Houston Dynamo head coach Dom Kinnear and president Chris Canetti are confident that veteran striker Brian Ching will be back at the club next season.
The 34-year old former USA international ahs been at the club since 2006 and there have been suggestions that the 2012 campaign may have been his last but Kinnear believes he will suit for an eighth season in Houston.
"I wouldn't be surprised to see (Ching) playing next year," Kinnear said in the wake of the Dynamo's MLS Cup loss to LA Galaxy n the weekend.
President Canetti added: "If he wants to play, he's welcomed back."