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Fantasy: Week 35 positional rankings

Graham Zusi - Sporting KC - Fantasy


Reid, Mike, and Blayne are joined by Matt Pollard from Last Work on Soccer to preview all of the upcoming action for the final round of the 2018 MLS Fantasy Season! They have a great discussion about the fantasy value of all the teams still trying to make it into the playoffs and touch on which teams that are jockeying for home field advantage are most likely to see rotations. Everything is wrapped up with a breakdown of Round 35 where everyone reveals which teams they are leaning on most for fantasy points and which offer the best value.




Decision Day presented by AT&T marks the final week of the MLS Fantasy season and gives us one last chance to make some moves on the leaderboards. Considering whatā€™s still at stake, itā€™s important to identify players who still have something to play for heading into the final week of the regular season. With that in mind, letā€™s key in on the top players at each position for Week 35.


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Goalkeepers


Zack Steffen and Columbus can punch their ticket to the Audi 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs with a win at home against Minnesota (4:30 pm ET | TV & streaming info), who have lost three straight by a combined score of 10-2. Steffen has kept 10 shutouts this season, including a clean sheet in his last home outing.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Zack Steffen
CLB
vs. MIN
$7.3
2 
Luis Robles
NY
vs. ORL
$10.4
3
Stefan Frei
SEA
vs. SJ
$7.3
4 
David Bingham
LA
vs. HOU
$6.3
5 
Sean Johnson
NYC
vs. PHI
$6.0
6
Jesse Gonzalez
DAL
at COL
$6.4
7
Brad Guzan
ATL
at TOR
$7.4
8
Tim Melia
SKC
vs. LAFC
$8.6
9
Evan Bush
MTL
at NE
$7.5
10
Brad Knighton
NE
vs. MTL
$7.5

Defenders


Graham Zusi led all defenders with 16 points in Week 34, and with the top seed in the West up for grabs, we can expect him to be at it again on Decision Day.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Graham Zusi
SKC
vs. LAFC
$10.9
2
Harrison Afful
CLB
vs. MIN
$10.3
3
Aaron Long
RBNY
vs. ORL
$9.9
4
Rolf Feltscher
LA
vs. HOU
$5.6
5
Tim Parker
RBNY
vs. ORL
$10.4
6
Milton Valenzuela
CLB
vs. MIN
$8.9
7
Ike Opara
SKC
vs. LAFC
$11.5
8
Michael Murillo
RBNY
vs. ORL
$9.4
9
Kelvin Leerdam
SEA
vs. SJ
$7.7
10
Ashley Cole
LA
vs. HOU
$8.7
11
Ronald Matarrita
NYC
vs. PHI
$5.2
12
Matt Hedges
DAL
at COL
$9.4
13
Nouhou Tolo
SEA
vs. SJ
$7.2
14
Matt Besler
SKC
vs. LAFC
$10.3
15
Anton Tinnerholm
NYC
vs. PHI
$6.2
16
Chad Marshall
SEA
vs. SJ
$9.2
17
Alexander Callens
NYC
vs. PHI
$6.9
18
Daniel Steres
LA
vs. HOU
$5.5
19
Reggie Cannon
DAL
at COL
$8.6
20
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez
ATL
at TOR
$9.7

Midfielders


Nicolas Lodeiro has a combined 52 points over his last three outings, notching a goal and six assists over that span. Heā€™ll look to carry that scintillating form over to Sundayā€™s regular season finale at home against San Jose (4:30 pm ET | TV & streaming info).

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Nicolas Lodeiro
SEA
vs. SJ
$15.3
2
Romain Alessandrini
LA
vs. HOU
$12.0
3
Federico Higuain
CLB
vs. MIN
$8.4
4
Ignacio Piatti
MTL
at NE
$12.3
5
Kaku
RBNY
vs. ORL
$7.7
6
Luciano Acosta
DC
at CHI
$13.5
7
Johnny Russell
SKC
vs. LAFC
$9.3
8
Diego Fagundez
NE
vs. MTL
$6.7
9
Victor Rodriguez
SEA
vs. SJ
$6.7
10
Saphir Taider
MTL
at NE
$11.6
11
Sebastian Blanco
POR
at VAN
$10.5
12
Diego Valeri
POR
at VAN
$9.5
13
Justin Meram
CLB
vs. MIN
$6.8
14
Daniel Salloi
SKC
vs. LAFC
$6.3
15
Sebastian Lletget
LA
vs. HOU
$7.8
16
Pedro Santos
CLB
vs. MIN
$8.0
17
Jonathan dos Santos
LA
vs. HOU
$12.0
18
Borek Dockal
PHI
at NYC
$9.6
19
Alphonso Davies
VAN
vs. POR
$8.7
20
Felipe Gutierrez
SKC
vs. LAFC
$9.5
21
Julian Gressel
ATL
at TOR
$12.4
22
Yordy Reyna
VAN
vs. POR
$11.7
23
Cristian Roldan
SEA
vs. SJ
$10.5
24
Benny Feilhaber
LAFC
at SKC
$8.7
25
Alex Muyl
NY
vs. ORL
$5.8
26
Aleksandar Katai
CHI
vs. DC
$7.4
27
Tomas Martinez
HOU
at LA
$10.1
28
Ezequiel Barco
ATL
at TOR
$6.5
29
Michael Barrios
DAL
at COL
$10.1
30
Djordje Mihailovic
CHI
vs. DC
$7.7

Forwards


Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored in five straight games, and with the LA Galaxy positioned to leapfrog Real Salt Lake for the final playoff spot in the West, donā€™t overthink making room for the lion in your lineup.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
LA
vs. HOU
$14.6
2
Bradley Wright-Phillips
RBNY
vs. ORL
$11.2
3
Josef Martinez
ATL
at TOR
$12.1
4
Wayne Rooney
DC
at CHI
$13.8
5
Raul Ruidiaz
SEA
vs. SJ
$10.7
6
Sebastian Giovinco
TOR
vs. ATL
$14.0
7
David Villa
NYC
vs. PHI
$10.5
8
Carlos Vela
LAFC
at SKC
$13.6
9
Gyasi Zardes
CLB
vs. MIN
$6.1
10
Ola Kamara
LA
vs. HOU
$8.8
11
Maximiliano Urruti
DAL
at COL
$9.8
12
Darwin Quintero
MIN
at CLB
$13.3
13
Kei Kamara
VAN
vs. POR
$11.0
14
Alberth Elis
HOU
at LA
$8.3
15
Diego Rossi
LAFC
at SKC
$9.9
16
Mauro Manotas
HOU
at LA
$10.4
17
Adama Diomande
LAFC
at SKC
$8.9
18
Cristian Penilla
NE
vs. MTL
$8.9
19
Nemanja Nikolic
CHI
vs. DC
$9.5
20
Chris Wondolowski
SJ
at SEA
$7.0

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