Ching media exposure reminds us that soccer has arrived

Brian Ching will be a spokesperson for the City of Houston in a campaign designed to get exposure for our fair city. Other notables include Beyonce and former President George Bush and wife Barbara.
This is significant for a number of reasons because Dynamo players have become more involved in mainstream ad campaigns and promotion. Yes, soccer has arrived when we see the game and it’s players involved with these types of campaigns.
For those who played professional soccer in the mid-eighties times were much different.
Once done bouncing around from team to team in league to league many of us chose to remain involved in the sport we love. Coaching and running a youth club for me ultimately ultimately led to a career in broadcasting. I am fortunate and grateful to still be involved in the sport so when I see quality players and people like Brian Ching get the opportunity to represent our city and our sport I consider it a victory. A small victory that reminds us that the sport ably represented by those like Ching continues to earn respect slowly but surely.
Dynamo team president Oliver Luck deserves alot of credit for helping to take the sport mainstream by refusing to let anyone think of the Dynamo as less than professional.
Have a safe and happy New Year!
Glenn