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The Texas derby is a soccer rivalry (derby) between the Houston Dynamo FC and FC Dallas, recognizing the best club in the state for the season until 2021 when Austin FC joined MLS. The two squads play a series of games with the series winner taking home El Capitán, a replica 18th century mountain howitzer cannon. Through the 2024 season, FC Dallas leads the series, 11–8.

Quick Facts Location, First meeting ...
Texas Derby
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FC Dallas
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Houston Dynamo FC
LocationTexas
First meetingMay 6, 2006
MLS regular season
Houston 4–3 Dallas
Latest meetingMay 18, 2024
MLS regular season
Houston 1–1 Dallas
Stadiums
Statistics
Meetings total54
All-time recordDallas: 19
Drawn: 20
Houston: 15
All-time seriesDallas leads 11–8
Largest victoryHouston 5–0 Dallas
Major League Soccer
(March 12, 2016)
Longest win streak7 (Dallas, 2013–2015)
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The Houston Dynamo clinched the 2006 series with a win on August 12, 2006, and the 2007 series with a win on August 19, 2007. FC Dallas claimed the 2008 series on the away goals rule, after having tied with Dynamo in all three games played that season. The away goals rule is no longer used as a tiebreaker.

Both the 2016 and 2017 series were tied, the first since 2008 and the first since the tiebreaker rules were changed. Houston won the 2016 series on goal differential. The tiebreakers couldn't separate the teams in 2017 so Houston retained El Capitán. Dallas won the 2019 series on goal differential and the 2023 series on the final tiebreaker (holders retain) as both matches ended in a draw.

Tiebreakers

Only MLS regular season matches are used to determine the winner of El Capitán, unless the season series is tied. If the series is tied, the tiebreakers are as follows:

1goal differential in MLS regular season matches between the two teams
2MLS Cup Playoffs – winner of match/series (if applicable)
3CONCACAF Champions League – winner of series (if applicable)
4U.S. Open Cup – winner of match (if applicable)
5holders retain El Capitán

Series results

El Capitán winners

More information Year, Winners ...
Year Winners Record
2006Houston Dynamo2–1–1
2007Houston Dynamo3–0–1
2008FC Dallas0–0–3[note 1]
2009Houston Dynamo2–1
2010FC Dallas1–0–1
2011Houston Dynamo1–0–1
2012Houston Dynamo1–0
2013FC Dallas1–0
2014FC Dallas1–0
2015FC Dallas3–0
2016Houston Dynamo1–1–1[note 2]
2017Houston Dynamo0–0–3[note 3]
2018FC Dallas1–0–2
2019FC Dallas1–1[note 4]
2020FC Dallas2–1–1
2021Houston Dynamo1–0–2
2022FC Dallas1–0–1
2023FC Dallas0–0–2[note 5]
2024FC Dallas1–0–1
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All-time record

As of May 18, 2024
More information Competition, Played ...
CompetitionPlayedHouston Dynamo winsHouston Dynamo goalsDrawnFC Dallas winsFC Dallas goals
MLS regular season 481365201574
MLS Cup Playoffs 214012
U.S. Open Cup 415037
Total541574201983
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Game history

