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Fantasy: Week 17 positional rankings

Week 17 brings us the first big double game week of the MLS Fantasy Fall season, with 12 teams playing twice. The possibility of earning points from two games presents an ample opportunity to make some big moves on the leaderboards, so letā€™s take a closer look at which DGW players to target at each position.


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Goalkeepers

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Bill Hamid | USA Today Sports Images


Bill Hamid leads the league with 87 saves and he ranks second in MLS with seven shutouts. Despite failing to keep a clean sheet over his last four games, heā€™s in a good spot to get back on track with a pair of favorable home games vs. Orlando City and Toronto FC.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Bill Hamid
DC
vs. ORL, vs. TOR
$6.0
2 
Brad Guzan
ATL
at TOR, vs. MTL
$6.0
3 
Daniel Vega
SJ
vs. HOU, vs. LA
$5.0
4 
Brad Knighton
NE
vs. PHI, vs. HOU
$4.5
5 
Jesse Gonzalez
DAL
vs. VAN, at POR
$6.0
6
Steve Clark
POR
at MTL, vs. DAL
$5.0
7
Quentin Westberg
TOR
vs. ATL, at DC
$5.6
8
Evan Bush
MTL
vs. POR, at ATL
$5.5
9
Joe Willis
HOU
at SJ, at NE
$5.4
10
Brian Rowe
ORL
at DC, at CLB
$5.0

Defenders

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Frederic Brillant (left) | USA Today Sports Images


With no clear cut defensive standouts this week, Frederic Brillant gets the nod here as the defender with the most bonus points of the double-game week defender core. In addition to his consistent bonus-point production, Brillant has a good shot at earning clean-sheet points from at least one of D.C. United's two home games this week.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Frederic Brillant
DC
vs. ORL, vs. TOR
$6.5
2
Andrew Farrell
NE
vs. PHI, vs. HOU
$5.5
3
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez
ATL
at TOR, vs. MTL
$7.0
4
Steve Birnbaum
DC
vs. ORL, vs. TOR
$6.5
5
Florian Jungwirth
SJ
vs. HOU, vs. LA
$6.0
6
Jalil Anibaba
NE
vs. PHI, vs. HOU
$5.5
7
Miles Robinson
ATL
at TOR, vs. MTL
$6.5
8
Joseph Mora
DC
vs. ORL, vs. TOR
$6.0
9
Franco Escobar
ATL
at TOR, vs. MTL
$6.5
10
Michael Parkhurst
ATL
at TOR, vs. MTL
$5.5
11
Leonardo Jara
DC
vs. ORL, vs. TOR
$6.0
12
Reto Ziegler
DAL
vs. VAN, at POR
$7.0
13
Larrys Mabiala
POR
at MTL, vs. DAL
$7.5
14
Jorge Villafaña
POR
at MTL, vs. DAL
$6.0
15
Jorge Moreira
POR
at MTL, vs. DAL
$6.0
16
Bressan
DAL
vs. VAN, at POR
$5.5
17
Matt Hedges
DAL
vs. VAN, at POR
$7.0
18
Ryan Hollingshead
DAL
vs. VAN, at POR
$6.0
19
Tommy Thompson
SJ
vs. HOU, vs. LA
$6.5
20
Ali Adnan
VAN
at DAL, at SEA
$6.1

Midfielders

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Diego Valeri | USA Today Sports Images


