Official Site of the Dynamo · May 18, 2016
Heineken MLS Rivalry Week: Third Coast Derby and other Dynamo rivalries you didn't know
It’s Heineken Rivalry Week in Major League Soccer, and the Dynamo are squaring off against the hated Chicago Fire in the Third Coast Derby this Saturday (4 p.m. CT; ROOT SPORTS).
What’s that? Not familiar with the Third Coast Derby, or its illustrious prize, the Calen Carr Cup? Typically derbies are determined by their geographic proximity. In this case, however, the derby is predicated not on shared physical space, but a shared name. Both the Gulf Coast (Houston) and the Great Lakes region (Chicago) lay claim to the title of the “Third Coast,” thus we have a derby. The derby was formalized with the Calen Carr Cup after the former Chicago Fire forward was traded to the Dynamo in March 2011.