A pretty solid MLS game-week 14 for me! 80 points for a week rank of 396, which moved me up 93 places to make my overall rank 903. It was a difficult week for almost everyone, so I'm pretty happy with my score and progress this week, even if I still had some misses. Let's check out what went right and what went wrong in GW14.
What Went Right
I said going into MLS GW14 that clean sheets were going to be near impossible to find, and then I went and got a clean sheet from each of my defenders - Kai Wagner (7), Bird Risa (7), and Andrew Privett (8). Evander's 11, Ryan Guald's 12, and Riqui Puig's 13 were all really solid picks as well, though I did put the armband on the one that scored the least of those 3 (Evander).
What Went Wrong
Almost everyone else didn't really work out like I had hoped. Alex Bono got a 3 in the early game so I decided to run John McCarthy as my keeperoo, but he also got a 3. Lucho Acosta also got a 3 which was disappointing as it was his lowest score of the season, but I had thought about captaining him so I'm feeling a bit thankful for that. None of my forwards hit, 0 for 3 in MLS last week.
Denis Bouanga had just 2 points in the early slot, and I decided to run Jonathan Rodriguez as Hans Wolf only scored 4 points on my bench, but Rodriguez only scored 3 points. And my biggest miss of the week? Benteke's 0 points in a full 90 minutes played. Yikes.
MLS Housekeeping
if you didn't know, it's another big MLS double-game week. Not every team is doubling, and not every team plays. Columbus is on a buy, so target them for your Autoroos, Switcheroos, and Keeperoos.
FC Cincinnati, New England Revolution, NYCFC, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, and St Louis City SC are the teams playing only 1 game in GW15. Inter Miami, LAFC, New York Red Bulls, and Philadelphia Union are the only teams playing double-home MLS games in GW15.
MLS Fantasy Picks
GK
- Oliver Semmle - $4.8m - VS TOR, VS MTL-Carlos Coronel - $5.9m - VS CLT, VS ORL-Drake Callender - $6.6m - VS ATL, VS STL-Hugo Lloris - $7.2m - VS MIN, VS DAL-Kristijan Kahlina - $7.8m - @ NYRB, @ ATL-Brad Stuver - $8.1m - VS POR, @ RSL
DEF
-Kai Wagner - $10.2m - VS TOR, VS MTL-Adilson Malanda - $8.2m - @ NYRB, @ ATL-Noah Eile - $6.2m - VS CLT, VS ORL-Omar Campos - $6.1m - VS MIN, VS DAL-Maya Yoshida - $10m - VS DAL, @ CHI-Walker Zimmerman - $6.9m - @ CIN, VS NE-Tomás Avilés - $6.5m - VS ATL, VS STL
https://phillysportsnetwork.com/2024/05/29/union-returns-home-raccoonion
MID
-Riqui Puig - $14.4m - VS DAL, @ CHI-Evander - $13m - @ ATX, VS HOU-Daniel Gazdag - $11.4m - VS TOR, VS MTL-Ryan Gauld - $12.2m - @ SKC, VS COL-Lewis Morgan - $11m - VS CTL, VS ORL-Matias Rojas - $8.2m - VS ATL, VS STL-Cristian Olivera - $9.8m - VS MIN, VS DAL-Robin Lod - $11.5m - @ LAFC, VS SKC-Sebastian Driussi - $9.4m - VS POR, @ RSL
FWD
-Lionel Messi - $14.5m - VS ATL, VS STL-Luis Suarez - $13.6 - VS ATL, VS STL-Denis Bouanga - $14.4m - VS MIN, VS DAL-Julián Carranza - $10m - VS TOR, VS MTL-Gabriel Pec - $10.7m - VS DAL, @ CHI-Cristian Arango - $14.7m - @ SEA, VS ATX
https://phillysportsnetwork.com/2024/05/29/5-predictions-union-vs-toronto
Captain
-Lionel Messi - $14.5m - VS ATL, VS STL-Evander - $13m - @ ATX, VS HOU-Riqui Puig - $14.4m - VS DAL, @ CHI-Daniel Gazdag - $11.4m - VS TOR, VS MTL
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