REMINDER: The transfer deadline for Round 14 of MLS Fantasy Soccer: Manager is 5:45 pm ET on Saturday, June 1.
WEEK 14 FANTASY PRIMER
Dream Team: Keane and Di Vaio go off, but Zusi still "most-captained"
How to plan for absences, double-game-weeks and critical bye weeks ahead
International Duty: Complete list of all players leaving and the games they'll miss
VOTE: Stat corrections and the Wildcard...do you still have it?
WATCH: Starting Lineup (Round 14 Preview)
Chicago Fire
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Arne Friedrich, Steven Kinney
- QUESTIONABLE – Dan Paladini, Maicon Santos
INTERNATIONAL DUTY:Victor Pineda
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Johnson; Anibaba, Berry, Soumare, Segares, Magee, Pause, Larentowicz, Lindpere, Rolfe, Nyarko
NOTES: With Maicon Santos still out due to injury and Sherjill MacDonald in poor form, it will be interesting to see if head coach Frank Klopas decides to go with Patrick Nyarko or Mike Magee up top.
Chivas USA
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Tim Melia, Daniel Antunez, Edgar Mejia
- QUESTIONABLE– Bowen, Purdy
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Steve Purdy
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Kennedy; Velazquez, Borja, Burling, Avila, Farfan, Vilchez, Alvarez, Villafaña, Bowen, Correa
NOTES: Miller Bolaños has been starting in place of Tristen Bowen while he's been out with an injury, but word coming in is that Bowen's healthy and participating fully in practice.With the recent departure of Cheíis, Chivas USA could line up completely different from the week before.
Colorado Rapids
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Matt Pickens, Diego Calderón
- QUESTIONABLE – Martín Rivero, Hendry Thomas, Jamie Smith, Jaime Castrillón,
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Dillon Serna
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Irwin; Wynne, O'Neil, Moor, Klute, Harris, Mastroeni, Sturgis, Powers, Brown, Buddle
NOTES: Martín Rivero exited last week's game with a foot injury but it doesn't look to be that serious. Kevin Harbottle got some minutes in their midweek USOC game so he could be a substitute in the second half.
Columbus Crew
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Eddie Gaven, Chad Marshall, Agustín Viana, Daniel Withrow, Drew Beckie
- QUESTIONABLE – Dominic Oduro
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Wil Trapp
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Gruenebaum; Williams, Gehrig, Glauber, Wahl, Meram, Tchani, Sánchez, Oduro, Higuaín, Arrieta
NOTES: Eddie Gaven went down in the 85th minute of the Crew's midweek USOC with a torn ACL. With Chad Marshall still working his way back from injury, the Crew will have to go with a different starting XI yet again. Dominic Oduro is going to be a game-time decision, but expect him to try his best to be out there come kick off. Other possible changes: Danny O'Rourke in for Tony Tchani and Ben Speas in for Justin Meram.
D.C. United
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Marcelo Saragosa, Lewis Neal
- QUESTIONABLE – Dejan Jakovic, Ethan White, John Thorrington
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Bill Hamid
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Willis; Korb, White, Woolard, Riley, DeLeon, Augusto, Kitchen, Porter, Pontius, Ruiz
NOTES: At this point, we really have no idea what to expect from head coach Ben Olsen. Nearly every starter played 120 minutes in their midweek USOC game. Could this mean that he rests Dwayne De Rosario this weekend ... who knows? With injuries and poor play consuming the team, there are very few guarantees left at this point.
FC Dallas
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Kenny Cooper
- QUESTIONABLE – Matt Hedges, Andrew Jacobson, Walker Zimmerman
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Kellyn Acosta, Je-Vaughn Watson
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Fernández; Loyd, Hedges, John, Benítez, Jackson, Michel, Jacobson, Ferreira, Castillo, Pérez
NOTES: Matt Hedges played 48 minutes in the USOC earlier in the week, so it looks like he's ready to return to the starting lineup. Andrew Jacobson is still a huge questions mark. He didn't dress for the USOC game and hasn't played a single minute since injuring his leg on April 27, but it looks like he could see his first start in quite some time. Kenny Cooper is out due to concussion symptoms, so Fabián Castillo will likely get the start in his place.
Houston Dynamo
SUSPENSIONS: Bobby Boswell (Disciplinary Committee action)
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Jermaine Taylor (Did not travel), Omar Cummings, Calen Carr, Cam Weaver
- QUESTIONABLE – Corey Ashe
INTERNATIONAL DUTY:Brad Davis, Boniek García, Jermaine Taylor
PROJECTED STARTING XI:Hall; Sarkodie, Clark, Brunner, Ashe, Creavalle, Moffat, Camargo, Driver, Barnes, Bruin
NOTES: Lots of key absences for Houston this week. Corey Ashe could be ready to go after practicing this week. Luis Camargo and Warren Creavalle will start in place of Davis and García.
LA Galaxy
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Jack McBean
- QUESTIONABLE – Todd Dunivant
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Omar Gonzalez, Robbie Keane, Oscar Sorto
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Cudicini; Franklin, DeLaGarza, Leonardo, Coachrane, Stephens, Juninho, Sarvas, Donovan, Villarreal, Zardes
NOTES: Head coach Bruce Arena could play this a number of ways. After losing Robbie Keane and Omar Gonzalez to international duty earlier this week and Mike Magee in a trade with Chicago, he's going to be short-handed this weekend. Leonardo or Tommy Meyer will replace Gonzalez at center back and Jose Villarreal should start in place of Keane.
