MLS Fantasy Rankings: Week 1

This article is part of our MLS Fantasy Rankings series.

If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave a comment below, or hit up our rankers on Twitter: JD Bazzo, Schuyler Redpath and Kam Mehta.

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Yellow indicates the player is questionable to play.

Week 1 Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Mehta
1	Sebastian Giovinco		at	60	Sebastian Giovinco	Sebastian Giovinco	Sebastian Giovinco
2	Robbie Keane		v.	53	David Villa	Robbie Keane	Bradley Wright-Phillips
3	David Villa		at	52	Kei Kamara	David Accam	Robbie Keane
4	David Accam		v.	49	David Accam	Kei Kamara	David Villa
5	Bradley Wright-Phillips		v.	47	Robbie Keane	David Villa	Cyle Larin
6	Kei Kamara		at	47	Gilberto	Gilberto	Gilberto
7	Gilberto		v.	45	Bradley Wright-Phillips	Bradley Wright-Phillips	David Accam
8	Cyle Larin		v.	38	Fanendo Adi	Chris Wondolowski	Fanendo Adi
9	Fanendo Adi		v.	37	Cyle Larin	Fabian Espindola	Kei Kamara
10	Chris Wondolowski		v.	33	Fabian Espindola	Fanendo Adi	Maximiliano Urruti
11	Fabian Espindola		at	31	Chris Wondolowski	Cyle Larin	Chris Wondolowski
12	Maximiliano Urruti		v.	25	Dom Dwyer	Maximiliano Urruti	Mike Grella
13	Dom Dwyer		at	23	Yura Movsisyan	Dom Dwyer	Fabian Espindola
14	Graham Zusi		at	18	Graham Zusi	Yura Movsisyan	Octavio Rivero
15	Yura Movsisyan		at	16	Charlie Davies	Graham Zusi	Dom Dwyer
16	Octavio Rivero		v.	13	Maximiliano Urruti	Giles Barnes	Graham Zusi
17	Charlie Davies		at	11	Joao Plata	Octavio Rivero	Joao Plata
18	Mike Grella		v.	9	C.J. Sapong	Will Bruin	Charlie Davies
19	Joao Plata		at	8	Octavio Rivero	Charlie Davies	Will Bruin
20	Will Bruin		v.	5	Juan Manuel Martinez	C.J. Sapong	Yura Movsisyan

Week 1 Midfielders
Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Mehta
1	Mauro Diaz		v.	59	Mauro Diaz	Mauro Diaz	Giovani dos Santos
2	Diego Valeri		v.	53	Lee Nguyen	Kaka	Mauro Diaz
3	Clint Dempsey		v.	52	Diego Valeri	Clint Dempsey	Diego Valeri
4	Giovani dos Santos		v.	52	Clint Dempsey	Diego Valeri	Clint Dempsey
5	Kaka		v.	48	Giovani dos Santos	Giovani dos Santos	Kaka
6	Fabian Castillo		v.	45	Fabian Castillo	Fabian Castillo	Fabian Castillo
7	Lee Nguyen		at	43	Javier Morales	Javier Morales	Sacha Kljestan
8	Javier Morales		at	41	Kaka	Lee Nguyen	Javier Morales
9	Shkelzen Gashi		at	34	Shkelzen Gashi	Shkelzen Gashi	Pedro Morales
10	Ignacio Piatti		at	26	Luciano Acosta	Sacha Kljestan	Lee Nguyen
11	Sacha Kljestan		v.	25	Ignacio Piatti	Pedro Morales	Shkelzen Gashi
12	Cristian Maidana		v.	22	Cristian Maidana	Cristian Maidana	Federico Higuain
13	Pedro Morales		v.	22	Sasha Kljestan	Ignacio Piatti	Ignacio Piatti
14	Federico Higuain		at	20	Marco Pappa	Federico Higuain	Andreas Ivanschitz
15	Luciano Acosta		at	16	Darlington Nagbe	Andreas Ivanschitz	Ethan Finlay
16	Andreas Ivanschitz		v.	15	Cristian Techera	Lloyd Sam	Benny Feilhaber
17	Marco Pappa		at	11	Federico Higuain	Marco Pappa	Cristian Maidana
18	Ethan Finlay		at	10	Ethan Finlay	Luciano Acosta	Lloyd Sam
19	Lloyd Sam		v.	9	Andreas Ivanschitz	Cristian Techera	Luciano Acosta
20	Sasha Kljestan		v.	8	Lloyd Sam	Ethan Finlay	Cristian Techera

Week 1 Defenders
Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Mehta
1	Chris Tierney		at	59	Harrison Afful	Chris Tierney	Chris Tierney
2	Harrison Afful		at	57	Chris Tierney	Harrison Afful	Kemar Lawrence
3	Brek Shea		v.	53	Brek Shea	Brek Shea	Harrison Afful
4	Kemar Lawrence		v.	52	Ronald Matarrita	Kemar Lawrence	Brek Shea
5	Andrew Wenger		v.	43	Kemar Lawrence	Joevin Jones	Andrew Wenger
6	Joevin Jones		v.	43	Andrew Wenger	Alvas Powell	Alvas Powell
7	Alvas Powell		v.	42	Joevin Jones	Maynor Figueroa	Ashley Cole
8	Ronald Matarrita		at	40	Ashley Cole	Ronald Matarrita	Joevin Jones
9	Ashley Cole		v.	38	Alvas Powell	Andrew Wenger	Robbie Rogers
10	Maynor Figueroa		v.	29	Robbie Rogers	Ashley Cole	Tyrone Mears
11	Robbie Rogers		v.	24	Taylor Kemp	Fabinho	Ronald Matarrita
12	Tyrone Mears		v.	24	Fabinho	Brandon Vincent	Maynor Figueroa
13	Fabinho		at	24	Kendall Waston	Waylon Francis	Taylor Kemp
14	Kendall Waston		v.	19	Tyrone Mears	Kendall Waston	Demar Phillips
15	Waylon Francis		at	18	Maynor Figueroa	Tyrone Mears	Waylon Francis
16	Taylor Kemp		at	18	Ambroise Oyongo	Matt Polster	Fabinho
17	Brandon Vincent		v.	12	Waylon Francis	Andoni Iraola	Kendall Waston
18	Demar Phillips		at	9	Matt Hedges	Aurelien Collin	Brandon Vincent
19	Ambroise Oyongo		at	5	Sam Adekugbe	Demar Phillips	Jordan Harvey
20	Matt Polster		v.	5	DaMarcus Beasley	Robbie Rogers	Shaun Francis

Week 1 Goalkeepers
Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Mehta
1	Jesse Gonzalez		v.	30	Jesse Gonzalez	Jesse Gonzalez	Jesse Gonzalez
2	David Ousted		v.	27	David Ousted	David Ousted	David Ousted
3	David Bingham		v.	24	David Bingham	David Bingham	David Bingham
4	Stefan Frei		at	19	Bobby Shuttleworth	Stefan Frei	Dan Kennedy
5	Dan Kennedy		at	18	Stefan Frei	Dan Kennedy	Stefan Frei
6	Tyler Deric		v.	10	Dan Kennedy	Tyler Deric	Tyler Deric
7	Bobby Shuttleworth		at	10	Nick Rimando	Matt Lampson	Tim Melia
8	Tim Melia		v.	6	Josh Saunders	Joe Bendik	Bobby Shuttleworth
9	Luis Robles		v.	5	Tim Melia	Luis Robles	Luis Robles
10	Nick Rimando		at	4	Luis Robles	Adam Kwarasey	Adam Kwarasey