2008 - Major League Soccer's Tallest Players

For reasons unknown to me, one of the most visited posts to date on The Best Eleven is the Tallest Players in the Premiership post. Well, MLS has it's fair share of tall players too. Here is the list of the players 6 ft 3 and taller on the '08 MLS rosters.

198 cm - 6 ft 6
Jon Conway (NY), Greg Sutton (TOR)

196 cm - 6 ft 5
Bobby Burling (CHV), Andy Iro (CLB), Erik Kronberg (KC)

193 cm - 6 ft 4
Bakary Soumare (CHI), Nick Noble (CHI), Jim Curtin (CHV), Brad Guzan (CHV), Lance Parker (CHV), Chad Marshall (CLB), Pat Onstad (HOU), Chris Seitz (RSL), David Horst (RSL), Eric Brunner (NY), Andrew Boyens (TOR)

191 cm - 6 ft 3
Atiba Harris (CHV), Justin Braun (CHV), Ezra Hendrickson (CLB), Kenny Schoeni (CLB), Alex Yi (DAL), Kenny Cooper (DAL), Dario Sala (DAL), Jeff Curtin (DC), Abel Xavier (LA), Alan Gordon (LA), Shalrie Joseph (NE), Khano Smith (NE), Rob Valentino (NE), Zach Thornton (NY), Kenny Deuchar (RSL), Preston Burpo (SJ), Brian Edwards (TOR), Danny Dichio (TOR),


By Team:

1 - Chicago Fire
6 - Chivas USA
0 - Colorado Rapids
4 - Columbus Crew
1 - DC United
3 - FC Dallas
1 - Houston Dynamo
1 - Kansas City Wizards
2 - LA Galaxy
3 - New England Revolution
3 - New York Red Bulls
4 - Real Salt Lake
1 - San Jose Earthquakes
4 - Toronto FC

Colorado almost made the list, Bouna Coundoul and Mike Petke are listed at 6 ft 2.


By Position:
13 - GK
12 - DF
3 - MF
6 - FW

Bakary Soumare, Shalrie Joseph, and Khano Smith are the trio of tallest midfielders.