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Fantasy: Week 9 positional rankings


Reid, Michael and Blayne are joined by special guest Abbie Mood from Burgundy Wave to review all the most important fantasy takeaways from Round 8 and preview the MASSIVE DGW in Round 9. Before giving a shutout to the Patreon supporters, Reid gives Blayne and Michael a chance to share their latest Twitter argument and then everyone moves into previewing the best DGW and maybe SGW options for Round 9.



A pivotal Week 9 of MLS Fantasy sees 10 teams playing twice, and with players from those teams eligible to earn fantasy points in both games, there will be plenty of opportunities to make some moves up the leader boards. As always with a double game week, be mindful of roster rotation and confirm starting lineups on Wednesday to give your team the best shot at getting the most minutes out of your players.


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Goalkeepers

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Sean Johnson | USA Today Sports Images


Sean Johnson has two clean sheets in his last three outings, and he has arguably the best schedule of all double-game week goalkeepers with home games vs. the Chicago Fire and Orlando City.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Sean Johnson
NYC
vs. CHI, vs. ORL
$6.8
2
Stefan Frei
SEA
vs. SJ, vs. LAFC
$7.7
3
Zack Steffen
CLB
vs. DC, at HOU
$8.5
4
Vito Mannone
MIN
vs. LA, vs. DC
$6.4
5
Evan Bush
MTL
at NE, vs. CHI
$6.4
6
David Bingham
LA
at MIN, vs. RSL
$6.5
7
Cody Cropper
NE
vs. MTL, at SKC
$4.8
8
Bill Hamid
DC
at CLB, at MIN
$8.1
9
David Ousted
CHI
at NYC, at MTL
$5.4
10
Daniel Vega
SJ
at SEA, at DAL
$5.0

Defenders

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Ronald Matarrita (right) | USA Today Sports Images


Ronald Matarrita notched his first assist of the season and finished with 12 points in Week 8. He has six shots over his last three outings and his involvement in the New York City FC attack gives his fantasy upside a big boost with the possibility of earning both attacking and defensive points.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Ronald Matarrita
NYC
vs. CHI, vs. ORL
$6.3
2
Kelvin Leerdam
SEA
vs. SJ, vs. LAFC
$7.9
3
Anton Tinnerholm
NYC
vs. CHI, vs. ORL
$7.1
4
Brad Smith
SEA
vs. SJ, vs. LAFC
$7.8
5
Alexander Callens
NYC
vs. CHI, vs. ORL
$7.3
6
Maxime Chanot
NYC
vs. CHI, vs. ORL
$7.6
7
Chad Marshall
SEA
vs. SJ, vs. LAFC
$8.0
8
Romain Metanire
MIN
vs. LA, vs. DC
$7.4
9
Kim Kee-hee
SEA
vs. SJ, vs. LAFC
$7.0
10
Diego Polenta
LA
at MIN, vs. RSL
$6.7
11
Zakaria Diallo
MTL
at NE, vs. CHI
$7.1
12
Jorgen Skjelvik
LA
at MIN, vs. RSL
$6.4
13
Daniel Lovitz
MTL
at NE, vs. CHI
$6.6
14
Andrew Farrell
NE
vs. MTL, at SKC
$6.5
15
Daniel Steres
LA
at MIN, vs. RSL
$6.6
16
Giancarlo Gonzalez
LA
at MIN, vs. RSL
$5.2
17
Ike Opara
MIN
vs. LA, vs. DC
$6.9
18
Edgar Castillo
NE
vs. MTL, at SKC
$5.6
19
Jonathan Mensah
CLB
vs. DC, at HOU
$8.3
20
Shea Salinas
SJ
at SEA, at DAL
$5.4

Midfielders

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Nico Lodeiro | USA Today Sports Images


Nicolas Lodeiroā€™s dip in production recently is reason for hesitation considering his lofty price tag, but on a double game week we can look past that as heā€™s historically been one of the top fantasy producers in the game. Heā€™ll look to get back on track Wednesday (10:30 pm ET | TV & streaming info) vs. a San Jose Earthquakes unit that has allowed the most assists in the league before a high-profile rematch at home against LAFC on Sunday (3:30 pm ET | ESPN ā€” Full TV & streaming info).

