MLS Fantasy Rankings: Week 25

David Villa faces off against one of the tougher defenses in Major League Soccer, but he's still the top forward on the early slate.

Updated on August 13, 2015 4:58PM EST

By:

JD Bazzo

Schuyler Redpath

Updated on August 13, 2015 4:58PM EST

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(All times EDT)

Thursday
7:00 p.m: D.C. United at New York City FC
Friday
11:00 p.m: Colorado Rapids at San Jose Earthquakes

Thursday-Friday Forwards
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	David Villa	24	David Villa	David Villa	David Villa	David Villa
2	Chris Wondolowski	17	Chris Wondolowski	Quincy Amarikwa	Chris Wondolowski	Alvaro Saborio
3	Alvaro Saborio	16	Alvaro Saborio	Chris Wondolowski	Alvaro Saborio	Chris Rolfe
4	Quincy Amarikwa	12	Quincy Amarikwa	Alvaro Saborio	Quincy Amarikwa	Chris Wondolowski
5	Chris Rolfe	7	Kevin Doyle	Vicente Sanchez	Vicente Sanchez	Jairo Arrieta
6	Vicente Sanchez	4	Chris Rolfe	Chris Rolfe	Chris Rolfe	Quincy Amarikwa

Thursday-Friday Midfielders
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	Tommy McNamara	18	Frank Lampard	Matias Perez Garcia	Matias Perez Garcia	Mix Diskerud
2	Matias Perez Garcia	16	Tommy McNamara	Tommy McNamara	Frank Lampard	Thomas McNamara
3	Frank Lampard	15	Matias Perez Garcia	Shea Salinas	Dillon Powers	Frank Lampard
4	Shea Salinas	9	Chris Pontius	Andrea Pirlo	Thomas McNamara	Shea Salinas
5	Mix Diskerud	7	Shea Salinas	Kwadwo Poku	Chris Pontuis	Kwadwo Poku
6	Chris Pontius	6	Kwadwo Poku	Mix Diskerud	Andrea Pirlo	Chris Pontuis

Thursday-Friday Defenders
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	Taylor Kemp	22	Angelino	Angelino	Taylor Kemp	Taylor Kemp
2	Angelino	19	Taylor Kemp	Taylor Kemp	Chris Korb	Chris Korb
3	Chris Korb	11	Jordan Stewart	Jordan Stewart	Shaun Francis	Angelino
4	Jordan Stewart	8	Iraola	Iraola	Angelino	Sean Franklin
5	Iraola	8	Marvell Wynne	Marc Burch	Marvell Wynne	Iraola
6	Marvell Wynne	4	Chris Korb	Marvell Wynne	Sean Franklin	Jared Watts

Thursday-Friday Goalkeepers
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	David Bingham	12	Josh Saunders	David Bingham	Bill Hamid	David Bingham
2	Bill Hamid	11	David Bingham	Bill Hamid	Clint Irwin	Clint Irwin
3	Josh Saunders	9	Bill Hamid	Josh Saunders	Josh Saudners	Bill Hamid
4	Clint Irwin	8	Clint Irwin	Clint Irwin	David Bingham	Josh Saunders

Saturday
7:00 p.m: Toronto FC at New York Red Bulls
7:30 p.m: Houston Dynamo at New England Revolution
9:00 p.m: Los Angeles Galaxy at FC Dallas
9:00 p.m: Vancouver Whitecaps at Sporting Kansas City
10:00 p.m: Portland Timbers at Real Salt Lake

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Saturday Forwards
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	Sebastian Giovinco	40	Sebastian Giovinco	Sebastian Giovinco	Sebastian Giovinco	Sebastian Giovinco
2	Bradley Wright-Phillips	34	Giovani Dos Santos	Bradley Wright-Phillips	Giovani Dos Santos	Bradley Wright-Phillips
3	Giovani Dos Santos	32	Bradley Wright-Phillips	Robbie Keane	Bradley Wright-Phillips	Giovani Dos Santos
4	Robbie Keane	29	Robbie Keane	Fabian Castillo	Robbie Keane	Robbie Keane
5	Fabian Castillo	24	Dom Dwyer	Giovani Dos Santos	Fabian Castillo	Fabian Castillo
6	Dom Dwyer	15	Fabian Castillo	Charlie Davies	Charlie Davies	Octavio Rivero
7	Charlie Davies	14	Charlie Davies	Dom Dwyer	Joao Plata	Fanendo Adi
8	Octavio Rivero	9	Giles Barnes	Joao Plata	Octavio Rivero	Dom Dwyer
9	Joao Plata	6	Joao Plata	Krisztian Nemeth	Dom Dwyer	Gyasi Zardes
10	Giles Barnes	4	Octavio Rivero	Blas Perez	Giles Barnes	Mike Grella

