Player Positional Rankings: MLS Fantasy Round 29

Updated Wednesday, Sep 24, 2025 11:45 AM

MLS Fantasy Round 29 is another “mini” double gameweek offering a few very good players having two matches. This is a DGW where you’ll want to mix in a few SGW players as well. Midfielders are your best bet this week, with many creative attackers playing at home in favorable matchups.

As always, pay close attention to lineups for absences due to injury, suspension, rest and rotation. Be especially careful with Inter Miami CF and New York City FC players. I will update these rankings as new availability information is published by the league, so be sure to check back before kickoff on Wednesday.

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• Teams on a DGW:
  • Home + Home: None
  • Home + Away: NYC, VAN
  • Away + Home: POR
  • Away + Away: MIA
• Teams on a BYE: None

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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. (YCW) means the player is one booking away from suspension. (+) means the player is ranked only if they become available for selection before their match locks.

GOALKEEPERS

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Yohei Takaoka	VAN	vs POR, @ SEA	$9.90m
2. Matt Freese	NYC	vs MIA, @ NYRB	$8.20m
3. James Pantemis	POR	@ VAN, vs DAL	$8.50m
4. Oscar Ustari	MIA	@ NYC, @ TOR	$4.80m

Sleeper Goalkeepers

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Kristijan Kahlina	CLT	vs MTL	$10.30m

DEFENDERS

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Mathias Laborda (YCW)	VAN	vs POR, @ SEA	$9.90m
2. Ali Ahmed (OOP)	VAN	vs POR, @ SEA	$9.20m
3 Jordi Alba (OOP)	MIA	@ NYC, @ TOR	$9.00m
4. Belal Halbouni	VAN	vs POR, @ SEA	$4.50m
5. Thiago Martins	NYC	vs MIA, @ NYRB	$9.30m
6. Justin Haak	NYC	vs MIA, @ NYRB	$9.70m
7. Tayvon Gray	NYC	vs MIA, @ NYRB	$6.60m
8. Kevin O’Toole	NYC	vs MIA, @ NYRB	$7.80m
9. Finn Surman	POR	@ VAN, vs DAL	$7.90m
10. Kai Wagner	PHI	@ DCU	$12.30m

Sleeper Defenders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Manu Duah	SDFC	vs SJE	$7.00m

MIDFIELDERS

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Kenji Cabrera	VAN	vs POR, @ SEA	$9.00m
2. Rodrigo De Paul	MIA	@ NYC, @ TOR	$12.20m
3. Sebastian Berhalter (YCW)	VAN	vs POR, @ SEA	$12.50m
4. Hannes Wolf	NYC	vs MIA, @ NYRB	$9.90m
5. Matias Rojas (+)	POR	@ VAN, vs DAL	$TBD
6. Evander	CIN	vs ORL	$16.60m
7. Anders Dreyer	SDFC	vs SJE	$17.00m
8. Philip Zinckernagel	CHI	vs CLB	$16.10m
9. Hany Mukhtar	NSH	vs HOU	$16.90m
10. Martin Ojeda	ORL	@ CIN	$17.40m
11. Jack McGlynn	HOU	@ NSH	$15.10m

Sleeper Midfielders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Joseph Paintsil	LAG	vs SKC	$9.00m
2. Pep Biel (?)	CLT	vs MTL	$13.70m
3. Marcel Hartel	STL	vs LAFC	$11.60m

FORWARDS

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Lionel Messi	MIA	@ NYC, @ TOR	$16.80m
2. Alonso Martinez	NYC	vs MIA, @ NYRB	$13.20m
3. Brian White (?)	VAN	vs POR, @ SEA	$11.10m
4. Hueng-Min Son	LAFC	@ STL	$13.50m
5. Denis Bouanga	LAFC	@ STL	$14.70m
6. Luis Suarez	MIA	@ NYC, @ TOR	$11.30m
7. Brenner	CIN	vs ORL	$10.50m
8. Sam Surridge	NSH	vs HOU	$13.50m
9. Christian Benteke	DCU	vs PHI	$9.60m
10. Idan Toklomati	CLT	vs MTL	$9.20m

Sleeper Forwards

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Chucky Lozano	SDFC	vs SJE	$13.30m
2. Danny Musovski	SEA	vs VAN	$10.20m

CAPTAIN

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Lionel Messi	MIA	@ NYC, @ TOR	$16.80m
2. Alonso Martinez	NYC	vs MIA, @ NYRB	$13.20m