MLS Fantasy Rankings: Week 7

With two solid matchups this week, RotoWire's JD Bazzo is high on Montreal Impact midfielder Saphir Taider.

September 16, 2020

By:

JD Bazzo

September 16, 2020

MLS Fantasy Rankings

MATCHES (EDT)

Wednesday, 8:30 pm: FC Dallas vs. Colorado Rapids
Wednesday,9:30 pm: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Portland Timbers
Wednesday,9:30 pm: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Montreal Impact
Friday, 10:00 pm: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Los Angeles Football Club
Saturday, 3:30 pm: Sporting Kansas City vs. FC Dallas
Saturday, 4:30 pm: New England Revolution vs. New York City FC
Saturday, 7:00 pm: Atlanta United vs. Inter Miami CF
Saturday, 7:00 pm: New York Red Bulls vs. FC Cincinnati
Saturday, 7:30 pm: Columbus Crew vs. Nashville SC
Saturday, 7:30 pm: D.C. United vs. Toronto FC
Saturday, 7:30 pm: Orlando City SC vs. Chicago Fire
Saturday, 8:00 pm: Houston Dynamo vs. Minnesota United
Saturday, 9:30 pm: Real Salt Lake vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Saturday, 10:30 pm: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Colorado Rapids
Saturday, 10:30 pm: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Portland Timbers
Sunday, 7:00 pm: Montreal Impact vs. Philadelphia Union

Legend (all stats are on a per-90 basis): MIN = minutes, G = goals, A = assists, S = shots, SOG = shots on goal, CC = chances created, BCC = big chances created, SV = saves, GC = goals conceded, CS = clean sheets, CL = clearances, P = completed passes

All columns are sortable

Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Price	MIN	G	A	S	SOG	CC	BCC
1	Franco Jara	DAL	DAL v. COL, at SKC	8.8	517	0.35	0.00	1.74	0.87	0.87	0.17
2	Romell Quioto	MTL	MTL at VAN, v. PHI	9.9	890	0.40	0.10	2.12	0.81	1.11	0.10
3	Diego Rubio	COL	COL at DAL, at LAG	6.8	593	0.30	0.30	2.43	0.61	1.67	0.30
4	Felipe Mora	POR	POR at SJ, at SJ	9.1	421	0.64	0.21	2.35	1.28	1.28	0.43
5	Cristian Pavon	LAG	LAG v. COL	12.1	900	0.60	0.40	3.50	1.70	1.60	0.00
6	Raul Ruidiaz	SEA	SEA v. LAFC	13.0	902	0.70	0.30	3.69	1.30	1.10	0.50
7	Diego Rossi	LAFC	LAFC at SEA	9.9	1160	0.93	0.24	4.11	2.33	1.55	0.39
8	Jeremy Ebobisse	POR	POR at SJ, at SJ	5.6	855	0.53	0.21	2.95	1.16	1.16	0.11
9	Gyasi Zardes	CLB	CLB v. NSH	10.4	923	0.88	0.20	2.34	1.46	1.76	0.29
10	Jozy Altidore	TOR	TOR at DCU	8.2	505	0.18	0.36	4.28	2.14	1.78	0.36
11	Kacper Przybylko	PHI	PHI at MTL	11.0	1198	0.38	0.08	2.33	1.13	1.28	0.30
12	Jordan Morris	SEA	SEA v. LAFC	10.7	796	0.68	0.56	2.15	1.13	1.58	0.68
13	Brian Rodriguez	LAFC	LAFC at SEA	8.2	1059	0.17	0.59	2.89	0.93	2.97	0.85
14	Jesus Ferreira	DAL	DAL v. COL, at SKC	5.0	434	0.21	0.21	2.49	1.24	1.04	0.00
15	Gustavo Bou	NE	NE v. NYC	9.7	940	0.29	0.20	4.31	1.72	3.06	0.48
16	Chris Wondolowski	SJ	SJ v. POR, v. POR	7.5	402	1.12	0.00	3.13	2.46	0.45	0.00
17	Ricardo Pepi	DAL	DAL v. COL, at SKC	5.7	213	0.85	0.42	2.54	0.85	0.42	0.00
18	Kei Kamara	COL	COL at DAL, at LAG	6.5	522	0.52	0.17	2.93	0.86	1.21	0.00
19	Robert Beric	CHI	CHI at ORL	8.4	893	0.30	0.10	2.52	1.31	1.01	0.10
20	Cade Cowell	SJ	SJ v. POR, v. POR	4.0	246	0.37	0.00	2.20	0.37	1.83	0.00

