Fantasy: Week 11 positional rankings

Reid and Mike give Blayne a break for the night and are joined by Kyle McElhinny, author of the Behind the Numbers articles at MLSFBoss.com, to review the surprisingly successful Round 10 DGW and preview all the top DGW targets for Round 11. They start by reviewing all the top surprising moments and important fantasy takeaways from Round 10 before jumping into all of the important questions for Round 11.

Week 11 of MLS Fantasy features eight teams on a double game week, presenting a prime opportunity to make some moves up the leaderboard with just five rounds left to play in the spring season. Let’s take a closer look at the top players at each position, with an emphasis on players who could earn points from two games this week.

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Goalkeepers

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Brad Guzan | USA Today Sports Images

Brad Guzan has kept a clean sheet in three of his last four games, and he’s in a good spot to collect at least one clean sheet this week with home games vs. Toronto FC and Orlando City.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Brad Guzan	ATL	vs. TOR, vs. ORL	$7.8
2	David Ousted	CHI	vs. NE, vs. MIN	$6.3
3	Luis Robles	RBNY	vs. MTL, at DAL	$5.9
4	Zack Steffen	CLB	vs. LA, vs. LAFC	$7.6
5	David Bingham	LA	at CLB, vs. NYC	$7.0
6	Evan Bush	MTL	at NYRB, at CIN	$7.2
7	Quentin Westberg	TOR	at ATL, vs. PHI	$4.8
8	Cody Cropper	NE	at CHI, vs. SJ	$4.3
9	Przemyslaw Tyton	CIN	vs. MTL	$4.9
10	Bill Hamid	DC	vs. SKC	$7.7

Defenders

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Miles Robinson wins a header | USA Today Sports Images

Miles Robinson has played a big part in Atlanta’s recent clean-sheet surge, and he’s racked up a combined 12 bonus points across his last three outings.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Miles Robinson	ATL	vs. TOR, vs. ORL	$7.8
2	Leandro Gonzalez Pirez	ATL	vs. TOR, vs. ORL	$8.7
3	Connor Lade	RBNY	vs. MTL, at DAL	$5.2
4	Aaron Long	RBNY	vs. MTL, at DAL	$7.5
5	Michael Parkhurst	ATL	vs. TOR, vs. ORL	$6.4
6	Francisco Calvo	CHI	vs. NE, vs. MIN	$5.8
7	Franco Escobar	ATL	vs. TOR, vs. ORL	$6.1
8	Amro Tarek	RBNY	vs. MTL, at DAL	$6.3
9	Tim Parker	RBNY	vs. MTL, at DAL	$6.3
10	Kemar Lawrence	RBNY	vs. MTL, at DAL	$7.9
11	Johan Kappelhof	CHI	vs. NE, vs. MIN	$6.4
12	Justin Morrow	TOR	at ATL, vs. PHI	$6.9
13	Diego Polenta	LA	at CLB, vs. NYC	$7.7
14	Chris Mavinga	TOR	at ATL, vs. PHI	$7.6
15	Daniel Steres	LA	at CLB, vs. NYC	$7.3
16	Auro	TOR	at ATL, vs. PHI	$7.1
17	Jonathan Mensah	CLB	vs. LA, vs. LAFC	$7.7
18	Rolf Feltscher	LA	at CLB, vs. NYC	$6.5
19	Nick DeLeon	TOR	at ATL, vs. PHI	$7.0
20	Daniel Lovitz	MTL	at RBNY, at CIN	$7.3

Midfielders

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Alejandro Pozuelo | USA Today Sports Images