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Nicolas Lodeiro
SEA
vs. SJ, vs. LAFC
$11.5
2
Maxi Moralez
NYC
vs. CHI, vs. ORL
$9.7
3
Jonathan dos Santos
LA
at MIN, vs. RSL
$10.4
4
Carles Gil
NE
vs. MTL, at SKC
$10.6
5
Victor Rodriguez
SEA
vs. SJ, vs. LAFC
$8.9
6
Saphir Taider
MTL
at NE, vs. CHI
$10.8
7
Luciano Acosta
DC
at CLB, at MIN
$10.3
8
Cristian Roldan
SEA
vs. SJ, vs. LAFC
$10.0
9
Osvaldo Alonso
MIN
vs LA, vs. DC
$8.4
10
Nicolas Gaitan
CHI
at NYC, at MTL
$9.2
11
Federico Higuain
CLB
vs. DC, at HOU
$8.1
12
Alexander Ring
NYC
vs. CHI, vs. ORL
$8.9
13
Aleksandar Katai
CHI
at NYC, at MTL
$8.3
14
Wil Trapp
CLB
vs. DC, at HOU
$7.7
15
Joe Corona
LA
at MIN, vs. RSL
$7.2
16
Pedro Santos
CLB
vs. DC, at HOU
$8.6
17
Artur
CLB
vs. DC, at HOU
$8.1
18
Sebastian Lletget
LA
at MIN, vs. RSL
$6.9
19
Alejandro Pozuelo
TOR
vs. POR
$12.0
20
Gustav Svensson
SEA
vs. SJ, vs. LAFC
$7.9
21
Junior Moreno
DC
at CLB, at MIN
$8.0
22
Dax McCarty
CHI
at NYC, at MTL
$8.5
23
Bastian Schweinsteiger
CHI
at NYC, at MTL
$8.0
24
James Sands
NYC
vs. CHI, vs. ORL
$6.9
25
Uriel Antuna
LA
at MIN, vs. RSL
$5.6
26
Magnus Eriksson
SJ
at SEA, at DAL
$7.2
27
Ebenezer Ofori
NYC
vs. CHI, vs. ORL
$5.9
28
Ethan Finlay
MIN
vs. LA, vs. DC
$5.0
29
Jackson Yueill
SJ
at SEA, at DAL
$5.9
30
Emmanuel Boateng
LA
at MIN, vs. RSL
$4.6

Forwards

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Imagn Images


Zlatan Ibrahimovic has made his mark on the scoresheet in all five of his appearances this season, putting him in prime position for a massive fantasy point haul if he can avoid roster rotation. Up next is a depleted Minnesota United side on Wednesday (8:30 pm ET | TV & streaming info) who have conceded three or more goals in back-to-back games, before hosting Real Salt Lake on Sunday (8 pm ET | TV & streaming info), who are tied for the fifth-most goals conceded in MLS.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
LA
at MIN, vs. RSL
$13.2
2
Darwin Quintero
MIN
vs. LA, vs. DC
$12.4
3
Wayne Rooney
DC
at CLB, at MIN
$10.7
4
Heber
NYC
vs. CHI, vs. ORL
$7.8
5
Angelo Rodriguez
MIN
vs. LA, vs. DC
$8.2
6
Valentin Castellanos
NYC
vs. CHI, vs. ORL
$7.2
7
Jordan Morris
SEA
vs. SJ, vs. LAFC
$7.9
8
Gyasi Zardes
CLB
vs. DCU, at HOU
$8.8
9
Maxi Urruti
MTL
at NE, vs. CHI
$7.4
10
Cristian Espinoza
SJ
at SEA, at DAL
$8.9
11
C.J. Sapong
CHI
at NYC, at MTL
$8.7
12
Danny Hoesen
SJ
at SEA, at DAL
$8.9
13
Nemanja Nikolic
CHI
at NYC, at MTL
$8.7
14
Carlos Vela
LAFC
at SEA
$14.3
15
Josef Martinez
ATL
vs. COL
$9.5
16
Cristian Penilla
NE
vs. MTL, at SKC
$7.0
17
Harry Novillo
MTL
at NE, vs. CHI
$7.7
18
Juan Agudelo
NE
vs. MTL, at SKC
$4.8
19
Teal Bunbury
NE
vs. MTL, at SKC
$5.7
20
Alberth Elis
HOU
vs. CLB
$10.7