This article is part of our MLS Fantasy Rankings series.
The rankings below are based on Major League Soccer's official fantasy game and cover all games in Week 27. While they can be used for DFS purposes, they are done with a focus on the league's season-long game.
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Rank | Player | Matchup | Price | Notes |
1 | Carlos Vela | LAFC at ORL | 15.0 | I find it unlikely that Vela plays, but his injury does sound minor and if Bob Bradley is comfortable enough to start him then I would be too. No word on whether or not he even travelled to Orlando as of this writing. |
2 | Jozy Altidore | TOR at FCC | 10.2 | Jozy is likely to return after sitting last match. He should be salivating over this matchup sans Kendall Waston. |
3 | Valentin Castellanos | NYC v. NE | 7.6 | Without Heber, Taty will be relied on to continue his recent flourish. New England are an improved team, but they also haven't kept a clean sheet for a month and a half. |
4 | Diego Rossi | LAFC at ORL | 9.5 | Rossi was pretty one-dimensional against Minnesota. The Loons are a far better defensive team than half of an Orlando squad, though, so I'm willing to double down. |
5 | Gustavo Bou | NE at NYC | 11.2 | With goals in six of his eight starts, he's surely worth a look. I'd prefer deploying him from the bench given the road game against a formidable opponent. |
6 | Brian Fernandez | POR v. SKC | 9.8 | |
7 | Alexandru Mitrita | NYC v. NE | 8.1 | Certainly worth a look as a Castellanos alternative. |
8 | Adama Diomande | LAFC at ORL | 8.1 | Dio has not looked impressive lately, but he's earned a bonus point for shooting in three of the past four matches and could be a nice differential during a crucial but tumultuous fantasy week. |
9 | Jeremy Ebobisse | POR v. SKC | 5.3 | |
10 | Andre Shinyashiki | COL v. SEA | 5.8 | Kei Kamara and Diego Rubio are out for this one. Not a bad play, but certainly not the optimal move either. |
11 | Darren Mattocks | FCC v. TOR | 6.6 | |
12 | Erik Hurtado | SKC at POR | 6.0 | |
13 | Dom Dwyer | ORL v. LAFC | 5.3 | With Tesho out, Dom gets another chance to make some noise. |
14 | Justin Dhillon | SEA at COL | 4.4 | One of Dhillon and Silva will start up top. Not the worst dart throws. |
15 | Luis Silva | SEA at COL | 5.6 | |
16 | Juan Caicedo | NE at NYC | 5.9 | Probably not starting. |
17 | Patrick Mullins | TOR at FCC | 4.3 | Probably not starting. |
18 | Niki Jackson | COL v. SEA | 4.7 | Probably not starting. |
19 | Rashawn Dally | FCC v. TOR | 4.0 | Potentially starting but shouldn't be. |
20 | Benji Michel | ORL v. LAFC | 4.6 | Probably not starting. |
Midfielders | ||||
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Rank | Player | Matchup | Price | Notes |
1 | Diego Valeri | POR v. SKC | 13.1 | Valeri has rarely disappointed at home this year. Against a SKC side missing Russell and Gutierrez, he's likely to give us another good score. |
2 | Maximiliano Moralez | NYC v. NE | 12.1 | |
3 | Nicolas Lodeiro | SEA at COL | 12.7 | Seattle are infamously shorthanded this week, but Lodeiro chose to stay behind during the break and help the team. His remaining teammates are well-drilled enough that his high production should only be slightly hampered. |
4 | Carles Gil | NE at NYC | 12.7 | With plenty of good or intriguing midfield options, it's tempting to get cute, but Gil presents a great 5th selection if you just take this top group. |