Midfielders
Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Price	MIN	G	A	S	SOG	CC	BCC
1	Saphir Taider	MTL	MTL at VAN, v. PHI	10.3	865	0.42	0.52	1.56	0.52	1.66	0.42
2	Diego Valeri	POR	POR at SJ, at SJ	11.4	1010	0.45	0.63	2.32	1.25	3.48	0.62
3	Younes Namli	COL	COL at DAL, at LAG	9.1	786	0.11	0.34	1.60	0.80	2.06	0.34
4	Andres Ricaurte	DAL	DAL v. COL, at SKC	9.5	125	0.72	0.72	2.16	1.44	2.88	0.72
5	Alejandro Pozuelo	TOR	TOR at DCU	14.8	1046	0.26	0.69	2.58	1.03	3.87	1.12
6	Lucas Zelarayan	CLB	CLB v. NSH	9.9	570	0.63	0.32	2.68	1.11	1.26	0.47
7	Emanuel Reynoso	MIN	MIN at HOU	7.7	187	0.00	0.96	1.93	0.48	2.89	0.48
8	Nicolas Lodeiro	SEA	SEA v. LAFC	12.7	792	0.23	0.45	1.14	0.45	1.70	0.57
9	Cristian Espinoza	SJ	SJ v. POR, v. POR	7.9	977	0.18	0.37	2.58	0.74	2.49	0.09
10	Pedro Santos	CLB	CLB v. NSH	8.2	895	0.10	0.50	1.81	0.60	2.01	0.60
11	Albert Rusnak	RSL	RSL v. VAN	7.1	841	0.21	0.11	2.14	0.64	1.93	0.21
12	Kaku	RBNY	RBNY v. FCC	8.0	734	0.12	0.37	1.35	0.37	1.84	0.49
13	Ezequiel Barco	ATL	ATL v. INT	10.2	710	0.25	0.38	3.30	1.27	1.14	0.13
14	Michael Barrios	DAL	DAL v. COL, at SKC	8.4	719	0.00	0.26	1.75	0.25	2.25	0.50
15	Sebastian Lletget	LAG	LAG v. COL	10.4	796	0.45	0.23	2.04	1.36	1.36	0.23
16	Carlos Darwin Quintero	HOU	HOU v. MIN	9.0	707	0.51	0.76	3.18	1.15	3.06	0.76
17	Johnny Russell	SKC	SKC v. DAL	8.4	837	0.32	0.22	3.23	0.97	2.47	0.75
18	Kevin Molino	MIN	MIN at HOU	10.6	652	0.69	0.55	2.48	1.10	1.52	0.41
19	Damir Kreilach	RSL	RSL v. VAN	8.3	972	0.56	0.09	2.22	1.39	0.56	0.19
20	Cole Bassett	COL	COL at DAL, at LAG	8.0	324	0.56	0.83	1.94	0.83	1.39	0.56

Defenders
Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Price	MIN	G	A	S	SOG	CC	BCC
1	Reto Ziegler	DAL	DAL v. COL, at SKC	9.9	794	0.11	0.00	0.57	0.34	0.45	0.00
2	Zachary Brault-Guillard	MTL	MTL at VAN, v. PHI	8.4	895	0.00	0.10	0.50	0.00	1.11	0.50
3	Lalas Abubakar	COL	COL at DAL, at LAG	6.2	900	0.10	0.00	0.10	0.10	0.30	0.00
4	Harrison Afful	CLB	CLB v. NSH	9.8	907	0.00	0.00	0.79	0.10	0.99	0.10
5	Aaron Long	RBNY	RBNY v. FCC	8.5	623	0.14	0.00	0.29	0.29	0.43	0.00
6	Matt Hedges	DAL	DAL v. COL, at SKC	8.8	675	0.00	0.00	0.53	0.27	0.27	0.00
7	Kyle Duncan	RBNY	RBNY v. FCC	7.6	924	0.19	0.20	0.58	0.19	0.88	0.29
8	Jonathan Mensah	CLB	CLB v. NSH	10.6	1080	0.00	0.00	0.33	0.17	0.00	0.00
9	Bryan Reynolds	DAL	DAL v. COL, at SKC	4.0	212	0.00	0.42	0.42	0.00	1.70	0.42
10	Oswaldo Alanis	SJ	SJ v. POR, v. POR	7.8	783	0.23	0.11	1.49	0.34	0.34	0.00
11	Rudy Camacho	MTL	MTL at VAN, v. PHI	7.9	540	0.17	0.00	0.50	0.17	0.00	0.00
12	Joevin Jones	SEA	SEA v. LAFC	7.9	572	0.31	0.63	0.79	0.31	0.94	0.31
13	Sam Vines	COL	COL at DAL, at LAG	5.0	900	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.10	0.60	0.20
14	Milton Valenzuela	CLB	CLB v. NSH	10.0	713	0.00	0.25	0.76	0.13	1.14	0.25
15	Luis Binks	MTL	MTL at VAN, v. PHI	7.8	945	0.00	0.00	0.48	0.00	0.10	0.00
16	Anton Tinnerholm	NYC	NYC at NE	9.2	1167	0.15	0.15	0.93	0.31	1.54	0.15
17	Jason Pendant	RBNY	RBNY v. FCC	6.2	652	0.00	0.14	0.69	0.00	0.69	0.14
18	Dario Zuparic	POR	POR at SJ, at SJ	7.0	975	0.09	0.09	0.46	0.37	0.18	0.09
19	Chris Mavinga	TOR	TOR at DCU	6.9	960	0.00	0.00	0.19	0.00	0.19	0.00
20	Aaron Herrera	RSL	RSL v. VAN	7.1	990	0.00	0.09	0.91	0.18	0.73	0.09

