Tag Archives: Fantasy League

2018 Fantasy Primer NYC FC Preview

2017 NYC FC Review New York City largely solidified their defense last year behind the play of center back Alexander Callens and defensive midfielder Alex Ring. In many other years, they would have contended for the Shield. However, Toronto’s run coupled with late season injury and stadium issues forced the Pigeons to settle for second place and a disappointing early …

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2018 Fantasy Primer Sporting Kansas City Preview

2017 Sporting Kansas City Review Another season, another playoff road loss. For the third straight year, Sporting Kansas City was knocked out of the playoffs in the first round after a late season collapse. Falling from 2nd to 6th in the Western Conference forced them to play on the road once again. MLS’ best defense was anchored by Goalkeeper of …

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2018 Fantasy Primer Portland Timbers Preview

2017 Portland Timbers Review In 2017, the Timbers parlayed a stellar home record and just enough on the road into the #1 seed in the western conference. However, their post-season journey was cut short when they were knocked out in the 2nd round by the Houston Dynamo. The Timbers’ 2017 campaign was headlined by the brilliance of MLS MVP Diego …

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2018 Fantasy Primer Chicago Fire Preview

Updates to Original Post It was left out the Michael De Leeuw will be out for the fist part of the season due. He’s currently recovering for an ACL injury. Without De Leeuw, Chicago’s formation could look more like a 4-2-4 or 4-3-3. I’d expect Bakero, Nikolic, and Solignac would be the first choices up top. The number 10 spot is again difficult to …

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2018 Fantasy Primer Toronto FC Preview

Updates to Original Post It’s now official! Ducth international defender Gregory van der Wiel has joined Toronto FC! Known simply as Auro, young Brazilian right back / midfielder Auro Alvaro da Cruz Junior (São Paulo FC) has joined TFC on loan. Perhaps a surprising move, since Van der Wiel was acquired for that same position. There is talk that Hasler may …

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First Draft of the 2018 Fantasy Schedule

Happy New Year MLS Fantasy Managers. The 2018 MLS season is just around the corner and I know all of you are ready to start creating for first teams. Before any of that can happen, we need a schedule and fortunately, the 2018 Regular Season Schedule dropped a few days ago. Unfortunately, game weeks rarely lineup with fantasy rounds. I’ve spent the …

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Best Fantasy Options from the 2017 Expansion Draft

LAFC will join our MLS Fantasy family next season and they have already made headlines with some big signings. Today their player list will expand by up to 5 players, but who will they take? There are a lot of great options, so it’s going to be interesting to see who Bradley and his team decide to bring in. Twitter …

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2017 Cup Final Predictions and Power Rankings

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The following predictions are based on the ELO ranking system. This system was first used in chess to calculate the skill level of players and predict the most likely winner. It’s a good system, but soccer is not chess because soccer can end in a draw. I’m using a modified formula that tries to predict the chance that a team …

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2017 Cup Conf Finals Round 2 Predictions and Power Rankings

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The following predictions are based on the ELO ranking system. This system was first used in chess to calculate the skill level of players and predict the most likely winner. It’s a good system, but soccer is not chess because soccer can end in a draw. I’m using a modified formula that tries to predict the chance that a team …

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2017 Cup Conf Finals Round 1 Predictions and Power Rankings

predictions

The following predictions are based on the ELO ranking system. This system was first used in chess to calculate the skill level of players and predict the most likely winner. It’s a good system, but soccer is not chess because soccer can end in a draw. I’m using a modified formula that tries to predict the chance that a team …

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