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Fantasy: Week 19 positional rankings

Romain Alessandrini - LA Galaxy - with Fantasy overlay


Reid (via the traveling MLSFI studio) is joined by Mike and Blayne to review the important Fantasy takeaways from Round 18 and prep for the upcoming massive Round 19 DGW which start TUESDAY! Mike and Blayne get distracted by an early episode rant about the fantasy value of Minnesota players and everyone weighs in on what kind of future production we can expect from LAFC wonder forward Adama Diomande. They then break down Round 19 focusing on the DGW teams before wrapping up with a preview of the MLSFI H2H playoffs!



Week 19 of MLS Fantasy features 11 teams playing twice which means double the fantasy points just in time to make a run up the leaderboard. Here are the top players at each position, with an emphasis on players who play two games this week.


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Goalkeepers

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David Bingham | USA Today Sports Images


Despite a struggling defense, LA Galaxy 'keeper David Bingham has been posting strong fantasy scores and is one of three goalkeepers who have two home games this week.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
David Bingham
LA
vs. DC, vs. CLB
$8.5
2 
Joe Willis
HOU
vs. LAFC, vs. MIN
$6.1
3
Nick Rimando
RSL
vs. SKC, vs. DAL
$7.2
4 
Tyler Miller
LAFC
at HOU, vs. ORL
$6.6
5 
Tim Melia
SKC
at RSL, vs. TOR
$10.5
6
Tim Howard
COL
vs. SEA, at MTL
$4.8
7
Jesse Gonzalez
DAL
vs. ATL, at RSL
$8.0
8
Brad Guzan
ATL
at DAL, at PHI
$7.4
9 
Alex Bono
TOR
at MIN, at SKC
$7.4
10
Stefan Frei
SEA
at COL, at NE
$7.3

Defenders


Laurent Ciman is the only starting defender averaging over seven fantasy points per game and with LAFC hosting an Orlando City attack (Saturday, 4:30 pm ET | FOX ā€” Full TV & Streaming info) that have been shutout in three straight, thereā€™s a good chance he continues to produce.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Laurent Ciman
LAFC
at HOU, vs. ORL
$10.8
2
Graham Zusi
SKC
at RSL, vs. TOR
$11.5
3
Matt Hedges
DAL
vs. ATL, at RSL
$8.2
4
Justen Glad
RSL
vs. SKC, vs. DAL
$7.9
5
Jorgen Skjelvik
LA
vs. DC, vs. CLB
$7.4
6
Walker Zimmerman
LAFC
vs. HOU, vs. ORL
$9.2
7
Tommy Smith
COL
vs. SEA, at MTL
$6.2
8
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez
ATL
at DAL, at PHI
$7.8
9
Edgar Castillo
COL
vs. SEA, at MTL
$7.3
10
Steven Beitashour
LAFC
at HOU, vs. ORL
$8.8
11
Justin Morrow
TOR
at MIN, at SKC
$5.0
12
DaMarcus Beasley
HOU
vs. LAFC, vs. MIN
$6.2
13
Chad Marshall
SEA
at COL, at NE
$6.5
14
Matt Besler
SKC
at RSL, vs. TOR
$10.0
15
Philippe Senderos
HOU
vs. LAFC, vs. MIN
$7.0
16
Ashley Cole
LA
vs. DC, vs. CLB
$6.7
17
Nicolas Hasler
TOR
at MIN, at SKC
$5.8
18
Michael Ciani
LA
vs. DC, vs. CLB
$6.8
19
Ike Opara
SKC
at RSL, at TOR
$10.0
20
Joao Moutinho
LAFC
at HOU, vs. ORL
$4.0

