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Fantasy: Week 14 positional rankings


Reid and Mike are joined by Ashley Savage from MLSfemale.com to review the most important fantasy takeaways from Round 13 and preview the options for the Round 14 DGW. During the first half of the show, they throw out some new name ideas for the award for the lowest scoring fantasy team in a league, and ideas of for how to make Fantasy more fun for Bobby Warshaw. After that, itā€™s down to business discuss some of their top player recommendations for Round 14 as well as value picks and switcheroo options.



A massive 10-team double-game week is upon us with just two weeks to go in the MLS Fantasy Spring season. Looking ahead to next weekā€™s condensed schedule, Week 14 may be the best opportunity to make a big move in the standings. With that said, letā€™s dial in on the top players at each position, with an emphasis on players who could play twice this week.


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Goalkeepers

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Brad Guzan | USA Today Sports Images


Atlanta United goalkeeper Brad Guzan has kept a clean sheet in each of his last three appearances at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and heā€™s in a good spot to extend that streak with two favorable home games in Week 14. First up is a game against a Minnesota United attack on Wednesday (7 pm ET | TV & streaming info) that was held scoreless in their last road game before rounding the DGW out against a Chicago Fire attack on Saturday (3:30 pm ET | UniMĆ”s ā€” Full TV & streaming info) that has just one goal across their last four road games.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Brad Guzan
ATL
vs. MIN, vs. CHI
$8.4
2 
Evan Bush
MTL
vs. RSL, vs. ORL
$7.3
3 
Bill Hamid
DC
vs. CHI, vs. SJ
$8.0
4 
Vito Mannone
MIN
at ATL, vs. PHI
$8.0
5 
Andre Blake
PHI
vs. COL, at MIN
$6.7
6
David Bingham
LA
at SKC, vs. NE
$7.0
7
Tim Howard
COL
at PHI, vs. CIN
$5.5
8
Tim Melia
SKC
vs. LA, at HOU
$5.9
9
Nick Rimando
RSL
at MTL, at RBNY
$5.9
10
Kenneth Kronholm
CHI
at DC, at ATL
$4.5

Defenders

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Leandro Gonzalez Pirez | USA Today Sports Images


Leandro Gonzalez Pirez has been a key ingredient to Atlantaā€™s good run of form at home, averaging over nine fantasy points per game across their three-game shutout spree. The Argentine center back should help boost your team.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez
ATL
vs. MIN, vs. CHI
$9.5
2
Steven Birnbaum
DC
vs. CHI, vs. SJ
$8.6
3
Frederic Brillant
DC
vs. CHI, vs. SJ
$8.2
4
Miles Robinson
ATL
vs. MIN, vs. CHI
$8.0
5
Zakaria Diallo
MTL
vs. RSL, vs. ORL
$7.6
6
Jack Elliott
PHI
vs. COL, at MIN
$8.9
7
Franco Escobar
ATL
vs. MIN, vs. CHI
$6.7
8
Michael Parkhurst
ATL
vs. MIN, vs. CHI
$6.2
9
Leonardo Jara
DC
vs. CHI, vs. SJ
$7.7
10
Kai Wagner
PHI
vs. COL, at MIN
$8.3
11
Rolf Feltscher
LA
at SKC, vs. NE
$6.2
12
Daniel Steres
LA
at SKC, vs. NE
$7.9
13
Daniel Lovitz
MTL
vs. RSL, vs. ORL
$7.0
14
Giancarlo Gonzalez
LA
at SKC, vs. NE
$6.3
15
Tommy Smith
COL
at PHI, vs. CIN
$5.9
16
Jukka Raitala
MTL
vs. RSL, vs. ORL
$6.4
17
Matt Besler
SKC
vs. LA, at HOU
$7.2
18
Brent Kallman
MIN
at ATL, vs. PHI
$6.3
19
Auston Trusty
PHI
vs. COL, at MIN
$7.0
20
Marquinhos Pedroso
DC
vs. CHI, vs. SJ
$5.0

Midfielders

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Jonathan dos Santos | USA Today Sports Images