More information Date (M/D/Y), Competition ...
Date (M/D/Y)CompetitionHouston Dynamo
scorers		ScoreFC Dallas
scorers		VenueAttendanceRef.
5/6/06 MLS Clark 31', Ching 35', De Rosario 45', 67' 4–3 Ruiz 60', Núñez 61', Moor 76' Robertson Stadium 21,448 [1]
5/13/06 MLS Goodson 81 (o.g.) 1–1 Ruiz 19' Pizza Hut Park 12,756 [2]
8/12/06 MLS Waibel 37' 1–0 Robertson Stadium 10,964 [3]
8/23/06 U.S. Open Cup Robinson 13', Moreno 57' Wondowlowski 61' 3–0 Carl Lewis Stadium 4,000 [4]
9/2/06 MLS 0–1 Álvarez 86' Pizza Hut Park 14,316 [5]
6/3/07 MLS Clark 51', Ngwenya 66' 2–1Thompson 32' Robertson Stadium 13,199 [6]
6/30/07 MLS 0–0 Pizza Hut Park 13,887 [7]
8/19/07 MLS Ching 42' 1–0 Robertson Stadium 19,501 [8]
9/30/07 MLS De Rosario 45+1', Robinson 62', Holden 84' 3–0 Pizza Hut Park 17,366 [9]
10/27/07 MLS Cup Playoffs 0–1 Goodson 23' Pizza Hut Park 12,537 [10]
11/2/07 MLS Cup Playoffs Holden 67', Ching 72', 97', Davis 100' 4–1
(a.e.t.)		 Ruiz 14' Robertson Stadium 30,088 [11]
4/6/08 MLS Caraccio 22', Ching 56', Cameron 90+2' 3–3 Cooper 35', 45', Álvarez 58' Robertson Stadium 20,102 [12]
5/28/08 MLS Ashe 56', De Rosario 90+3' 2–2 Cooper 34', Moor 61" Pizza Hut Park 8,541 [13]
6/26/08 MLS Ching 21' 1–1 Cooper 62' Robertson Stadium 16,933 [14]
5/9/09 MLS Kamara 58' 1–0 Robertson Stadium 16,932 [15]
6/13/09 MLS Weaver 12', 63', Mulrooney 37' 3–1 Moor 67' Pizza Hut Park 8,580 [16]
8/6/09 MLS 0–1 Cunningham 20' Pizza Hut Park 7,442 [17]
3/27/10 MLS Chabala 36' 1–1 Harris 38' Pizza Hut Park 8,018 [18]
5/5/10 MLS 0–1 Ihemelu 78' Robertson Stadium 13,231 [19]
5/28/11 MLS Weaver 42', Clark 87' 2–2 Jacobson 27', ihemelu 70' Robertson Stadium 16,709 [20]
9/24/11 MLS Cameron 87' 1–0 Pizza Hut Park 10,849 [21]
6/16/12 MLS Bruin 3', Moffat 76' 2–1 Jackson 59' BBVA Compass Stadium 22,039 [22]
3/17/13 MLS Driver 79', Davis 83' 2–3 John 34', Jacobson 36', Cooper 90' FC Dallas Stadium 15,623 [23]
6/12/13 U.S. Open Cup 0–3 Cooper 37', 59', Loyd 76' FC Dallas Stadium 4,000 [24]
4/5/14 MLS Clark 41' 1–4 Michel 31'(pen.), Watson 67', 70', Barnes 68'(o.g.) BBVA Compass Stadium 22,202 [25]
6/24/14 U.S. Open Cup Barnes 43' (pen.), Cummings 62' 2–3
(a.e.t.)		 Castillo 35', Escobar 60', Akindele 99' BBVA Compass Stadium 2,083 [26]
5/1/15 MLS Barnes 32' 1–4 Hollingshead 9', Texiera 21' Díaz 52', Castillo 55' BBVA Compass Stadium 19,975 [27]
