seven different occasions, tied for the most in MLS

Started every regular-season match for the first time in his career

Assisted on three Dynamo goals in 3-1 win vs. VAN on 4/10, the first three-assist game of his career

Last start: 5/9/12 @ New York Last goal: 3/17/12 @ San Jose (penalty) Last goal (non-penalty): 7/16/11 vs. Kansas City (free kick) Last assist: 11/3/11 vs. Philadelphia (Playoffs) Last yellow card: 3/23/12 @ Seattle Last red card: 8/30/09 at Colorado

12 WILL BRUIN FW 6-2 194 GA Born: 10/24/89, St. Louis, MO Age: 22 Last Club: Indiana University Dynamo career: Second year – 32 GP, 27 GS, 9 G, 2 A Forward saw significant playing time after being selected in the first round (No. 11) of 2011 MLS SuperDraft. 2012 MLS: 7 GP, 6 GS, 509 mins, 4 G, 1 A 2011 MLS: 25 GP, 21 GS, 1,693 mins, 5 G, 1 A

Scored in three consecutive games (4 goals total) from 4/15 to 4/28. It was the fifth time a Dynamo player has scored in three consecutive games (Ching 2006, 2008; Joseph Ngwenya 2007; Stuart Holden 2009)

Scored two goals on 4/28 at D.C. for his first multi-goal game since hat trick vs. D.C. on 4/29/11

Named to MLS Team of Week two consecutive weeks after 2 goals at D.C. United and goal and assist in 2-2 draw at Columbus

Scored first goal since 9/17/11 at San Jose with opening goal in of 1-1 draw at Chicago on 4/15

2011: Scored five goals to tie for lead among MLS rookies while appearing in club-rookie-record 25 games

Became fifth player and first rookie in Dynamo history to score a hat trick in 4-1 win vs. DC on 4/29 ... In the process, became second-youngest player in MLS history and fourth MLS rookie to ever score three goals in a game

Last goal: 4/28/12 at D.C. (2) Last assist: 4/21/12 at Columbus Last hat trick: 4/29/11 vs. DC (only in MLS) Last yellow card: 5/14/11 at Real Salt Lake Last red card: Never in MLS 14 COLIN ROLFE FW 6-0 175 Born: 2/15/90, Spokane, WA Age: 22 Last Club: University of Louisville ROOKIE Acquired: Selected by Houston in first round of 2012 MLS SuperDraft (No. 18 overall)

Hard-nosed forward, drafted by the Dynamo with the No. 18 overall selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. 2012 Reserves: 4 GP, 1 GS, 152 mins, 1 G, 1 A Has been productive off the bench in three Reserve

League games, scoring goal in 3-0 win at Sporting Kansas City on 3/27 and recording assist on winner at FC Dallas on 4/10.

Named a finalist for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy as the nation’s top player in 2010

Appeared in 87 career games, with 79 starts, and finished with 33 goals and 21 assists

Finished senior campaign in 2011 with nine goals and 10 assists in 23 games

15 CAM WEAVER FW 6-4 195 Born: 6/10/83, Tacoma, WA Age: 28 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (2009) Other Clubs: FK Haugesund (Norway) – 2007-2009; Seattle Sounders (USL1) - 2006 College: Seattle University Dynamo career: Fourth year – 53 GP, 30 GS, 10 G, 3 A Towering target forward who missed end of 2011 season with hip injury 2012 MLS: 3 GP, 1 GS, 90 MINS, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 4 GP, 4 GS, 335 mins, 2 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 28 GP, 16 GS, 1,611 mins, 4 G, 1 A

Made first start since 9/14/11 in 1-0 loss at New York on Wednesday

Made season debut as substitute in 1-0 win at San Jose on 3/17 for first appearance since 9/17/11.

2012 Reserves: Scored game-winning goals in 1-0 win at FC Dallas on April 10 and 3-0 win at Sporting Kansas City on 3/27

Missed 2011 playoffs following October surgery to repair torn labrum in hip

Scored four goals in 2011 to tie an MLS career high and added an assist … Four goals came in first 13 games; he played rest of year with labrum injury

Last start: 5/9/11 @ New York Last goal: 5/28/11 vs. FC Dallas Last assist: 5/28/11 vs. FC Dallas

Last two-goal game: 6/13/09 @ FC Dallas Last yellow card: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last red card: 10/4/09 vs. Kansas City Last hat trick: Never in MLS 16 ADAM MOFFAT MF 6-0 175 Born: 5/15/86, Glasgow, Scotland Age: 25 Last Club: Portland (2011) Other Clubs: Columbus – 2007-10, Cleveland City Stars – 2007 (USL2); Elgin City – 2006-07 (Scotland); Ross County – 2005-06 (Scotland) Dynamo career: Second year – 19 GP, 18 GS, 2 G, 3 A Tenacious two-way midfielder acquired in July 2011 trade with Portland in exchange for Lovel Palmer and Mike Chabala. 2012 MLS: 6 GP, 6 GS, 540 mins, 0 G, 2 A 2011 MLS: 13 GP, 12 GS, 1,103 mins, 2 G, 1 A (HOU only)

Assist from corner kick on Bruin’s opening goal in 2-2 draw at Columbus on 4/21

Earned assist on Andre Hainault’s stoppage-time winner at Chivas USA on 3/11/12

2011: Played every minute of 2011 playoffs

Key acquisition via trade helped Dynamo go 6-2-4 in his 12 starts while scoring two spectacular long-range goals and adding one assist

Had been limited to four games and 100 minutes in league play with Portland

Scored spectacular goal from nearly 40 yards out to key 2-1 win vs. POR on 8/14/11 ... Strike against his former club was voted MLS Goal of the Week

Last goal: 10/23/11 vs. LA Galaxy Last assist: 4/21/12 at Columbus Last yellow card: 3/23/12 at Seattle Last red card: 8/17/11 at New England Last two-goal game: Never in MLS

17 LUIZ CAMARGO MF 5-8 172 I Born: 5/24/87, Vinheda, Brazil Age: 25 Last Club: Paraná Clube 2009-11 (Brazil Serie B) Other Clubs: Mogi Mirim 2009 (Brazil) Dynamo career: Second year – 12 GP, 10 GS, 0 G, 2 A Skilled, hard-tackling midfielder acquired in August 2011 2012 MLS: 5 GP, 4 GS, 322 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 7 GP, 6 GS, 515 mins, 0 G, 2 A

Started and played 56 minutes at New York on Wednesday

Played 90 minutes at D.C. and Columbus

Made first start of season at Chicago on 4/15, playing first 63 minutes

2011: Played every minute of all four playoff games

Key player in Houston's late surge, appearing in the last seven games and contributing two assists, while helping Houston go 4-0-2 in his six starts

