MLS Fantasy Rankings: Week 11

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Published on October 14, 2020

MATCHES (EDT)

Wednesday, 7:30 pm: FC Cincinnati vs. Columbus Crew
Wednesday, 7:30 pm: Montreal Impact vs. New England Revolution
Wednesday, 7:30 pm: Orlando City SC vs. New York City FC
Wednesday, 7:30 pm: Toronto FC vs. New York Red Bulls
Wednesday, 8:00 pm: D.C. United vs. Philadelphia Union
Wednesday, 8:00 pm: Houston Dynamo vs. Nashville SC
Wednesday, 8:00 pm: Inter Miami CF vs. Atlanta United
Wednesday, 8:00 pm: Minnesota United vs. Chicago Fire
Wednesday, 8:30 pm: FC Dallas vs. Sporting Kansas City
Wednesday, 9:30 pm: Real Salt Lake vs. Portland Timbers
Wednesday, 10:00 pm: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Colorado Rapids
Wednesday, 10:00 pm: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Los Angeles Football Club
Wednesday, 10:30 pm: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. San Jose Earthquakes
Saturday, 3:30 pm: Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City
Saturday, 7:00 pm: Montreal Impact vs. Inter Miami CF
Sunday, 6:00 pm: Columbus Crew vs. New York City FC
Sunday, 7:00 pm: New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City SC
Sunday, 7:30 pm: FC Cincinnati vs. D.C. United
Sunday, 7:30 pm: Toronto FC vs. Atlanta United
Sunday, 8:00 pm: Minnesota United vs. Houston Dynamo
Sunday, 9:00 pm: Colorado Rapids vs. Real Salt Lake
Sunday, 10:00 pm: Portland Timbers vs. Los Angeles Football Club
Sunday, 10:30 pm: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Sunday, 10:30 pm: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders FC

PLAYER RANKINGS

Forwards
Rank	Player	Matchup	Price	Notes
1	Cristian Pavon	LAG v. SJ, v. VAN	10.5	His form is poor but the fixtures and talent are too tempting.
2	Gyasi Zardes	CLB at FCC, v. NYC	10.9	Cincy are missing several key members of the defense. Bonus shout out to Columbus win at -106 if you're legally able to wager!
3	Gonzalo Higuain	INT v. ATL, at MTL	8.5	I think many will have these top three in some order of preference and then a drop off.
4	Ayo Akinola	TOR v. RBNY, v. ATL	6.4
5	Chicharito	LAG v. SJ, v. VAN	6.3	If you like a good narrative, Chicharito welcomed his second child last week. If you like a good fantasy score, maybe look elsewhere. Seriously though - the pedigree, the matchups, and now the baby boost all give him some appeal.
6	Robert Beric	CHI at MIN, v. SKC	10.9
7	Kei Kamara	MIN v. CHI, v. HOU	6.2
8	Jeremy Ebobisse	POR at RSL, v. LAFC	7.8	Last round, all of the Portland forwards ended with the same score. They're pretty interchangeable but Ebobisse's aerial dominance puts him in the pole position, assuming he starts the first match.
9	Danny Musovski	LAFC at VAN, at POR	4.1	If you need the salary, don't be shy at relying on Musovski right away.
10	Bradley Wright-Phillips	LAFC at VAN, at POR	10.6
11	Valentin Castellanos	NYC at ORL, at CLB	4.0	The matchups are tough but Taty has a good chance at producing in one of the two.
12	Lucas Cavallini	VAN v. LAFC, at LAG	5.9	Neither opponent can keep the ball out of the net, and Vancouver's attack has shown a few signs of life lately.
13	Felipe Mora	POR at RSL, v. LAFC	8.7
14	Kacper Przybylko	PHI at DCU	11.6	There's a good argument to be made for Kacper and JoMo all the way up at numbers six or seven, but blanking at the forward position is too common for even the top tier guys. It's a risk you should only take after carefully considering the double game players.
15	Jordan Morris	SEA at SJ	12.9
16	Fredy Montero	VAN v. LAFC, at LAG	5.8
17	Daryl Dike	ORL v. NYC, at RBNY	6.0
18	Romell Quioto	MTL v. NE, v. INT	9.9
19	Franco Jara	DAL v. SKC	7.3
20	Andres Rios	SJ at LAG, v. SEA	5.6