Montreal Impact
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Davy Arnaud, Andrea Pisanu, Daniele Paponi, Nelson Rivas, Max Tissot
- QUESTIONABLE – N/A
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: N/A
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Perkins; Camara, Nesta, Ferrari, Brovsky, Romero, Bernier, Felipe, Mapp, Wenger, Di Vaio
NOTES: Hassoun Camara is back in the starting lineup after missing last week's game.
New England Revolution
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Clyde Simms, Dimitry Imbongo, Donald Smith
- QUESTIONABLE – Ryan Guy
INTERNATIONAL DUTY:Jerry Bengtson
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Shuttleworth; Farrell, Soares, Gonçalves, Tierney, Fagundez, Toja, Caldwell, Nguyen, Agudelo, Bengtson
NOTES: I only see two changes happening for the Revs after their dominating performance last week against Toronto FC. A.J. Soares played in the midweek USOC game, so he should be ready to return for Stephen McCarthy. If there's a healthy replacement for Scott Caldwell,we could seem him out of the starting XI as well.
New York Red Bulls
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Digão, Ian Christianson
- QUESTIONABLE – N/A
INTERNATIONAL DUTY:Tim Cahill
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Robles; Kimura, Olave, Holgersson, Pearce, Alexander, McCarty, Juninho, Steele, Espíndola, Henry
NOTES: Juninho starts in place of Cahill. The rest of the lineup stays the same.
Philadelphia Union
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Michael Lahoud
- QUESTIONABLE – Zac MacMath
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: N/A
PROJECTED STARTING XI: MacMath; Williams, Okugo, Parke, Gaddis, Cruz, Carroll, Kléberson, Farfan, McInerney, Casey
NOTES: Kléberson has taken over the central midfield role that Keon Daniel previously held. Sébastien Le Toux will likely be the first sub off the bench. Le Toux is creating too many chances to be kept off the field, but Conor Casey and Jack McInerney are playing very well together.
Real Salt Lake
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Álvaro Saborío, Rich Balchan, John Stertzer
- QUESTIONABLE – Chris Schuler, Olmes García, Cole Grossman
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: N/A
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Rimando; Beltran, Borchers, Salcedo, Wingert, Grabavoy, Morales, Beckerman, Gil, Plata, Sandoval
NOTES: Devon Sandoval has been starting for several weeks nowand since Álvaro Saborío has been officially ruled out for the upcoming game against the San Jose Earthquakes, it looks as if he'll get the start once again. Chris Schuler is still battling hand and foot injuries, but could be ready in time to start this weekend.
San Jose Earthquakes
SUPSENSIONS: Víctor Bernárdez
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Nana Attakora, Ty Harden
- QUESTIONABLE – Tommy Muller
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Víctor Bernárdez, Marvin Chávez
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Busch; Beitashour, Hernandez, Morrow, Gargan, Chávez, Baca, Cronin, Martínez, Wondolowski, Lenhart
NOTES: Brad Ring started at center back in the Quakes USOC midweek game, but Jason Hernandez has been practicing and could potentially make his first start this weekend since returning from injury. The top six are locked in, but the back line could see some shuffling.
Seattle Sounders
SUPSENSIONS: Shalrie Joseph (Red Card)
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Josh Ford
- QUESTIONABLE – Steve Zakuani, Marc Burch, Ashani Fairclough
INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Eddie Johnson, Brad Evans, Mario Martínez
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Gspurning; Yedlin, Traoré, Hurtado, Gonzalez, Rosales, Carrasco, Rose, Martínez, Neagle, Martins
NOTES: Word coming in is that Osvaldo Alonso might be healthy enough to start, but if I'm head coach Sigi Schmid, I'd be comfortable starting Andy Rose in his place at home against a struggling Chivas USA
Sporting KC
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Teal Bunbury
- QUESTIONABLE – Chance Myers, Joseph Peterson
INTERNATIONAL DUTY:Graham Zusi, Matt Besler, Peterson Joseph, Mechack Jerome, Mikey Lopez, Kei Kamara, Soony Saad
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Nielson; Myers, Collin, Opara, Sinovic, Feilhaber, Rosell, Nagamura, Peterson, Bieler, Kamara
NOTES: There are a lot of changes this week for Sporting KC due to International call-ups. Kei Kamara might see his first start as a result, but C.J. Sapong could also get the call.
Toronto FC
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Richard Eckersley, Stefan Frei,
- QUESTIONABLE –Justin Braun, Terry Dunfield, Darel Russell, Logan Emory, Danny Koevermans
INTERNATIONAL DUTY:N/A
PROJECTED STARTING XI: Bendik; Richter, Caldwell, Henry, O'Dea, Ephraim, Laba, Hall, Lambe, Silva, Earnshaw
NOTES: Nothing to major to note. Reggie Lambe could potentially start on the bench, but I see no major changes happening this week for TFC.
Vancouver Whitecaps
SUSPENSIONS: Nigel Reo-Coker (Yellow-card accumulation)
KEY INJURIES
- OUT – Jay DeMerit, Brad Rusin, Omar Salgado
- QUESTIONABLE – N/A
INTERNATIONAL DUTY:Darren Mattocks
PROJECTED STARTING XI:Cannon; Young-Pyo, O'Brien, Leverón, Rochat, Kobayashi, Tiebert, Davidson, Koffie, Miller, Camilo
NOTES: Vancouver has been the toughest lineup to predict all season. And with Nigel Reo-Coker out due to suspension and Kenny Miller returning from injury, it shakes things up even more. Keep in mind that head coach Martin Rennie also has Kekuta Manneh, Eric Hurtado and Corey Hertzog at his disposal as well, although they've all lacked starting minutes as of late.
* Has not left for Internationl duty yet
Will not miss any games due to International duty
