MLS Fantasy Rankings: Week 5

With matches against Montreal and Vancouver, RotoWire's JD Bazzo is expecting Jozy Altidore to be one of the best fantasy forwards in Week 5 of MLS Fantasy.

September 1, 2020

By:

JD Bazzo

September 1, 2020

MLS Fantasy Rankings

MATCHES (EDT)

Tuesday, 8:00 pm: Toronto FC vs. Montreal Impact
Wednesday, 7:00 pm: Atlanta United vs. Inter Miami CF
Wednesday, 7:30 pm: Columbus Crew vs. Philadelphia Union
Wednesday, 7:30 pm: FC Cincinnati vs. Chicago Fire
Wednesday, 7:30 pm: New York Red Bulls vs. D.C. United
Wednesday, 8:00 pm: Houston Dynamo vs. Minnesota United
Wednesday, 8:00 pm: New England Revolution vs. New York City FC
Wednesday, 8:30 pm: Nashville SC vs. Orlando City SC
Wednesday, 8:30 pm: Sporting Kansas City vs. FC Dallas
Wednesday, 9:30 pm: Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle Sounders FC
Wednesday, 10:30 pm: Portland Timbers vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
Wednesday, 11:00 pm: Los Angeles Football Club vs. San Jose Earthquakes
Saturday, 8:00 pm: Houston Dynamo vs. Sporting Kansas City
Saturday, 8:00 pm: Orlando City SC vs. Atlanta United
Saturday, 9:30 pm: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Toronto FC
Saturday, 10:30 pm: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Colorado Rapids
Sunday, 7:00 pm: D.C. United vs. New York City FC
Sunday, 7:00 pm: New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union
Sunday, 7:30 pm: Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution
Sunday, 7:30 pm: Columbus Crew vs. FC Cincinnati
Sunday, 8:00 pm: Inter Miami CF vs. Nashville SC
Sunday, 8:00 pm: Minnesota United vs. Real Salt Lake
Sunday, 10:00 pm: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Portland Timbers
Sunday, 10:30 pm: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Los Angeles Football Club

Legend (all stats are per-90 minutes): MIN = minutes, G = goals, A = assists, S = shots, SOG = shots on goal, CC = chances created, BCC = big chances created, P = completed passes, GC = goals conceded, CS = clean sheets, SV = saves, CL = clearances

All columns are sortable

FORWARDS
Rank	Player	Matchup	Price	MIN	G	A	S	SOG	CC	BCC
1	Diego Rossi	LAFC v. SJ, at LAG	9.6	809	1.0	0.3	4.5	2.6	1.5	0.3
2	Raul Ruidiaz	SEA at RSL, v. POR	12.4	672	0.7	0.1	4.0	1.5	0.9	0.4
3	Jordan Morris	SEA at RSL, v. POR	10.4	591	0.8	0.3	2.1	0.9	1.5	0.6
4	Gyasi Zardes	CLB v. PHI, v. FCC	8.4	726	0.7	0.1	2.0	1.2	1.6	0.3
5	Jozy Altidore	TOR v. MTL, at VAN	8.1	308	0.0	0.6	3.5	1.5	2.6	0.6
6	Kacper Przybylko	PHI at CLB, at RBNY	9.0	928	0.4	0.1	2.5	1.4	1.4	0.3
7	Cristian Pavon	LAG at POR, v. LAFC	11.6	630	0.6	0.4	3.3	1.7	1.4	0.0
8	Brian Rodriguez	LAFC v. SJ, at LAG	6.2	753	0.2	0.5	2.6	0.8	2.5	0.8
9	Bradley Wright-Phillips	LAFC v. SJ, at LAG	5.5	442	0.8	0.4	1.8	1.4	1.2	0.2
10	Gustavo Bou	NE v. NYC, at CHI	11.3	746	0.4	0.1	4.5	1.9	3.7	0.5
11	Luis Amarilla	MIN at HOU, v. RSL	10.1	590	0.5	0.2	2.9	0.9	0.9	0.2
12	Robert Beric	CHI at FCC, v. NE	8.2	693	0.3	0.0	2.5	1.3	0.9	0.0
13	Alan Pulido	SKC v. DAL, at HOU	10.4	866	0.4	0.4	4.0	1.7	1.0	0.3
14	Heber	NYC at NE, at DCU	7.3	603	0.0	0.5	2.4	0.8	1.3	0.5
15	Samuel Tetteh	RBNY v. DCU, v. PHI	7.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	Ayo Akinola	TOR v. MTL, at VAN	5.0	266	1.7	0.0	4.4	3.4	0.7	0.0
17	Alberth Elis	HOU v. MIN, v. SKC	10.0	310	0.9	0.3	4.4	1.7	1.7	0.3
18	Jeremy Ebobisse	POR v. LAG, at SEA	5.4	641	0.6	0.3	3.1	1.3	1.1	0.1
19	Daryl Dike	ORL at NSH, v. ATL	7.0	288	0.9	0.6	4.1	1.3	0.6	0.0
20	Adam Buksa	NE v. NYC, at CHI	6.6	775	0.2	0.0	3.0	1.3	1.2	0.2

