Player Positional Rankings: MLS Fantasy Round 12

Phantom assists and post-lock late scratches. Busted clean sheets in the very last moments of matches. Less than three points from a BP machine.

These are a few of my least favorite things.

Round 12 looks fairly straightforward, at first glance. Lots of good matchups for some of the big names and in form teams and players. I’m always a little wary when that’s the case, because it usually means the round is primed for some peak #BecauseMLS.

Will Atlanta and LA Galaxy continue to struggle? Will Orlando and New England continue their impressive clean sheet streaks? Will San Jose continue to not bother with defending? Will Messi do Messi things?

Anyone who has watched a MLS match could probably tell you that the answer is a “definite maybe.”

Stay Zen, friends.

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Note: (?) means the player might not start due to injury, lack of fitness, availability status or loss of starting spot. (OOP) means the player is expected to play out of position.

Players marked with a * started in their club’s US Open Cup match midweek, so watch out for rotation.

GOALKEEPERS

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Roman Celentano	CIN	vs ATX	$8.00m
2. Carlos Coronel	NYRB	vs LAG	$7.90m
3. Matt Freese	NYC	vs MTL	$7.90m
4. Pedro Gallese	ORL	vs NER	$7.50m
5. Joe Willis	NSH	vs CLT	$7.50m

Value Goalkeepers

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Jeffrey Gal	CHI	vs ATL	$4.80m
2. Maarten Paes	DAL	vs RSL	$6.20m
3. Maxime Crepeau *	POR	vs SKC	$5.60m

Sleeper Goalkeepers

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Brad Stuver	ATX	@ CIN	$9.50m
2. CJ dos Santos	SDFC	@ STL	$7.10m
3. Aljaz Ivacic	NER	@ ORL	$8.40m
4. Oscar Ustari	MIA	@ MIN	$5.00m

DEFENDERS

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Luca Orellano	CIN	vs ATX	$10.00m
2. Andy Najar	NSH	vs CLT	$8.00m
3. Omar Valencia	NYRB	vs LAG	$7.50m
4. Alex Freeman	ORL	vs NER	$8.10m
5. Tristan Blackmon	VAN	vs LAFC	$10.20m
6. Miles Robinson	CIN	vs ATX	$7.60m
7. Kai Wagner	PHI	vs CLB	$11.20m
8. Ali Ahmed (OOP)	VAN	vs LAFC	$10.00m
9. Justin Haak *	NYC	vs MTL	$7.40m
10. Daniel Lovitz	NSH	vs CLT	$8.10m
11. Noah Eile *	NYRB	vs LAG	$8.30m
12. David Brekalo	ORL	vs NER	$7.80m

Value Defenders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Tayvon Gray *	NYC	vs MTL	$6.20m
2. Andrew Gutman *	CHI	vs ATL	$6.10m
5. Kyle Duncan	NYRB	vs LAG	$6.20m
4. Jeisson Palacios	NSH	vs CLT	$6.50m
5. Sebastien Ibeagha	DAL	vs RSL	$5.40m

Sleeper Defenders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Paddy McNair	SDFC	@ STL	$8.90m
2. Brendan Hines-Ike	ATX	@ CIN	$8.70m
3. Brayan Ceballos	NER	@ ORL	$8.00m
4. Gonzalo Lujan	MIA	@ MIN	$7.70m

MIDFIELDERS

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Djordje Mihailovic	COL	vs SJE	$11.70m
2. Hany Mukhtar	NSH	vs CLT	$11.00m
3. Evander	CIN	vs ATX	$11.70m
4. Federico Bernardeschi	TOR	vs DCU	$9.10m
5. Cristian Espinoza	SJE	@ COL	$11.80m
6. Albert Rusnak	SEA	@ HOU	$12.20m
7. Carles Gil	NER	@ ORL	$11.10m
8. Antony	POR	vs SKC	$10.50m
9. Philip Zinckernagel	CHI	vs ATL	$9.50m
10. David da Costa	POR	vs SKC	$10.10m
11. Emil Forsberg	NYRB	vs LAG	$9.40m
12. Anders Dreyer	SDFC	@ STL	$11.40m
13. Quinn Sullivan	PHI	vs CLB	$10.70m
14. Jack McGlynn	HOU	vs SEA	$10.40m

Value Midfielders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Lucho Acosta *	DAL	vs RSL	$8.20m
2. Sebastian Berhalter	VAN	vs LAFC	$8.20m
3. Jonathan Bamba *	CHI	vs ATL	$8.00m
4. Maxi Moralez	NYC	vs MTL	$7.30m
5. Edvard Tagseth	NSH	vs CLT	$6.80m
6. Jovan Lukic	PHI	vs CLB	$6.60m
7. Theo Corbeanu	TOR	vs DCU	$6.10m

Sleeper Midfielders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Diego Luna	RSL	@ DAL	$9.80m
2. Max Arfsten	CLB	@ PHI	$10.00m
3. Daniel Salloi	SKC	@ POR	$8.40m

FORWARDS

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Lionel Messi	MIA	@ MIN	$13.10m
2. Hugo Cuypers *	CHI	vs ATL	$11.40m
3. Sam Surridge	NSH	vs CLT	$10.20m
4. Rafael Navarro	COL	vs SJE	$10.10m
5. Alonso Martinez	NYC	vs MTL	$10.50m
6. Felipe Mora	POR	vs SKC	$9.20m
7. Kevin Denkey	CIN	vs ATX	$9.80m
8. Chicho Arango	SJE	@ COL	$12.10m
9. Christian Benteke	DCU	@ TOR	$11.40
10. Diego Rossi	CLB	@ PHI	$10.90m
11. Chucky Lozano	SDFC	@ STL	$10.30m
12. Denis Bouanga	LAFC	@ VAN	$9.50m
13. Tai Baribo	PHI	vs CLB	$8.30m
14. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	NYRB	vs LAG	$8.60m

Value Forwards

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Darren Yapi	COL	vs SJE	$6.10m
2. Daniel Rios	VAN	vs LAFC	$4.90m
3. Dani Musovski	SEA	@ HOU	$6.40m
4. Anderson Julio	DAL	vs RSL	$7.30m

Sleeper Forwards

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Dejan Joveljic	SKC	@ POR	$9.30m
2. Brandon Vazquez *	ATX	@ CIN	$7.80m
3. Leo Campana	NER	@ ORL	$7.80m
4. Giacomo Vrioni	MTL	@ NYC	$7.80m

CAPTAIN

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Djordje Mihailovic	COL	vs SJE	$11.70m
2. Lionel Messi	MIA	@ MIN	$13.10m
3. Hany Mukhtar	NSH	vs CLT	$11.00m
4. Hugo Cuypers	CHI	vs ATL	$11.40m