Set up game-clinching goal late in 2-0 win at KC on 11/6, playing long through ball to Carlo Costly

Last assist: 11/6/11 at Kansas City (Playoffs) Last yellow card: 11/6/11 at Kansas City (Playoffs) Last MLS goal: None 18 JOSUE SOTO MF 5-9 160 HG Born: 1/3/89, Fort Worth, TX Age: 23 Last Club: Dynamo Academy College: Southern Methodist University Dynamo career – Second year Steady midfielder and home-grown product signed in Jan. 2011 after completing collegiate career at SMU. LOAN: Currently on loan to the San Antonio Scorpions of the North American Soccer League (NASL). 2012 Reserves: 3 GP, 1 GS, 179 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2011 Reserves: 10 GS, 873 mins, 0 G, 2 A

2011: Rookie did not appear in a competitive match

Made first professional appearance in 2-0 Dynamo Charities Cup loss vs. Bolton Wanderers on 7/20/11

Reserves: One of two players to start all 10 matches for Dynamo Reserves, mostly in midfield but also at left back, contributing two assists

Born in Fort Worth but moved to Monterrey, Mexico at the age of 1

19 ALEX DIXON MF 5-8 150 HG Born: 2/7/90, Bay City, TX Age: 22 Last Club: Dynamo Academy College: University of North Carolina Dynamo career: Second year – 8 GP, 0 GS, 1 G, 0 A Talented attacking player and home-grown product signed after three years at North Carolina. 2012 MLS: 1 GP, 0 GS, 34 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2012 Reserves: 4 GP, 4 GS, 332 mins, 1 G, 2 A 2011 MLS: 7 GP, 84 mins, 1 G, 0 A

Made 2012 MLS debut on Wednesday at New York Tallied goal and two assists in 3-0 Reserve League

win at Sporting Kansas City on 3/27 Has started all four Reserve League games. 2011: Made seven substitute appearances in league

play and scored one goal in his rookie season

Came on as sub and scored dramatic game-winning goal, his first as a professional, late in stoppage time in 3-2 win vs. RSL on 8/20/11, curling in left-footed shot from top of box

Last appearance: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake Last start: 4/6/11 vs. Sporting KC (USOC) Last goal: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake (first MLS goal) 20 GEOFF CAMERON MF 6-3 185 Born: 7/11/85, Attleboro, MA Age: 26 Last Club: University of Rhode Island Dynamo career: Fifth year – 108 GP, 92 GS, 11 G, 13 A Versatile player is an emerging star who rebounded from 2010 injury to be key defender in 2011. United States international (3 caps) 2012 MLS: 7 GP, 7 GS, 606 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 33 GS, 2,970 mins, 5 G, 5 A

Has started and played full time in 37 consecutive matches (playoffs included) (3,306 minutes), the most among Dynamo field players

2011: Won Dynamo Golden Boot with a career-high five goals (tied for team lead) and five assists (Golden Boot tiebreaker)

Started for US men’s national team in January friendlies with Venezuela and Panama. Part of US team which beat Italy 1-0 in Genoa in February.

Named MLS All-Star in 2011 for second time in three seasons and played 52 minutes at center back

Last goal: 9/24/11 at FC Dallas Last assist: 9/14/11 at Columbus Last yellow card: 3/17/11 at San Jose Last red card: 10/10/10 vs. New England Last two-goal game: (Never in MLS) 22 BRIAN OWNBY MF 6-0 160 Born: 7/16/90, Glen Allen, VA Age: 21 Last Club: University of Virginia ROOKIE Acquired: Selected by Houston in first round of 2012 Supplemental draft (No. 7 overall) Hard-working outside midfielder who can run at opponents and offers pace on the right flank. 2012 Reserves: 3 GP, 2 GS, 101 mins, 1 G, 0 A

Suffered left elbow dislocation in Reserve League game at Chicago on 4/16

Scored winning goal in 80th minute of 1-0 win Colorado Rapids on 3/13. Came off bench and buried the rebound of Jermaine Taylor’s shot.

Played four years at the University of Virginia (2008-11) Scored 19 goals and added 10 assists in 72 games 2011 All-ACC Second Team and NSCAA All-South

Atlantic Region Third Team Played for USA at FIFA U-20 World Cup (scored

one goal in group stage match against Cameroon) 2007 Virginia High School Player of the Year

24 TYLER DERIC GK 6-3 195 HG Born: 8/30/88, Houston, TX Age: 23 Last Club: Dynamo Academy College: North Carolina Dynamo career: Fourth year – 2 GP, 2 GS

First ever Academy product; served as No. 2 goalkeeper in 2011 after strong outings in 2010. 2012 Reserves: 4 GS, 360 mins, 0.25 GAA, 3 shutouts, 3-1-0 2011 Reserves: 10 GS, 900 mins, 1.10 GAA, 6 shutouts, 6-4-0

Started and recorded shutouts in all three Reserve League wins – 1-0 at FC Dallas on Tuesday, 3-0 win at Sporting Kansas City on 3/27 and 1-0 vs. Colorado on 3/13.

Has now recorded 9 shutouts in 14 Reserve League games since start of 2011

2011: Served as Tally Hall’s backup entire season Reserves: Led MLS Reserve League with six

shutouts while playing every minute of all 10 games Last start: 4/6/11 vs. Sporting KC (USOC) Last shutout: 10/16/10 at San Jose Most saves (‘11): 4, 4/6/11 vs. Sporting KC (USOC) Most saves (Career): 5, 10/23/10 vs. Seattle 25 BRIAN CHING FW 6-1 195 Born: 5/24/78, Haleiwa, HI Age: 33 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes (2003-05) Other Clubs: LA Galaxy (2001) College: Gonzaga University Dynamo career: Seventh year – 131 GP, 116 GS, 52 G, 17 A Traded back to Houston on 2/16/11 after Montreal selected Ching in 2011 Expansion draft. Original Dynamo player and all-time leading scorer. The forward led or tied for the team lead in goals in five consecutive seasons (2007-2011) and set a franchise and personal record with 13 goals in 2008. United States international (45 caps, 11 goals). 2012 MLS: 6 GP, 6 GS, 469 mins, 1 G, 1 A 2011 MLS: 20 GP, 15 GS, 1,242 mins, 5 G, 1 A

Start against D.C. United was his 150th start in all competitions for Houston to become the fourth Dynamo player to make 150 starts

If Ching plays vs. D.C. United on Saturday it will be his 175th appearance for the Dynamo in all competitions

