The Houston Dynamo’s all-time leader in appearances and assists is no longer a member of the club.
The Houston Chronicle reported on Thursday morning that Brad Davis had been traded from his long-time home in Houston to Sporting Kansas City, and the club confirmed the move hours later. Davis, 34, spent the past decade with the Dynamo, helping them win two MLS Cups, serving as their captain since 2012 and being the last player to have been with the club for all of its 10 seasons.
“Honestly, it’s without a doubt bittersweet,” Davis told the Houston Chronicle. “You know how much this club meant to me and to my family. Honestly it’s been an amazing ride with ups and downs. The emotions since finding out have been all over the place.
“I’m disappointed. This is something that’s been obviously a huge part of me and who I am and who I’ve become over the last decade. On the other hand, I am excited about a new step, a new chapter, a new challenge for me in my career.”
The Dynamo received a second round selection in the 2017 MLS Draft and third round pick in the 2018 edition, as well as future considerations, for the veteran midfielder.
Davis, who will now be closer to his hometown of St. Charles, Missouri, finished the 2015 campaign with four goals and 10 assists in 30 matches. In total, the midfielder racked up 41 regular-season goals and 104 assists in his time with the Dynamo.
What do you think about Davis heading to Sporting KC? Surprised to see the Dynamo make this move? What is you favorite Davis memory in Houston?
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It was clear that the dynamo F.O. were looking to offload B.D. this off season, but it seems like Houston got so little. Houston has rarely used the superdraft to acquire talent. A majority of the players they have acquired have been at best traded away over the years. The few that have stuck through, have been stars, admittedly. The future considerations are likely some sum of allocation money depending on how much B.D. plays. So, it seems unlikely B.D. will see a lot of minutes while in K.C. Even if he does go over the play limit, it won’t be helping out this season, like the rest of the trade considerations.
If Houston is really lucky, the draft picks they get in those years actually stick around to do something. Not sure what kind of player they intend to get if they were looking to trade a 2nd and 3rd round draft picks in the future. Whoever it would be, it is likely someone really cheap and will not provide any impact this coming season.
Based on all of this, it may be that Brad is considering this his last year. Houston is not saving too much money as Giles Barnes pay increase was probably considered with this trade in my mind at the time. The remaining money may go to getting the new Argentine CB that was rumored. I would not be surprised to hear towards the end of next season that B.D. is retiring. This is the only way I see Houston giving up as much as they did, because they at least got something from an aging veteran.
I fully expect a sour season ahead of Houston this year. Maybe the defense will at least shape up and give me hope for future seasons. Unfortunately, people focus on Coyle and the owners, but the biggest problems that have whittled Houston down over the years have been Cannetti. The poor choice of a GM is not helping either. Matt Jordan did nothing in Montreal as a technical director to show he was worth being Houston’s GM and the same trends of poor defense that happened while he was there, now happen in Houston. Hopefully, he proves my doubts wrong.
I hope Houston trades for Dempsey now
Apparently he wasn’t old enough for Bruce Arena’s club.
This is a horrible move by the Dynamo. Why trade your franchise player? No doubt this is the doing of the new majority ownership who based their decision on the opinion of Owen Coyle, a stylistically inept, career championship coach who’ll probably be gone mid-way through next season. Damn you Stuart Holden.
At 34 and at $450K+ salary, was time for the Houston Dynamo to get rid of Davis. Excellent decision.
yep it makes sense to me, and SKC should have a lot of allocation for the Rosell and Kamara sales that they havent used
doesn’t mean this is a wise use of those funds….34 and on the decline….
Yep, he is 34 and coming to a team that he doesn’t have to play for every game or be a primary producer.
w/ TAM injection to each team allocation money lost relative value
not going out on a limb in saying that PV understands the MLS market/cap and how benefit from its deficiencies, he generally knows what he is doing
Ya know, sometimes franchises remain loyal to their their long time, world cup featured, MLS MVP caliber franchise players by keeping them on the team.
Unless your the Houston Rockets and Hakeem Olajuwan or now the Houston Dynamo that is.
b/c mortgaging the house for Brian Ching worked out so well….
I’m picking Dwyer to have a big year with that many creators on the team now.
WTF?!? Who are the Dynamo anymore? I don’t know this team.