Brian Ching Quotations

The program has enabled me to get an abroad experience while retaining seminary life, the Liturgy of the Hours, daily Eucharist, spiritual direction, etc..

I felt comfortable out there. Even if I have not been starting, I have been around the team all year, so the guys know the way I play and I know the way that they play. I am just glad that I could get out there and help as much as I could. It felt almost like the beginning of the season again for me.

Guys believe in the system, and that's what works. When you're in a league like this where the talent is pretty even, the difference is your team chemistry. We have players who believe in each other. Our team concept is unbelievable.

I think I played well today and you know it's up to him. All I can do is go out there and do the best I can every time I get out there, and I did that today.

I was chomping at the bit to get in. We battled hard and it was a fair result. It starts us off on the right foot.

I was chomping at the bit to get in, ... We battled hard and it was a fair result. It starts us off on the right foot.

I think we had our chances and we were definitely dangerous toward the end of the game when we were pushing forward. We let our guard down a couple of times and they punished us for it. It's frustrating and personally I don't think I played very well.

I think the way I've been playing right now ? I've been scoring goals in the league and playing well ? got me a spot on the team. Also, I think he (Arena) sees me as a (Brian) McBride-type player, a big guy up front, a target man.

Look at what's happened this whole season. Brad Davis went down. I went down. Last week, we didn't have Danny Califf, ... One of the great things about this team is that everyone knows their role.

It feels great to be on a scoring streak. But he (Arena) told me I have to make an impact in the games I play. He wanted me to do that in the Germany game and he wants me to do it in this game.

I think I left it (the game) the same way I came in. I had a couple of opportunities, but I think I could have done better. But I don't think I did bad.

This was a huge win for us tonight. We came in with the expectation of getting three points and we accomplished that. They kind of took it to us in the first half, but we were resilient and we were able to hold them off. Then we took our opportunities when we got them and we just continued our good (form) recently.

Coming back from this injury has been difficult, ... Those thoughts have been in my mind, but I have to put that behind me and just say those are freak accidents and won't happen again. Now I am more conscious of how I treat my body off the field, and that will help.

The team is playing well right now. I can't say enough about the performance they put in tonight. It was a hot and muggy night and it was tough moving around. After 20 minutes out there, I was sucking wind. I can't imagine what those guys were feeling out there throughout the whole game,

A lot of forwards have been playing well so far. But I'm still in there.

It's a big opportunity for me because it's a chance to show what I've got. It's definitely important to show what I can do over 90 minutes and try to make an impact.

It was frustrating because I thought I had some momentum. But I know what (Arena) is looking for, and I understand what I have to do to make the team. My job is to put the ball in the back of the net.

It was frustrating because I thought I had some momentum,

It's another opportunity to perform and make the team.

It's going to be a World Cup-type game with a World Cup-type atmosphere because of the pressure on Germany to win right now.

The biggest pressure I feel and the players feel is in the locker room. Our expectations are high. Do we expect to score five goals every weekend? No. But we do expect to win.

I'll have enough time to get over it and be ready to face Jamaica.

I don't look at it as an all-or-nothing, make-or-break game. I don't think I have to do it all here, but I think doing well here and showing well in the season is very important.