Scored first goal of season with 81st-minute equalizer at Columbus on 4/21

Assisted on Will Bruin’s goal at Chicago, marking his 25th assist in all competitions for Dynamo

Started opening day on 3/11 for the sixth time in seven years with Houston

2011: Was limited to 1,242 minutes in 20 appearances due to injury (hamstring, ribs, foot and adductor), the lowest minute total of his Houston career, but still tied for team lead with five goals

Ching returns to Houston among the leaders of several franchise records, including games played (fifth, 168), games started (fourth, 144), and assists (third, 24). His club-record 64 goals is twice the amount of the second player on the all-time list (Dwayne De Rosario, 32 goals)

Last goal: 4/21/12 at Columbus Last assist: 4/15/12 at Chicago Last two-goal game: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last hat trick: 8/21/10 vs. Chicago (2 in MLS career) Last yellow card: 8/21/10 vs. Chicago Last red card: 7/16/11 vs. Kansas City 26 COREY ASHE DF 5-5 154 Born: 3/14/86, Orange County, CA Age: 26 Last Club: University of North Carolina Dynamo career: Sixth year – 136 GP, 82 GS, 1 G, 12 A Career midfielder switched to left back early in 2011 season and earned MLS All-Star selection 2012 MLS: 6 GP, 6 GS, 507 mins, 0 G, 1 A 2011 MLS: 32 GP, 30 GS, 2,617 mins, 0 G, 0 A

Made his 175th appearance for the Dynamo in all at D.C. on 4/28 to become third Dynamo player to reach 175 appearances in all competitions

Earned assist on Bruin’s second goal at D.C. at 4/28

Missed San Jose game on 3/17 with strained left hamstring

2011: Began season at right midfield but became starter at left back, starting 28 games

Named MLS All-Star for the first time

Last goal: 9/22/09 vs. Árabe Unido (CCL) Last assist: 4/28/12 at D.C. United Last yellow card: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake Last red card: 8/26/09 at Árabe Unido (CCL) 28 ERICH MARSCHEIDER GK 6-3 185 Born: 1/5/93, Vienna, Austria Age: 19 Last Club: Colorado Rush Soccer Club ROOKIE Acquired: Signed with Dynamo on Feb. 22, 2012 after trial Young, hard-working goalkeeper who signed with the Dynamo midway through the 2012 preseason

Played three years of varsity soccer at Pine Creek High School (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Earned Golden Gloves honors as top goalkeeper in 2011 for Colorado Rush program

Named to the Colorada Class 5A Metro first team his junior year

31 ANDRE HAINAULT DF 6-0 180 I Born: 6/17/86, Montréal, QC, Canada Age: 25 Last Club: FK SIAD Most - 2005-08 (Czech Rep.) Other Clubs: Sparta Prague 2008 (loan), Montreal Impact - 2004-05 (USL1) Dynamo career: Fourth year – 85 GP, 82 GS, 5 G, 3 A Promising Canadian defender who can play anywhere on back line. Canada international (24 caps, 2 goals) 2012 MLS: 6 GS, 6 GP, 453 mins, 1 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 31 GS, 2,790 mins, 1 G, 0 A

Did not play at New York on Wednesday after starting first six games of season

Made his 100th Dynamo appearance in all competitions at Columbus on 4/21, becoming the 15th player to reach 100 in franchise history

Scored game-winner in the 2nd minute of stoppage time for 1-0 win at Chivas USA on 3/11/12

2011: Dynamo Defender of the Year

Played every minute of playoffs and led team with two goals

Played every minute of the first 13 games of the season, in the process setting a club record for most consecutive minutes by a field player with 2,925 (broken by Cameron in 2012)

Last goal: 3/11/12 at Chivas USA (90+2’) Last assist: 7/31/10 vs. New York Last two-goal game: Never in MLS Last yellow card: 4/21/12 at Columbus 32 BOBBY BOSWELL DF 6-2 185 Born: 3/15/83, Austin, TX Age: 29 Last Club: D.C. United (2005-07) College: Florida International University Dynamo career: Fifth year – 119 GP, 118 GS, 7 G, 2 A Backbone of the Dynamo defense since joining club in 2008. United States international (3 caps). 2012 Career: 7 GP, 7 GS, 606 mins, 0 G, 0 A 2011 MLS: 28 GP, 27 GS, 2,460 mins, 5 G, 1 A

Start at New York was his 150th Dynamo start in all competitions

Made 150th Dynamo appearance in all competitions in 2-0 loss at Seattle on 3/23

Has played full time in 17 consecutive Dynamo matches beginning on 9/14/11 at Columbus.

2011: Scored a career-high five goals to tie for the team lead, adding one assist

Last goal: 10/23/11 vs. LA Galaxy Last assist: 4/10/11 vs. Vancouver Last multi-goal game: Never in MLS Last yellow card: 9/24/11 at FC Dallas Last red card: 7/24/10 at Columbus LEGEND: GK-goalkeeper; DF-defender; MF-midfielder; FW-forward; I-international; HG-home-grown; GA-Generation adidas; USOC-U.S. Open Cup

DYNAMO GAME-BY-GAME LINEUPS Dynamo at Chivas USA – 3/11/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Corey Ashe

Colin Clark

Adam Moffat

Je‐Vaughn Watson

Brad Davis

Brian Ching (C) (Macoumba Kandji 86)

Will Bruin (Calen Carr 77)

Dynamo at San Jose Earthquakes – 3/17/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Jermaine Taylor

Colin Clark (Nathan Sturgis 82)

Adam Moffat

Je‐Vaughn Watson

Brad Davis

Will Bruin (Calen Carr 67)

Brian Ching (C) (Cam Weaver 67)

Dynamo at Seattle Sounders – 3/23/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault (Jermaine Taylor 45)

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Corey Ashe

Colin Clark

Adam Moffat

Je‐Vaughn Watson (Luiz Camargo 67)

Brad Davis

Will Bruin

Brian Ching (C) (Macoumba Kandji 76)

Dynamo at Chicago Fire – 4/15/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Jermaine Taylor

Je‐Vaughn Watson

Nathan Sturgis

Luiz Camargo (Calen Carr 63)

Corey Ashe

Will Bruin

Brian Ching (C)

Dynamo at Columbus Crew – 4/21/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Jermaine Taylor

Je‐Vaughn Watson (Calen Carr 79)

Adam Moffat

Luiz Camargo

Corey Ashe (Macoumba Kandji 91)

Will Bruin

Brian Ching (C) (Cam Weaver 84)

Dynamo at D.C. United – 4/28/12

Tally Hall

Andre Hainault (Brad Davis 72)

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Jermaine Taylor

Je‐Vaughn Watson (Calen Carr 59)

