The 2017 Houston Dynamo season is the club's 12th season of existence since joining Major League Soccer for the 2006 season. The club's main objective is to qualify to the MLS Cup Playoffs after missing the postseason the last three consecutive seasons. It is the team's first year under the leadership of Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera and third season under General Manager Matt Jordan. On the front office end, it is Gabriel Brener's second season as majority owner and Chris Canetti's seventh as the President of the club.