Reid, Mike and Blayne are joined by Phil Luetchford to talk about his recent trip to England and the upcoming MLS Fantasy round. They start things out touching on some of the most important fantasy moments from Round 8 and Mike is sure to get a few digs in on the Red Bulls. After that, they answer a few Reddit questions about modifications to the price change system and preference for Autoroo and Transfer players. They wrap everything up with a game by game preview of Round 9 and a THUNDERDOME bestrewn Mike and Phil over the NYCFC-FC Dallas match.
Week 9 of MLS Fantasy features several games with big fantasy point potential. Let’s take a closer look at which players to target in this week’s positional rankings.
Goalkeepers
Brad Guzan has three clean sheets over the last four weeks and now he’s back home facing a Montreal attack (Saturday, 1 pm ET | TVAS — Full TV & streaming info) that has scored one goal over their last two road games.
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Opponent |
Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Brad Guzan |
ATL |
vs. MTL |
$7.2 |
2 |
Andre Blake |
PHI |
vs. DC |
$6.9 |
3 |
Sean Johnson |
NYC |
vs. DAL |
$7.7 |
4 |
Alex Bono |
TOR |
vs. CHI |
$5.8 |
5 |
Zack Steffen |
CLB |
vs. SJ |
$5.8 |
6 |
Tyler Miller |
LAFC |
vs. SEA |
$6.8 |
7 |
Stefan Marinovic |
VAN |
vs. RSL |
$7.2 |
8 |
Matt Turner |
NE |
vs. SKC |
$7.2 |
9 |
David Bingham |
LA |
vs. ATL |
$6.4 |
10 |
Tim Melia |
SKC |
at NE |
$6.3 |
Defenders
Kansas City's Graham Zusi could easily be a difference maker on both ends of the field this week. | USA Today Sports Images
Graham Zusi continues to deliver the fantasy points, with an assist and 16 points in Week 8. His 65 points are good for third-best overall, and while he’s on the road this week against New England Saturday (7:30 pm ET | Full TV & streaming info), he still has arguably the biggest upside of any defender in fantasy given his involvement in the attack.
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Opponent |
Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Graham Zusi |
SKC |
at NE |
$9.0 |
2 |
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez |
ATL |
vs. MTL |
$4.8 |
3 |
Alexander Callens |
NYC |
vs. DAL |
$7.5 |
4 |
Laurent Ciman |
LAFC |
vs. SEA |
$8.3 |
5 |
Ronald Matarrita |
NYC |
vs. DAL |
$4.7 |
6 |
Jonathan Mensah |
CLB |
vs. SJ |
$7.6 |
7 |
Greg Garza |
ATL |
vs. MTL |
$6.5 |
8 |
Milton Valenzuela |
CLB |
vs. SJ |
$6.7 |
9 |
Michael Parkhurst |
ATL |
vs. MTL |
$6.8 |
10 |
Kendall Waston |
VAN |
vs. RSL |
$4.0 |
11 |
Maxime Chanot |
NYC |
vs. DAL |
$7.7 |
12 |
Gregory van der Wiel |
TOR |
vs. CHI |
$5.1 |
13 |
Harrison Afful |
CLB |
vs. SJ |
$5.8 |
14 |
Anton Tinnerholm |
NYC |
vs. DAL |
$7.5 |
15 |
Keegan Rosenberry |
PHI |
vs. DC |
$6.9 |
16 |
Auro |
TOR |
vs. CHI |
$4.0 |
17 |
Tommy Smith |
COL |
vs. ORL |
$7.1 |
18 |
Steven Beitashour |
LAFC |
vs. SEA |
$8.0 |
19 |
Edgar Castillo |
COL |
vs. ORL |
$7.2 |
20 |
Brek Shea |
VAN |
vs. RSL |
$5.3 |
Midfielders
Miguel Almiron has a combined 44 points over the last three game weeks and is pretty much a lock-and-load. He’s been phenomenal and with Ezequiel Barco integrating himself into the attack we have two elite fantasy options out of the Atlanta midfield this week.
