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Welcome back to Fantasy Focus, back after a two-week round for reasons untold. This round’s leader was suzzers buzzers, with 107 points.
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Also near the top was overall leader BL4CKnRED, who extended that lead to 34 points.
Positional Leaders
Goalkeepers
Minnesota’s Tyler Miller ($9.8) led the goalkeepers with 11 points on the strength of a clean sheet. Behind him was the 9-point duo of Brad Guzan (ATL, $9.2) and Pedro Gallese ($8.1), who each had a clean sheet of his own. DCU’s Bill Hamid ($6.5) scored 8 points.
Defenders
Alan Franco (ATL, $7.7) paired a clean sheet with an assist on the way to 15 points, leading the defenders ahead of Andrew Gutman (NYR, $8.8), who did the same for 13 points. Robin Jansson (ORL, $7.6) rounded out the top three with a clean sheet and 12 points. The D.C. defense was led by Donovan Pines ($5.6) with 10 points, followed by Steven Birnbaum ($5.7) with 8, Andy Najar ($7.7) with 2, and the pair of Joseph Mora ($4.0) and Chris Odoi-Atsem ($4.0) with 1 each.
Midfielders
Damir Kreilach (RSL, $10.1) tallied a goal and two assists on the way to 18 points, leading the midfielders, just ahead of Pedro Santos (CLB, $5.5), who did the same for 17 points. Kelyn Rowe’s (SEA, $4.7) 14 points came on three assists and were good enough for third. For United, Julian Gressel ($10.9) and Kevin Paredes ($5.3) scored 5 point each, ahead of Junior Moreno ($6.4) with 4, Russell Canouse ($5.8) with 3, and Drew Skundrich ($4.0) with 1.
Forwards
Cristian Arango (LA, $10.2) added an assist to two goals on the way to 19 points, leading the forwards and all players. Behind him were Darwin Quintero (HOU, $6.8), who scored 15 points on a goal and an assist, and Gyasi Zardes (CLB, $8.1), who scored 12 points on two goals. The scoring forwards for D.C. were Ola Kamara ($9.6) and Nigel Robertha ($5.3) with 2 points each, and Adrien Perez ($4.0) and Ramon Abila ($4.0) with 1 each.
Looking Ahead
Once again it’s easier to list the teams who play once, and those teams are Atlanta, the Red Bulls, RSL, Kansas City. Everyone else plays twice. In goal, I like Steve Clark’s (POR, $8.0) matchups vs. Vancouver and @ Colorado, and in defense I like Kai Wagner (PHI, $9.8) returning from his red card suspension to play @ Minnesota and vs. Nashville. In midfield, look at Luciano Acosta (CIN, $9.3) with games vs. Chicago and @ Miami, and at forward it’s hard to argue with Cristian Arango @ Dallas and Minnesota.