Fantasy Soccer Advice

Fantasy: Week 6 positional rankings


ReidMike, and Blayne  are joined by Ashley Savage from MLSFemale.com to preview all of the upcoming action in Week 6 of the MLS season. They start out with a new format for reviewing Round 5 and touch on their most important takeaways and fantasy surprise moments. They pause for some housekeeping to cover the Friday start date and Bye teams before moving straight into the Round 6 player picks.
No fools in this episode, just solid fantasy tips.



Week 6 of MLS Fantasy features multiple matchups to target for fantasy points, so letā€™s dive right into my top players at each position to help your team make some moves up the leaderboards.


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Goalkeepers


Stefan Frei leads the league with 18 saves and heā€™s coming off his second clean sheet in four games to start the season. Up next, he faces a Real Salt Lake attack that has just two goals in three road games, putting him in a favorable spot for another shutout on Saturday at CenturyLink Field.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Stefan Frei
SEA
vs. RSL
$7.5
2 
Zack Steffen
CLB
vs. NE
$7.7
3
Sean Johnson
NYC
vs. MTL
$6.6
4 
Alex Bono
TOR
vs. CHI
$6.0
5 
Luis Robles
RBNY
vs. MIN
$5.7
6
Andre Blake
PHI
vs. DAL
$6.7
7
Bill Hamid
DC
vs. LAFC
$7.9
8
Brian Rowe
ORL
vs. COL
$5.6
9
Spencer Richey
CIN
vs. SKC
$6.2
10
Maxime Crepeau
VAN
vs. LA
$5.0

Defenders


Nick DeLeon continues to operate as a midfielder in Toronto FCā€™s setup, giving us the best of both worlds if he can pick up attacking and defensive points. DeLeon has taken a combined eight shots over his last three games, and the addition of Alejandro Pozuelo only helps his fantasy upside.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Nick DeLeon
TOR
vs. CHI
$6.5
2
Gaston Sauro
CLB
vs. NE
$6.5
3
Brad Smith
SEA
vs. RSL
$6.8
4
Kelvin Leerdam
SEA
vs. RSL
$7.0
5
PC
VAN
vs. LA
$4.9
6
Justin Morrow
TOR
vs. CHI
$7.2
7
Ronald Matarrita
NYC
vs. MTL
$5.2
8
Michael Murillo
RBNY
vs. MIN
$7.9
9
Anton Tinnerholm
NYC
vs. MTL
$6.3
10
Alexander Callens
NYC
vs. MTL
$7.1
11
Auro
TOR
vs. CHI
$6.3
12
Chad Marshall
SEA
vs. RSL
$7.4
13
Aaron Long
RBNY
vs. MIN
$6.3
14
Kim Kee-hee
SEA
vs. RSL
$6.5
15
Joao Moutinho
ORL
vs. COL
$5.5
16
Kendall Waston
CIN
vs. SKC
$6.2
17
Jonathan Mensah
CLB
vs. NE
$7.9
18
Leonardo Jara
DC
vs. LAFC
$8.0
19
Ali Adnan
VAN
vs. LA
$5.5
20
Ruan
ORL
vs. COL
$5.2

Midfielders


Alejandro Pozuelo delivered a statement in his MLS debut, registering 20 points by way of two goals and an assist. Itā€™s a one-game sample size, but he was involved in every facet of the Toronto FC attack and this could be the cheapest weā€™ll get Pozuelo for the rest of the Spring season.


RankPlayerTeamOpponentPrice
1Alejandro PozueloTORvs. CHI$10.5
2Nicolas LodeiroSEAvs. RSL$11.9
3Diego ValeriPORat SJ$11.2
4Marco FabianPHIvs. DAL$9.0
5NaniORLvs. COL$8.8
6Luciano AcostaDCvs. LAFC$11.0
7Johnny RussellSKCat CIN$9.8
8Romain AlessandriniLAat VAN$9.7
9KakuRBNYvs. MIN$8.7
10Sebastian BlancoPORat SJ$9.9
11Federico HiguainCLBvs. NE$8.6
12Victor RodriguezSEAvs. RSL$9.7
13Carles GilNEat CLB$10.4
14Inbeom HwangVANvs. LA$8.3
15Saphir TaiderMTLat NYC$11.9
16Daniel RoyerRBNYvs. MIN$8.1
17Kenny SaiefCINvs. SKC8.4
18Jonathan OsorioTORvs. CHI$8.4
19Albert RusnakRSLat SEA$10.8
20Nicolas GaitanCHIat TOR$9.4
21Pedro SantosCLBvs. NE$8.0
22Paxton PomykalDALat PHI$7.7
23Chris MuellerORLvs. COL$7.6
24Alex MuylRBNYvs. MIN$7.3
25Ilie SanchezSKCat CIN$9.6
26Felipe GutierrezSKCat CIN$8.6
27Michael BradleyTORvs. CHI$10.5
28Alexander RingNYCvs. MTL$9.5
29Marc RzatkowskiRBNYvs. MIN$8.3
30Cristian RoldanSEAvs. RSL$9.0


Forwards


Raul Ruidiaz failed to score for the first time in nine games dating back to 2018 despite firing off a game-high five shots at Vancouver in Week 5. The Peruvian hitman has scored in five straight home games and heā€™s high on the fantasy radar against a Salt Lake defense that has conceded the second-most goals in MLS to start 2019.


RankPlayerTeamOpponentPrice
1Raul RuidiazSEAvs. RSL$11.0
2Carlos VelaLAFCat DC$12.8
3Wayne RooneyDCvs. LAFC$11.5
4Alexandru MitritaNYCvs. MTL$9.8
5Jozy AltidoreTORvs. CHI$10.1
6Bradley Wright-PhillipsRBNYvs. MIN$9.9
7Zlatan IbrahimovicLAat VAN$11.7
8Darwin QuinteroMINat NYRB$12.4
9Gyasi ZardesCLBvs. NE$10.1
10HeberNYCvs. MTL$8.5
11Dom DwyerORLvs. COL$9.9
12Jordan MorrisSEAvs. RSL$9.2
13Krisztian NemethSKCat CIN$7.2
14David AccamPHIvs. DAL$6.3
15Cristian EspinozaSJvs. POR$8.7
16Diego RossiLAFCat DC$9.5
17Kei KamaraCOLat ORL$8.7
18Fredy MonteroVANvs. LA$8.6
19Darren MattocksCINvs. SKC$5.9
20Jeremy EbobissePORat SJ$7.2


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