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Fantasy: Week 25 positional rankings


Reid, Mike and Blayne get together to to review the biggest surprises and most important takeaways from Round 24 and preview the upcoming action from Heineken Rivalry Week (AKA Round 25). Shocking comebacks and surprise losses are the focus for main Round 24 takeaways, but Reid also takes a moment to mention the importance of the upcoming playoff race and rant a little bit about other systems.



Six teams are on a double-game week in Week 25 of MLS Fantasy, presenting a big opportunity to shuffle things up on the leaderboards. Letā€™s get dialed in on the top players at each position, with a focus on players who could potentially collect points from two games this week.


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Goalkeepers

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Tyler Miller | USA Today Sports Images


Tyler Miller has kept a clean sheet in two of his last three outings, and his 0.90 goals against average is tops in the league among starting goalkeepers. As one of just two ā€˜keepers who have two home games this week, the LAFC standout is a top option even with tough matchups against San Jose and the LA Galaxy.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Tyler Miller
LAFC
vs. SJ, vs. LA
$7.4
2 
Sean Johnson
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$6.0
3 
Daniel Vega
SJ
at LAFC, vs. VAN
$5.1
4 
Bill Hamid
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$6.9
5 
Luis Robles
RBNY
at DC, at NYC
$6.7
6 
Eloy Room
CLB
at NYC, at CIN
$4.4
7
Matt Turner
NE
vs. CHI
$6.4
8
Andre Blake
PHI
vs. DC
$5.2
9
Jesse Gonzalez
DAL
vs. HOU
$6.7
10
Tim Melia
SKC
vs. MIN
$6.4

Defenders

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Ronald Matarrita | USA Today Sports Images


NYCFC left back Ronald Matarrita has just one assist to his name this season, but heā€™s flashed his attacking upside on numerous occasions. The versatile Costa Rican possesses the ability to turn in a big week with intriguing home matches versus Columbus and cross-city rivals New York Red Bulls.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Ronald Matarrita
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$5.6
2
Eddie Segura
LAFC
vs. SJ, vs. LA
$6.5
3
Anton Tinnerholm
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$8.0
4
Jordan Harvey
LAFC
vs. SJ, vs. LA
$7.1
5
Maxime Chanot
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$5.9
6
Alexander Callens
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$6.0
7
Florian Jungwirth
SJ
at LAFC, vs. VAN
$6.7
8
Tommy Thompson
SJ
at LAFC, vs. VAN
$7.3
9
Steven Beitashour
LAFC
vs. SJ, vs. LA
$6.0
10
Nick Lima
SJ
at LAFC, vs. VAN
$5.3
11
Tristan Blackmon
LAFC
vs. SJ, vs. LA
$6.2
12
Leonardo Jara
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$6.7
13
Ben Sweat
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$5.3
14
Eric Miller
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$4.0
15
Harrison Afful
CLB
at NYC, at CIN
$5.3
16
Steve Birnbaum
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$6.1
17
Guram Kashia
SJ
at LAFC, vs. VAN
$6.6
18
Frederic Brillant
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$8.1
19
Michael Murillo
RBNY
at DC, at NYC
$6.0
20
Joseph Mora
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$4.7

Midfielders

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Eduard Atuesta | USA Today Sports Images


Eduard Atuesta has seven or more points in each of his last nine home appearances, which bodes well with LAFC having two games at Banc of California Stadium this week.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Eduard Atuesta
LAFC
vs. SJ, vs. LA
$12.6
2
Maxi Moralez
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$11.1
3
Magnus Eriksson
SJ
at LAFC, vs. VAN
$10.3
4
Latif Blessing
LAFC
vs. SJ, vs. LA
$9.4
5
Pedro Santos
CLB
at NYC, at CIN
$10.1
6
Cristian Espinoza
SJ
at LAFC, vs. VAN
$9.9
7
Vako
SJ
at LAFC, vs. VAN
$10.1
8
Mark-Anthony Kaye
LAFC
vs. SJ, vs. LA
$9.8
9
Daniel Royer
RBNY
at DC, at NYC
$9.1
10
Marc Rzatkowski
RBNY
at DC, at NYC
$8.1
11
Alexander Ring
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$8.7
12
Kaku
RBNY
at DC, at NYC
$8.2
13
Paul Arriola
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$8.1
14
Wil Trapp
CLB
at NYC, at CIN
$8.4
15
Sean Davis
RBNY
at DC, at NYC
$7.2
16
Keaton Parks
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$5.7
17
Cristian Casseres Jr.
RBNY
at DC, at NYC
$7.1
18
Lucas Rodriguez
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$7.6
19
Felipe Martins
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$6.4
20
Jackson Yueill
SJ
at LAFC, vs. VAN
$7.2
21
Junior Moreno
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$5.5
22
Luis Diaz
CLB
at NYC, at CIN
$8.4
23
Ulises Segura
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$4.8
24
Artur
CLB
at NYC, at CIN
$5.2
25
Diego Valeri
POR
vs. SEA
$12.2
26
Carles Gil
NE
vs. CHI
$13.2
27
Alejandro Pozuelo
TOR
vs. MTL
$10.5
28
Nicolas Lodeiro
SEA
at POR
$13.1
29
Johnny Russell
SKC
vs. MIN
$8.5
30
Albert Rusnak
RSL
vs. COL
$10.2

Forwards

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Carlos Vela | USA Today Sports Images


Carlos Vela is averaging more than 17 fantasy points per game across his last five home outings. That kind of production is worth moving mountains for to fit the MVP frontrunner into your squad on a double-game week.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Carlos Vela
LAFC
vs. SJ, vs. LA
$14.5
2
Heber
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$10.4
3
Wayne Rooney
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$10.0
4
Valentin Castellanos
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$7.5
5
Diego Rossi
LAFC
vs. SJ, vs. LA
$9.8
6
Adama Diomande
LAFC
vs. SJ, vs. LA
$8.9
7
Alexandru Mitrita
NYC
vs. CLB, vs. RBNY
$8.0
8
Gyasi Zardes
CLB
at NYC, at CIN
$9.7
9
Chris Wondolowski
SJ
at LAFC, vs. VAN
$6.9
10
Brian Fernandez
POR
vs. SEA
$10.7
11
Josef Martinez
ATL
at ORL
$14.0
12
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
LA
at LAFC
$11.3
13
Gustavo Bou
NE
vs. CHI
$10.5
14
Ola Kamara
DC
vs. RBNY, at PHI
$8.6
15
Bradley Wright-Phillips
RBNY
at DC, at NYC
$5.9
16
Jozy Altidore
TOR
vs. MTL
$10.0
17
Raul Ruidiaz
SEA
at POR
$10.7
18
Danny Hoesen
SJ
at LAFC, vs. VAN
$5.6
19
Kacper Przybylko
PHI
vs. DC
$8.1
20
Diego Rubio
COL
at RSL
$9.8