Alejandro Pozuelo is averaging over 12 fantasy points per game through his first six games in MLS. Despite a tough road matchup at Atlanta on the front end of the double game week, Toronto's Spanish playmaker is a fade-at-your-own-risk midfielder on a DGW.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Alejandro Pozuelo	TOR	at ATL, vs. PHI	$13.0
2	Pity Martinez	ATL	vs. TOR, vs. ORL	$8.0
3	Aleksandar Katai	CHI	vs. NE, vs. MIN	$9.0
4	Carles Gil	NE	at CHI, vs. SJ	$9.7
5	Jonathan dos Santos	LA	at CLB, vs. NYC	$10.9
6	Julian Gressel	ATL	vs. TOR, vs. ORL	$9.1
7	Nicolas Gaitan	CHI	vs. NE, vs. MIN	$8.5
8	Dax McCarty	CHI	vs. NE, vs. MIN	$8.5
9	Darlington Nagbe	ATL	vs. TOR, vs. ORL	$7.9
10	Federico Higuain	CLB	vs. LA, vs. LAFC	$7.2
11	Michael Bradley	TOR	at ATL, vs. PHI	$10.1
12	Pedro Santos	CLB	vs. LA, vs. LAFC	$8.4
13	Daniel Royer	RBNY	vs. MTL, at DAL	$8.4
14	Przemyslaw Frankowski	CHI	vs. NE, vs. MIN	$6.4
15	Djordje Mihailovic	CHI	vs. NE, vs. MIN	$6.4
16	Jonathan Osorio	TOR	at ATL, vs. PHI	$10.5
17	Marc Rzatkowski	RBNY	vs. MTl, at DAL	$8.2
18	Sebastian Lletget	LA	at CLB, vs. NYC	$7.6
19	Uriel Antuna	LA	at CLB, vs. NYC	$6.5
20	Bastian Schweinsteiger	CHI	vs. NE, vs. MIN	$7.6
21	Chris Pontius	LA	at CLB, vs. NYC	$6.1
22	Saphir Taider	MTL	at RBNY, at CIN	$9.9
23	Artur	CLB	vs. LA, vs. LAFC	$8.1
24	Sean Davis	RBNY	vs. MTL, at DAL	$7.2
25	Joe Corona	LA	at CLB, vs. NYC	$7.1
26	Wil Trapp	CLB	vs. LA, vs. LAFC	$7.4
27	Alex Muyl	RBNY	vs. MTL, at DAL	$6.0
28	Marky Delgado	TOR	at ATL, vs. PHI	$6.8
29	Micheal Azira	MTL	at RBNY, at CIN	$6.1
30	Nicolas Lodeiro	SEA	vs. HOU	$11.2

Forwards

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Josef Martinez (left) | USA Today Sports Images

After a slow start to 2019, Josef Martinez has come to life with three goals over his last three games. The 2018 Golden Boot winner faces a TFC defense that's conceded multiple goals in four of their last five games before rounding the week out against an Orlando City side that he’s fared well against historically, scoring in all four games vs. the Lions with six goals and one assist over that span.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Josef Martinez	ATL	vs. TOR, vs. ORL	$9.7
2	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	LA	at CLB, vs. NYC	$13.2
3	Nemanja Nikolic	CHI	vs. NE, vs. MIN	$7.8
4	CJ Sapong	CHI	vs. NE, vs. MIN	$8.0
5	Hector Villalba	ATL	vs. TOR, vs. ORL	$7.4
6	Gyasi Zardes	CLB	vs. LA, vs. LAFC	$7.9
7	Juan Fernando Caicedo	NE	at CHI, vs. SJ	$7.3
8	Juan Agudelo	NE	at CHI, vs. SJ	$5.8
9	Brian White	RBNY	vs. MTL, at DAL	$5.9
10	Maxi Urruti	MTL	at RBNY, at CIN	$6.5
11	Tajon Buchanan	NE	at CHI, vs. SJ	$4.4
12	Carlos Vela	LAFC	at CLB	$14.4
13	Wayne Rooney	DC	vs. SKC	$10.5
14	Jordan Hamilton	TOR	at ATL, vs. PHI	$6.0
15	Orji Okwonkwo	MTL	at RBNY, at CIN	$5.1
16	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	MTL	at RBNY, at CIN	$4.8
17	Darwin Quintero	MIN	at CHI	$11.5
18	Alberth Elis	HOU	at SEA	$11.7
19	Kei Kamara	COL	vs. RSL	$9.9
20	Mauro Manotas	HOU	at SEA	$11.2