Adam Moffat

Luiz Camargo

Corey Ashe (Kofi Sarkodie 82)

Will Bruin

Brian Ching (C)

Dynamo at New York Red Bulls – 5/9/12

Tally Hall

Jermaine Taylor

Bobby Boswell

Geoff Cameron

Corey Ashe

Calen Carr

Adam Moffat

Luiz Camargo (Alex Dixon 56)

Brad Davis (C)

Cam Weaver (Will Bruin 61)

Macoumba Kandji (Colin Clark 73)

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1 Tally Hall 90G 90G 90G 66G 90G 90G 90G

3 Calen Carr 13 23 3 11 31 90M

4 Jermaine Taylor 90D 45 66D 90D 90D 90D

5 Warren Creavalle

6 Nathan Sturgis 8 66M

7 Colin Clark 90M 82M 90M 17

8 Kofi Sarkodie 8

9 Macoumba Kandji 4 14 1 73F

10 Je-Vaughn Watson 90M 90M 67M 66M 79M 59M

11 Brad Davis 90M 90M 90M 18 90M

12 Will Bruin 77F 67F 90F 66F 90F 90F 29

14 Colin Rolfe

15 Cam Weaver 23 6 61F

16 Adam Moffat 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

17 Luiz Camargo 23 63M 90M 90M 56M

18 Josue Soto

19 Alex Dixon 34

20 Geoff Cameron 90D 90D 90D 66D 90D 90D 90D

22 Brian Ownby

23 Oscar Recio

24 Tyler Deric

25 Brian Ching 86F 67F 76F 66F 84F 90F

26 Corey Ashe 90D 90D 66M 89M 82M 90D

28 Erich Marscheider

31 Andre Hainault 90D 90D 45D 66D 90D 72D

32 Bobby Boswell 90D 90D 90D 66D 90D 90D 90D

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Game log:

Game #1 03/11/2012 HOU 1 at CHV 0 W Hainault 1 (Moffat 1) 92

Game #2 03/17/2012 HOU 1 at SJ 0 W Davis 1 (penalty kick) 14

Game #3 03/23/2012 HOU 0 at SEA 2 L

Game #4 04/15/2012 HOU 1 at CHI 1 T Bruin 1 (Ching 1) 24

Game #5 04/21/2012 HOU 2 at CLB 2 T Bruin 2 (Moffat 2) 59; Ching 1 (Bruin 1) 81

Game #6 04/28/2012 HOU 2 at DC 3 L Bruin 3 (Taylor 1) 50; Bruin 4 (Ashe 1) 59

Game #7 05/09/2012 HOU 0 at NY 1 L

v (5-3-3, 18pts.) (2-2-2, 8pts.)

MAY 12, 2012 | BBVA COMPASS STADIUM | 4:30 P.M. ET | NBC SPORTS NETWORK

Santos Pontius (11GP/9GS, 6G/1A) (11GP/7GS, 5G/1A) Neal Kitchen De Rosario Cruz (4GP/1GS, 0G/0A) (9GP, 9GS, 0G/1A) (11GP/11GS, 2G/7A) (10GP/8GS, 1G/2A)

Korb Woolard McDonald Najar

(6GP/3GS, 0G/0A) (10GP/10GS, 1G/2A) (10GP/10GS, 0G/3A) (6GP/4GS, 0G/1A)

Hamid

(2GP/2GS, 0.50 GAA, 1 SO)

PROBABLE: Kurt Morsink (L foot neurectomy); Josh Wolff (L hamstring strain); Ethan White (R knee surgery) QUESTIONABLE: Dejan Jakovic (L ankle sprain) DOUBTFUL: Marcelo Saragosa (R soleus strain); Nick DeLeon (L hamstring strain) OUT: Lance Rozeboom (L ACL tear); Emiliano Dudar (L hamstring strain)

Doug Hicks (202) 587-5448 [email protected] @DCUDoug Kyle Sheldon (202) 587-5450 [email protected] @kylesheldon Ryan Tronovitch (607) 237-3865 [email protected] @RyanTronovitch Nico Fernandez (202) 587-5440 [email protected] @nicofernandezzz

2012 RECORD: 5-3-3 / (HOME: 3-1-2 AWAY: 2-2-1)

Sat. March 10 Sporting Kansas City (L 0-1) 7:30pm CSN+ Sun. March 18 at LA Galaxy (L 1-3) 7:00pm Galavision Sat. March 24 at Vancouver Whitecaps (D 0-0) 10:00pm CSN Fri. March 30 FC Dallas (W 4-1) 7:30pm NBC Sports Network Sat. April 7 Seattle Sounders FC (D 0-0) 7:30pm DirectKick, MLS Live Sat. April 14 at New England Revolution (W 2-1) 4:00pm CSN+ Wed. April 18 Montreal Impact (D 1-1) 7:30pm CSN+ Sun. April 22 New York Red Bulls (W 4-1) 6:00pm ESPN2 Sat. April 28 Houston Dynamo (W 3-2) 7:30pm CSN Wed. May 2 at San Jose Earthquakes (L 3-5) 10:30pm CSN Sat. May 5 at Toronto FC (W 2-0) 4:00pm CSN Sat. May 12 at Houston Dynamo 4:30pm NBC Sports Network Wed. May 16 Colorado Rapids 7:30pm CSN Sat. May 19 Toronto FC 7:30pm CSN Sat. May 26 New England Revolution 7:30pm DirectKick, MLS Live Sat. June 16 at Philadelphia Union 7:00pm CSN, Galavision Sun. June 24 at New York Red Bulls 7:00pm NBC Sports Network Sat. June 30 Montreal Impact 7:30pm CSN Sun. July 15 at Houston Dynamo 9:00pm CSN, Galavision Sat. July 21 at Columbus Crew 7:30pm CSN Sat. Aug. 4 Columbus Crew 7:30pm CSN Sat. Aug. 11 at Sporting Kansas City 8:30pm DirectKick, MLS Live Sun. Aug. 19 Philadelphia Union 5:00pm NBC Sports Network Wed. Aug. 22 Chicago Fire 7:30pm CSN Sat. Aug. 25 at Montreal Impact 4:00pm DirectKick, MLS Live Wed. Aug. 29 New York Red Bulls 8:00pm Galavision Sat. Sept. 1 at Real Salt Lake 9:00pm DirectKick, MLS Live Sat. Sept. 15 New England Revolution 7:30pm DirectKick, MLS Live Thu. Sept. 20 at Philadelphia Union 8:00pm ESPN2 Sun. Sept. 23 Chivas USA 7:00pm CSN, Galavision Sat. Sept. 29 at Portland Timbers 10:30pm DirectKick, MLS Live Sat. Oct. 6 at Toronto FC 1:00pm DirectKick, MLS Live Sat. Oct. 20 Columbus Crew 7:30pm DirectKick, MLS Live Sat. Oct. 27 at Chicago Fire 4:00pm NBC Sports Network

