A weekend full of fantasy points is in order, and several matchups have the potential to pop off in Round 11.
With games on both Saturday and Sunday, making the most of your bench will play a big part in how your fantasy team performs this weekend.
Teams on a BYE: CLB
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Goalkeepers
With matches on both Saturday and Sunday this round, it’s time to fire up the ol’ Keeperoo strategy to give your team two bites at the apple in seeking out a clean sheet. To start, plug one of Steve Clark or Sean Johnson in on your bench. Both goalkeepers have some of the best clean sheet odds on the board with favorable home matchups on the early slate Saturday. If your goalkeeper from the early games notches a shutout, plug Nicholas Hagen (CLB) in as your starting GK so that the clean sheet points from your bench will autosub in. If your bench GK concedes, move Yohei Takoaka OR Matt Freese into the starting spot to get another swipe at a clean sheet.
Player | Team | Opponent | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Steve Clark | HOU | vs. STL | $6.5 |
2. Sean Johnson | TOR | vs. DAL | $7.5 |
3. Matt Freese | NYC | vs. COL | $7.3 |
Player | Team | Opponent | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Joe Willis | NSH | vs. MTL | $5.9 |
Defenders
Brooks Lennon came through with a clean sheet and eight points in Round 10 to remain the highest-scoring defender in MLS Fantasy. With target man Giorgos Giakoumakis healthy again, it won’t be long before Lennon adds another assist to his tally. We’re going to need to free up funds in order to pay top dollar for Lennon, and with Walker Zimmerman returning from injury, I’m dancing over to the Music City to pick up some good value at defender this round.
Player | Team | Opponent | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Brooks Lennon | ATL | vs. MIN | $9.6 |
2. Ranko Veselinovic | VAN | vs. ATX | $9.2 |
3. Thiago Martins | NYC | vs. COL | $8.2 |
4. Micael dos Santos | HOU | vs. STL | $7.1 |
5. Aaron Herrera | DC | vs. PHI | $8.1 |
Player | Team | Opponent | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Walker Zimmerman | NSH | vs. MTL | $5.5 |
2. Daniel Lovitz | NSH | vs. MTL | $4.3 |
Midfielders
Thiago Almada scored seven points without a goal or an assist in Chicago last weekend, highlighting his reliable fantasy point floor. With multiple top midfield options to pick from this round, Almada looks like a solid building block in a good matchup at home against Minnesota.
Player | Team | Opponent | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Thiago Almada | ATL | vs. MIN | $11.9 |
2. Santiago Rodriguez | NYC | vs. COL | $11.0 |
3. Luciano Acosta | CIN | at ORL | $13.0 |
4. Ryan Gauld | VAN | vs. ATX | $10.4 |
5. Hany Mukhtar | NSH | vs. MTL | $9.1 |
6. Carles Gil | NE | at CHI | $11.5 |
7. Carlos Gomez | RSL | vs. SKC | $9.5 |
8. Cristian Espinoza | SJ | vs. LAFC | $11.4 |
9. Mateusz Bogusz | LAFC | at SJ | $9.0 |
10. Joseph Paintsil | LA | at SEA | $12.1 |
Player | Team | Opponent | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Joao Paulo | SEA | vs. LA | $6.7 |
2. Ali Ahmed | VAN | vs. ATX | $6.4 |
3. Esmir Bajraktarevic | NE | at CHI | $4.3 |
Forwards
Lionel Messi has been nothing short of automatic, and he’s showing no signs of slowing down. The MLS Player of the Month for April has hit 19 fantasy points in back-to-back rounds, leading all players with 95 total points on the season. Messi is easily the consensus Captain pick heading into Round 11, but I’m not completely opposed to giving Chicho Arango a look considering he’s also flirted with 20 points on multiple occasions and is at home against a Sporting KC defense that conceded 11 goals across four games in April.
Player | Team | Opponent | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Lionel Messi | MIA | vs. RBNY | $13.0 |
2. Cristian Arango | RSL | vs. SKC | $12.7 |
3. Denis Bouanga | LAFC | at SJ | $12.4 |
4. Giorgos Giakoumakis | ATL | vs. MIN | $9.5 |
5. Luis Suarez | MIA | vs. RBNY | $12.6 |
Player | Team | Opponent | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Mounsef Bakrar | NYC | vs. COL | $6.8 |
2. Prince Owusu | TOR | vs. DAL | $7.0 |
Player | Team | Opponent | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Lionel Messi | MIA | vs. RBNY | $13.0 |
2. Cristian Arango | RSL | vs. SKC | $12.7 |
3. Thiago Almada | ATL | vs. MIN | $11.9 |
All players who participate in (3) or more rounds by May 26, 2024, will be entered into the MLS Pick’em Sweepstakes. One player from that pool will be randomly selected to win a 2024 MLS All-Star Game VIP Experience. Don’t forget to get your picks in early and often!
Pick’em advice:
Pick 2: Chicago Fire FC vs. New England Revolution
Will both teams score?
Yes – Chicago have been held scoreless in three straight, and they kept a clean sheet in two of those matches. Something has got to give, and I think they break through against a New England Revolution side that has allowed at least one goal in three straight. Diving deeper, both teams have scored in this fixture in nine of the last 10 meetings dating back to the 2020 MLS season. I’m siding with history here and backing both teams to score at Soldier Field.
Pick 4: Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting Kansas City
Will both teams score
Yes – I expect Real Salt Lake to come out firing in a favorable matchup to continue their surprisingly hot start to the 2024 campaign. Both teams have scored in nine of 10 matches involving SKC this year, making this one a borderline free square with two high-octane attacks squaring off in Sandy, Utah on Saturday.
