The Texas Derby is a soccer rivalry (derby) between the Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas, recognizing the best club in the state for the season. The two squads play a series of games with the series winner taking home El Capitán, a replica 18th century mountain howitzer cannon. Houston currently leads the all-time series, 7-6.

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.

Since the beginning of 2013, the teams have met 17 times. During this 6-year period (2013-2018), Houston has won only one of these matches while Dallas was victorious 10 times, including a 7-match win streak. FC Dallas is currently unbeaten in the last 9 matches vs. the Dynamo.

El Capitán winners [ edit ]

Year Winner Record 2006 Houston Dynamo 2–1–1 2007 Houston Dynamo 3–0–1 2008 FC Dallas 0–0–3 [note 1] 2009 Houston Dynamo 2–1 2010 FC Dallas 1–0–1 2011 Houston Dynamo 1–0–1 2012 Houston Dynamo 1–0 2013 FC Dallas 1–0 2014 FC Dallas 1–0 2015 FC Dallas 3–0 2016 Houston Dynamo 1–1–1 [note 2] 2017 Houston Dynamo 0–0–3 [note 3] 2018 FC Dallas 1–0–2

Tiebreakers [ edit ]

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:

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

Series results [ edit ]

All-time record [ edit ]

Played Dynamo Won Dynamo Goals Drawn FC Dallas Won FC Dallas Goals Total 39 12 57 13 14 59 MLS 33 10 48 13 10 50 Playoffs 2 1 4 0 1 2 Open Cup 4 1 5 0 3 7

Game History [ edit ]

Top Scorers [ edit ]

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

FC Dallas' all-time leading scorer in Texas Derbies, Kenny Cooper

Shutouts [ edit ]

All-time series leader in clean sheets, Pat Onstad

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

Players Who played for both Clubs [ edit ]

as of September 1, 2018

Attendances [ edit ]

Top 5 Highest Attended Houston Home Texas Derbies

Top 5 Lowest Attended Houston Home Texas Derbies

Top 5 Highest Attended Dallas Home Texas Derbies

Top 5 Lowest Attended Dallas Home Texas Derbies

* indicates U.S. Open Cup match

Honors [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]

^ FC Dallas won the 2008 series on the away goals rule (4:2). Two games were played in Houston and one in Dallas. ^ Houston won the 2016 series on the 1st tiebreaker, goal differential (7:4). ^ Houston won the 2017 series on the 5th tiebreaker, holders retain, as all matches ended in a draw.

References [ edit ]