Saturday Midfielders
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	Benny Feilhaber	36	Giovani Dos Santos	Giovani dos Santos	Benny Feilhaber	Benny Feilhaber
2	Javier Morales	28	Javier Morales	Benny Feilhaber	Steven Gerrard	Mauro Diaz
3	Lee Nguyen	28	Lee Nguyen	Mauro Diaz	Lee Nguyen	Lloyd Sam
4	Mauro Diaz	26	Benny Feilhaber	Lee Nguyen	Javier Morales	Sacha Kljestan
5	Lloyd Sam	22	Lloyd Sam	Javier Morales	Mauro Díaz	Javier Morales
6	Giovani Dos Santos	20	Giles Barnes	Sacha Kljestan	Juninho	Lee Nguyen
7	Sacha Kljestan	15	Diego Valeri	Lloyd Sam	Lloyd Sam	Diego Valeri
8	Steven Gerrard	11	Mauro Diaz	Giles Barnes	Sacha Kljestan	Michael Bradley
9	Giles Barnes	8	Sebastian Lletget	Luis Silva	Darlington Nagbe	Brad Davis
10	Diego Valeri	8	Brad Davis	Steven Gerrard	Diego Fagundez	Steven Gerrard

Saturday Defenders
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	Chris Tierney	38	Chris Tierney	Chris Tierney	Alvas Powell	Chris Tierney
2	Alvas Powell	32	Kemar Lawrence	Kevin Ellis	Chance Myers	Alvas Powell
3	Kemar Lawrence	21	Alvas Powell	Kellyn Acosta	Chris Tierney	Kemar Lawrence
4	Matt Miazga	20	DaMarcus Beasley	Matt Miazga	DaMarcus Beasley	Matt Miazga
5	DaMarcus Beasley	18	Omar Gonzalez	London Woodberry	Matt Miazga	Chance Myers
6	Chance Myers	15	Abdoulie Mansally	Alvas Powell	Tony Beltran	Sheanon Williams
7	Omar Gonzalez	11	Marcel de Jong	Kemar Lawrence	AJ DeLaGarza	DaMarcus Beasley
8	Kevin Ellis	9	Pa Modou Kah	Pa Mouda Kah	Omar González	AJ DeLaGarza
9	Kellyn Acosta	8	Moises Hernandez	Conor Lade	Zach Loyd	Omar González
10	Pa Modou Kah	7	Tony Beltran	Kendall Waston	Nat Borchers	Pa Mouda Kah

Saturday Goalkeepers
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	Tim Melia	12	Bobby Shuttleworth	Bobby Shuttleworth	Adam Kwarasey	Adam Kwarasey
2	Adam Kwarasey	12	Nick Rimando	Tim Melia	David Ousted	Luis Robles
3	Luis Robles	11	Tim Melia	Luis Robles	Luis Robles	Tim Melia
4	Bobby Shuttleworth	10	Adam Kwarasey	Nick Rimando	Tim Melia	David Ousted
5	Nick Rimando	8	Luis Robles	Joe Bendik	Nick Rimando	Nick Rimando

Sunday
5:00 p.m: Orlando City at Seattle Sounders
7:00 p.m: Chicago Fire at Philadelphia Union

Sunday Forwards
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	David Accam	19	David Accam	Obafemi Martins	David Accam	Cyle Larin
2	CJ Sapong	17	Obafemi Martins	CJ Sapong	Cyle Larin	David Accam
3	Cyle Larin	16	CJ Sapong	David Accam	C.J. Sapong	C.J. Sapong
4	Obafemi Martins	15	Cyle Larin	Fernando Aristeguieta	Sebastien Le Toux	Obafemi Martins
5	Fernando Aristeguita	5	Fernando Aristeguieta	Cyle Larin	Lamar Neagle	Jason Johnson
6	Sebastian Le Toux	4	Nelson Valdez	Sebastian Le Toux	Obafemi Martins	Nelson Valdez

Sunday Midfielders
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	Kaka	24	Kaka	Kaka	Kaka	Kaka
2	Cristian Maidana	18	Shaun Maloney	Cristian Maidana	Harry Shipp	Cristián Maidana
3	Shaun Maloney	16	Cristian Maidana	Shaun Maloney	Cristian Maidana	Shaun Maloney
4	Harry Shipp	13	Harry Shipp	Harry Shipp	Shaun Maloney	Tranquillo Barnetta
5	Erik Friburg	6	Erik Friberg	Erik Friberg	Eric Friberg	Harry Shipp
6	Tranquillo Barnetta	5	Tranquillo Barnetta	Thomas	Tranquillo Barnetta	Servando Carrasco

Sunday Defenders
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	Tyrone Mears	24	Tyrone Mears	Tyrone Mears	Tyrone Mears	Tyrone Mears
2	Luke Boden	13	Luke Boden	Chad Marshall	Corey Ashe	Luke Boden
3	Corey Ashe	13	Joevin Jones	Fabinho	Fabinho	Corey Ashe
4	Fabinho	13	Fabinho	Joevin Jones	Luke Boden	Jeff Larentowicz
5	Joevin Jones	9	Corey Ashe	Corey Ashe	Joevin Jones	Fabinho
6	Chad Marshall	6	Dylan Remick	Dylan Remick	Chad Marshall	Roman Torres

Sunday Goalkeepers
Rank	Composite	Pts	Bazzo	Redpath	Eschelbacher	Trainor
1	Stefan Frei	12	Stefan Frei	Stefan Frei	Sean Johnson	Tally Hall
2	Sean Johnson	11	Sean Johnson	John McCarthy	Stefan Frei	Sean Johnson
3	Tally Hall	9	John McCarthy	Tally Hall	Tally Hall	John McCarthy
4	John McCarthy	8	Tally Hall	Sean Johnson	John McCarthy	Stefan Frei