5-1-3 in last nine matches D.C. United is 5-1-3 in its last nine matches, dropping only one contest, a shootout against the first place San Jose Earthquakes. The surging Black-and-Red has picked up 18 points during the stretch and puts them alone in second place in the Eastern Conference. Last match v Houston recap D.C. United takes on Houston Dynamo on 5/12 for the second of three matches in the 2012 campaign. The two clubs last played on 4/28, with the Black-and-Red besting the Dynamo, 3-2. United’s Maicon Santos and Houston’s Will Bruin each scored braces, while defending MLS MVP Dwayne De Rosario scored his first goal of the season, continuing to haunt his former teams. Historically: D.C. United v Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo plays its first home match of the 2012 MLS season when the team welcomes D.C. United on 5/12, inaugurating the new BBVA Compass Stadium. The Orange hold a 7-4-2 series lead over the Black-and-Red, but D.C. United comes into the match having won the last match up, 3-2, on 4/28 at RFK Stadium. De Rosario leading MLS in assists Dwayne De Rosario is enjoying his role as playmaker and it shows on the stat sheets. With two more assists against San Jose in Wednesday’s 5-3 loss, De Rosario is now ranked number one in the league in assists (7), one ahead of Graham Zusi of Sporting KC. Through 10 matches in 2010 with Toronto and New York, DeRo had two goals and three assists. This year, he has two goals and seven assists. Potent attack Between the scoring machines of Maicon Santos (6 goals; fourth in the League) and Chris Pontius (5 goals; fifth in the League), and the distribution of Dwayne De Rosario (7 assists; first in the League), D.C. United’s attack has been potent as of late. The Black-and-Red lead the Eastern Conference in goals scored with 20 through 11 games, which doesn’t come as a surprise seeing that the team leads the League in shots with 160 through its first 11 games. Salihi strikes: 2 goals in 40 minutes Hamdi Salihi is on a hot streak, having scored two goals in each of United’s last two games. Salihi scored his first MLS goal in the 88th minute of the Black-and-Red’s 5-3 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes on 5/2. He notched his second goal three days and close to 3,000 miles later in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC. The Albania native played 40 minutes in those games combined, coming in as a substitute in both matches. Offensive output: 2010, 2011, and 2012 D.C. United comes into Saturday’s game having scored 20 goals through 11 games. With one more tally, the club will match its 2010 goal total, when the team scored 21 goals in 30 games. At the moment, the Black-and-Red are on pace to beat the 2011 mark of 49 goals in 34 games. Forwards Maicon Santos and Chris Pontius lead United with a combined 11 goals and Dwayne De Rosario is leading the club and the League with seven assists.

Primed for the limelight D.C. United has no problem playing on national television, winning big in their first two nationally televised contests this year. The Black-and-Red took it to FC Dallas 4-1 in a game on 3/30, presented by NBC Sports Network. Just over twenty days later, D.C. United routed the New York Red Bulls 4-1 as well on 4/22, in a game on ESPN2. The Black-and-Red are now 2-0 when on national television, scoring eight goals and only letting in two. Pontius closing out teams Chris Pontius is fast adjusting to his new position at forward, ranking fifth in the League in goals (5) second in the League with game-winning goals (3). His game winners include: a 2-1 win over the New England Revolution on 4/14, a 4-1 win over the New York Red Bulls on 4/22 and a 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5. De Rosario’s two MLS Cups with Houston Dwayne De Rosario played a significant role for the Dynamo during his stay in the Lone Star State (2006-2008). DeRo led the expansion team to the MLS Cup in 2006, and scored the fourth and decisive penalty kick in the final versus the New England Revolution to win the title. The midfielder continued his postseason success in 2007, leading Houston to its second consecutive MLS Cup. De Rosario scored the game-winning goal in the final and was named the MLS Cup MVP for the second time in his career. Cruz led 2011 Dynamo playoff run D.C. United midfielder Danny Cruz began his MLS career with the Houston Dynamo in 2009 and played there until he was signed by the Black-and-Red in January. He scored his first career MLS goal against D.C. United on May 22, 2010 and now has five goals and seven assists to his name through his short career. The 22-year-old started all four matches of the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs, including 90 minutes in the final against eventual-champion L.A. Galaxy. Familiar faces D.C. United midfielders Dwayne De Rosario and Danny Cruz, and assistant coach Pat Onstad had successful careers with Houston Dynamo. De Ro and Onstad led the club to two consecutive MLS Cups in 2006 and 2007 and will be prominently featured in the new BBVA Compass Stadium for their achievements and involvement with the club. Cruz began his MLS career with Houston, helping the team to the 2011 MLS Cup Finals. Road warriors D.C. United hopes to spoil the grand opening of BBVA Compass Stadium by continuing to do what they do best, score goals on the road. The Black-and-Red is currently ranked second in the League with eight goals on the road, with a 2-2-1 away record (trailing only San Jose with nine). In United’s last two road games, the team has buried an impressive five goals. Hamid’s return to the lineup Goalkeeper Bill Hamid returned to D.C. United’s starting XI on 5/5 for the first time since the home opener on 3/10 versus Sporting KC. Hamid left the team for Olympic duty with the U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team prior to the Black-and-Red’s matchup with the LA Galaxy on 3/18. The 21-year-old Annandale, VA native recorded a shutout in United’s last game, a 2-0 victory over Toronto FC.

