Type Regular Season Series | Locale Texas | |
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Teams FC Dallas
Houston Dynamo First meeting Houston 4-3 Dallas
Major League Soccer
(May 6, 2006) Latest meeting Houston 1-3 Dallas
Major League Soccer
(August 27, 2016) Next meeting Houston vs. Dallas
Major League Soccer
(May 28, 2017) | ||
The Texas Derby is a soccer rivalry (derby) between Texas' two MLS teams, 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 6-5.
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.
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: