REMINDER: The transfer deadline for Round 34 is TONIGHT, October 9, at 8:15 pm ET!
MLSsoccer.com's Andrew Wiebe is off with the US men's national team, so he isn't here to walk you through this week's episode of "Starting Lineup" (above). Sorry #TeamWiebe supporters, you'll have to look to Newborn FC general manager, Jason Saghini, for Round 34 advice. #TeamSaghini fans ... he's back.
Bye weeks, suspensions and national team call-ups should drastically affect your lineups over the next couple weeks. Read through all the information below and then set your lineup before the 8:15 pm ET deadline tonight!
For those of you still left in the race for MLS Fantasy Cup stardom, the field has been narrowed down to 512 players. After this week it will be down to just 256! Good luck everyone.
Suspensions
<strong>Player</strong> |
<strong>Team</strong> |
<strong>Suspension</strong> |
<strong>Reason</strong> |
Steven Lenhart |
San Jose |
10/9 vs.. COL |
Red card |
Zach Scott |
Seattle |
10/9 vs.. VAN<br>
10/13 vs.. POR |
Yellow-card accumulation<br>
Red card |
Hassoun Camara |
Montreal |
10/12 vs.. NE |
Yellow-card accumulation |
Andy Dorman |
New England |
10/12 vs.. MTL |
Red card |
Fábinho |
Philadelphia |
10/12 vs.. DC |
Red card |
Sheanon Williams |
Philadelphia |
10/12 vs.. DC |
Yellow-card accumulation |
Jeremy Hall |
Toronto FC |
10/19 vs.. CHI |
Yellow-card accumulation |
Joe Bendik |
Toronto FC |
10/19 vs.. CHI |
Red card |
Abdoulie Mansally |
Real Salt Lake |
10/19 vs.. POR |
Red card |
Javier Morales |
Real Salt Lake |
10/19 vs.. POR |
Yellow-card accumulation |
International Duty
Below is a complete list of players called up by their respective national teams for FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and friendlies, along with the games they're expected to miss.
<strong>Country</strong> |
<strong>Player</strong> |
<strong>Club Team</strong> |
<strong>Dates expected to miss</strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/canada-flag.jpg" style="width: 70px; height: 35px; "> |
<strong>Kyle Bekker</strong><br><strong>Doneil Henry</strong><br><strong>Ashtone Morgan</strong><br><strong>Jonathan Osorio</strong><br><strong>Dwayne De Rosario</strong><br><strong>Russell Teibert</strong> |
<strong>Toronto FC</strong><br><strong>Toronto FC</strong><br><strong>Toronto FC</strong><br><strong>Toronto FC<br>
D.C. United</strong><br><strong>Vancouver Whitecaps</strong> |
<strong>None</strong><br><strong>None</strong><br><strong>None</strong><br><strong>None</strong><br><strong>vs. Philadelphia (10/12)</strong><br><strong>None</strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/costarica-flag.gif" style="width: 70px; height: 44px; "> |
<strong>Álvaro Saborío<br>
Rodney Wallace</strong> |
<strong>Real Salt Lake<br>
Portland Timbers</strong> |
<strong>None<br>
vs. Seattle (10/13)</strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/usa-flag.gif" style="width: 70px; height: 44px; "> |
<strong>Landon Donovan</strong><br><strong>Kyle Beckerman</strong><br><strong>Nick Rimando</strong><br><strong>Brad Evans</strong><br><strong>Eddie Johnson</strong><br><strong>Matt Besler</strong><br><strong>Graham Zusi</strong> |
<strong>LA Galaxy</strong><br><strong>Real Salt Lake</strong><br><strong>Real Salt Lake</strong><br><strong>Seattle Sounders<br>
Seattle Sounders</strong><br><strong>Sporting Kansas City</strong><br><strong>Sporting Kansas City</strong> |
<strong>vs. Montreal (10/16)<br>
None</strong><br><strong>None<br><strong>vs. VAN (10/9), at POR (10/13)</strong><br><strong>vs. VAN (10/9), at POR (10/13)</strong><br><strong>at Houston (10/9)</strong><br><strong>at Houston (10/9)</strong></strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/jamaica-flag.gif" style="width: 70px; height: 44px; "> |
<strong>Deshorn Brown</strong><br><strong>Je-Vaughn Watson</strong><br><strong>Jermaine Taylor<br>
Ryan Johnson<br>
Alvas Powell</strong><br><strong>Darren Mattocks</strong> |
<strong>Colorado Rapids</strong><br><strong>FC Dallas</strong><br><strong>Houston Dynamo<br>
Portland Timbers</strong><br><strong>Portland Timbers</strong><br><strong>Vancouver Whitecaps</strong> |
<strong>at San Jose (10/9)<br>
vs. Chicago (10/12)</strong><br><strong>vs. Sporting KC (10/9)</strong><br><strong>vs. Seattle (10/13)</strong><br><strong>vs. Seattle (10/13)</strong><br><strong>at Seattle (10/9)</strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/Honduras-Flag.gif" style="width: 70px; height: 44px; "> |
<strong>Boniek García</strong><br><strong>Jerry Bengtson<br>
Víctor Bernárdez<br>
Marvin Chávez<br>
Johnny Leverón</strong> |
<strong>Houston Dynamo</strong><br><strong>New England Revolution</strong><br><strong>San Jose Earthquakes</strong><br><strong>San Jose Earthquakes</strong><br><strong>Vancouver Whitecaps</strong> |
<strong>vs. Sporting KC (10/9)</strong><br><strong>at Montreal (10/12)</strong><br><strong>vs. Colorado (10/9)</strong><br><strong>vs. Colorado (10/9)</strong><br><strong>at Seattle (10/9)</strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/panama-flag.gif" style="width: 70px; height: 44px; "> |
<strong>Jaime Penedo<br>
Blas Pérez<br>
Gabriel Torres</strong> |
<strong>LA Galaxy<br>
FC Dallas<br>
Colorado Rapids</strong> |
<strong>vs. Montreal (10/16)</strong><br><strong>vs. Chicago (10/12)</strong><br><strong>at San Jose (10/9)</strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/TT-flag.png" style="width: 70px; height: 44px; "> |
<strong>Cordell Cato<br>
Kevan George<br>
Carlyle Mitchell</strong> |
<strong>San Jose Earthquakes<br>
Columbus Crew<br>
Vancouver Whitecaps</strong> |
<strong>None</strong><br><strong>None<br>
None</strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/Uruguay_flags.gif" style="height: 47px; width: 70px; "> |
<strong>Arévalo Ríos</strong> |
<strong>Chicago Fire</strong> |
<strong>at FC Dallas (10/12)</strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/estonian-flag.png" style="width: 70px; height: 44px; "> |
<b>Joel Lindpere</b> |
<b>Chicago Fire</b> |
<strong>at FC Dallas (10/12)</strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/Irish-flag.jpg" style="width: 70px; height: 44px; "> |
<strong>Robbie Keane</strong> |
<strong>LA Galaxy</strong> |
<strong>vs. Montreal (10/16)</strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/australia-flagfinal.gif" style="width: 70px; height: 44px; "> |
<strong>Tim Cahill<br>
David Carney</strong> |
<strong>New York Red Bulls</strong><br><strong>New York Red Bulls</strong> |
<strong>None<br>
None</strong> |
<img alt="" src="https://league-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/ir.gif" style="width: 70px; height: 44px; "> |
<b>Steven Beitashour</b> |
<b>San Jose Earthquakes</b> |
<strong>None</strong> |
REMINDER: The transfer deadline for Round 34 is tonight, October 9, at 8:15 pm ET!