Virgil van Dijk is one of modern soccer's finest center backs. / Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Center backs in soccer are positioned at the heart of the defense, and their primary job is to stop ...

The retirement of Seattle Sounders defender Chad Marshall has set us off into a list-making nostalgia, specifically to pick out the top center backs in Major League Soccer history. While it was ...

But we've decided to beat the tribute rush by gauging exactly where Parkhurst fits in the list of Major League Soccer's best-ever center backs. As is typical with these all-time rankings ...