Ching relishes Pan-Pacific homecoming

Hawaii native Brian Ching (left) will lead Dynamo into the PPC.

including the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, which last year left Ching feeling like the team still has "unfinished business," after losing in extra time to Pachuca of Mexico in the semifinals.


"Dom (Kinnear) handles us well by bring us along slowly. Having said that, though, this year there is a lot of importance placed on quickly getting sharp, because of all the tournaments we have, including CONCACAF and U.S. Open Cup," Ching said. "The CONCACAF games against Municipal are going to be the first really meaningful contests of the season, so we want to go in there and do better than we did last year."


Majd Ghanayem is a contributor to MLSnet.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Soccer or its clubs.