1 Carlos Vela LAFC at VAN, v. SEA 13.8 Pick a stat that you think is important for fantasy soccer, and Vela is probably leading the league in said stat...

2 Diego Rossi LAFC at VAN, v. SEA 10.5 ...Except for shots and touches inside the opponents box, which Rossi is leading in. Using both is entirely viable this week, but opting for two defenders/keeper will be tempting too.

3 Latif Blessing LAFC at VAN, v. SEA 8.5 A certain candidate for rotation, and less likely to poach a goal than Ramirez, but his newfound all around production locks him into the third forward ranking.

4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic LA v. HOU 12.7 Don't let Houston's unbeaten record deceive you. They've played four of five at home and haven't faced an impressive opponent yet. While Juan David Cabezas could start and boost the team's defensive record even further, I'll still side with Zlatan who is scoring a goal every sixty minutes.

5 Jozy Altidore TOR v. MIN 11.1 Pozuelo has shown he's clever enough to work around Minnesota's tough defensive midfield and Jozy will certainly be able to find space amongst the middling Ike Opara and Michael Boxall. With Toronto looking like one of the league's best teams, Altidore has a solid shot at a brace here.

6 Christian Ramirez LAFC at VAN, v. SEA 6.2 We'll need to monitor the status of the injured Diomande and Rodolfo Zelaya, but assuming they remain out, Ramirez would be the best value play of the week.

7 Fredy Montero VAN v. LAFC, at ORL 7.8 Marc dos Santos will likely want to give Ardaiz another shot at starting this week, but it's not 100% whether it will be in place of or alongside Montero. I like but don't love Fredy for this week.

8 Gyasi Zardes CLB v. POR 9.3 Don't call it a revenge game, as Porter is the one who broke up with the Timbers, but he should have the team a little more motivated than usual this week. Gyasi only has four shots on goal in 540 minutes, but he's playing well enough to take advantage of this fallen Timbers defense.

9 Dom Dwyer ORL v. VAN 9.2 Vancouver already would be a good matchup, but then we add the short two and a half day turnaround PLUS the league's longest flight (VAN–>ORL). It's just a matter of who starts for Orlando. I'd rank Mueller a few spots lower than Dwyer and Akindele would flirt with the top20.

10 Alberth Elis HOU at LA 10.2

11 Wayne Rooney DCU v. NYC 11.1 NYCFC are a rollercoaster in defense this year and while I still think they'll figure things out soon, Rooney should be able to take advantage.

12 Krisztian Nemeth SKC at SJ 8.2 Sporting Kansas City are one of the teams I'll be worried about the least this year when they're on the road. Vermes has their sights locked on the Supporters Shield. For their part, San Jose have given up ten goals in four home games.

13 Carlos Darwin Quintero MIN at TOR 12.0

14 Mauro Manotas HOU at LA 10.6

15 Josef Martinez ATL v. DAL 9.3

16 Darren Mattocks FCC v. RSL 6.8 Mattocks has been causing a decent amount of trouble this year, even against quality opponents.

17 Bradley Wright-Phillips NYRB at NE 9.0 I can see BWP getting rested on turf at this point in his career, but even more than that, he's just been underwhelming to start the year.

18 Nemanja Nikolic CHI v. COL 8.2 Either Chicago forward could be ranked a handful of spots higher given the matchup, but there's a lot of competition this week.

19 C.J. Sapong CHI v. COL 8.5