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Fantasy: Week 3 positional rankings


Reid, Mike and Blayne are joined by special guest, Matt Pollard from Last Word on Soccer to review the top fantasy takeaways from Round 2 and preview the games and top player options for Round 3. This episode also includes an exciting new announcement near the top of the show and a new Fan Poll request during the preview section that will determine how Reid builds his Round 3 team.



After just one clean sheet on opening weekend, Week 2 of MLS Fantasy proved just how vital keying in on the right defenders can be in shooting your fantasy team up the standings. With slightly more data at our disposal heading into Week 3, here are my top players at each position based on recent performance and matchups.


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Goalkeepers


Luis Robles led the league with 14 shutouts last season, and a home opener Saturday (3:30 pm ET | Univision, Twitter ā€” Full TV & streaming info) against a disjointed San Jose Earthquakes attack has him in a favorable spot to collect his first clean sheet of 2019.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Luis Robles
RBNY
vs. SJ
$6.0
2 
Zack Steffen
CLB
vs. DAL
$6.7
3
Bill Hamid
DC
vs. RSL
$6.9
4 
Brad Guzan
ATL
vs. PHI
$5.6
5 
Alex Bono
TOR
vs. NE
$5.6
6
Joe Willis
HOU
vs. VAN
$5.2
7
Brian Rowe
ORL
vs. MTL
$4.6
8
David Bingham
LA
vs. MIN
$5.5
9
Sean Johnson
NYC
vs. LAFC
$6.4
10
Spencer Richey
CIN
vs. POR
$4.8

Defenders


Nick DeLeon flashed his fantasy upside in Week 1, scoring 13 points by way of a goal and an assist, along with a dusting of bonus points. He should continue to feature as a winger in the attack, which is a nice bonus anytime we can roster an attacker on our backline with the potential to rack up points on both ends of the field. Toronto FC and DeLeon play the New England Revolution on Sunday (7:30 pm ET | TSN4,5 ā€” Full TV & streaming info). 

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Nick DeLeon
TOR
vs. NE
$5.5
2
Aaron Long
RBNY
vs. SJ
$6.7
3
Michael Murillo
RBNY
vs. SJ
$7.2
4
Kemar Lawrence
RBNY
vs. SJ
$6.5
5
Tim Parker
RBNY
vs. SJ
$6.7
6
Harrison Afful
CLB
vs. DAL
$7.2
7
Frederic Brillant
DC
vs. RSL
$6.5
8
Gaston Sauro
CLB
vs. DAL
$5.5
9
Justin Morrow
TOR
vs. NE
$6.2
10
Auro
TOR
vs. NE
$5.8
11
Steve Birnbaum
DC
vs. RSL
$6.0
12
Laurent Ciman
TOR
vs. NE
$6.1
13
Miles Robinson
ATL
vs. PHI
$5.6
14
Drew Moor
TOR
vs. NE
$5.0
15
Maynor Figueroa
HOU
vs. VAN
$5.5
16
Daniel Steres
LA
vs. MIN
$5.8
17
Kendall Waston
CIN
vs. POR
$5.7
18
Francisco Calvo
MIN
at LA
$7.0
19
Reto Ziegler
DAL
at CLB
$6.2
20
Kelvin Leerdam
SEA
at CHI
$6.0

Midfielders

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Luciano Acosta had a dream start to the season with 15 points in D.C. United's home opener, and he was a clutch Sean Johnson save away from following that up with another goal in Week 2. Heā€™s playing with a chip on his shoulder and should continue to cause chaos at home Saturday (8 pm ET | TV & streaming info) against Real Salt Lake.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Luciano Acosta
DC
vs. RSL
$11.4
2
Nicolas Lodeiro
SEA
at CHI
$11.8
3
Diego Valeri
POR
at CIN
$11.5
4
Kaku
RBNY
vs. SJ
$9.0
5
Maxi Moralez
NYC
vs. LAFC
$10.3
6
Pity Martinez
ATL
vs. PHI
$9.8
7
Saphir Taider
MTL
at ORL
$11.5
8
Nani
ORL
vs. MTL
$9.4
9
Ignacio Piatti
MTL
at ORL
$11.0
10
Tomas Martinez
HOU
vs. VAN
$8.4
11
Federico Higuain
CLB
vs. DAL
$9.3
12
Florian Valot
RBNY
vs. SJ
$7.8
13
Jonathan Osorio
TOR
vs. NE
$9.2
14
Sebastian Blanco
POR
at CIN
$10.7
15
Daniel Royer
RBNY
vs. SJ
$7.5
16
Johnny Russell
SKC
at COL
$9.1
17
Albert Rusnak
RSL
at DC
$11.0
18
Julian Gressel
ATL
vs. PHI
$8.5
19
Michael Bradley
TOR
vs. NE
$9.5
20
Carles Gil
NE
at TOR
$9.2
21
Kenny Saief
CIN
vs. POR
$7.6
22
Benny Feilhaber
COL
vs. SKC
$8.4
23
Victor Rodriguez
SEA
at CHI
$9.0
24
Ilie Sanchez
SKC
at COL
$8.7
25
Pedro Santos
CLB
vs. DAL
$7.1
26
Paul Arriola
DC
vs. RSL
$9.5
27
Chris Pontius
LA
vs. MIN
$5.0
28
Felipe Gutierrez
SKC
at COL
$8.5
29
Marc Rzatkowski
NYRB
vs. SJ
$7.0
30
Roland Lamah
CIN
vs. POR
$7.5

Forwards


Wayne Rooney has yet to put the ball in the back of the net through the first two games of the season, but heā€™s back at Audi Field where heā€™s scored or assisted in six of his last seven regular season games dating back to last year. Itā€™s only a matter of time before he opens his 2019 account, and he should see multiple opportunities against a RSL side that has conceded 24 shots over their first two games.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Wayne Rooney
DC
vs. RSL
$10.5
2
Darwin Quintero
MIN
at LA
$12.0
3
Josef Martinez
ATL
vs. PHI
$10.5
4
Bradley Wright-Phillips
RBNY
vs. SJ
$10.5
5
Carlos Vela
LAFC
at NYC
$11.3
6
Mauro Manotas
HOU
vs. VAN
$9.9
7
Alexandru Mitrita
NYC
vs. LAFC
$10.2
8
Alberth Elis
HOU
vs. VAN
$8.7
9
Romell Quioto
HOU
vs. VAN
$8.3
10
Raul Ruidiaz
SEA
at CHI
$10.8
11
Gyasi Zardes
CLB
vs. DAL
$9.7
12
Dom Dwyer
ORL
vs. MTL
$9.1
13
Kei Kamara
COL
vs. SKC
$9.7
14
Krisztian Nemeth
SKC
at COL
$7.1
15
Fanendo Adi
CIN
vs. POR
$8.2
16
Nemanja Nikolic
CHI
vs. SEA
$8.6
17
Jeremy Ebobisse
POR
at CIN
$7.4
18
Diego Rubio
COL
vs. SKC
$6.9
19
Diego Rossi
LAFC
at NYC
$9.5
20
CJ Sapong
CHI
vs. SEA
$7.9