MIDFIELDERS
Rank	Player	Matchup	Price	MIN	G	A	S	SOG	CC	BCC
1	Alejandro Pozuelo	TOR v. MTL, at VAN	14.0	777	0.2	0.8	2.3	0.9	4.1	1.2
2	Pity Martinez	ATL v. INT, at ORL	11.3	591	0.3	0.3	2.6	1.1	2.1	0.5
3	Nicolas Lodeiro	SEA at RSL, v. POR	12.5	527	0.2	0.5	1.2	0.5	1.5	0.3
4	Lucas Zelarayan	CLB v. PHI, v. FCC	8.9	481	0.6	0.4	2.8	0.9	0.9	0.6
5	Nani	ORL at NSH, v. ATL	9.2	837	0.5	0.4	3.1	1.5	2.0	0.8
6	Pablo Piatti	TOR v. MTL, at VAN	7.4	512	0.4	0.2	2.5	1.2	1.8	0.0
7	Sebastian Blanco	POR v. LAG, at SEA	9.1	979	0.4	0.6	2.9	1.0	1.7	0.6
8	Latif Blessing	LAFC v. SJ, at LAG	9.0	809	0.1	0.4	0.9	0.4	2.0	0.3
9	Diego Valeri	POR v. LAG, at SEA	11.5	834	0.4	0.5	2.3	1.3	3.8	0.7
10	Mark-Anthony Kaye	LAFC v. SJ, at LAG	7.3	679	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.1	1.7	0.1
11	Joao Paulo	SEA at RSL, v. POR	10.3	331	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	2.2	0.5
12	Alvaro Medran	CHI at FCC, v. NE	10.4	680	0.1	0.3	1.7	0.4	1.5	0.3
13	Ignacio Aliseda	CHI at FCC, v. NE	10.2	313	0.3	0.3	2.3	0.6	1.4	0.6
14	Rodolfo Pizarro	INT at ATL, v. NSH	10.3	572	0.5	0.2	1.9	0.8	1.3	0.0
15	Damir Kreilach	RSL v. SEA, at MIN	9.7	696	0.7	0.1	2.5	1.7	0.7	0.3
16	Ezequiel Barco	ATL v. INT, at ORL	11.5	396	0.5	0.5	3.4	1.4	0.9	0.0
17	Cristian Espinoza	SJ at LAFC, v. COL	9.6	680	0.3	0.4	3.0	0.9	2.7	0.1
18	Kevin Molino	MIN at HOU, v. RSL	8.6	399	0.7	0.5	1.8	0.9	1.4	0.5
19	Chris Mueller	ORL at NSH, v. ATL	8.9	821	0.7	0.3	2.3	1.1	1.4	0.6
20	Vako	SJ at LAFC, v. COL	9.8	632	0.4	0.3	4.0	1.9	1.4	0.0

DEFENDERS
Rank	Player	Matchup	Price	MIN	G	A	S	SOG	CC	BCC
1	Anton Tinnerholm	NYC at NE, at DCU	7.2	900	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.2	1.4	0.2
2	Auro	TOR v. MTL, at VAN	0.0	802	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.3
3	Ronald Matarrita	NYC at NE, at DCU	9.0	881	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	1.8	0.4
4	Chris Mavinga	TOR v. MTL, at VAN	8.4	780	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
5	Omar Gonzalez	TOR v. MTL, at VAN	8.7	784	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.0
6	Harrison Afful	CLB v. PHI, v. FCC	8.5	637	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.0	0.1
7	Walker Zimmerman	NSH v. ORL, at INT	8.5	630	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.0
8	Brooks Lennon	ATL v. INT, at ORL	6.7	630	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.4	0.7	0.0
9	Milton Valenzuela	CLB v. PHI, v. FCC	8.7	443	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.4
10	Kelvin Leerdam	SEA at RSL, v. POR	9.5	672	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.1	1.2	0.4
11	Julian Araujo	LAG at POR, v. LAFC	6.5	311	0.0	0.6	0.9	0.6	2.0	0.9
12	Alexander Callens	NYC at NE, at DCU	9.0	900	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
13	Joao Moutinho	ORL at NSH, v. ATL	8.2	1045	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.2	0.8	0.2
14	Aaron Long	RBNY v. DCU, v. PHI	6.5	466	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.0
15	Joevin Jones	SEA at RSL, v. POR	6.8	382	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.2	0.5
16	Miles Robinson	ATL v. INT, at ORL	6.1	405	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.4	0.0
17	Jonathan Mensah	CLB v. PHI, v. FCC	9.5	810	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
18	Justin Morrow	TOR v. MTL, at VAN	7.6	347	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
19	Daniel Lovitz	NSH v. ORL, at INT	4.4	630	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.9	0.0
20	Francisco Calvo	CHI at FCC, v. NE	8.3	705	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.1