6/26/15 MLS 0–2 Taylor 37' (o.g.), Castillo 42' Toyota Stadium 15,037 [28]
10/4/15 MLS Clark 36' 1–4 Díaz 24' (pen.), Texiera 51', 90+3', Acosta 53' Toyota Stadium 11,000 [29]
3/12/16 MLS Horst 6', Hedges 13' (o.g.), Clark 23', Wenger 27', Bruin 85' 5–0 BBVA Compass Stadium 21,601 [30]
6/2/16 MLS Clark 51' 1–1 Hollingshead 23' Toyota Stadium 13,457 [31]
7/20/16 U.S. Open Cup 0–1 Castillo 90+1' BBVA Compass Stadium 10,150 [32]
8/27/16 MLS Alex 19' 1–3 Díaz 59' (pen.), Barrios 60', 79' BBVA Compass Stadium 18,769 [33]
5/28/17 MLS 0–0 Toyota Stadium 15,055 [34]
6/23/17 MLS Torres 19' 1–1 Urruti 59' BBVA Compass Stadium 22,115 [35]
8/23/17 MLS Sánchez 1', Torres 71', 86' 3–3 Akindele 45', Figueroa 45+2', Urruti 51' Toyota Stadium 13,339 [36]
7/21/18 MLS Manotas 8' 1–1 Hedges 1' BBVA Compass Stadium 19,295 [37]
8/23/18 MLS Peña 88' 1–1 Barrios 83' BBVA Compass Stadium 16,544 [38]
9/1/18 MLS Manotas 53', Elis 72' (pen.) 2–4 Barrios 10', Mosquera 48', 51',
Ziegler 58' (pen.)		 Toyota Stadium 16,835 [39]
5/4/19 MLS Manotas 20' (pen.), 58' 2–1 Badji 87' BBVA Compass Stadium 16,521 [40]
8/25/19 MLS Rodriguez 80' 1–5 Ziegler 24' (pen.), Ferreira 29',
Ondrášek 56', 64', Barrios 90+6'		 Toyota Stadium 15,452 [41]
8/21/20 MLS 0–0 BBVA Stadium 0 [a] [42]
9/12/20 MLS Rodríguez 41' 1–2 Ricaurte 28', Jara 61' Toyota Stadium 222 [b] [43]
10/7/20 MLS Quintero 20', Cerén 83' (pen.) 2–0 BBVA Stadium 1,582 [44]
10/31/20 MLS 0–3 Jara 19', Picault 27', 90+3' Toyota Stadium 4,028 [45]
5/8/21 MLS Picault 34' 1–1 Obrian 42' Toyota Stadium 8,749 [46]
8/21/21 MLS Picault 25' (pen.), Vera 72' 2–2 Tafari 54', Pepi 58' BBVA Stadium 13,548 [47]
9/18/21 MLS Dorsey 5', Picault 20', Quintero 59' (pen.) 3–2 Obrian 86', 90+4' BBVA Stadium 12,353 [48]
4/23/22 MLS Ferreira 33' 1–2 Ntsabeleng 87', Quignón 90+3' Toyota Stadium 15,792 [49]
7/9/22 MLS Úlfarsson 69', Hadebe 90+11' 2–2 Hedges 27', Ferreira 90+3' PNC Stadium 21,284 [50]
5/20/23 MLS Úlfarsson 85' 1–1 Obrian 53' Toyota Stadium 19,096 [51]
9/30/23 MLS 0–0 Shell Energy Stadium 18,175 [52]
4/27/24 MLS 0–2 Musa 55', Ibeagha 80' Toyota Stadium 19,096 [53]
5/18/24 MLS Bassi 45+6' 1–1 Musa 69' Shell Energy Stadium 19,284 [54]
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  1. no fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
  2. limited capacity due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions

