Player Positional Rankings: MLS Fantasy Round 4

MLS Fantasy Round 4 seems like the perfect time to pick against teams participating in the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 knockout stage. LAFC, CLB, CIN, LAG, SEA, VAN and MIA all played midweek CCC matches, each of them rolling out full-strength lineups (with a few exceptions), so we can probably expect them to be fatigued and likely rotated for this weekend’s league matches. This could make for several interesting matchups to consider when building our fantasy squads, and our Round 4 Player Positional Rankings will attempt to show you which players to target in each of these. Of course there are still some playmakers from these seven teams who are ranked, but for the most part we we’re looking to their opponents for fantasy points in Round 4. And there’s always a chance that some of these teams won’t rotate as expected. On top of that, a few players might not be available this weekend because they’re leaving early for next week’s international matches. Yep, we get an extra dose of #BecauseMLS chaos this round, so be sure to check lineups this weekend!

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

GOALKEEPERS

Premium Goalkeepers

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Hugo Lloris (?)	LAFC	vs ATX	$7.40m
2. Carlos Coronel	NYRB	vs ORL	$7.00m
3. CJ Dos Santos	SDFC	vs CLB	$7.50m
4. Andre Blake	PHI	vs NSH	$6.40m

Value Goalkeepers

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Matt Freese	NYC	vs NER	$5.80m
2. Maarten Paes	DAL	vs VAN	$5.80m
3. Thomas Hasal (?)	LAFC	vs ATX	$4.90m
4. Andrew Thomas (?)	SEA	@ STL	$4.90m
5. Sean Johnson	TOR	vs CHI	$5.70m
6. Pedro Gallese	ORL	@ NYRB	$5.40m
7. Luis Barraza (?)	DCU	vs MTL	$5.50m

Sleeper Goalkeepers

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Andrew Tarbell	HOU	vs RSL	$5.90m
2. Roman Burki	STL	vs SEA	$8.10m
3. Kristijan Kahlina	CLT	vs CIN	$7.00m
4. Dayne St. Clair	MIN	@ SKC	$7.30m

DEFENDERS

Premium Defenders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Kai Wagner	PHI	vs NSH	$8.60m
2. Ryan Hollingshead	LAFC	vs ATX	$7.50m
3. Bongokuhle Hlongwane	MIN	@ SKC	$8.20m
4. Paddy McNair	SDFC	vs CLB	$8.00m
5. Luca Orellano (?)	CIN	@ CLT	$8.50m
6. Pedro Amador	ATL	vs MIA	$6.80m
7. Sean Nealis	NYRB	vs ORL	$7.20m
8. Christopher McVey	SDFC	vs CLB	$7.30m
9. Kyle Hiebert	STL	vs SEA	$7.40m
10. Noah Eile	NYRB	vs ORL	$7.00m

Value Defenders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Justin Haak	NYC	vs NER	$4.70m
2. Omar Valencia (?)	NYRB	vs ORL	$5.30m
3. Francis Westfield	PHI	vs NSH	$5.00m
4. Olwethu Makhanya	PHI	vs NSH	$4.50m
5. Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (?)	SEA	@ STL	$5.50m
6. Teenage Hadebe	CIN	@ CLT	$5.80m
7. Femi Awodesu	HOU	vs RSL	$4.10m
8. Nico Cavallo (?)	NYC	vs NER	$4.20m
9. David Schnegg	DCU	vs MTL	$5.10m
9. Morris Duggan (?)	MIN	@ SKC	$5.00m
10. Tate Johnson (?)	VAN	@ DAL	$4.50m
11. Ian Smith	POR	vs LAG	$5.50m
12. Finn Surman	POR	vs LAG	$4.70m
13. Jamar Ricketts (?)	SJE	vs COL	$5.50m
14. Matthew Edwards	ATL	vs MIA	$4.50m
15. Hector Martinez (?)	MIA	@ ATL	$4.40m

Sleeper Defenders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Mohamed Farsi	CLB	@ SDFC	$8.10m
2. Henry Kessler	STL	vs SEA	$7.80m
3. Adilson Malanda	CLT	vs CIN	$8.40m
4. Andy Najar	NSH	@ PHI	$7.30m
5. Aaron Herrera	DCU	vs MTL	$6.70m

