Ching-mac-bling-bling!

So there we are, in Section 117, with great sightlines to the north end goal. A good crowd is in attendance. There's the fabled Freddy Adu. There's Jaime Moreno. There's four minutes to go and another strong performance by the Dynamo looks destined for another tie.

Then Davis drives the ball down the far left wing. He crosses it. Dalglish (I learn later) pops the ball up with his head. Ching shifts out towards the edge of the penalty box to collect the ball. Only problem: he's facing the wrong way to head it in, or to strike it cleanly unless -- "Hohree Cow!" -- he ascends into the air and with phenomenal power, drives the ball 17 yards into the far net. He puts the Dynamo up 1-0. He wins the game. He puts the Dynamo into the MLS Cup.

In his excitment, he kicks one of the advertisment plackards and the metal frame pops off, but no one cares. They've seen, first hand, one of the rarest, most audacious goals in the MLS.

Question: who to vote for for Goal of the Year? DeRo had a goal from the halfway line last month. That's rarely ever seen. Ching had a bicycle -- which is rare, but not unheard of -- but one of such power and distance, and with post-season implications, that it just might put it over the top. It'd be nice for DeRo to have the GotY for three years in a row...but it'd be nice for Ching to get his name in lights as well...

Oh the decisions we fans have to face!