Who Should Mark Who? (Seattle Version 1.0)

This weekend Seattle beat Kansas City 1-0 off of a set piece in the 93' minute. The goal came from 6'1 Jeff Parke, he was being marked by 5'11 Roger Espinoza. This raises a simple question, who should be marking who?

Besler, Nielsen, and Jaqua fight for the ball in mid-air 

Playing at both center back and center forward in my short career I've learned something, marking is important. These two positions are vital on set pieces because generally these are the two positions where most of the height from a team comes from. Example: The center forward is generally supposed to be tall to win crosses in the air played from the wingers, the center backs also must be tall enough to counter these crosses and clear them out of the air safely, furthermore, in a position like fullback you usually don't need to be tall as there is usually not many aerial challenges with other players to be dealt with (see Aiyegbusi 5'5). In SKC's case we had a 6'2 center forward (Teal Bunbury) and two tall center backs (Aurelien Collin 6'2) (Matt Besler 6'0) playing against Seattle.

On set pieces you want players to mark other players that are the same height as them if not smaller. Playing against Seattle that obviously didn't happen. So, back to the original question, who should mark who? Well, I have made a list on who I think should have marked who in the Seattle game. I will list height, then name, then position.

The LIST

6'3, Kamara, RW - 6'1/6'3, Levesque/Jaqua, CF/CF

6'2, Rocastle, CDM - 6'1, Fernandez, CAM

6'2, Collin, CB - 6'1, Parke, CB

6'2, Bunbury, CF - 6'2, Wahl, LB

6'0, Harrington, RB - 6'0,  Hurtado, CB 

6'0, Besler, CB - 5'11 Alonso, CDM

5'11, Espinoza, LB - 5'9, Montero, CF 

Those are the biggest guys that would pose a threat for either side. I realize I left out some players, but you wouldn't see Omar Bravo (5'7) marking up on Mauro Rosales (5'8) their frames just aren't big enough to be in the box on set pieces.