Dominic Kinnear

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Dominic Kinnear (born in July 26, 1967 in Glasgow, Scotland) is the current head coach of the Houston Dynamo of U.S. Major League Soccer. He was raised in Fremont, California.

In 1995, Kinnear played a single season with Mexican First Division team Necaxa. That season, he became the first U.S. player to score in the Mexican First Division.

After his Mexican League stint, he moved to MLS where he would play for five years, starting with its inaugural season in 1996 until his retirement in 2000. During that time he played with three teams: the Colorado Rapids, the San Jose Clash and the Tampa Bay Mutiny. He scored six goals and 24 assists in his career in MLS.

In 2001, first-time head coach of the Earthquakes, Frank Yallop, named Dominic Kinnear as his assistant coach. Together, they helped coach the San Jose Earthquakes to the MLS Cup in 2001 and 2003. In 2004, Frank Yallop left to coach the Canadian national team and Dominic was promoted to head coach of the Earthquakes, assigning John Doyle to replace him as assistant coach. After leading the Quakes to the MLS Supporters' Shield in 2005, Kinnear moved to Houston with the rest of the Quakes, when the team was renamed the Houston Dynamo.

Kinnear earned 56 caps for the US National Team.

On November 12, 2006, Kinnear led the Houston Dynamo to the MLS Cup Championship.

Preceded by Frank Yallop	San Jose Earthquakes Head Coach 2004-2005	Succeeded by Position Abolished
Preceded by Position Created	Houston Dynamo Head Coach 2006-Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Houston Dynamo - Current Squad
1 Wells | 2 Robinson | 3 Goldthwaite | 4 Ianni | 5 Cochrane | 6 Gray | 7 Wondolowski | 8 Dalglish | 9 Mullan | 11 Davis | 13 Clark | 14 De Rosario | 15 Moreno | 16 Waibel | 17 Chabala | 18 Onstad | 19 Hayden | 22 Holden | 23 Moloi | 24 Barrett | 25 Ching | 26 Ashe | 29 James | — Hatzke | — Sambursky | — Ustruck | Coach: Kinnear