Fantasy: Week 22 positional rankings

Reid and Mike are joined by co-host emeritus Andrew Crollard while Blayne takes the week off. The show starts off with the normal round review but takes a short detour and the guys discuss the latest Open Cup news and new transfers that could impact your fantasy squad. The second half of the show focus on which double-game week players are worth loading up on for the final round of the 2018 Spring Fantasy Season and which ones to avoid. It’s a great show to checkout before games start of Wednesday!

---

Week 22 marks the end of the Spring season and with eight teams playing twice there’s still ample opportunity to make some big moves in the final round. Let’s take a closer look at the top players at each position, with an emphasis on players who could play two games.

Goalkeepers

David Ousted was seconds away from a dream debut in D.C. United’s Audi Stadium opener before Alphonso Davies stained his clean sheet with an impressive individual effort in the 94th minute. With a pair of home games in Week 22 — including one against a lackluster Colorado attack — he’s in prime position to pick up his first shutout of the season.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	David Ousted	DC	vs. RBNY, vs. COL	$4.0
2	David Bingham	LA	at LAFC, vs. ORL	$9.3
3	Sean Johnson	NYC	at ORL, at SEA	$7.3
4	Andrew Tarbell	SJ	vs. SEA, vs. RSL	$4.0
5	Stefan Frei	SEA	at SJ, vs. NYC	$8.8
6	Luis Robles	RBNY	at DC, vs. CLB	$9.2
7	Joe Willis	HOU	vs. PHI, at POR	$7.6
8	Joe Bendik	ORL	vs. NYC, at LA	$4.0
9	Alex Bono	TOR	vs. CHI	$6.3
10	Jeff Attinella	POR	vs. HOU	$8.6

Defenders

Michael Ciani delivered a goal and 11 fantasy points in a Team of the Week presented by Audi performance last week, and he’s in a good spot to build off of that with two favorable matchups in Week 22.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Michael Ciani	LA	at LAFC, vs. ORL	$8.3
2	Anton Tinnerholm	NYC	at ORL, at SEA	$8.5
3	Kemar Lawrence	RBNY	at DC, vs. CLB	$10.2
4	Alexander Callens	NYC	at ORL, at SEA	$10.1
5	Philippe Senderos	HOU	vs. PHI, at POR	$7.5
6	Aaron Long	RBNY	at DC, vs. CLB	$10.2
7	Chad Marshall	SEA	at SJ, vs. NYC	$7.9
8	Alejandro Fuenmayor	HOU	vs. PHI, at POR	$8.9
9	Jorgen Skjelvik	LA	at LAFC, vs. ORL	$8.2
10	Tim Parker	RBNY	at DC, vs. CLB	$8.7
11	Kim Kee-Hee	SEA	at SJ, vs. NYC	$7.2
12	Michael Murillo	RBNY	at DC, vs. CLB	$8.6
13	Guram Kashia	SJ	vs. SEA, vs. RSL	$5.5
14	Steve Birnbaum	DC	vs. RBNY, vs. COL	$4.8
15	Nouhou Tolo	SEA	at SJ, vs. NYC	$6.6
16	Ashley Cole	LA	at LAFC, vs. ORL	$7.7
17	Ben Sweat	NYC	at ORL, at SEA	$5.5
18	Frederic Brillant	DC	vs. RBNY, vs. COL	$5.4
19	Nick Lima	SJ	vs. SEA, vs. RSL	$5.0
20	DaMarcus Beasley	HOU	vs. PHI, at POR	$7.2