DeRo targets former teams Dwayne De Rosario has a knack for punishing his former clubs. Last year’s MLS MVP has scored ten goals against former teams during his MLS career. DeRo’s tally on 5/2/12 marked his fifth goal against his first MLS club, the San Jose Earthquakes. The playmaker had previously scored two separate braces against the Quakes with both D.C. United (7/30/11) and Toronto FC (5/29/10). With a goal against Houston on Saturday, De Rosario has now scored against each of his former MLS clubs (SJ, HOU, NY, TFC) while with the Black-and-Red. Wolff’s role as player-coach If there’s one thing that helps you stand above the rest in MLS, it’s experience, and that’s why Josh Wolff is taking on the new role of player-coach with D.C. United. An MLS and U.S. Men’s National Team veteran, Wolff’s experiences all over the world, his personality, and his skills on the pitch will make him an integral part of the team this season on the field and in the locker room. Wolff signed as a player with D.C. United on December 15, 2010. Last season, Wolff started 23 of the 30 games he appeared in and logged close to 2,000 minutes, netting five goals and assisting on seven more. Turning the page Following a fourth straight season without making the post-season, Head Coach Ben Olsen and the technical staff made the difficult decision to part ways with several club veterans. Santino Quaranta (10 seasons in DC), Clyde Simms (seven seasons), Devon McTavish (six seasons), and Marc Burch (five seasons) are no longer with the team, which makes Chris Pontius (drafted in 2009) as the longest-tenured player on the team. Neal earns first start against Toronto FC Midfielder Lewis Neal notched his first start as a member of D.C. United in the team’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5, playing 45 minutes. The Black-and-Red signed the England native on 3/13/12 and has earned 60 minutes of action through four games and one start. De Rosario wins 2011 MLS MVP Dwayne De Rosario’s 2011 season was an usual one, to say the least. The 4-time MLS Cup winner started the season in Toronto, before being shipped to New York. After just a few weeks in New York, D.C. United acquired him for Dax McCarty. DeRo was motivated and went on to score 13 goals in 18 games for DC. He led MLS with 16 goals, to go along with 12 assists en route to winning his first League MVP award. DeRo signed a long-term deal with United during the offseason and may very well finish his career in DC.

United’s attack nets three against MLS’s top team In a matchup against arguably Major League Soccer’s best team, D.C. United was the first team this season to net three goals against the San Jose Earthquakes (7-1-1; 22pts.). This is the fourth game this season that the Black-and-Red has scored three or more goals. Everyone contributing to United’s potent attack Even though forwards lead on the D.C. United score sheet, the Black-and-Red’s defensive-midfield and back line have been getting in on the action. In the past three matches, one goal and seven assists have come from United’s defensive minded players. Daniel Woolard tallied two assists against Houston and scored a diving header against San Jose (3rd career goal). Brandon McDonald has tallied three assists, two coming against Toronto FC, and one coming against Houston. Andy Najar, playing as a right back, had an assist on Woolard’s goal against San Jose. Dykstra back on loan Last week, D.C. United loaned backup goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra to USL PRO side Charleston Battery until May 20, 2012. Dykstra was previously loaned to the Battery earlier in April and posted a 1-1 record while with the club, including a shutout in 180 minutes of play. Impressive history D.C. United is the most successful professional soccer team in United States history. The club has won four MLS Cups (1996, 1997, 1999, 2004), four Supporters’ Shields for putting together the best regular season record (1997, 1999, 2006, 2007), two U.S. Open Cup titles (1996, 2008) and two international trophies – the CONCACAF Champions Cup and InterAmerican Cup, both in 1998. 2011 summary Coming off the worst season in club history (6-20-4 in 2010), D.C. United made major strides in 2011. The team increased its goal output from 21 in 2010 to 49 last season. The team was in the playoff race until the final week of the season and finished with a record of 9-13-12 (39 points). Injuries to Dejan Jakovic and Chris Pontius in the same week in September saw United finish the season 1-6-2 down the stretch without both in the lineup. Ultimately, it was largely the absence of those two players that saw United miss out on the post-season for the fourth year in a row.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. DOB Hometown College_______________________ 2 Danny Cruz M 5-8 170 3-1-90 Petersburg, VA University of Nevada 3 Robbie Russell D 6-2 205 7-16-79 Amherst, MA Duke University 4 Brandon McDonald D 6-1 185 1-16-86 Phoenix, AZ University of San Francisco 5 Dejan Jakovic D 6-2 178 7-16-85 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada University of Alabama-Birmingham 6 Kurt Morsink M 5-10 160 6-27-84 San Jose, Costa Rica James Madison University 7 Dwayne De Rosario M 5-9 164 5-15-78 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada ------ 8 Branko Bošković M 6-0 172 6-21-80 Vojvodina, Montenegro ------ 9 Hamdi Salihi F 6-1 170 1-19-84 Shkoder, Albania ------ 11 Marcelo Saragosa M 6-0 175 1-22-82 Campo Grande, Brazil ------ 13 Chris Pontius M/F 6-0 168 5-12-87 Yorba Linda, CA University of California-Santa Bárbara 14 Andy Najar M 5-8 150 3-16-93 Choluteca, Honduras ------ 15 Ethan White D 6-0 183 1-1-91 Kensington, MD University of Maryland 16 Josh Wolff F 5-9 160 2-25-77 Atlanta, GA University of South Carolina 17 Conor Shanosky D/M 6-4 185 12-13-91 Sterling, VA ------ 18 Nick DeLeon M 5-10 170 7-17-90 Phoenix, AZ University of Louisville 19 Emiliano Dudar D 6-4 193 8-12-81 Buenos Aires, Argentina ------ 20 Stephen King M 5-8 153 3-6-86 Medford, NJ University of Maryland 21 Daniel Woolard D 5-10 155 5-22-84 Bedford, TX Midwestern State University 22 Chris Korb D 5-9 160 10-8-87 Gates Mills, OH University of Akron 23 Perry Kitchen M 6-0 160 2-29-92 Indianapolis, IN University of Akron 24 Lewis Neal M 5-11 155 7-14-81 Leicester, England ------ 25 Lance Rozeboom M 6-1 170 5-31-89 Walker, IA University of New Mexico 28 Bill Hamid GK 6-3 225 11-25-90 Annandale, VA ------ 29 Maicon Santos F 6-1 186 4-18-84 Paracambi, Brazil ------ 31 Joe Willis GK 6-5 190 8-10-88 St. Louis, MO University of Denver 50 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 1-2-86 Woodbridge, VA Virginia Commonwealth University

Date Transaction 1/12/2012 Nick DeLeon selected in the first round (7th overall) of MLS SuperDraft 1/17/2012 Lance Rozeboom selected in second round (26th overall) of MLS Supplemental Draft 1/17/2012 Charles Rodriguez selected in third round (45th overall) of MLS Supplemental Draft 1/17/2012 Matthew Kuhn selected in fourth round (64th overall) of MLS Supplemental Draft 1/18/2012 Maicon Santos signed 1/20/2012 Danny Cruz acquired from Houston Dynamo in exchange for partial allocation 1/25/2012 Emiliano Dudar signed 2/2/2012 Hamdi Salihi signed as Designated Player 2/3/2012 Blake Brettschneider waived 2/6/2012 Marcelo Saragosa signed 2/20/2012 Dwayne De Rosario re-signed 2/27/2012 Andrew Dykstra signed 3/2/2012 Conor Shanosky loaned to Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 3/7/2012 Lance Rozeboom signed 3/13/2012 4/24/2012

