It looks like Brian Ching is headed back to Houston.
SB Nation is reporting that the Impact will receive a conditional draft pick for Ching. The Dynamo agreed to the trade on the condition that Ching renegotiate his contract.
The Impact don’t exactly lose the transaction, but they don’t particularly win it either. They gambled that the Dynamo would offer up something far more valuable than a pick. As defending Eastern Conference champions the Dynamo’s first round pick is not likely to be in the top 10 overall, and picks outside the top 10 are far from a sure thing. it’s also unlikely that the conditional pick will be a first rounder.
Houston ends up ahead of the game by getting the fan favourite back at what we can assume will be a drastically reduced salary.
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