Midfielders

Romain Alessandrini came off the bench in his last game but still made an impact with two assists and eight points in 45 minutes. He has a combined two goals, four assists and 31 fantasy points in limited minutes over his last three appearances and he’s positioned to continue to produce the goods with two games that should have goals in them this week. It’s worth noting that Alessandrini is one caution away from suspension, so he may be best used in a switcheroo scenario given the risk that comes with rostering him.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Romain Alessandrini	LA	at LAFC, vs. ORL	$10.6
2	Nicolas Lodeiro	SEA	at SJ, vs. NYC	$12.8
3	Maxi Moralez	NYC	at ORL, at SEA	$14.0
4	Yamil Asad	DC	vs. RBNY, vs. COL	$10.5
5	Vako	SJ	vs. SEA, vs. RSL	$8.1
6	Kaku	RBNY	at DC, vs. CLB	$10.4
7	Yoshi Yotun	ORL	vs. NYC, at LA	$10.9
8	Zoltan Stieber	DC	vs. RBNY, vs. COL	$10.4
9	Daniel Royer	RBNY	at DC, vs. CLB	$5.9
10	Danny Hoesen	SJ	vs. SEA, vs. RSL	$10.7
11	Luciano Acosta	DC	vs. RBNY, vs. COL	$7.6
12	Florian Jungwirth	SJ	vs. SEA, vs. RSL	$7.8
13	Paul Arriola	DC	vs. RBNY, vs. COL	$8.8
14	Tomas Martinez	HOU	vs. PHI, at POR	$9.0
15	Jesus Medina	NYC	at ORL, at SEA	$5.7
16	Jonathan dos Santos	LA	at LAFC, vs. ORL	$8.2
17	Cristian Roldan	SEA	at SJ, vs. NYC	$7.0
18	Alexander Ring	NYC	at ORL, at SEA	$8.8
19	Tyler Adams	RBNY	at DC, vs. CLB	$8.2
20	Sacha Kljestan	ORL	vs. NYC, at LA	$8.0
21	Magnus Eriksson	SJ	vs. SEA, vs. RSL	$7.3
22	Sean Davis	RBNY	at DC, vs. CLB	$8.1
23	Gustav Svensson	SEA	at SJ, vs. NYC	$5.9
24	Anibal Godoy	SJ	vs. SEA, vs. RSL	$6.9
25	Chris Pontius	LA	at LAFC, vs. ORL	$6.5
26	Chris Mueller	ORL	vs. NYC, at LA	$5.7
27	Chris Durkin	DC	vs. RBNY, vs. COL	$4.6
28	Marc Rzatkowksi	RBNY	at DC, vs. CLB	$6.5
29	Jahmir Hyka	SJ	vs. SEA, vs. RSL	$4.8
30	Perry Kitchen	LA	at LAFC, vs. ORL	$6.6

Forwards

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored a goal or more in each of his last six starts, and with a pair of juicy matchups he should be the consenus Captain pick in Week 22.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	LA	at LAFC, vs. ORL	$10.2
2	Bradley Wright-Phillips	RBNY	at DC, vs. CLB	$8.8
3	Wayne Rooney	DC	vs. RBNY, vs. COL	$9.6
4	Romell Quioto	HOU	vs. PHI, at POR	$10.2
5	Mauro Manotas	HOU	vs. PHI, at POR	$8.2
6	Alberth Elis	HOU	vs. PHI, at POR	$8.7
7	Dom Dwyer	ORL	vs. NYC, at LA	$8.0
8	Ola Kamara	LA	at LAFC, vs. ORL	$7.8
9	David Villa	NYC	at ORL, vs. SEA	$11.7
10	Raul Ruidiaz	SEA	at SJ, vs. NYC	$10.0
11	Chris Wondolowski	SJ	vs. SEA, vs. RSL	$7.4
12	Giovani dos Santos	LA	at LAFC, vs. ORL	$6.5
13	Will Bruin	SEA	at SJ, vs. NYC	$6.8
14	Carlos Vela	LAFC	vs. LA	$11.9
15	Josef Martinez	ATL	at MTL	$13.2
16	Sebastian Giovinco	TOR	vs. CHI	$10.6
17	Adama Diomande	LAFC	vs. LA	$10.3
18	Darren Mattocks	DC	vs. RBNY, vs. COL	$8.5
19	Darwin Quintero	MIN	at VAN	$9.7
20	Jozy Altidore	TOR	vs. CHI	$9.0

Stay Connected: To get all the latest Fantasy news and advice, download the MLS app and sign up for MLS Fantasy notifications. To sign up for notifications, select the main menu, choose settings. Within the settings menu, select News & Videos notifications and turn on notifications for “Fantasy Soccer.”