GOALKEEPERS
Rank	Player	Matchup	Price	MIN	A	P	GC	CS	SV	CL
1	Quentin Westberg	TOR v. MTL, at VAN	8.2	720	0.1	25.5	1.3	0.5	2.4	0.9
2	Sean Johnson	NYC at NE, at DCU	9.1	900	0.0	21.3	1.2	0.2	3.8	0.7
3	Brad Guzan	ATL v. INT, at ORL	8.1	630	0.0	27.9	1.1	0.1	2.6	0.3
4	Stefan Frei	SEA at RSL, v. POR	7.8	720	0.0	24.4	1.1	0.4	3.6	0.1
5	Eloy Room	CLB v. PHI, v. FCC	8.5	450	0.0	14.8	0.2	0.8	2.4	0.4
6	Ryan Meara	RBNY v. DCU, v. PHI	7.0	270	0.0	11.0	0.7	0.3	3.0	1.7
7	Joe Willis	NSH v. ORL, at INT	4.1	630	0.0	8.9	1.1	0.4	2.7	0.6
8	Pedro Gallese	ORL at NSH, v. ATL	6.0	1080	0.0	15.3	1.2	0.2	2.6	0.6
9	Tim Melia	SKC v. DAL, at HOU	5.8	794	0.0	15.3	1.3	0.3	2.4	0.2
10	Andre Blake	PHI at CLB, at RBNY	8.9	990	0.0	12.6	1.0	0.4	4.6	1.2

VALUE RANKINGS
(forwards and midfielders under $7.5, defenders under $6.0; not ranked above)
Rank	Player	Matchup	Price	MIN	G	A	S	SOG	CC	BCC
1	Jose Cifuentes	LAFC v. SJ, at LAG	5.9	202	0.0	0.9	3.1	0.9	1.3	0.5
2	Alexandru Mitrita	NYC at NE, at DCU	6.7	561	0.0	0.3	2.1	0.5	1.6	0.3
3	Diego Palacios	LAFC v. SJ, at LAG	4.8	612	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.9	0.2
4	Gianluca Busio	SKC v. DAL, at HOU	6.0	430	0.2	0.0	2.1	0.6	1.7	0.2
5	Pedro Santos	CLB v. PHI, v. FCC	6.2	634	0.0	0.3	1.6	0.7	1.4	0.3
6	Marco Delgado	TOR v. MTL, at VAN	6.2	668	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.3	1.2	0.0
7	Chase Gasper	MIN at HOU, v. RSL	4.2	900	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.2	0.8	0.1
8	Randall Leal	NSH v. ORL, at INT	6.4	578	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.3	0.9	0.2
9	Ruan	ORL at NSH, v. ATL	4.8	916	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.3
10	Miguel Navarro	CHI at FCC, v. NE	5.7	444	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.0

CAPTAIN RANKINGS
Rank	Player	Matchup	Price	MIN	G	A	S	SOG	CC	BCC
1	Alejandro Pozuelo	TOR v. MTL, at VAN	14.0	777	0.2	0.8	2.3	0.9	4.1	1.2
2	Pity Martinez	ATL v. INT, at ORL	11.3	591	0.3	0.3	2.6	1.1	2.1	0.5
3	Nicolas Lodeiro	SEA at RSL, v. POR	12.5	527	0.2	0.5	1.2	0.5	1.5	0.3
4	Diego Rossi	LAFC v. SJ, at LAG	9.6	809	1.0	0.3	4.5	2.6	1.5	0.3
5	Raul Ruidiaz	SEA at RSL, v. POR	12.4	672	0.7	0.1	4.0	1.5	0.9	0.4