Lewis Neal signed Andrew Dykstra loaned to Charleston Battery

2 | DANNY CRUZ Cruz was traded to D.C. United in early 2012 from the Houston Dynamo, where he saw action in 20 matches, including 13 starts. Cruz is a gritty player who played a major role in the Dynamo’s road to the MLS Cup final, starting all four of the Dynamo playoff games. Last year Cruz netted two goals and assisted on three others. LAST GAME: Cruz played 90 minutes as a starter in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12. 3 | ROBBIE RUSSELL Russell is one of the few United players with an MLS Cup under his belt and will use his veteran experiences to help lead the back four. Russell enjoyed a successful 2011 season at Real Salt Lake, in which he started 22 of the 26 matches he played, netting two assists in 1,809 minutes of action LAST GAME: Russell played 90 minutes as a starter in United’s 5-3 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes on 5/2/2012. 4 | BRANDON McDONALD McDonald is a hard-nosed defender who joined D.C. United mid-season last year from the San Jose Earthquakes. Since joining United, McDonald started all 18 matches he played in and tallied a goal for United against the Vancouver Whitecaps. LAST GAME: McDonald played 90 minutes as a starter and notched two assists in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12. 5 | DEJAN JAKOVIC Jakovic, a native of Ontario, Canada, has started 56 of 57 games he has played in for the black-and-red. Jakovic is also becoming an integral part of the Canadian National Team. Jakovic was signed on 2/27/2009 from Red Star Belgrade of Serbia. LAST GAME: Jakovic played 60 minutes as a starter in United’s 2-1 win against the New England Revolution on 4/14/2012. 6 | KURT MORSINK Morsink joined United in 2009 when he was signed from the Kansas City Wizards and has now tallied over 1,600 minutes for the side. Morsink played college soccer for James Madison University and was a standout garnering honors in all four years of play. LAST GAME: Has not yet played in 2012. 7 | DWAYNE DE ROSARIO De Rosario is the reigning 2011 MLS MVP after an outstanding 2011 season that saw moves from Toronto to New York and from New York to his eventual landing spot in our nation’s capital. De Rosario was the league's leading scorer with an MLS-best 16 goals and 12 assists, 13 of them coming while playing for United in 18 games. LAST GAME: De Rosario played 90 minutes as a starter in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12.

8 | BRANKO BOSKOVIC Signed as a Designated Player on 6/14/2010, Boskovic appeared in 13 matches and started eight for D.C. in 2010. The midfielder joined United from Rapid Vienna in Austria. The 2011 season was cut short for Boskovic after an ACL tear early in the season. Boskovic is fit and ready to kick off the 2012 season. LAST GAME: Boskovic played 45 minutes as a substitute in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12. 9 | HAMDI SALIHI Salihi was signed in February of 2012 from Rapid Vienna of Austria's top division, where he was once the teammate of Branko Boskovic. Salihi, in three years with Rapid Vienna, tallied a prolific 53 goals in 90 total matches (all competitions). Salihi is already making his presence felt in D.C., scoring two goals in two games for United during his first appearances with the black-and-red in pre-season matches. LAST GAME: Salihi played 19 minutes and scored a goal in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12. 11 | MARCELO SARAGOSA Midfielder Marcelo Saragosa began his career with the youth teams at his hometown São Paulo FC in Brazil before moving to the LA Galaxy in 2004. After a brief return to São Paulo, Saragosa again joined the Galaxy in August 2005, playing four regular season games and two playoff games, helping the team win both the MLS Cup and the U.S. Open Cup. Saragosa, who signed with the club in February of 2012, will add depth and experience to the United roster. LAST GAME: Saragosa played 45 minutes in United’s 5-3 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes on 5/2/2012. 13 | CHRIS PONTIUS Pontius is currently D.C. United’s longest tenured player on the roster. After starting all 25 matches he played in during the 2011 season, Pontius suffered a broken right tibia. Pontius has made a great recovery and has seen action in United’s pre-season contests. LAST GAME: Pontius played 65 minutes and scored a goal in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12. 14 | ANDY NAJAR Najar, a product of the D.C. United Youth Academy, was signed to a Generation Adidas contract on 3/22/10 with the first team and won the 2010 MLS Rookie of the Year Award. The then 17-year-old midfielder was the second player to sign with the senior squad directly from United’s Academy, joining goalkeeper Bill Hamid. Najar has started in 50 of the 57 games he has played in and has tallied 10 goals and seven assists in two years. LAST GAME: Najar played 90 minutes as a starter in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12.

15 | ETHAN WHITE White, a native of Kensington, Maryland, was signed on 12/14/2010 after playing for the University of Maryland. Last year, White racked up close to 2,000 minutes after appearing in 24 contests with 21 starts. LAST GAME: Has not yet played in 2012. 16 | JOSH WOLFF Wolff is a U.S. Soccer veteran spending numerous years in both MLS and with the U.S. Men’s National Team. Wolff signed with D.C. United on 12/15/2010 following his selection in the MLS Re-Entry Draft. Last year with D.C. United, Wolff started 23 of the 30 games he appeared in, netting five goals and assisting on seven. Wolff has also been a consistent fixture in international competition, playing in the 2000 Olympics, and the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. LAST GAME: Wolff played 10 minutes as a substitute in United’s 0-0 tie with the Vancouver Whitecaps on 3/24/12. 18 | NICK DeLEON With the seventh overall selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, D.C. United selected University of Louisville standout midfielder Nick DeLeon. In his senior season at Louisville, DeLeon ranked second on the team in scoring with six goals and six assists, starting every match during his senior season. In addition to earning All-Great Lakes Region and All-Big East First Team honors for the second straight year, DeLeon was the only Cardinal selected to the Big East All-Tournament Team. LAST GAME: DeLeon played 90 minutes as a starter in United’s 5-3 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes on 5/2/2012. 19 | EMILIANO DUDAR Dudar, a native of Argentina, joined D.C. United on 1/25/2012 from the Swiss side BSC Young Boys and is entering his first season in Major League Soccer. In the 2009/2010 season with BSC Young Boys, Dudar was named the Swiss Golden Player as the league’s defender of the year after playing in 31 Swiss League matches (all starts) that season. LAST GAME: Dudar played all 90 minutes in United’s 4-1 win over the New York Red Bulls on 4/22/2012. 20 | STEPHEN KING King played at the University of Maryland where he started all 93 matches that he played in over a four-year career. King was drafted in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by the Chicago Fire and saw time with Seattle Sounders FC before coming to United in 2010. Since joining the black-and-red, King has been a regular in the first team squad. LAST GAME: King played 25 minutes as a substitute and dished out an assist in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12. 21 | DANIEL WOOLARD Woolard was signed on 1/6/2011 after spending time with USL side Carolina Railhawks. In 2011, he made an immediate impression and has been a consistent fixture in United’s starting 11. Woolard started all 26 games he played in last year and logged over 2,000 minutes. LAST GAME: Woolard played 90 minutes as a starter in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12.

