Youth career

Kinnear moved to the United States with his family when he was three years old. He grew up in Fremont, California, which he considers to be his hometown. He began playing youth soccer at the age of five before attending John F. Kennedy High School where he played on the boys' varsity soccer team. After graduating from high school, he attended Hartwick College for a single year. As a defender, he scored three goals as Hartwick went to the Final Four.

Club career

St Johnstone (1986-89)

After his one season with Hartwick, Kinnear moved back to Scotland to try his luck with Scottish Football League club St Johnstone.

United States (1989-94)

In 1989, Kinnear signed with the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of the Western Soccer League (WSL). Kinnear remained with San Francisco Bay as the Blackhawks became one of the dominant teams of the era. In 1990, the WSL merged with the American Soccer League (ASL) to form the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). That season Kinnear again earned All Star honors. In 1991, the Blackhawks took the APSL title and in 1992 went to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Kinnear again earned All Star honors in 1992. In 1993, the Blackhawks owner pulled the team from the APSL and moved it to the lower division USISL, renaming the team the San Jose Hawks in the process. Despite the move to the lower division and a winning season, the Hawks folded at the end of the season.

Kinnear then moved to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers for the 1994 APSL season after a summer trial with English club Bolton Wanderers came to nothing.

Necaxa (1995)

In 1995, Kinnear played a single season with Primera División (First Division) team Necaxa. That season, he became the first U.S. citizen to score in the First Division. Necaxa also took the Mexican League title.

Return to the United States (1995-2000)

At the end of the Mexican season, Kinnear moved to the Seattle Sounders of the A League just in time to win another league championship. He signed with the Sounders on August 10, 1995 as a replacement for injured Dick McCormick. In the championship final, he scored the winning penalty kick.

On January 24, 1996, Major League Soccer (MLS) allocated Kinnear to the Colorado Rapids, making him one of the first players in the league. Kinnear spent the 1996 season with the Rapids. On December 15, 1996, the Rapids traded Kinnear and a second round draft pick to the San Jose Clash for Paul Bravo and Rafael Amaya. He later moved to the Tampa Bay Mutiny. He scored six goals and 24 assists in his career in MLS.

International career

Kinnear earned 54 caps for the US National Team, including many of his country's warm-up games for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, although he was not selected for the final squad.

Coaching career

Early career

In 2001, first-time head coach of the San Jose Earthquakes, Frank Yallop, named Dominic Kinnear as his assistant coach. Together, they helped coach the 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 Earthquakes, when the team was renamed the Houston Dynamo. On November 12, 2006, Kinnear led the Houston Dynamo to their first MLS Cup Championship. On November 18, 2007, the Dynamo won their second MLS Cup in a row, again beating the New England Revolution. Kinnear resigned as head coach of Houston Dynamo effectively as of October 25, 2014, after their last match of the regular season.

San Jose Earthquakes

Kinnear became the new head coach of San Jose Earthquakes following the conclusion of the 2014 regular season He replaced Mark Watson, who was fired on October 15, 2014. Ian Russell took over for the final two matches of the 2014 regular season on October 19 and October 26.

Career statistics

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	November 24, 1991	Dallas, Texas	Costa Rica	1-1	1-1	Friendly
2	April 4, 1992	Palo Alto, California	Chile	3-0	5-0	Friendly
3	February 6, 1993	Santa Barbara, California	China PR	1-0	1-1	Friendly
4	March 3, 1993	Costa Mesa, California	Canada	1-0	2-2	Friendly
5	June 22, 1993	Quito, Ecuador	Venezuela	3-0	3-3	1993 Copa América
6	November 14, 1993	Mission Viejo, California	Cayman Islands	1-0	8-1	Friendly
7				3-0
8	December 5, 1993	Los Angeles, California	El Salvador	1-0	7-0	Friendly
9				4-0

Coaching record

As of 16 June 2012

Team	From	To	Record1
			G	W	D	L	Win %
San Jose Earthquakes	January 6, 2004	December 15, 2005	7001710000000000000♠71	7001300000000000000♠30	7001230000000000000♠23	7001180000000000000♠18	7001422500000000000♠42.25
Houston Dynamo	December 15, 2005	2013/2014 MLS Season	7002248000000000000♠248	7001990000000000000♠99	7001760000000000000♠76	7001730000000000000♠73	7001399200000000000♠39.92
San Jose Earthquakes	2015		7001450000000000000♠45	7001180000000000000♠18	7001110000000000000♠11	7001160000000000000♠16	7001400000000000000♠40.00
Total	7002364000000000000♠364	7002147000000000000♠147	7002110000000000000♠110	7002107000000000000♠107	7001403800000000000♠40.38

• 1.^ Record includes league, cup, playoffs and CONCACAF competitions.

Honors

Player

San Francisco Bay Blackhawks

• APSL (1): 1991

Necaxa

• Primera División de México (1): 1994-95

Seattle Sounders (USL)

• A-League (1995-2004) (1): 1995 A-League

Manager

Houston Dynamo

• MLS Cup (2): 2006, 2007
• Western Conference (2): 2006, 2007
• Eastern Conference (2): 2011, 2012

[ Source: Wikipedia ]