5 | Alejandro Pozuelo | TOR at FCC | 9.6 | One of the best indicators of where you sit in the FMLS standings is probably how quickly you bailed on frequently using Pozuelo 1-2 months ago. Unfortunately, this matchup pushes him back to the forefront of the midfield conversation. |
6 | Sebastian Blanco | POR v. SKC | 9.7 | The good: Portland will have a ton of the ball in SKC's half. The bad: Portland still are struggling at breaking a bunkering team down. |
7 | Latif Blessing | LAFC at ORL | 10.1 | Blessing is electric, but he doesn't accumulate bonus points at a rate equal to most good fantasy midfielders. I'm still very much considering him based on goal/assist potential alone. |
8 | Lee Nguyen | LAFC at ORL | 6.7 | Nguyen may be tasked with getting forward more in this match, depending on who else Bradley plays in the midfield. |
9 | Nicolas Benezet | TOR at FCC | 7.5 | |
10 | Nani | ORL v. LAFC | 9.1 | Bob Bradley knows that if he stops Nani, Orlando will have little else to threaten with. Guess what Bob Bradley is going to make sure LAFC do? |
11 | Emmanuel Ledesma | FCC v. TOR | 7.9 | |
12 | Jack Price | COL v. SEA | 8.2 | |
13 | Jonathan Lewis | COL v. SEA | 7.4 | Will be over-owned after a brace last match, but if you think Seattle will be bad then go ahead! |
14 | Michael Bradley | TOR at FCC | 9.1 | |
15 | Alexander Ring | NYC v. NE | 8.6 | |
16 | Joshua Perez | LAFC at ORL | 4.8 | Perez is very likely to suit up on the wing for LAFC. The group may lack some chemistry without Vela (probably), Brian Rodriguez, Eduard Atuesta, and Mark-Anthony Kaye but Perez has shown some potential in limited action |
17 | Erickson Yirson Gallardo | TOR at FCC | 6.6 | |
18 | Kellyn Acosta | COL v. SEA | 5.0 | Potentially a very good play depending on how Seattle fares. Too many other options for me to dive in with both feet though. |
19 | Cristian Penilla | NE at NYC | 7.9 | |
20 | Adrien Perez | LAFC at ORL | 4.0 | Less likely to start than Josh Perez, but still a good possibility. He has shown mixed results in very limited action and would be best coming off of your bench. |
Defenders | ||||
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Rank | Player | Matchup | Price | Notes |
1 | Jorge Moreira | POR v. SKC | 8.9 | If you have the cash, these first two picks are no-brainers. |
2 | Anton Tinnerholm | NYC v. NE | 8.5 | |
3 | Jorge Villafana | POR v. SKC | 8.0 | I probably won't have the money or the 3rd spot for Villafana, but he'll be another good play. |
4 | Eddie Segura | LAFC at ORL | 7.4 | Away and without many players including Walker Zimmerman, I still don't mind the prospects of LAFC's defense. Orlando will be without many key players, too, including leading scorer Tesho Akindele. |
5 | Maxime Chanot | NYC v. NE | 6.9 | Staying for this match before heading out to international duty. |
6 | Auro | TOR at FCC | 7.9 | |
7 | Omar Gonzalez | TOR at FCC | 6.7 | Auro's attacking upside outweighs the 1-2 bonus pts that Gonzalez is good for. |
8 | Ben Sweat | NYC v. NE | 4.0 | |
9 | Jordan Harvey | LAFC at ORL | 6.8 | Make sure he's in over Mo El-Munir who subbed on for him last match. |
10 | Billel Tuiloma | POR v. SKC | 4.9 | Should be popular thanks to his price tag. |
11 | Steven Beitashour | LAFC at ORL | 6.3 | |
12 | Tristan Blackmon | LAFC at ORL | 7.0 | Most likely the replacement for Walker Zimmerman. |
13 | Sam Vines | COL v. SEA | 4.3 | If Colorado can control any bit of this match, Vines could capitalize on some chances to get forward. |
