Full Name: Houston Dynamo City: Houston, TX Founded: 2006 Stadium: Robertson Stadium (30,500) Colors: Orange, Blue, Black, White Previous: Houston 1836 (2006) Rivals: FC Dallas
Description:
Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes franchise moved to Houston, Texas before the start of the 2006 season. While the team carried over the same players and coaching staff, the Houston Dynamo are considered a new club while the Earthquakes were restarted in the Bay Area for the 2008 season. The team were Initially named Houston 1836 but were renamed to the Houston Dynamo before ever playing a game due to protests from the local Mexican-American community. 1836 was the date of Houston's founding but also the year of a war in which Mexico lost control of Texas.
The Houston Dynamo name references a semi-professional team named the Houston Dynamos, who played from 1984 to 1991. The Houston Dynamo logo includes the team colors, soccer ball and a star, symbolic of Houston's location in Texas - The Lone Star State.
Houston Dynamo Colors:
The Houston Dynamo colors are officially Wildcatter Orange, Space City Blue, and Black. The blue is identical to Columbia Blue, the color used by the old NFL team the Houston Oilers.
Robertson Stadium:
The Houston Dynamo use the American football stadium of the University of Houston.
Good Information, but the team colors are officialy: Wildcatter Orange, Space City Blue, and Black.
2Friday, 18 December 2009 08:29
Jeremy Rueter
I put in Columbia Blue as an homage to the Houston Oilers. But someone else has mentioned the official names of the colors being like you've said. I can change it if Dynamo fans really think it's needed. Let me know.
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