Diego Valeri did not disappoint in Week 16, delivering a goal, three assists, and 21 fantasy points (42 for those savvy enough to captain him) to lead the Dream Team. Look for another big week from ā€œEl Maestroā€ with two games in hand this week.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Diego Valeri
POR
at MTL, vs. DAL
$11.0
2
Alejandro Pozuelo
TOR
vs. ATL, at DC
$11.0
3
Carles Gil
NE
vs. PHI, vs. HOU
$10.5
4
Cristian Penilla
NE
vs. PHI, vs. HOU
$8.5
5
Cristian Espinoza
SJ
vs. HOU, vs. LA
$8.5
6
Luciano Acosta
DC
vs. ORL, vs. TOR
$10.0
7
Pity Martinez
ATL
at TOR, vs. MTL
$10.0
8
Nani
ORL
at DC, at CLB
$9.5
9
Magnus Eriksson
SJ
vs. HOU, vs. LA
$7.5
10
Jamiro Monteiro
PHI
at NE, at NYC
$9.5
11
Saphir Taider
MTL
vs. POR, at ATL
$10.0
12
Sebastian Blanco
POR
at MTL, vs. DAL
$10.0
13
Juan Agudelo
NE
vs. PHI, vs. HOU
$7.0
14
Paxton Pomykal
DAL
vs. VAN, at POR
$9.3
15
Diego Fagundez
NE
vs. PHI, vs. HOU
$7.0
16
Julian Gressel
ATL
at TOR, vs. MTL
$9.0
17
Inbeom Hwang
VAN
at DAL, at SEA
$7.4
18
Michael Barrios
DAL
vs. VAN, at POR
$7.9
19
Yordy Reyna
VAN
at DAL, at SEA
$8.5
20
Haris Medunjanin
PHI
at NE, at NYC
$9.0
21
Vako
SJ
vs. HOU, vs. LA
$6.5
22
Lucas Rodriguez
DC
vs. ORL, vs. TOR
$7.5
23
Darlington Nagbe
ATL
at TOR, vs. MTL
$7.5
24
Ulises Segura
DC
vs. ORL, vs. TOR
$6.0
25
Shea Salinas
SJ
vs. HOU, vs. LA
$7.0
26
Chris Mueller
ORL
at DC, at CLB
$6.5
27
Diego Chara
POR
at MTL, vs. DAL
$7.4
28
Alejandro Bedoya
PHI
at NE, at NYC
$7.5
29
Yackson Yueill
SJ
vs. HOU, vs. LA
$7.5
30
Tomas Martinez
HOU
at SJ, at NE
$8.0

Forwards

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Wayne Rooney | USA Today Sports Images


Wayne Rooney was a bit of a bust in D.C.ā€™s Week 14 double-game week, but with a lack of elite double game week forward options, itā€™s back to the well as he leads all DGW forwards with 106 points. Up first is a favorable home matchup with Orlando City on Wednesday before hosting a TFC side who have shipped five goals across their last two games.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Wayne Rooney
DC
vs. ORL, vs. TOR
$11.0
2
Brian Fernandez
POR
at MTL, vs. DAL
$11.0
3
Chris Wondolowski
SJ
vs. HOU, vs. LA
$8.0
4
Mauro Manotas
HOU
at SJ, at NE
$9.5
5
Danny Hoesen
SJ
vs. HOU, vs. LA
$7.5
6
Dominique Badji
DAL
vs. VAN, at POR
$7.0
7
Jesus Ferreira
DAL
vs. VAN, at POR
$7.0
8
Teal Bunbury
NE
vs. PHI, vs. HOU
$7.0
9
Fredy Montero
VAN
at DAL, at SEA
$9.3
10
Kacper Przybylko
PHI
at NE, at NYC
$7.0
11
Carlos Vela
LAFC
at COL
$12.0
12
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
LA
at SJ
$10.5
13
Tesho Akindele
ORL
at DC, at CLB
$6.5
14
Maxi Urruti
MTL
vs. POR, at ATL
$7.5
15
Brandon Vazquez
ATL
at TOR, vs. MTL
$5.0
16
Sergio Santos
PHI
at NE, at NYC
$7.0
17
Darwin Quintero
MIN
vs. CIN
$10.0
18
Heber
NYC
vs. PHI
$9.0
19
Juan Caicedo
NE
vs. PHI, vs. HOU
$7.5
20
Terrence Boyd
TOR
vs. ATL, at DC
$5.4