Midfielders
Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Price	Notes
1	Alejandro Pozuelo	TOR	TOR v. RBNY, v. ATL	15.9	Locked and loaded.
2	Emanuel Reynoso	MIN	MIN v. CHI, v. HOU	10.4	7/7 starts with 6+ points.
3	Pedro Santos	CLB	CLB at FCC, v. NYC	12.2
4	Nicolas Lodeiro	SEA	SEA at SJ	16.7	The Colorado match has been postponed, but look at Nico's game by game scores and tell me you are scared that he only plays on match.
5	Diego Valeri	POR	POR at RSL, v. LAFC	10.7	Two golden opportunities, but as always, concerns are there about when he'll be rested.
6	Lewis Morgan	INT	INT v. ATL, at MTL	13.5	I know I know...I'm probably too low on him again. Morgan rounds out a clear top-6 in my mind.
7	Sebastian Lletget	LAG	LAG v. SJ, v. VAN	9.4	The Galaxy need points to get back into the playoff picture and these are two vulnerable opponents.
8	Nani	ORL	ORL v. NYC, at RBNY	9.2
9	Johnny Russell	SKC	SKC at DAL, at CHI	12.4	Pure speculation, but rotation/rest is a concern of mine with Russell this week.
10	Kevin Molino	MIN	MIN v. CHI, v. HOU	11.8
11	Pablo Piatti	TOR	TOR v. RBNY, v. ATL	10.0
12	Carlos Darwin Quintero	HOU	HOU v. NSH, at MIN	11.2
13	Alvaro Medran	CHI	CHI at MIN, v. SKC	13.0
14	Jonathan Osorio	TOR	TOR v. RBNY, v. ATL	10.4
15	Ismael Tajouri-Shradi	NYC	NYC at ORL, at CLB	7.1	Still waiting on this fantasy gem waiting to happen.
16	Gianluca Busio	SKC	SKC at DAL, at CHI	8.6
17	Eduard Atuesta	LAFC	LAFC at VAN, at POR	7.0
18	Gadi Kinda	SKC	SKC at DAL, at CHI	7.4
19	Chris Mueller	ORL	ORL v. NYC, at RBNY	7.1
20	Cristian Espinoza	SJ	SJ at LAG, v. SEA	10.1

Defenders
Rank	Player	Matchup	Price	Notes
1	Richie Laryea	TOR v. RBNY, v. ATL	10.2	Paying up for defenders sometimes feels unnecessary during these weeks with two chances for a clean sheet, but these top four all bring enough attacking potential that it could be worth it still.
2	Harrison Afful	CLB at FCC, v. NYC	8.0
3	Anton Tinnerholm	NYC at ORL, at CLB	12.0
4	Romain Metanire	MIN v. CHI, v. HOU	9.0
5	Chris Mavinga	TOR v. RBNY, v. ATL	9.0
6	Jonathan Mensah	CLB at FCC, v. NYC	9.1
7	Bakaye Dibassy	MIN v. CHI, v. HOU	7.8	The Loons look likely to get yet another clean sheet this week.
8	Julian Araujo	LAG v. SJ, v. VAN	6.9
9	Chase Gasper	MIN v. CHI, v. HOU	7.1
10	Leandro Gonzalez Pirez	INT v. ATL, at MTL	4.0	LGP used to be one of the most expensive fantasy defenders! Miami continue to gel and I think their defense has another level or two to reach soon.
11	Jorge Villafana	POR at RSL, v. LAFC	8.1
12	Milton Valenzuela	CLB at FCC, v. NYC	7.9
13	Omar Gonzalez	TOR v. RBNY, v. ATL	7.2
14	Auro	TOR v. RBNY, v. ATL	9.3	Auro and Lennon are good picks until you consider their price and alternatives.
15	Brooks Lennon	ATL at INT, at TOR	9.2
16	Larrys Mabiala	POR at RSL, v. LAFC	7.7
17	Michael Boxall	MIN v. CHI, v. HOU	9.4
18	Kamal Miller	ORL v. NYC, at RBNY	6.3	As usual, Orlando are a good defensive team without a standout fantasy choice. Rowe starting while Gallese is out does knock the whole unit down a peg.
19	Emiliano Insua	LAG v. SJ, v. VAN	6.9
20	Boris Sekulic	CHI at MIN, v. SKC	7.8

