Reid, Mike and Blayne sit down just hours after the end of Round 12 to review the unexpected results and meh DGW performances. A random question from Mike leads to a surprise conversation about Columbus before the guys touch on the fantasy impact of the upcoming U.S. Open Cup Round 4 and the World Cup. Everything wraps up with their preview of Round 13 which includes Blayne asking the fantasy community to change his nind about a player selection.

Week 13 of MLS Fantasy features several matchups worth targeting for fantasy points. Let’s take a look at the top players at each position.

Goalkeepers

Ryan Meara filled in admirably for usual New York Red Bulls starter Luis Robles in Week 12, coming up with some highlight-reel saves against Atlanta’s high-octane attack and picking up six fantasy points in the process. If Robles remains out through injury, Meara is one of the best values at the position in a home game on Saturday vs. a Philadelphia attack (7 pm ET; TV & streaming info) that has been shut out in four of five road games this season.

Rank Player Team Opponent Price 1 Ryan Meara RBNY vs. PHI $4.9 2 Tim Melia SKC vs. CLB $8.3 3 Clint Irwin TOR vs. DAL $5.0 4 Tyler Miller LAFC vs. DC $8.1 5 Stefan Frei SEA vs. RSL $7.2 6 David Bingham LA vs. SJ $6.5 7 Joe Bendik ORL vs. CHI $5.4 8 Tim Howard COL vs. POR $5.6 9 Bobby Shuttleworth MIN vs. MTL $6.5 10 Brian Rowe VAN vs. NE $4.2

Defenders

Ike Opara has scored at least five points in each of his last seven games | USA Today Sports Images

Graham Zusi’s price continues to rise, but considering only Miguel Almiron, Carlos Vela and Maxi Moralez have more points than Zusi, his $5 million increase since the start of the season is justified.

Rank Playe Team Opponent Price 1 Graham Zusi SKC vs. CLB $11.0 2 Ike Opara SKC vs. CLB $8.6 3 Laurent Ciman LAFC vs. DC $10.3 4 Michael Murillo RBNY vs. PHI $7.7 5 Auro TOR vs. DAL $5.5 6 Steven Beitashour LAFC vs. DC $9.0 7 Aaron Long RBNY vs. PHI $7.9 8 Eriq Zavaleta TOR vs. DAL $6.2 9 Francisco Calvo MIN vs. MTL $7.3 10 Kendall Waston VAN vs. NE $5.6 11 Matt Besler SKC vs. CLB $9.2 12 Gregory van der Wiel TOR vs. DAL $6.6 13 Tim Parker RBNY vs. PHI $6.9 14 Chad Marshall SEA vs. RSL $5.7 15 Mohamed El-Munir ORL vs. CHI $6.8 16 Kelvin Leerdam SEA vs. RSL $4.8 17 Lamine Sane ORL vs. CHI $6.7 18 Ronald Matarrita NYC at HOU $5.1 19 Harrison Afful CLB at SKC $7.3 20 Edgar Castillo COL vs. POR $5.6

Midfielders

Kaku has come alive with two goals and seven assists over his last four games, averaging 12.5 fantasy points per game in that span. Last year he was an MLS Fantasy darling, but Romain Alessandrini’s production has seen a significant dropoff this season. He did deliver 13 fantasy points in his last home outing and at $8.2 million he’ll be hard to pass on in the Cali Clasico on Friday (11 pm ET; UniMás — Full TV & streaming info).

Rank Player Team Opponent Price 1 Kaku RBNY vs. PHI $10.8 2 Romain Alessandrini LA vs. SJ $8.2 3 Johnny Russell SKC vs. CLB $10.4 4 Sacha Kljestan ORL vs. CHI $10.5 5 Ignacio Piatti MTL at MIN $12.8 6 Victor Vazquez TOR vs. DAL $9.4 7 Diego Valeri POR at COL $11.5 8 Daniel Royer RBNY vs. PHI $7.9 9 Justin Meram ORL vs. CHI $5.9 10 Federico Higuain CLB at SKC $10.2 11 Maxi Moralez NYC at HOU $10.6 12 Daniel Salloi SKC vs. CLB $9.5 13 Magnus Wolff Eikrem SEA vs. RSL $4.2 14 Jonathan Osorio TOR vs. DAL $8.4 15 Albert Rusnak RSL at SEA $11.0 16 Mauro Diaz DAL at TOR $10.9 17 Felipe VAN vs. NE $7.7 18 Saphir Taider MTL at MIN $7.8 19 Yordy Reyna VAN vs. NE $5.0 20 Benny Feilhaber LAFC vs. DC $9.3 21 Sean Davis RBNY vs. PHI $8.4 22 Alexander Ring NYC at HOU $10.2 23 Jonathan dos Santos LA vs. SJ $7.5 24 Cristian Roldan SEA vs. RSL $8.6 25 Danny Hoesen SJ at LA $8.4 26 Josue Colman ORL vs. CHI $5.5 27 Sebastian Blanco POR at COL $9.0 28 Tomas Martinez HOU vs. NYC $8.6 29 Chris Mueller ORL vs. CHI $7.0 30 Florian Valot RBNY vs. PHI $8.5

Forwards

Only Miguel Almiron has scored more fantasy points than Carlos Vela in 2018 | USA Today Sports Images

Carlos Vela continues to deliver the fantasy goods, with seven or more points in four straight weeks. A home game vs. D.C. United on Saturday (10 pm ET; TV & streaming info) presents another good chance to collect points before Vela departs for the World Cup.

Rank Player Team Opponent Price 1 Carlos Vela LAFC vs. DC $13.2 2 Sebastian Giovinco TOR vs. DAL $10.0 3 Bradley Wright-Phillips RBNY vs. PHI $12.4 4 David Villa NYC at HOU $10.8 5 Ola Kamara LA vs. SJ $8.3 6 Alberth Elis HOU vs. NYC $10.9 7 Darwin Quintero MIN vs. MTL $10.0 8 Kei Kamara VAN vs. NE $8.7 9 Diego Rossi LAFC vs. DC $11.0 10 Clint Dempsey SEA vs. RSL $7.0 11 Nemanja Nikolic CHI at ORL $7.9 12 Romell Quioto HOU vs. NYC $8.5 13 Maxi Urruti DAL at TOR $8.6 14 Khiry Shelton SKC vs. CLB $4.8 15 Latif Blessing LAFC vs. DC $6.6 16 Mauro Manotas HOU vs. NYC $8.4 17 Christian Ramirez MIN vs. MTL $8.4 18 Dominique Badji COL vs. POR $8.4 19 Gyasi Zardes CLB at SKC $8.8 20 Cristian Penilla NE at VAN $9.6

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