Houston Dynamo FC announce 2022 regular season schedule

Houston Dynamo FC and Major League Soccer today announced the full 34-game regular-season schedule for the 2022 season. This will be the first full season under the leadership of new majority owner Ted Segal and general manager Pat Onstad.

The Dynamo open the year at PNC Stadium on Feb. 27 to host Real Salt Lake for Opening Day presented by PNC Bank. The Dynamo will open the 2022 season with eight of their first 12 games in the heart of downtown Houston.

The 17-match home slate is highlighted by visits from in-state rivals Austin FC on April 30 and FC Dallas on June 9, along with a visit from longtime nemesis Sporting Kansas City on September 10. When the Dynamo host Nashville SC on Saturday, May 14, the Club will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the stadium’s opening on May 12, 2012. Houston will welcome MLS newcomers Charlotte FC to PNC Stadium on July 3 and will wrap up the season against a familiar foe, the LA Galaxy, on Sunday, October 9.

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The Dynamo will face each team from the Western Conference twice and this includes a home-and-away series against Nashville SC, who makes the switch after competing in the Eastern Conference for two seasons. Including the home opener, the Dynamo will welcome five teams from the Western Conference that qualified for the 2021 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs in their first six matches at PNC Stadium. This stretch includes a visit from the Vancouver Whitecaps on March 12 followed by a visit from the top team in the Western Conference standings last season, the Colorado Rapids on March 19. Sebastian Blanco and the Western Conference Champion Portland Timbers visit Houston on Saturday, April 16.

Houston will face eight teams from the Eastern Conference in 2022. Houston will welcome Chicago to PNC Stadium on Saturday, June 25 in the first of four matches against opponents from the Eastern Conference in Houston. The Dynamo will also host expansion side Charlotte FC on July 3; CF Montréal on Aug. 13; and 2021 Supporters’ Shield Winners New England Revolution on Sept. 14.

Houston will make the first of six nationally televised appearances at 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, March 5 against Sporting Kansas City at Children’s Mercy Park. The national television slate includes the first leg of the Texas Derby against FC Dallas on Saturday April 23. Houston will meet Austin FC twice on national television beginning with a showdown at PNC Stadium at 3:30 p.m. CT on April 30 and again on Tuesday, July 12 at 8 p.m. All of Houston’s six nationally televised games will air on Univision or UniMás.

The Dynamo will close the regular season with three of their final five matches at home, beginning with a weekend clash with Kansas City on Sept. 10. Houston will close the regular season on Decision Day at PNC Stadium against Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez and the LA Galaxy at 4 p.m. CT on Sunday, Oct. 9. The Dynamo and the Galaxy previously met on Decision Day in 2011, 2018 and 2019, with Houston winning all three times.

Local broadcast information for this season’s Houston Dynamo FC matches, including channels and on-air talent, will be announced at a later date.

The full 2022 regular season schedule is available below.