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Updated at 12:06 p.m., Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Ching named to Major League Soccer All-Star roster

Associated Press

Hale'iwa native and Houston Dynamo forward Brian Ching, left, has been added to the MLS All-Star Roster.

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NEW YORK — Brian Ching, a Kamehameha Schools alum from Hale'iwa, was one of seven players added to the MLS All-Star roster today.

New England Revolution coach Steve Nicol picked Ching, a forward who plays for Houston Dynamo. He also chose goalkeeper Kevin Hartman (Kansas City Wizards), midfielders Ronnie O'Brien (Toronto FC) and Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), and forward Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy).

Eddie Pope of Real Salt Lake and Cobi Jones of the Los Angeles Galaxy were chosen by MLS commissioner Don Garber to compete in the All-Star game against Scottish Premier League champion Celtic FC on July 19 in Commerce City, Colo.

The Revolution had a league-high three players chosen by online fan balloting, MLS coaches and GMs and media — defender Michael Parkhurst, midfielder Shalrie Joseph and goalkeeper Matt Reis.

Also voted to the first team were midfielders Dwayne De Rosario and Ricardo Clark of the Dynamo, Christian Gomez (D.C. United) and Juan Toja (FC Dallas), defenders Jimmy Conrad (Wizards) and Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), and forward Eddie Johnson (Wizards).

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