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Howard $6.1 COL: Howard is included for completeness. the USMNT vet has displaced McMath as the starting keeper in Colorado and earned his first shutout of the season. For good or ill, it looks like Colorado is going with the name. McMath may have benefitted from having a stout defense in front of him, which will transition to Howard, or Colorado’s defense may implode without their general in the back.
Zimmerman $6.6 DAL: It can’t be stressed enough how important this player is right now. He’s the second highest scoring defender behind Sjoberg, plus he’s got a game in round 18.
DC Midfield: Neagle and Sarvas are the fantasy headliners in the United midfield so far. This might be somewhat surprising with names like Nyarko, Rolfe, and, to a lesser extent, DeLeon. The addition of Lloyd Sam is bound to have an impact on everyone with the team, be it playing time or added/lost chances.
Rubio $7.9 SKC: With Dom Dwyer suspended, Rubio will play for SKC. In his few appearances in 2016, he’s shown he can find the net and handle the pressure. There definitely the potential for goals with a home game against NYC .
Transfer Warning
Lloyd Sam has been transferred from NYRB to DC United. It may take a while for him to adjust. Since the last posting, Poku has been sold to an NASL side by NYCFC. Vancouver have also parted ways with Octavio Rivero as he heads to Liga MX
Injuries
For the latest injury news and updates, check out Mike’s articles here on MLSFantasyBoss as well as the @MLSInjuryNews Twitter feed, also run by Mike.
Suspension
- Alashe – SJ
- Beltran – RSL
- Collin – NYRB
- Duvall – NYRB
- Dwyer – SKC
- Shuttleworth – NE
- Wahl CLB
- Yaro – PHI
Yellow Card Warning
- Alex – HOU
- Allen – NYC
- Alonso – SEA
- Barnetta – PHI
- Beckerman – RSL
- Birnbaum – DC
- Bravo – NYC
- Burch – COL
- Chara – POR
- Koffie – NE
- Morrow – TFC
- Perez – VAN
- Polster – CHI
- Rivas – ORL
- Rivero – VAN
- Sarvas – DC
- Sjoberg – COL
- Shea – ORL
- Steres – LA
Look Ahead
These team have upcoming Byes
- COL – Round 18
- DC- Round 18
- HOU- Round 18
- LA- Round 18
- NE- Round 18
- NYC- Round 18
- PHI- Round 18
- SJ- Round 18
Round 19 is a free Wild Card Week