14 | Tommy Smith | COL v. SEA | 4.7 | Could be higher, but I think Seattle still are competitive in this match. |
15 | Kelvin Leerdam | SEA at COL | 5.0 | |
16 | Keegan Rosenberry | COL v. SEA | 5.6 | |
17 | Chris Mavinga | TOR at FCC | 5.1 | If you thought Omar Gonzalez didn't get enough bonus points for a centerback... |
18 | Claude Dielna | POR v. SKC | 6.2 | |
19 | Kim Kee-Hee | SEA at COL | 5.9 | |
20 | Graham Zusi | SKC at POR | 8.0 | If he wasn't getting forward enough before, probably isn't happening for this match. |
Goalkeepers | ||||
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Rank | Player | Matchup | Price | Notes |
1 | Steve Clark | POR v. SKC | 7.4 | |
2 | Sean Johnson | NYC v. NE | 6.9 | Since USMNT play in NJ on Friday, Johnson should return to NYCFC to man the net Saturday. |
3 | Pablo Sisniega | LAFC at ORL | 4.2 | Or Tyler Miller. Check the lineups! |
4 | Quentin Westberg | TOR at FCC | 6.2 | Cincy are out of the playoff and focusing on seeing what their youth has to offer. They also will not have Kekuta Manneh or Allan Cruz in this match. Toronto should keep a clean sheet, but it's hard to trust them these days. |
5 | Tim Howard | COL v. SEA | 5.6 | Might be Clint Irwin instead. |
6 | Stefan Frei | SEA at COL | 6.2 | |
7 | Tim Melia | SKC at POR | 7.4 | |
8 | Brian Rowe | ORL v. LAFC | 7.3 | At home against a severely depleted road team? Sounds good, but I'm definitely not taking the chance in season long. Sign me up in daily fantasy, though! |
9 | Matt Turner | NE at NYC | 6.6 | |
10 | Przemyslaw Tyton | FCC v. TOR | 5.2 | Toronto need points. Cincy are mathematically eliminated. Kendall Waston is out. |
Value Rankings | ||||
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(forwards and midfielders under $7.5, defenders under $6.0; not ranked above) | ||||
Rank | Player | Matchup | Price | Notes |
1 | Harry Shipp | SEA at COL | 6.2 | |
2 | Mohamed El-Munir | LAFC at ORL | 4.5 | With a spot or two up for grabs in the depleted LAFC lineup, Bradley could play El-Munir higher up the formation against his former team. Definitely not guaranteed to start, so monitor lineups! |
3 | Jonathan Campbell | SEA at COL | 4.7 | |
4 | Lalas Abubakar | COL v. SEA | 5.5 | I feel better about Colorado defenders if they're my Plan B after NYC, LAFC, or TFC guys play (or play most of their matches at least). |
5 | Sam Nicholson | COL v. SEA | 5.9 | |
6 | Gary Mackay-Steven | NYC v. NE | 5.5 | |
7 | Keaton Parks | NYC v. NE | 5.4 | |
8 | Greg Garza | FCC v. TOR | 5.2 | Both Garza and Gutman (whoever starts) are quality fullbacks, but probably don't have a good clean sheet chance in this one. |
9 | Roland Lamah | FCC v. TOR | 6.1 | |
10 | Daniel Salloi | SKC at POR | 4.4 |
Captain Rankings | ||||
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Rank | Player | Matchup | Price | Notes |
1 | Diego Valeri | POR v. SKC | 13.1 | Because of how popular Valeri (C) will be, Fernandez and Blanco also make sense if you need to do some catching up. |
2 | Maximiliano Moralez | NYC v. NE | 12.1 | Heber's absence doesn't help, but Maxi is such a steady contributor that he's always in play for the captain's band. |
3 | Jozy Altidore | TOR at FCC | 10.2 | Good chance for a goal or two, but a slight risk coming back from his knock last week. |
4 | Nicolas Lodeiro | SEA at COL | 12.7 | Yes, even with Seattle barely being able to field a team. |
5 | Diego Rossi | LAFC at ORL | 9.5 | Skipped Taty to get here, but I think it's an interesting pick. |