Jonathan dos Santos scored a banger to lift the LA Galaxy in Week 13, and he continues to churn out fantasy points regardless of if he makes an impact on the scoresheet. Thereā€™s cause for hesitation given his recent injury concerns, but if heā€™s in the starting lineup on Wednesday, he has arguably the best floor of any DGW midfielder this week.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Jonathan dos Santos
LA
at SKC, vs. NE
$10.7
2
Pity Martinez
ATL
vs. MIN, vs. CHI
$8.4
3
Johnny Russell
SKC
vs. LA, at HOU
$10.0
4
Saphir Taider
MTL
vs. RSL, vs. ORL
$9.1
5
Felipe Gutierrez
SKC
vs. LA, at HOU
$9.0
6
Haris Medunjanin
PHI
vs. COL, at MIN
$10.3
7
Julian Gressel
ATL
vs. MIN, vs. CHI
$8.5
8
Luciano Acosta
DC
vs. CHI, vs. SJ
$8.9
9
Jamiro Monteiro
PHI
vs. COL, at MIN
$8.5
10
Paul Arriola
DC
vs. CHI, vs. SJ
$8.0
11
Albert Rusnak
RSL
at MTL, at RBNY
$10.7
12
Aleksandar Katai
CHI
at DC, at ATL
$10.2
13
Jack Price
COL
at PHI, vs. CIN
$7.3
14
Ilie Sanchez
SKC
vs. LA, at HOU
$8.0
15
Sebastian Lletget
LA
at SKC, vs. NE
$7.7
16
Russell Canouse
DC
vs. CHI, vs. SJ
$6.9
17
Darlington Nagbe
ATL
vs. MIN, vs. CHI
$7.7
18
Favio Alvarez
LA
at SKC, vs. NE
$7.9
19
Kellyn Acosta
COL
at PHI, vs. CIN
$6.3
20
Osvaldo Alonso
MIN
at ATL, vs. PHI
$8.6
21
Jan Gregus
MIN
at ATL, vs. PHI
$9.3
22
Alejandro Bedoya
PHI
vs. COL, at MIN
$7.7
23
Junior Moreno
DC
vs. CHI, vs. SJ
$8.0
24
Sebastian Saucedo
RSL
at MTL, at RBNY
$5.3
25
Joe Corona
LA
at SKC, vs. NE
$7.0
26
Uriel Antuna
LA
at SKC, vs. NE
$5.8
27
Samuel Piette
MTL
vs. RSL, vs. ORL
$6.6
28
Micheal Azira
MTL
vs. RSL, vs. ORL
$5.8
29
Jefferson Savarino
RSL
at MTL, at RBNY
$8.4
30
Kelyn Rowe
SKC
vs. LA, at HOU
$4.7

Forwards

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Wayne Rooney | USA Today Sports Images


Wayne Rooney has a goal or an assist in each of his last four starts and the D.C. United striker comes with immense upside with two exploitable home matchups this week. Thereā€™s not much separating the top three forwards, and a case could be made to load up on the heavy artillery at the forward position in Week 14.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Wayne Rooney
DC
vs. CHI, vs. SJ
$11.2
2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
LA
at SKC, vs. NE
$12.8
3
Josef Martinez
ATL
vs. MIN, vs. CHI
$9.8
4
Kacper Przybylko
PHI
vs. COL, at MIN
$6.8
5
Darwin Quintero
MIN
at ATL, vs. PHI
$10.2
6
Kei Kamara
COL
at PHI, vs. CIN
$8.9
7
Hector Villalba
ATL
vs. MIN, vs. CHI
$7.7
8
Maxi Urruti
MTL
vs. RSL, vs. ORL
$6.9
9
Jonathan Lewis
COL
at PHI, vs. CIN
$4.4
10
Fafa Picault
PHI
vs. COL, at MIN
$4.7
11
Diego Rubio
COL
at PHI, vs. CIN
$5.1
12
Carlos Vela
LAFC
at POR
$15.4
13
CJ Sapong
CHI
at DC, at ATL
$7.2
14
Angelo Rodriguez
MIN
at ATL, vs. PHI
$6.8
15
Corey Baird
RSL
at MTL, at RBNY
$5.7
16
Orji Okwonkwo
MTL
vs. RSL, vs. ORL
$5.2
17
Anthony Jackson-Hamel
MTL
vs. RSL, vs. ORL
$4.2
18
Brian Fernandez
POR
vs. LAFC
$10.5
19
Mauro Manotas
HOU
vs. SKC
$10.3
20
Sam Johnson
RSL
at MTL, at RBNY
$7.6