Tag Archives: MLS

Stats Summary – Unlimited Free Transfers: Team-by-team Round-up

The mid-season unlimited free transfers window is here after Wednesday’s games kick off! We can finally blow up our teams and try to forget all the mistakes we made by buying some shiny new toys. We can own a maximum of 4 players from each team, so this week I’ll be throwing some stats at you for my top 4 …

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Predictions and Power Rankings for 2016 Round 18

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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. Since soccer can end in a draw, I’m using a modified version of this formula that tries to predict the chance that a team will come away from a match …

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MLSFI S2 Ep23: Wildcard Prep for Rounds 18 and 19

Reid, Jason, Simon, and Andrew take questions from the r/FantasyMLS community and prepare you for the whirlwind of Bye games in Round 18 and the free wildcard in Round 19. Lots of Twitter interaction opportunities so hit everyone on Twitter with your questions after listening to the pod!! Enjoy 🙂 [break] Links to items discussed Patreon Website – Help Support the MLSFI podcast! …

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MLSFB 2016 Form Difficulty Charts – Round 18

Here are the Form Difficulty Charts – Round 18 of the 2016 MLS Fantasy season and form breakdown for Home and Away games from 2015 plus the first games of 2016. If you’re not familiar with these charts, I’ll explain below. One early warning, since these charts are based on team form, the accuracy may be off some until more games have …

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Boss’ Breakdown – Round 17

Round 17 is in the books and with a quick turnaround before the midweek Round 18, here are the talking points from last weekend’s matches! [break] Orlando City SC (0) – (0) Houston Dynamo MOTM – Luke Boden ($5.5) 10pts Boden started at LB under a new coach (??) and amassed 2 attacking and 2 passing bonus. He certainly did …

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11th Hour Transfer Tips – 2016 Round 17

  We’re not far from the 2016 Round 17 kickoff. So if you still need to adjust your roster, now is the time to do it. To help with this, I have assembled a collection of tips from around the web that I hope people will find useful in your 11th Hour. MLS Fantasy Boss Posts: Round 17 Form Difficulty …

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MLS Injury News: Week 17

[break] New injuries from last week: Valeri: picked up a contusion in training late last week. He’s definitely out for this week, and it’s not certain about Week 18. Liam Ridgewell: questionable. Kaka: Out with a calf issue for 17, unclear status for 18. Evans: gametime decision for a calf injury Drogba: Out for this week, and with Week 18 …

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Best XI Predictions – Round 17

Did you ever wonder what you could do with a team if you used a Wild Card every week?  In Best XI at $120m, we will explore the options available to brand new players as well as those using a Wild Card as we predict the rounds Dream Team. Along with the best players by round matchup, players with the …

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2016 Round 17 Captain Poll

It’s finally time for the first captain poll of the year. Don’t forget, the transfer deadline is, today, Friday the 8th at 8:o0pm EST so be sure to get all of your trades in and captain set by then. There are several good captain options for this first round, have you decided on yours yet? Well now is your chance to find out …

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Playtime Analysis 2016 – Round 17

Playtime Analysis is a weekly overview offering useful tips for the coming weeks about players that aren’t going to be getting their usual time on the pitch.  Whether it be value subs, injured stars, or international absences, you can find it here in Playtime Analysis. Howard $6.1 COL: Howard is included for completeness. the USMNT vet has displaced McMath as …

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