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Opponent |
Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Miguel Almiron |
ATL |
vs. MTL |
$12.8 |
2 |
Nicolas Lodeiro |
SEA |
at LAFC |
$12.5 |
3 |
Federico Higuain |
CLB |
vs. SJ |
$9.8 |
4 |
Ezequiel Barco |
ATL |
vs. MTL |
$8.5 |
5 |
Romain Alessandrini |
LA |
vs. RBNY |
$9.7 |
6 |
Maxi Moralez |
NYC |
vs. DAL |
$12.2 |
7 |
Johnny Russell |
SKC |
at NE |
$9.3 |
8 |
Benny Feilhaber |
LAFC |
vs. SEA |
$10.0 |
9 |
Ignacio Piatti |
MTL |
at ATL |
$11.7 |
10 |
Diego Fagundez |
NE |
vs. SKC |
$9.7 |
11 |
Sacha Kljestan |
ORL |
at COL |
$11.2 |
12 |
David Accam |
PHI |
vs. DC |
$7.3 |
13 |
Joao Plata |
RSL |
at VAN |
$10.9 |
14 |
Albert Rusnak |
RSL |
at VAN |
$9.5 |
15 |
Kaku |
RBNY |
at LA |
$8.8 |
16 |
Pedro Santos |
CLB |
vs. SJ |
$7.9 |
17 |
Borek Dockal |
PHI |
vs. DC |
$6.5 |
18 |
Julian Gressel |
ATL |
vs. MTL |
$9.2 |
19 |
Teal Bunbury |
NE |
vs. SKC |
$7.2 |
20 |
Alphonso Davies |
VAN |
vs. RSL |
$6.6 |
21 |
Jack Price |
COL |
vs. PHI |
$8.4 |
22 |
Jesus Medina |
NYC |
vs. DAL |
$8.4 |
23 |
Cristian Roldan |
SEA |
at LAFC |
$8.8 |
24 |
Magnus Eriksson |
SJ |
at CLB |
$10.4 |
25 |
Tomas Martinez |
HOU |
at MIN |
$8.4 |
26 |
Wilfried Zahibo |
NE |
vs. SKC |
$9.2 |
27 |
Luciano Acosta |
DC |
at PHI |
$8.0 |
28 |
Alexander Ring |
NYC |
vs. DAL |
$9.6 |
29 |
Fafa Picault |
PHI |
vs. DC |
$6.6 |
30 |
Yohan Croizet |
SKC |
at NE |
$5.7 |
Forwards
ATLUTD's Josef Martinez could have a big day against a struggling Impact defense | USA Today Sports Images
Carlos Vela leads all forwards with 61 fantasy points and it would be no surprise to see him score the first goal in Banc of California Stadium history as LAFC christen their new digs against Seattle on Sunday (9 pm ET | FS1 — Full TV & streaming info).
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Opponent |
Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Carlos Vela |
LAFC |
vs. SEA |
$12.5 |
2 |
Josef Martinez |
ATL |
vs. MTL |
$11.0 |
3 |
Sebastian Giovinco |
TOR |
vs. CHI |
$9.5 |
4 |
Carlos Quintero |
MIN |
vs. HOU |
$10.0 |
5 |
David Villa |
NYC |
vs. DAL |
$10.6 |
6 |
Alberth Elis |
HOU |
at MIN |
$11.3 |
7 |
Diego Rossi |
LAFC |
vs. SEA |
$12.2 |
8 |
Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
LA |
vs. RBNY |
$9.5 |
9 |
Bradley Wright-Phillips |
RBNY |
at LA |
$10.4 |
10 |
Nemanja Nikolic |
CHI |
at TOR |
$9.9 |
11 |
Gyasi Zardes |
CLB |
vs. SJ |
$8.4 |
12 |
Cristian Penilla |
NE |
vs. SKC |
$9.8 |
13 |
CJ Sapong |
PHI |
vs. DC |
$8.4 |
14 |
Marco Ureña |
LAFC |
vs. SEA |
$9.2 |
15 |
Dominique Badji |
COL |
vs. ORL |
$9.6 |
16 |
Dom Dwyer |
ORL |
at COL |
$11.0 |
17 |
Christian Ramirez |
MIN |
vs. HOU |
$6.0 |
18 |
Ola Kamara |
LA |
vs. RBNY |
$7.3 |
19 |
Mauro Manotas |
HOU |
at MIN |
$9.5 |
20 |
Anthony Blondell |
VAN |
vs. RSL |
$5.0 |
