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2025 Game Week 14: Defense against MLS Defenses

By: The Fantasy Physician Picking defenders and goalkeepers just feels “hit-or-miss” or maybe more accurately “miss-and-only-sometimes-hit.” In our last round  – our first big double-game week – I deployed a keeperoo , going from Andrew Rick of Philadelphia to CJ Dos Santos of San Diego FC. That started poorly, when the hapless Galaxy struck twice early on Philadelphia but ended …

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Matchups to Target: 2025 Round 14

Matchups are one of the most important factors to consider when crafting your fantasy lineup each week. In MLS, where home field provides a greater advantage than most leagues, players frequently deal with cross country travel and multiple competitions, which can impact performance. It’s important to consider these factors, as well as performance metrics such as home/away form and player …

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DiffeRANCHals: 2025 Round 14

        Every week, we’ll go over our suggestions from last week, and determine if they were a good or bad pick based on position and points. To describe in detail the ranking system, here is the metric: bust = 3 or fewer points (or did not play), average = 4-5 points, good = 6-8 points, great = …

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DiffeRANCHals: 2025 Round 13

        Every week, we’ll go over our suggestions from last week, and determine if they were a good or bad pick based on position and points. To describe in detail the ranking system, here is the metric: bust = 3 or fewer points (or did not play), average = 4-5 points, good = 6-8 points, great = …

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Matchups to Target: 2025 Round 13

Matchups are one of the most important factors to consider when crafting your fantasy lineup each week. In MLS, where home field provides a greater advantage than most leagues, players frequently deal with cross-country travel and multiple competitions, which can impact performance. It’s important to consider these factors, as well as performance metrics such as home/away form and player injuries …

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2025 Game Week 13: Building a Double-Game Week Team? (Part 2)

  By: The Fantasy Therapist Welcome back to Part 2 of our guide to building a double-game week (or DGW) team. In Part 1, I discussed how scores are counted in a DGW, targeting matchups, and managing rotation. In this installment, I’ll cover how to approach picking players at the different positions, how to account for the dreaded yellow card …

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Matchups to Target: 2025 Round 12

Matchups are one of the most important factors to consider when crafting your fantasy lineup each week. In MLS, where home field provides a greater advantage than most leagues, players frequently deal with cross-country travel and multiple competitions, which can impact performance. It’s important to consider these factors, as well as performance metrics such as home/away form and player injuries …

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DiffeRANCHals: 2025 Round 12

        Every week, we’ll go over our suggestions from last week, and determine if they were a good or bad pick based on position and points. To describe in detail the ranking system, here is the metric: bust = 3 or fewer points (or did not play), average = 4-5 points, good = 6-8 points, great = …

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2025 Game Week 12: Building a Double-Game Week Team? (Part 1)

  By: The Fantasy Therapist Welcome back. We’re about one-third of the way through the season, and hopefully by now you’re feeling comfortable with building an FMLS team. We’ve covered a lot of basic strategies and resources over the past eleven weeks, and now it’s time to start looking ahead and putting those strategies to work for the first double-game …

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DiffeRANCHals: 2025 Round 11

        Every week, we’ll go over our suggestions from last week, and determine if they were a good or bad pick based on position and points. To describe in detail the ranking system, here is the metric: bust = 3 or fewer points (or did not play), average = 4-5 points, good = 6-8 points, great = …

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