Fantasy Focus: Higuain and dine

With a score of 119 points, Losada Legionnaires led this round, fielding 11 playing starters.

At the top of the league, BL4CKnRED’s overall lead has climbed to 54 points.

Positional Leaders

Goalkeepers

Jonathan Bond (LAG, $6.6) led the goalkeepers this round with a clean sheet and 11 points, just ahead of Gabriel Slonina (CHI, $6.9), whose own clean sheet helped him to 10 points. Nick Marsman (MIA, $7.1) rounded out the top three with 9 points on a clean sheet. For United, Bill Hamid ($6.5) scored 3 points.

Defenders

Malte Amundsen (NYC, $4.0) paced the defenders with 18 points on two assists and a clean sheet. Behind him was Christian Makoun (MIA, $6.6) with a goal, a clean sheet, and 14 points, and Rudy Camacho (MTL, $8.0) with a goal and 12 points. For D.C., Donovan Pines ($5.4) scored 4 points, followed by Chris Odoi-Atsem ($4.0) with 3, Steven Birnbaum ($5.2) with 2, and the duo of Antonio Alfaro ($4.0) and Joseph Mora ($4.0) with 1 each.

Midfielders

Philadelphia’s Daniel Gazdag ($5.5) scored two goals, leading the midfielders with 14 points. Right behind him was the pair of Federico Higuain (MIA, $4.0) and Yimmi Chara (POR, $9.2), who each had a goal and an assist for 13 points. For DCU, Julian Gressel ($10.5) led with 6 points, followed by Kevin Paredes ($5.2) and Russell Canouse ($5.4) with 4, the pair of Felipe Martins ($4.0) and Drew Skundrich ($4.0) with 3, and Junior Moreno ($6.0) with 2.

Forwards

Gonzalo Higuain (MIA, $8.3) added a goal to his three assists on the way to 21 points, leading the forwards and all players, ahead of Cristian Arango (LA, $10.7), who scored a hat trick and 18 points. Robert Beric (CHI, $6.4) completed the top three with 12 points on two goals. Nigel Robertha ($5.4) led the United forwards with 7 points, ahead of Ramon Abila ($4.0) with 6, Ola Kamara ($9.1) with 5, Adrien Perez ($4.0) with 2, and Griffin Yow ($4.0) with 1.

Looking Ahead

It seems we haven’t had enough matches in MLS recently, so once again it’s easier to list the teams who are playing once, which are: Chicago, New England, LAFC, Austin, Montreal, Portland, Houston, Vancouver. Everyone else plays twice. Andre Blake (PHI, $9.5) looks great in goal @ Toronto and vs. Cincinnati, and Walker Zimmerman (NSH, $10.1) is a great option in defense @ Cincinnati and @ Orlando. In midfield, Jamiro Monteiro (PHI, $9.5) is your man, and at forward it’s Valentin Castellanos (NYC, $10.8) vs. Chicago and @ Miami.