MLS Fantasy Rankings: Week 8

MLS Fantasy Rankings: Week 8

This article is part of our MLS Fantasy Rankings series.

To provide the most help for your weekly player decisions, we've included some names on both the forwards and midfielders lists to help give you an idea where we stand on them.

The composite scores below are determined on a points-based system where the top forward on each of our ranker's list is awarded 20 points, the second ranked forward is awarded 19 points, the third 18 points and so on (similar to what you'd see in MVP voting in some sports or college basketball rankings).

If you have any questions or feedback on the rankings, please don't hesitate to leave a comment below, or hit our rankers up on twitter: Schuyler Redpath, JD Bazzo and Steven Eschelbacher.

Week 8 Schedule

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Week 8 Positional Rankings

Out or High Injury Doubt
Questionable to Play

Sunday Game

Forwards
RankPlayerTeamOpponentPtsBazzoRedpathEschelbacher
1 Obafemi Martins v. 59 Kei Kamara Obafemi Martins Obafemi Martins
2 Kei Kamara v. 57 Obafemi Martins Kei Kamara Octavio Rivero
3 Octavio Rivero v. 55 Octavio Rivero Octavio Rivero Kei Kamara
4 Clint Dempsey v. 47 Blas Perez Clint Dempsey David Villa
5 Bradley Wright-Phillips v. 45 Clint Dempsey Federico Higuain Bradley Wright-Philips
6 Blas Perez at 40 Robbie Keane Bradley Wright-Phillips Sebastian Giovinco
7 Robbie Keane at 39 Bradley Wright-Phillips Robbie Keane Clint Dempsey
8 Sebastian Giovinco at 39 Sebastian Giovinco David Villa Jozy Altidore
9 Federico Higuain v. 37 Federico Higuain Blas Perez Fabian Castillo
10 David Villa at 30 Dom Dwyer Sebastian Giovinco Blas Perez
11 Dom Dwyer at 28 Fabian Castillo Dom Dwyer Robbie Keane
12 Fabian Castillo at 25 Jozy Altidore Alvaro Saborio Federico Higuain
13 Jozy Altidore at 24 Fernando Aristeguieta Gabriel Torres Fanendo Adi
14 Gabriel Torres v. 20 Gabriel Torres Charlie Davies Dom Dwyer
15 Fanendo Adi at 17 Gyasi Zardes Fernando Aristeguieta Gyasi Zardes
16 Gyasi Zardes at 16 Cyle Larin Fanendo Adi Gabriel Torres
17 Fernando Aristeguieta at 14 Fanendo Adi Gyasi Zardes Juan Agudelo
18 Alvaro Saborio at 11 David Villa Fabian Castillo Darren Mattocks
19 Charlie Davies v. 8 David Accam Jozy Altidore Alvaro Saborio
20 Juan Agudelo v. 5 Juan Agudelo Fabian Espindola Charlie Davies

Midfielders
RankPlayerTeamOpponentPtsBazzoRedpathEschelbacher
1 Clint Dempsey v. 57 Clint Dempsey Kaka Kaka
2 Kaka v. 56 Sebastian Giovinco Clint Dempsey Sebastian Giovinco
3 Sebastian Giovinco at 56 Pedro Morales Sebastian Giovinco Clint Dempsey
4 Pedro Morales v. 50 Lee Nguyen Pedro Morales Fabian Castillo
5 Benny Feilhaber at 49 Kaka Lee Nguyen Lloyd Sam
6 Lee Nguyen v. 46 Fabian Castillo Dillon Powers Pedro Morales
7 Fabian Castillo at 44 Benny Feilhaber Shaun Maloney Benny Feilhaber
8 Dillon Powers v. 37 Dillon Powers Harry Shipp Lee Nguyen
9 Lloyd Sam v. 33 Mix Diskerud Fabian Castillo Harry Shipp
10 Harry Shipp v. 33 Shaun Maloney Benny Feilhaber Mix Diskerud
11 Shaun Maloney v. 32 Lloyd Sam Kevin Molino Kevin Molino
12 Kevin Molino v. 27 Javier Morales Javier Morales Dillon Powers
13 Javier Morales at 26 Harry Shipp Kelyn Rowe Javier Morales
14 Mix Diskerud at 23 Kevin Molino Lloyd Sam Shaun Maloney
15 Justin Meram v. 14 Lamar Neagle Lamar Neagle Justin Meram
16 Lamar Neagle v. 13 Felipe Martins Justin Meram Darlington Nagbe
17 Giles Barnes v. 9 Cristian Maidana Giles Barnes Ethan Finlay
18 Kelyn Rowe v. 8 Justin Meram Marco Pappa Giles Barnes
19 Felipe Martins v. 5 Giles Barnes Graham Zusi Sacha Kljestan
20 Darlington Nagbe at 5 Stefen Ishizaki Brad Davis Lamar Neagle

Defenders
RankPlayerTeamOpponentPtsBazzoRedpathEschelbacher
1 Hernan Grana v. 25 Kendall Waston Hernan Grana Kendall Waston
2 Kendall Waston v. 23 Marcel de Jong Chris Tierney Matt Hedges
3 Damarcus Beasley v. 21 Hernan Grana Damarcus Beasley Damarcus Beasley
4 Brek Shea v. 17 Matt Hedges Joevin Jones Hernan Grana
5 Matt Hedges at 16 Brek Shea Michel Brek Shea
6 Marcel de Jong at 9 Damarcus Beasley Brek Shea Matt Besler
7 Chris Tierney v. 9 Matt Besler Steven Beitashour Omar Gonzalez
8 Matt Besler v. 9 Waylon Francis Kendall Waston Liam Ridgewell
9 Joevin Jones v. 9 Joevin Jones Omar Gonzalez Brad Evans
10 Omar Gonzalez at 7 Omar Gonzalez Drew Moor Matt Miazga

Goalkeepers
RankPlayerTeamOpponentPtsBazzoRedpathEschelbacher
1 Bobby Shuttleworth v. 11 Bobby Shuttleworth Sean Johnson David Ousted
2 David Ousted v. 11 David Ousted Steve Clark Steve Clark
3 Steve Clark v. 11 Steve Clark Bobby Shuttleworth Bobby Shuttleworth
4 Sean Johnson v. 5 Luis Marin David Ousted Josh Saunders
5 Luis Marin v. 3 Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Luis Marin
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
JD Bazzo
JD is a former RotoWire contributor. He was a finalist for the 2017 FSWA Soccer Writer of the Year award. JD had been writing for RotoWire since 2015. He is a proud Pittsburgh native, purveyor of fantasy sports, and likely the first Penn State Basketball fan you've ever met.
Steven Eschelbacher
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