Goalkeepers
Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Price	MIN	SV	GC	CS	CL	P	CC
1	Clement Diop	MTL	MTL at VAN, v. PHI	8.6	990	3.45	1.27	0.27	0.82	19.45	0.00
2	Eloy Room	CLB	CLB v. NSH	9.0	720	2.38	0.38	0.75	0.25	16.38	0.00
3	Kyle Zobeck	DAL	DAL v. COL, at SKC	4.5	228	2.76	1.97	0	0	16.58	0.00
4	David Jensen	RBNY	RBNY v. FCC	4.6	478	2.26	1.32	0.19	0.94	8.66	0.00
5	Quentin Westberg	TOR	TOR at DCU	6.7	990	2.09	1.36	0.36	0.64	24.45	0.00
6	Steve Clark	POR	POR at SJ, at SJ	4.8	1170	2.77	1.77	0.08	0.69	17.62	0.00
7	David Bingham	LAG	LAG v. COL	10.5	900	3.20	1.50	0.3	0.8	13.60	0.10
8	Andre Blake	PHI	PHI at MTL	9.2	1260	3.86	0.93	0.36	1.07	13.64	0.14
9	Thomas Hasal	VAN	VAN v. MTL, at RSL	5.3	662	5.03	1.63	0.27	1.22	19.44	0.00
10	Andrew Putna	RSL	RSL v. VAN	4.3	450	2.80	2.40	0.2	0.4	15.80	0.00

Value Rankings
(forwards and midfielders under $7.5, defenders under $6.0; not ranked above)
Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Price	MIN	G	A	S	SOG	CC	BCC
1	Eryk Williamson	POR	POR at SJ, at SJ	5.6	887	0.20	0.30	0.91	0.30	0.71	0.10
2	Lassi Lappalainen	MTL	MTL at VAN, v. PHI	7.1	352	0.26	0.26	0.77	0.26	0.51	0.00
3	Orji Okwonkwo	MTL	MTL at VAN, v. PHI	6.3	308	0.29	0.58	1.75	1.17	0.58	0.29
4	Yimmi Chara	POR	POR at SJ, at SJ	5.6	473	0.00	0.19	1.90	0.95	1.14	0.19
5	Michael Baldisimo	VAN	VAN v. MTL, at RSL	6.4	241	0.37	0.75	0.75	0.37	1.12	0.00
6	Jonathan Lewis	COL	COL at DAL, at LAG	4.2	321	0.84	0.00	4.21	1.96	1.12	0.00
7	Nick Lima	SJ	SJ v. POR, v. POR	4.0	771	0.00	0.00	0.93	0.23	0.58	0.12
8	Victor Wanyama	MTL	MTL at VAN, v. PHI	7.4	810	0.11	0.00	0.89	0.44	0.22	0.00
9	Cristian Gutierrez	VAN	VAN v. MTL, at RSL	4.0	230	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.78	0.00
10	Jackson Yueill	SJ	SJ v. POR, v. POR	5.4	990	0.00	0.09	1.00	0.45	0.64	0.00

Captain Rankings
Rank	Player	Team	Matchup	Price	MIN	G	A	S	SOG	CC	BCC
1	Saphir Taider	MTL	MTL at VAN, v. PHI	10.3	865	0.42	0.52	1.56	0.52	1.66	0.42
2	Diego Valeri	POR	POR at SJ, at SJ	11.4	1010	0.45	0.63	2.32	1.25	3.48	0.62
3	Younes Namli	COL	COL at DAL, at LAG	9.1	786	0.11	0.34	1.60	0.80	2.06	0.34
4	Andres Ricaurte	DAL	DAL v. COL, at SKC	9.5	125	0.72	0.72	2.16	1.44	2.88	0.72
5	Alejandro Pozuelo	TOR	TOR at DCU	14.8	1046	0.26	0.69	2.58	1.03	3.87	1.12