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Fantasy: Week 3 positional rankings

Graham Zusi - Sporting KC - Fantasy


Congratulations to Reid, who is newly married! In his absence, Mike, Blayne & Tim discuss what was in Week 2 of the new MLS Fantasy season and give you tips for Week 3.




Nine games on the docket for Week 3 and here are your MLS Fantasy player rankings.


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Goalkeepers


New York City FC 'keeper Sean Johnson has 13 points through two games, and another home game on Saturday against an Orlando attack that is still building chemistry looks like a good spot for him to add to that total (3:30 pm ET; Univision, UDN ā€” full TV & streaming info).

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Sean Johnson
NYC
vs. ORL
$6.5
2 
Andre Blake
PHI
vs. CLB
$6.5
3
Brad Guzan
ATL
vs. VAN
$5.6
4 
David Ousted
DC
vs. HOU
$4.7
5 
Tim Melia
SKC
vs. SJ
$5.4
6
Jimmy Maurer
DAL
vs. SEA
$4.5
7
Matt Lampson
MIN
vs. CHI
$5.0
8
Richard Sanchez
CHI
at MIN
$4.8
9 
Evan Bush
MTL
vs. TOR
$4.9
10
Nick Rimando
RSL
vs. NY
$5.5

Defenders


Graham Zusi has yet to have a breakout game this season, but considering he stands over the majority of Sporting Kansas Cityā€™s set pieces, he offers arguably the most attacking upside of any defender this week. A home game against a San Jose team that shipped a pair of goals to Minnesota in their opener could be just what Zusi needs to get going on Saturday (8:30 pm ET; TV & streaming info).

Rank
Playe
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Graham Zusi
SKC
vs. SJ
$6.0
2
Ben Sweat
NYC
vs. ORL
$5.5
3
Brandon Vincent
CHI
at MIN
$5.7
4
Alexander Callens
NYC
vs. ORL
$6.5
5
Jack Elliott
PHI
vs. CLB
$6.0
6
Daniel Lovitz
MTL
vs. TOR
$5.5
7
Anton Tinnerholm
NYC
vs. ORL
$6.0
8
Ike Opara
SKC
vs. SJ
$5.3
9
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez
ATL
vs. VAN
$5.0
10
Lalas Abubakar
CLB
at PHI
$5.5
11
Matt Besler
SKC
vs. SJ
$5.6
12
Greg Garza
ATL
vs. VAN
$5.0
13
Matt Polster
CHI
at MIN
$5.5
14
Francisco Calvo
MIN
vs. CHI
$5.7
15
Matt Hedges
DAL
vs. SEA
$5.3
16
Justen Glad
RSL
vs. NY
$5.9
17
Johan Kappelhof
CHI
at MIN
$5.2
18
Milton Valenzuela
CLB
at PHI
$6.0
19
Keegan Rosenberry
PHI
vs. CLB
$5.0
20
Tyrone Mears
MIN
vs. CHI
$4.5

Midfielders

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Joao Plata is averaging 9.5 points per game this year | USA Today Sports Images


Itā€™s back to the well with Miguel Almiron against Vancouver on Saturday (7:30 pm ET; TSN2 ā€” full TV & streaming info), who did not disappoint last week with a 12-point haul through a goal and an assist. Joao Plata has a goal in back-to-back games to start the season, and while he has a tougher matchup than others I think he keeps it going at home against a potentially CCL-hungover New York Red Bulls on Saturday (9 pm ET; TV & streaming info).

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Miguel Almiron
ATL
vs. VAN
$10.3
2
Joao Plata
RSL
vs. NY
$10.2
3
Ignacio Piatti
MTL
vs. TOR
$10.7
4
David Accam
PHI
vs. CLB
$9.8
5
Maximiliano Moralez
NYC
vs. ORL
$10.0
6
Albert Rusnak
RSL
vs. NY
$10.5
7
Mauro Diaz
DAL
vs. SEA
$10.2
8
Federico Higuain
CLB
at PHI
$11.0
9
Felipe Gutierrez
SKC
vs. SJ
$8.7
10
Aleksandar Katai
CHI
at MIN
$9.0
11
Jesus Medina
NYC
vs. ORL
$9.7
12
Yamil Asad
DC
vs. HOU
$8.3
13
Daniel Salloi
SKC
vs. SJ
$5.5
14
Justin Meram
ORL
at NYC
$9.1
15
Johnny Russell
SKC
vs. SJ
$7.9
16
Kaku
NY
at RSL
$9.3
17
Magnus Wolff Eikrem
SEA
at DAL
$7.6
18
Vako
SJ
at SKC
$9.5
19
Michael Barrios
DAL
vs. SEA
$8.3
20
Ethan Finlay
MIN
vs. CHI
$8.2
21
Julian Gressel
ATL
vs. VAN
$7.0
22
Saphir Taider
MTL
vs. TOR
$8.3
23
Haris Medunjanin
PHI
vs. CLB
$9.2
24
Yoshi Yotun
ORL
at NYC
$8.3
25
Borek Dockal
PHI
vs. CLB
$8.5
26
Sacha Kljestan
ORL
at NYC
$10.0
27
Paul Arriola
DC
vs. HOU
$7.2
28
Bastian Schweinsteiger
CHI
at MIN
$10.1
29
Danny Hoesen
SJ
at SKC
$8.0
30
Luis Solignac
CHI
at MIN
$6.7

Forwards


All of the top five forwards ā€” outside of Sebastian Giovinco ā€” opened their 2018 goal scoring account in Week 2 and theyā€™re back on the radar with exploitable matchups in Week 3. Giovinco took some knocks against Tigres in CCL action on Tuesday, but he delivered a scintillating free kick and looks to have finished the match unscathed. With plenty of time to recover before Saturday, heā€™ll be itching to make his mark in the 401 Derby (3 pm ET; CTV, TSN4, TVAS ā€” full TV & streaming info).

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
David Villa
NYC
vs. ORL
$11.3
2
Nemanja Nikolic
CHI
at MIN
$11.5
3
Josef Martinez
ATL
vs. VAN
$10.5
4
Sebastian Giovinco
TOR
at MTL
$10.5
5
Hector Villalba
ATL
vs. VAN
$9.5
6
CJ Sapong
PHI
vs. CLB
$10.0
7
Alberth Elis
HOU
at DC
$10.0
8
Maxi Urruti
DAL
vs. SEA
$8.5
9
Darren Mattocks
DC
vs. HOU
$7.3
10
Bradley Wright-Phillips
NY
at RSL
$9.9
11
Gyasi Zardes
CLB
at PHI
$9.2
12
Christian Ramirez
MIN
vs. CHI
$8.5
13
Jefferson Savarino
RSL
vs. NY
$9.2
14
Jozy Altidore
TOR
at MTL
$10.0
15
Clint Dempsey
SEA
at DAL
$9.5
16
Chris Wondolowski
SJ
at SKC
$9.0
17
Kei Kamara
VAN
at ATL
$9.3
18
Matteo Mancosu
MTL
vs. TOR
$7.0
19
Luis Silva
RSL
vs. NY
$6.8
20
Will Bruin
SEA
at DAL
$7.1

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