Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami are kicking off their MLS expansion season. After nearly eight years since David Beckham’s first press conference announcing the expansion bid, they will finally be kick a ball. The construction of this team has not matched expectations and hype. None of their signings have broken MLS Twitter. No Edison Cavani, no Luis Suarez. Most of …
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Portland Timbers 2020 Fantasy Preview
The good news for Portland this year is that they are not starting the season with a 12 game road stand. The bad news from a fantasy standpoint is that there has been a lot of turmoil in the front of the formation. Gone is Brian Fernandez, back is Valeri on a TAM deal. Two new strikers are in the …
Read More »DC United 2020 Fantasy Preview
(UPDATED 2/26/20) What can be said about DC United’s 2019 season that might be helpful when speculating about the team’s upcoming 2020 season? The rather abrupt departure of Wayne Rooney at the end of last season drew most of the headlines. (However, Rooney continues to haunt Audi Field in spirit. There’s still a huge photo banner of him hanging over …
Read More »Official MLS Fantasy Boss 2020 Leagues
Hello fantasy managers and welcome to launch day for the 2020 MLS Fantasy season! There are two great things about this day, 1) creating your first team and 2) joining your favorite fantasy leagues. As usual, I’ll be hosting three different leagues to help support the various MLSFB platforms and ALL will offer prizes! Below are the links to …
Read More »FC Dallas 2020 Fantasy Preview
2019 marked the end of an era in Frisco with Oscar Pareja leaving FC Dallas after 5 successful seasons where he was a revered player and moving on to Tijuana (now back in MLS with Orlando!). ‘Papi’ left as the winningest coach in club history and was replaced by the wildly successful academy director, former journeyman player, and teacher, Luchi …
Read More »New England Revolution 2020 Fantasy Preview
For the first time in a long time the New England Revolution are going into the preseason with expectations not only for a playoff run, but a possible first ever MLS Cup. For years since Jermaine Jones arrived in 2014 to lead them to a final, the Revs have plateaued at mediocrity. That all changed last year when the organization …
Read More »Los Angeles FC 2020 Fantasy Preview
It’s safe to say, since coming into the league in 2018, Los Angeles FC have been the talk of the league, and with good reason. After a successful inaugural campaign that ended in a postseason appearance, the LA club followed it up with an historic 2019 campaign that saw them re-write the record books en route to the Western Conference …
Read More »2020 Fantasy Schedule: First Draft
2020 Fantasy Schedule: First Draft Welcome back MLS Fantasy managers! I’m happy to see you have retained your manager position (for now!) and are ready to start planning for the 2020 MLS Fantasy Season. The 2020 Fantasy Schedule was released a TODAY and, for me, that the unofficial start of the MLS Fantasy Season. Why? Because that means it’s time …
Read More »2019 Round 29 Captain’s Conundrum
Round 29’s Captain rankings are here. Only 3 weeks are left for the end of the fantasy season. Will you go safe with a popular captain pick to maintain your rank or will you go differential to try and increase your rank? 1) Josef Martinez Martinez has scored in 14 consecutive games in a row in a run that started …
Read More »2019 Round 28 Captain’s Conundrum
Round 28’s captain rankings are here. A massive double game week towards the end of the season gives you an opportunity to make a final push with a wide variety of differentials to choose from. Which 5 players stand out as the top candidates for captaincy this week? 1) Zlatan Ibrahimović An obvious captain choice this week, Zlatan is going …
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