Luis Gil is 5'7'' tall.

Here is another teenager's career the MLS will do everything to screw up. They already did such a terrific job with Freddy Adu I guess they deserve another try!

Both of you, John and Dennis are correct: At 5'7" tall, and at 16 years of age, yes he is tall for his age. Luis will hit his growth spurt within the next couple of years. So, yes the two of you are correct, and I wholeheartedly concur with John that the US continuously makes it an effort to get tall and imposing players (a-la-US)football bulky players, and except for the usual anomaly of a player, e.g. Onyewu (sp?) those tall-bulky players don't amount to much of anything - no disrespect other than to the coaching staffers who have a difficult time in getting talented players. Let Luis and Jozy grow physically and athletically, and let's hope that the players are selected according to their skills and certainly NOT their size!

If he doesn't fancy Kansas (and who can blame him!!) I would love to see this lad start his career at San Jose!

Watch it, Mike. No need to insult my fine city or my lads. But in regard to the young blood; he's still not a man, and if he MUST play close to home, then let him. I'd rather trade for a 1st rounder or a foreign slot in that case. But I hope he is indeed better than Altidore.