Top scorers

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All-time series leading scorer Brian Ching
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FC Dallas' all-time leading scorer in Texas Derbies, Kenny Cooper
As of May 18, 2024

Bold indicates a player who is still on a FC Dallas or Houston Dynamo roster.

More information Rank, Player ...
RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 United States Brian Ching Houston 6
United States Ricardo Clark Houston
3 Colombia Michael Barrios Dallas 5
United States Kenny Cooper Dallas
United States Fafa Picault Houston
6 Colombia Fabián Castillo Dallas 4
Canada Dwayne De Rosario Houston
Colombia Mauro Manotas Houston
Colombia Jáder Obrian Dallas
10 Argentina Mauro Díaz Dallas 3
United States Matt Hedges Dallas
United States Drew Moor Dallas
Guatemala Carlos Ruiz Dallas
Uruguay David Texeira Dallas
Mexico Cubo Torres Houston
United States Cam Weaver Houston
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Clean sheets

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All-time series leader in shutouts, Pat Onstad
As of May 18, 2024

Bold indicates a player who is still on a FC Dallas or Houston Dynamo roster.

More information Rank, Player ...
RankPlayerTeamShutouts
1 Canada Pat Onstad Houston 5
2 Argentina Dario Sala Dallas 4
3 United States Jimmy Maurer Dallas 2
Indonesia Maarten Paes Dallas
United States Chris Seitz Dallas
5 United States Steve Clark Houston 1
United States Tyler Deric Houston
United States Jesse González Dallas
United States Tally Hall Houston
United States Kevin Hartman Dallas
United States Dan Kennedy Dallas
Croatia Marko Marić Houston
United States Zach Wells Houston
United States Joe Willis Houston
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Players who have played for both clubs

As of April 27, 2024

Bold indicates a player who is still on a FC Dallas or Houston Dynamo roster.

More information Name, Position ...
Name Position Houston career Dallas career Texas derby goals
Years Apps Goals Years Apps Goals
United States Eric Alexander MF 2016–2018 43 1 2010–2011, 2019 39 2 0
El Salvador Arturo Alvarez MF 2018 18 0 2005–2008 86 11 2
United States Brad Davis MF 2006–2015 271 41 2003–2004 55 8 2
Honduras Maynor Figueroa DF 2019–2021 58 2 2016–2018 72 4 1
United States Sam Junqua DF 2019–2022 46 1 2023– 26 2 0
Scotland Adam Moffat MF 2011–2013 62 7 2014 20 0 1
United States Richard Mulrooney MF 2007–2010 88 1 2005–2006 32 3 1
Ghana Dominic Oduro FW 2009–2011 44 6 2006–2008 70 9 0
United States Fafà Picault MF 2021–2022 61 18 2020 18 3 5
United States Chris Seitz GK 2018 6 0 2011–2017 67 0 0
Canada Adrian Serioux DF 2006, 2010 33 3 2007–2008 34 0 0
United States Abe Thompson FW 2009 1 1 2005–2008 69 14 1
Argentina Maxi Urruti FW 2021 30 7 2016–2018 95 29 2
Jamaica Je-Vaughn Watson MF 2011–2012 41 1 2013–2015 78 6 2
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Attendances

Top 5 most-attended Houston home Texas derbies

Top 5 least-attended Houston home Texas derbies

Top 5 most-attended Dallas home Texas derbies

Top 5 least-attended Dallas home Texas derbies

  1. no fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
  2. limited capacity due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
  3. U.S. Open Cup match

Honors

As of September 27, 2023
More information FC Dallas, Championship ...
FC Dallas Championship Houston
International
–FIFA Club World Cup–
0CONCACAF Champions League0
0Leagues Cup0
–Campeones Cup–
0SuperLiga (defunct)0
–Pan-Pacific Championship (defunct)0
Domestic
0MLS Cup2
1MLS Supporters' Shield0
2U.S. Open Cup2
1MLS Conference Championships (MLS Cup Playoffs)4
3MLS Conference Championships (Regular Season)1
Rivalries
10Texas Derby (Dallas/Houston)8
1Copa Tejas (Dallas/Houston/Austin)0
Preseason
1La Copita (Dallas/Houston/Austin/San Antonio)0
1Desert Showcase1
1Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic (defunct)0
–Carolina Challenge Cup (defunct)3
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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Dallas won the 2008 series on the away goals rule (4–2). Two games were played in Houston and one in Dallas.
  2. [N 2]
    Houston won the 2016 series on the 1st tiebreaker, goal differential (7:4).
  3. [N 3]
    Houston won the 2017 series on the 5th tiebreaker, holders retain, as all matches ended in a draw.
  4. [N 4]
    Dallas won the 2019 series on the 1st tiebreaker, goal differential (6:3).
  5. [N 5]
    Dallas won the 2023 series on the 5th tiebreaker, holders retain, as both matches ended in a draw.

References

External links

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