Midfielders


Romain Alessandrini returned to the Galaxy lineup in Week 18 with a goal and with two home games in Week 19 he jumps out as arguably the top midfielder to pick if we can avoid roster rotation.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Romain Alessandrini
LA
vs. DC, vs. CLB
$9.4
2
Miguel Almiron
ATL
at DAL, at PHI
$12.6
3
Nicolas Lodeiro
SEA
at COL, at NE
$12.3
4
Tomas Martinez
HOU
vs. LAFC, vs. MIN
$9.7
5
Albert Rusnak
RSL
vs. SKC, vs. DAL
$10.4
6
Lee Nguyen
LAFC
at HOU, vs. ORL
$7.0
7
Johnny Russell
SKC
at RSL, vs. TOR
$9.4
8
Benny Feilhaber
LAFC
at HOU, vs. ORL
$10.3
9
Daniel Salloi
SKC
at RSL, vs. TOR
$11.0
10
Jonathan Osorio
TOR
at MIN, at SKC
$10.2
11
Roland Lamah
DAL
vs. ATL, at RSL
$7.9
12
Ezequiel Barco
ATL
at DAL, at PHI
$8.9
13
Michael Bradley
TOR
at MIN, at SKC
$9.5
14
Ilie
SKC
at RSL, vs. TOR
$10.0
15
Boniek Garcia
HOU
vs. LAFC, vs. MIN
$7.9
16
Damir Kreilach
RSL
vs. SKC, vs. DAL
$7.6
17
Roger Espinoza
SKC
at RSL, vs. TOR
$9.1
18
Sam Nicholson
COL
vs. SEA, at MTL
$4.9
19
Chris Pontius
LA
vs. DC, vs. CLB
$5.0
20
Mark-Anthony Kaye
LAFC
at HOU, vs. ORL
$8.3
21
Rasmus Schuller
MIN
vs. TOR, at HOU
$8.8
22
Joao Plata
RSL
vs. SKC, vs. DAL
$8.9
23
Julian Gressel
ATL
at DAL, at PHI
$9.5
24
Kyle Beckerman
RSL
vs. SKC, vs. DAL
$7.2
25
Cristian Roldan
SEA
at COL, at NE
$7.2
26
Sebastian Saucedo
RSL
vs. SKC, vs. DAL
$6.4
27
Osvaldo Alonso
SEA
at COL, at MTL
$6.4
28
Perry Kitchen
LA
vs. DC, vs. CLB
$6.3
29
Victor Rodriguez
SEA
at COL, at NE
$6.3
30
Alexi Gomez
MIN
vs. TOR, at HOU
$5.3

Forwards

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Adama Diomande is chased by Lalas Abubakar of Crew SC | USA Today Sports Images


LAFC's Adama Diomande has been red hot with seven goals over his last four games and he has a pair of matchups that could have goals in store, including a home game versus a reeling Orlando City squad on Saturday.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Adama Diomande
LAFC
at HOU, vs. ORL
$8.8
2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
LA
vs. DC, vs. CLB
$9.2
3
Alberth Elis
HOU
vs. LAFC, vs. MIN
$9.9
4
Sebastian Giovinco
TOR
at MIN, at SKC
$10.9
5
Josef Martinez
ATL
at DAL, at PHI
$11.7
6
Romell Quioto
HOU
vs. LAFC, vs. MIN
$10.0
7
Mauro Manotas
HOU
vs. LAFC, vs. MIN
$7.4
8
Darwin Quintero
MIN
vs. TOR, at HOU
$8.2
9
Maxi Urruti
DAL
vs. ATL, at RSL
$8.8
10
Ola Kamara
LA
vs. DC, vs. CLB
$8.7
11
Clint Dempsey
SEA
at COL, at NE
$5.5
12
Dominique Badji
COL
vs. SEA, at MTL
$6.7
13
Jefferson Savarino
RSL
vs. SKC, vs. DAL
$6.5
14
Will Bruin
SEA
at COL, at NE
$7.1
15
Diego Rossi
LAFC
at HOU, vs. ORL
$9.0
16
Corey Baird
RSL
vs. SKC, vs. DAL
$6.2
17
Latif Blessing
LAFC
at HOU, vs. ORL
$5.7
18
Christian Ramirez
MIN
vs. TOR, at HOU
$6.5
19
Hector Villalba
ATL
at DAL, at PHI
$5.9
20
Joe Mason
COL
vs. SEA, at MTL
$4.0

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