Fantasy: Week 32 positional rankings

Reid and Mike pair up to review all of the fantasy takeaways from Round 31 before diving into all of the action coming up in Round 32. They start with a quick conversation about the surprisingly productive Round 31 which includes a quick side conversation about how to classify New England and we figure out what Mike has against Seattle. Shots are fired during their game-by-game review of Round 32 as both Reid and Mike poke fun at some of their player picks, but they take time to point out several budget options.

We’re coming down the home stretch.

The arrival of Week 32 means there are just four weeks left to make a run up the MLS Fantasy leaderboards. Let’s dive right in and look at the top players at each position.

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Goalkeepers

Despite conceding two goals to the New York Red Bulls in Week 31, Brad Guzan still managed to post a serviceable seven point fantasy score thanks his penalty-kick save on Kaku. He’s averaging over seven points per game across his last four outings, and with the Supporters’ Shield race red-hot, we can expect another big effort from Guzan on Saturday against the New England Revolution (3:30 pm ET | Univision, Twitter — Full TV & streaming info).

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Brad Guzan	ATL	vs. NE	$6.4
2	Alexander Bono	TOR	vs. VAN	$6.0
3	Jesse Gonzalez	DAL	vs. ORL	$4.9
4	Bill Hamid	DC	vs. CHI	$8.1
5	Andre Blake	PHI	vs. MIN	$8.2
6	Tim Melia	SKC	vs. LA	$9.3
7	Evan Bush	MTL	vs. CLB	$6.5
8	Nick Rimando	RSL	vs. POR	$6.6
9	Stefan Frei	SEA	vs. HOU	$8.0
10	Luis Robles	RBNY	at SJ	$9.4

Defenders

Graham Zusi hasn’t made an impact on the scoresheet since Week 23, but he continues to churn out bonus points and he has a good matchup at home against the LA Galaxy (8:30 pm ET | TV & streaming info).

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Graham Zusi	SKC	vs. LA	$10.8
2	Leandro Gonzalez Pirez	ATL	vs. NE	$8.7
3	Ike Opara	SKC	vs. LA	$11.0
4	Reto Ziegler	DAL	vs. ORL	$8.8
5	Keegan Rosenberry	PHI	vs. MIN	$8.1
6	Matt Besler	SKC	vs. LA	$10.7
7	Matt Hedges	DAL	vs. ORL	$7.9
8	Michael Parkhurst	ATL	vs. NE	$6.3
9	Frederic Brillant	DC	vs. CHI	$5.5
10	George Bello	ATL	vs. NE	$4.5
11	Chad Marshall	SEA	vs. HOU	$9.3
12	Justen Glad	RSL	vs. POR	$7.1
13	Justin Morrow	TOR	vs. VAN	$6.5
14	Reggie Cannon	DAL	vs. ORL	$7.7
15	Auston Trusty	PHI	vs. MIN	$9.0
16	Walker Zimmerman	LAFC	at COL	$7.5
17	Aaron Long	RBNY	at SJ	$8.9
18	Harrison Afful	CLB	at MTL	$10.0
19	Gregory van der Wiel	TOR	vs. VAN	$7.1
20	Kemar Lawrence	RBNY	at SJ	$7.8

Midfielders

Miguel Almiron was kept in check by the Red Bulls in Week 31, but he’s in a good spot to get back on track at home against the New England Revolution this week. Almiron leads all players with 268 fantasy points on the season and he’s in the captain conversation again after we all saw Toronto FC dismantle the Revs.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Miguel Almiron	ATL	vs. NE	$12.5
2	Nicolas Lodeiro	SEA	vs. HOU	$14.3
3	Ignacio Piatti	MTL	vs. CLB	$11.3
4	Luciano Acosta	DC	vs. CHI	$12.0
5	Borek Dockal	PHI	vs. MIN	$10.6
6	Victor Vazquez	TOR	vs. VAN	$8.9
7	Yamil Asad	DC	vs. CHI	$9.4
8	Johnny Russell	SKC	vs. LA	$8.3
9	Diego Valeri	POR	at RSL	$10.5
10	Romain Alessandrini	LA	at SKC	$12.2
11	Jonathan Osorio	TOR	vs. VAN	$11.3
12	Julian Gressel	ATL	vs. NE	$11.4
13	Saphir Taider	MTL	vs. CLB	$10.6
14	Albert Rusnak	RSL	vs. POR	$12.3
15	Lee Nguyen	LAFC	at COL	$9.4
16	Joao Plata	RSL	vs. POR	$11.5
17	Federico Higuain	CLB	at MTL	$7.4
18	Haris Medunjanin	PHI	vs. MIN	$10.2
19	Santiago Mosquera	DAL	vs. ORL	$9.0
20	Jefferson Savarino	RSL	vs. POR	$11.2
21	Michael Barrios	DAL	vs. ORL	$11.0
22	Jonathan dos Santos	LA	at SKC	$11.5
23	Benny Feilhaber	LAFC	at COL	$7.2
24	Kaku	RBNY	at SJ	$7.6
25	Yoshimar Yotun	ORL	at DAL	$11.5
26	Victor Rodriguez	SEA	vs. HOU	$5.7
27	Fafa Picault	PHI	vs. MIN	$9.2
28	Damir Kreilach	RSL	vs. POR	$12.0
29	Paul Arriola	DC	vs. CHI	$8.0
30	Daniel Royer	RBNY	vs. SJ	$8.9

Forwards

Sebastian Giovinco has scored nine or more points in each of his last seven starts. That type of consistency justifies his lofty $14 million price tag, and there’s no reason to think the Atomic Ant slows down with TFC in a must-win spot against a spiraling Vancouver side on Saturday (5 pm ET | TSN — Full TV & streaming info).

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Sebastian Giovinco	TOR	vs. VAN	$14.0
2	Josef Martinez	ATL	vs. NE	$13.1
3	Wayne Rooney	DC	vs. CHI	$12.3
4	Carlos Vela	LAFC	at COL	$12.1
5	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	LA	at SKC	$13.6
6	Bradley Wright-Phillips	RBNY	at SJ	$10.4
7	Raul Ruidiaz	SEA	vs. HOU	$10.2
8	Maximiliano Urruti	DAL	vs. ORL	$8.8
9	Hector Villalba	ATL	vs. NE	$10.6
10	Darwin Quintero	MIN	at PHI	$14.0
11	Lucas Janson	TOR	vs. VAN	$8.4
12	Cory Burke	PHI	vs. MIN	$7.7
13	Diego Rossi	LAFC	at COL	$10.0
14	Quincy Amarikwa	MTL	vs. CLB	$4.7
15	Dominique Badji	DAL	vs. ORL	$6.1
16	Gyasi Zardes	CLB	at MTL	$7.1
17	Nemanja Nikolic	CHI	at DC	$10.5
18	Chris Wondolowski	SJ	vs. RBNY	$6.2
19	Gerso Fernandes	SKC	vs. LA	$8.9
20	Mauro Manotas	HOU	at SEA	$8.9

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