Now that the Brian Ching saga is over and done with we can now look back on what the Montreal Impact probably should have done instead of playing the hardball game with Ching and the Houston Dynamo.

Obviously getting just a conditional draft pick* isn't bad but for the most part it wasn't what Montreal and their fans would have expected in return for a player like Ching.

Ching squared off against his old club yesterday. (Photo via Montreal Impact)

As bad as it was back in November, both Brian Ching and the Houston Dynamo are ready to move past the whole expansion draft fiasco.

Ching now a member of the Montreal Impact played the Dynamo yesterday in a preseason scrimmage.

Just wanted to give you all a heads up. Tonight I will be doing some commentary of a Mock Expansion Draft over at SBNation.com. The picks should be announced laster this evening, 7-ish I think on the East Coast....but don't hold me to that. My commentary will follow.

Red Bulls Fans May Have a Euro 2012 Rooting Interest After AllThe 2011 MLS Cup final participants are now set following yesterday's conference finals, and for the first time in a number of years none of the lowest playoff seeds made it through to the championship. Whether that's the result of a slightly more equitable playoff format that punished poor regular season performance is anyone's guess.

New York watch

Tickets are still available for tonight's game. C'mon, you know you want to go.

MLS Gameday Guide download.

Match previews from Philly Soccer Page, MLSsoccer.com, JP Dellacamera, the Inquirer, phillyBurbs.com, the Brotherly Game, Once a Metro (SB Nation NYRB blog even their name is ridiculous).