Posted at 9:34 a.m., Monday, May 8, 2006
Soccer's Ching is MLS Player of the Month
Advertiser Staff
Days after becoming the first player from Hawai'i to be named to the U.S. World Cup roster, Houston Dynamo forward Brian Ching scored another first.Ching, of Haleiwa and a Kamehameha Schools alum, earned April's Major League Soccer Player of the Month honor, the first of his career.
Ching, scored six goals in five games during the opening month of the MLS season. He also tallied one assist in April.
Ching opened May with a goal and an assist in the Dynamo's 4-3 victory over FC Dallas and he now leads the league in scoring with seven goals in six games. He scored four in the Dynamo's opening game against Colorado on April 2, making him the only player to score a hat trick so far this season.
Ching leads the League in shots on goal (14) and he is tied with teammate Dwayne DeRosario for most game winning goals (2). The Dynamo is now 4-2-0 and sits in first place in the Western Conference, one point ahead of FC Dallas.