MIDFIELDERS

Premium Midfielders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Daniel Gazdag	PHI	vs NSH	$9.30m
2. Anders Dreyer	SDFC	vs CLB	$9.10m
3. Federico Bernardeschi	TOR	vs CHI	$9.10m
4. David da Costa	POR	vs LAG	$9.00m
5. Lucho Acosta	DAL	vs VAN	$8.60m
6. Cengiz Under (?)	LAFC	vs ATX	$8.50m
7. Marcel Hartel	STL	vs SEA	$8.70m
8. Emil Forsberg	NYRB	vs ORL	$8.70m
9. Miguel Almiron	ATL	vs MIA	$8.70m
10. Cristian Espinoza	SJE	vs COL	$8.20m
11. Albert Rusnak (?)	SEA	@ STL	$9.80m

Value Midfielders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Telasco Segovia (?)	MIA	@ ATL	$7.20m
2. Isaiah Parente (?)	LAG	@ POR	$4.30m
3. Maxi Moralez	NYC	vs NER	$7.10m
4. Pep Biel	CLT	vs CIN	$7.60m
5. David Martinez (?)	LAFC	vs ATX	$6.10m
6. Paul Rothrock	SEA	@ STL	$6.70m
7. Hosei Kijima (?)	DCU	vs MTL	$6.00m
8. Jovan Lukic	PHI	vs NSH	$6.20m
9. Ahmed Qasem	NSH	@ PHI	$7.10m

Sleeper Midfielders

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Brian Gutierrez	CHI	@ TOR	$8.80m
2. Saba Lobjanidze	ATL	vs MIA	$7.60m
3. Djordje Mihailovic	COL	@ SJE	$8.60m
4. Hany Mukhtar	NSH	@ PHI	$8.70m
5. Philip Zinckernagel (?)	CHI	@ TOR	$7.80m
6. Jonathan Bamba	CHI	@ TOR	$7.50m
7. Marco Reus	LAG	@ POR	$8.00m
8. Martin Ojeda	ORL	@ NYRB	$9.00m
9. Evander (?)	CIN	@ CLT	$9.00m

FORWARDS

Premium Forwards

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Lionel Messi (?)	MIA	@ ATL	$10.40m
2. Christian Benteke	DCU	vs MTL	$9.80m
3. Petar Musa	DAL	vs VAN	$10.00m
4. Tai Baribo	PHI	vs NSH	$8.80m
5. Gabriel Pec	LAG	@ POR	$9.00m
6. Alonso Martinez	NYC	vs NER	$8.80m
7. Emmanuel Latte Lath (?)	ATL	vs MIA	$8.20m
8. Luis Suarez	MIA	@ ATL	$9.70m
9. Denis Bouanga	LAFC	vs ATX	$8.30m
10. Chicho Arango	SJE	vs COL	$8.60m

Value Forwards

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Nathan Ordaz (?)	LAFC	vs ATX	$5.80m
2. Tomas Angel	SDFC	vs CLB	$5.10m
3. Tanitoluwa Oluwaseyi	MIN	@ SKC	$6.90m
4. Jamal Thiare (?)	ATL	vs MIA	$5.80m

Sleeper Forwards

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Hugo Cuypers	CHI	@ TOR	$8.50m
2. Kelvin Yeboah	MIN	@ SKC	$8.90m
3. Rafael Navarro	COL	@ SJE	$8.30m
4. Cedric Teuchert	STL	vs SEA	$7.30m
5. Christian Ramirez	LAG	@ POR	$6.80m
6. Brian White (?)	VAN	@ DAL	$8.20m

CAPTAIN

PLAYER	TEAM	OPPONENT	VALUE
1. Lionel Messi (?)	MIA	@ ATL	$10.40m
2. Christian Benteke	DCU	vs MTL	$9.80m
3. Daniel Gazdag	PHI	vs NSH	$9.30m
4. Anders Dreyer	SDFC	vs CLB	$9.10m