Brian Ching earns MLS Player of the Week
Houston Dynamo forward Brian Ching was voted MLS Player of the Week for Week 21 of the Major League Soccer season. The Chinese American striker scored three goals for the Dynamo in their 4-3 victory over the Chicago Fire. The veteran forward’s goals put Houston past Chicago, and helped break their current losing streak.
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Houston’s Brian Ching on MLS All-Star roster
Houston Dynamo forward Brian Ching has been added to the Major League Soccer all-star team, which will play against Manchester United on July 28 in Houston. Ching struggled this year with a hamstring injury, and didn’t make the final cut for the U.S. World Cup team, but MLS commissioner Don Garber acknowledged the Chinese American [...]
South Korea defeats Greece in World Cup opener
South Korean fans gathered in the streets to celebrate their national team’s 2-0 victory over Greece in this weekend’s opening match of the World Cup in South Africa. Their leader, Ji-Sung Park, and Lee Jung-soo, each had a goal to put them past the Greek team. Their next match will be against Argentina on the [...]
World Cup 2010: Look out for Ji-Sung Park
Manchester United forward Ji-Sung Park of Korea sat out last week’s warm-up friendly against Spain because of a minor thigh injury, but his coach has confirmed that he is back at full fitness and is not experiencing any further problems. The South Koreans will be looking to Park to lead the way with his skills [...]
“Billions across Asia to watch World Cup”
Media experts are expecting record numbers for World Cup viewers in Asia this summer. Soccer fans all over the world will be watching the games live on their televisions, streaming on their computers, and even in 3D, but the largest audience may actually come from Asia.
China Central Television reportedly paid two billion yuan to broadcast [...]
Brian Ching named to preliminary US World Cup roster
Despite his recent recovery from a left hamstring injury, Houston Dynamos forward Brian Ching has been included in Coach Bob Bradley’s preliminary 30-man roster submitted to FIFA for the US World Cup Team. The Chinese American striker from Hawaii has been working hard to rehab his hamstring and rebuild his strength to expedite his return [...]
Brian Ching making recovery before World Cup
Houston Dynamo forward Brian Ching has been making speedy progress towards full recovery of a left hamstring injury he suffered earlier this month. The Chinese American striker and World Cup hopeful has been training and going through rehab in order to get back onto the field before May 11, the date the US must submit [...]
Brian Ching injured in Dynamo victory over Real Salt Lake
Chinese American soccer player Brian Ching went down with a pulled left hamstring as the Houston Dynamos beat Real Salt Lake by one goal. The Dynamos’ victory over the defending MLS Cup champions was bittersweet as they lost their captain and best forward, who had to be helped off the field after going down as [...]
Manchester United’s Ji-Sung Park
Sunday, Ji-Sung Park scored a dramatic goal to help Manchester United come back from behind and push past Liverpool to reclaim the top spot in the Premier League. The 2-1 win has silenced many naysayers who claimed that United’s manager Sir Alex Ferguson only brought Park to England to boost their popularity in Asia. In [...]
World Cup: Brian Ching aims to make US roster
Houston Dynamos forward Brian Ching was called up to the U.S. World Cup soccer team to add scoring power to the team in their final qualifying matches. The 31-year-old is vying with fellow forward Conor Casey for a spot on the final roster competing for the U.S. in South Africa this june.
Ching had been sidelined at [...]
World Cup tech: “USmart, Mirics Partner to Bring Soccer to Portable PCs”
Good news for soccer fans, Mirics, a company that “provides total system solutions for converged wireless connectivity on portable consumer electronic devices” — think notebook PCs, cell phones, media players — has announced that they will partner with USmart Electronics Products, based out of Hong Kong. Together they are working to target notebook computers with [...]
10 Questions: Jen Chang
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The 2010 World Cup is upon us this summer in South Africa. We caught up with ESPN Soccernet writer Jen Chang for his thoughts on the World Cup, soccer and his career as a writer for ESPN.
Brian Ching invited to U.S. World Cup training camp
Brian Ching of the Houston Dynamos has been invited to participate in a training camp with the U.S. World Cup team. The camp is in preparation for the U.S. team’s warm up match against El Salvador on February 24. Ching joins fellow Dynamo teammates Brad Davis and Geoff Cameron in vying for a spot on [...]