Goalkeepers
Rank	Player	Matchup	Price	Notes
1	Dayne St. Clair	MIN v. CHI, v. HOU	10.5	Paying this much when we can get 3 cracks at a clean sheet with the keeperoo seems superfluous.
2	Quentin Westberg	TOR v. RBNY, v. ATL	7.1	Pretty wild that the starting keeper on the Supporter's Shield leading team, with the fewest goals allowed, is available at this price.
3	David Bingham	LAG v. SJ, v. VAN	8.3
4	John McCarthy	INT v. ATL, at MTL	5.5	McCarthy is a solid keeper, don't let the unfamiliar name turn you away.
5	Andrew Tarbell	CLB at FCC, v. NYC	4.7	Eloy Room looks to be out for the first, and easier, match. Tarbell could conceivably start twice again.
6	Steve Clark	POR at RSL, v. LAFC	6.8
7	Andre Blake	PHI at DCU	7.7	Philly's lone match against a floundering United is enough to get Blake on the list. The cheaper Stefan Frei is in a similar situation but just a step below, playing in the week's final match, and just outside the top 10.
8	Tim Melia	SKC at DAL, at CHI	6.2
9	Pablo Sisniega	LAFC at VAN, at POR	6.4
10	Brian Rowe	ORL v. NYC, at RBNY	5.5

Value Rankings
(forwards and midfielders under $7.5, defenders under $6.0; not ranked above)
Rank	Player	Matchup	Price	Notes
1	Amadou Dia	SKC at DAL, at CHI	4.1
2	Ethan Finlay	MIN v. CHI, v. HOU	5.7	Not confident he starts two, but he'd make for a great 5th mid if he did.
3	Nicolas Figal	INT v. ATL, at MTL	5.6
4	Winston Reid	SKC at DAL, at CHI	4.0
5	Francisco Ginella	LAFC at VAN, at POR	4.5	LAFC are now missing Mark-Anthony Kaye in addition to a plethora of other players. Ginella should start two and be leaned on.
6	Adam Lundqvist	HOU v. NSH, at MIN	4.3
7	Yony Gonzalez	LAG v. SJ, v. VAN	8.0
8	Dylan Nealis	INT v. ATL, at MTL	4.0
9	Matias Pellegrini	INT v. ATL, at MTL	4.0
10	Lee Nguyen	NE at MTL	7.3	Even though he only plays one match, Nguyen is a very affordable string-puller playing in one of the week's opening matches. Switcheroo options are in play.

Captain Rankings
Rank	Player	Matchup	Price	Notes
1	Alejandro Pozuelo	TOR v. RBNY, v. ATL	15.9	Pavon's talent is tempting, but he's been looking worse for the wear lately and you can get a safer selection for the captain's band with similar upside. Zardes' multi-goal potential against Cincy is tempting too. Ultimately, the captain rankings feel more comfortable with five double game mids this week.
2	Emanuel Reynoso	MIN v. CHI, v. HOU	10.4
3	Pedro Santos	CLB at FCC, v. NYC	12.2
4	Diego Valeri	POR at RSL, v. LAFC	10.7
5	Lewis Morgan	INT v. ATL, at MTL	13.5