22 | CHRIS KORB Korb began his professional career after being selected in the second round (31st overall) in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft on 1/13. The former University of Akron defender started all 12 matches that he played in for United, registering two assists in 1,020 minutes of action during the 2011 MLS season. LAST GAME: Korb played 90 minutes as a starter in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12. 23 | PERRY KITCHEN Kitchen became the only rookie in United’s 16-year history to lead the team in minutes played (2,726) during his inaugural MLS season in 2011. The 19-year-old played in 31 MLS matches (30 starts), missing only three league contests due to international duty with the U.S. U-20s. Kitchen continually proved his worth to Ben Olsen’s side last year, playing right back, center back and defensive midfield at various points during the season. LAST GAME: Kitchen played 90 minutes as a starter in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12. 24 | LEWIS NEAL Lewis Neal was acquired on 3/13 after spending the 2011 season with USL Pro side Orlando City, helping the first-year club win the league’s championship. Neal, a left footer, is a versatile player who can play anywhere through the midfield. LAST GAME: Neal played 45 minutes as a starter in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12. 25 | LANCE ROZEBOOM A versatile and hard working midfielder, Rozeboom earned his contract with United thanks to a solid preseason performance. The 22-year old was selected in the second round (26th overall) of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft from the University of New Mexico, where he finished his collegiate career with six and five assists in 78 matches (68 starts). LAST GAME: Has not yet played in 2012. 28 | BILL HAMID The first D.C. United Academy player ever to sign with the first team, Hamid solidified his position as United’s first-choice goalkeeper last season. Hamid was rewarded for his continued success with inclusion in Jurgen Klinsmann’s USMNT several times last year. The young goalkeeper earned his first cap on 1/21/12, keeping a clean sheet to help the team to a 1-0 victory over Venezuela. LAST GAME: Hamid played all 90 minutes as a starter in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12. 29 | MAICON SANTOS A physical target forward with vast experience, Santos boosts United’s attack with his outstanding technique and powerful left foot. The Brazilian striker rejoins De Rosario in D.C., after playing together for Toronto FC. Santos’s resume also includes Dallas and Chivas USA. LAST GAME: Santos played 71 minutes as a starter in United’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC on 5/5/12.

31 | JOE WILLIS A reliable back-up goalkeeper, Willis made his MLS debut last year in the 4-0 win against expansion side Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The University of Denver graduate had a memorable first outing for the Black-and-Red, recording six saves and earning his first career win and shutout. Willis played three matches (three starts) for United, registering one shutout and 12 saves in 270 minutes of action during the 2011 MLS season. LAST GAME: Willis played 90 minutes as a starter in United’s 5-3 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes on 5/2/2012.

50 | ANDREW DYKSTRA Dykstra’s hard work in preseason paid off, earning him a contract to cap off a successful trial period with United. The Woodbridge native spent the 2011 season with USL Pro team Charleston Battery, starting each of the 16 matches he played for the South Carolina side. The former Chicago Fire goalkeeper led the league with a 0.98 goals-against average and 16 goals against. LAST GAME: Has not yet played in 2012.

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# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

KC LA VAN DAL SEA NE MTL NY HOU SJ TOR

0-1 1-3 0-0 4-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 4-1 3-2 3-5 2-0

2 Danny Cruz 16 90M 76M 59M 90M 18 90M 65M 69M 90M

3 Robbie Russell 90D 90D 90D 90D 74D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

4 Brandon McDonald 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

5 Dejan Jakovic 90D 45D 90D 60D

6 Kurt Morsink

7 Dwayne De Rosario 90F 90F 90M 84M 90M 90M 90F 66M 90M 90M 90M

8 Branko Boskovic 66M 29 28 23 18 60M 45

9 Hamdi Salihi 80F 80F 67F 72F 65F 15 21 19

11 Marcelo Saragosa 90M 90M 46 45M

13 Chris Pontius 74M 74M 33 14 31 11 90F 87F 83F 90F 65F

14 Andy Najar 90M 90M 72M 25 45 90D

15 Ethan White

16 Josh Wolff 24 10 25

17 Conor Shanosky

18 Nick DeLeon 16 57M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

19 Emiliano Dudar 45 90D 90D 90D 90D 44D

20 Stephen King 61M 6 24 25

21 Daniel Woolard 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 85D 90D 90D 76D 90D

22 Chris Korb 90D 16 30 90D 14 90D

23 Perry Kitchen 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D 90M

24 Lewis Neal 5 3 7 45M

25 Lance Rozeboom

28 Bill Hamid 90G 90G

29 Maicon Santos 10 90F 62F 90F 90F 79F 30 75F 90F 90F 71F

31 Joe Willis 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

50 Andrew Dykstra

"00" = minutes played

F/M/D/G = starting position

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Game log:

Game #1 03/10/2012 DC 0 vs KC 1 L

Game #2 03/18/2012 DC 1 at LA 3 L DeLeon 1 (Saragosa 1) 87

Game #3 03/24/2012 DC 0 at VAN 0 T

Game #4 03/30/2012 DC 4 vs DAL 1 W Maicon Santos 1 (De Rosario 1) 28; DeLeon 2 (Maicon Santos 1) 60; Cruz 1 (DeLeon 1) 66;

Maicon Santos 2 (De Rosario 2, Cruz 1) 73

Game #5 04/07/2012 DC 0 vs SEA 0 T

Game #6 04/14/2012 DC 2 at NE 1 W Maicon Santos 3 (De Rosario 3, DeLeon 2) 19; Pontius 1 (DeLeon 3) 82

Game #7 04/18/2012 DC 1 vs MTL 1 T Maicon Santos 4 (Kitchen 1) 72

Game #8 04/22/2012 DC 4 vs NY 1 W Pontius 2 (unassisted) 8; Pontius 3 (unassisted) 32; DeLeon 3 (De Rosario 4) 36; Pontius 4 (unassisted) 69

Game #9 04/28/2012 DC 3 vs HOU 2 W Maicon Santos 5 (Pontius 1, McDonald 1) 11; De Rosario 1 (Woolard 1) 54; Maicon Santos 6 (Woolard 2, De Rosario 5) 70

Game #10 05/02/2012 DC 3 at SJ 5 L De Rosario 2 (Cruz 2) 8; Woolard 1 (Najar 1, De Rosario 6) 64; Salihi 1 (De Rosario 7) 88

Game #11 05/05/2012 DC 2 at TOR 0 W Pontius 5 (McDonald 2) 55; Salihi 2 (McDonald 3, King 1) 75

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