Fantasy MLS

2018 Round 8 Captain’s conundrum

Round 8 in the MLS gets underway tomorrow, So I have taken a look at the best options to make your Fantasy captain this week. Picking the right captain this week , could see you claw back points on the leaders of your league , or even extend the gap at the top. Here’s my top four picks for this …

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2018 Round 7 Captain’s conundrum

Round 7 in the MLS gets underway tonight, So I have taken a look at the best options to make your Fantasy captain this week. Picking the right captain this week , could see you claw back points on the leaders of your league , or even extend the gap at the top. Here’s my top four picks for this …

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Best XI 2018 Round 3

Fantasy MLS is back in 2018 and so is our Best XI Predictions. In this segment, we attempt to discern the best Starting XI possible for MLS Fantasy within a few constraints. We’ll only be using a $100m cap this season, or two seasons with Spring and Fall. The new “autoroo” will be used frequently as well to give us …

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2018 Round 3 Captain’s conundrum

Round 3 in the MLS gets underway tomorrow, So I have taken a look at the best options to make your Fantasy captain this week. Picking the right captain this week , could see you claw back points on the leaders of your league , or even extend the gap at the top. Here’s my top four picks for this …

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2018 Round 2 Captain’s conundrum

Round 2 in the MLS gets underway tomorrow, So I have taken a look at the best options to make your Fantasy captain this week. Picking the right captain this week , could see you claw back points on the leaders of your league , or even extend the gap at the top. Here’s my top four picks for this …

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2018 Round 2 Expected Points

Back for more statistics-based projections? Happy to oblige! Unfortunately, I did not have the resources to include 2018 Round 1 scores in the model, so we are still working with 2017 data, along with the assumptions I mentioned below regarding LAFC and all the players new to MLS. For each player in the table below, I’ve calculated expected goals & …

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2018 Spring Fantasy Schedule

Back in January I dropped my first draft of the 2018 Fantasy schedule. I built this schedule by looking at the master schedule list on mlssoccer.com and separated game rounds using the typical structure from the past couple of years. At that time I had no idea that we would be playing a game that was SPLIT into to Spring …

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2018 Round 1 Expected Points

If you enjoy a more statistics-oriented approach to selecting your team, with a point projection for each player every week, you’re in the right place! For each player in the table below, I’ve calculated expected goals & assists, shots, expected clean sheets and negative points from goals against, bonus points, and even points differentiated by position (e.g., defender gets 6 …

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Western Conference 2018 Fantasy Team Previews

  Over the past few weeks we’ve released a fantasy team preview for each MLS team. These articles were written by members of the MLSFB writing staff and some of the best guest authors I know (who are actual supporters). These reviews have given a recap of the 2017 season, a rundown of offseason transfers, an overviews of team tactics, …

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Eastern Conference 2018 Fantasy Team Previews

Over the past few weeks we’ve released a fantasy team preview for each MLS team. These articles were written by members of the MLSFB writing staff and some of the best guest authors I know (who are actual supporters). These reviews have given a recap of the 2017 season, a rundown of offseason transfers, an overviews of team tactics, a …

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