This article is part of our MLS Fantasy Rankings series.
To provide the most help for your weekly player decisions, we've included some names on both the forwards and midfielders lists to help give you an idea where we stand on them.The composite scores below are determined on a points-based system where the top forward on each of our ranker's list is awarded 20 points, the second ranked forward is awarded 19 points, the third 18 points and so on (similar to what you'd see in MVP voting in some sports or college basketball rankings).
If you have any questions or feedback on the rankings, please don't hesitate to leave a comment below, or hit our rankers up on twitter: Schuyler Redpath, JD Bazzo and Steven Eschelbacher.
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Week 9 Positional Rankings
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| Rank | Player | Team | Opponent | Pts | Bazzo | Redpath | Eschelbacher |
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| 1 | Obafemi Martins | | at | 55 | Obafemi Martins | Dom Dwyer | Obafemi Martins |
| 2 | Bradley Wright-Phillips | | v. at | 53 | Bradley Wright-Phillips | Fabian Espindola | Kei Kamara |
| 3 | Kei Kamara | | at | 50 | Kei Kamara | Bradley Wright-Phillips | Bradley Wright-Phillips |
| 4 | Octavio Rivero | | at | 47 | Sebastian Giovinco | Clint Dempsey | Octavio Rivero |
| 5 | Sebastian Giovinco | | at | 46 | Fabian Castillo | Octavio Rivero | Jozy Altitodre |
| 6 | Clint Dempsey | | at | 46 | Clint Dempsey | Obafemi Martins | Sebastian Giovinco |
| 7 | Dom Dwyer | | v. | 42 | Octavio Rivero | Sebastian Giovinco | Clint Dempsey |
| 8 | Jozy Altidore | | at | 40 | Dom Dwyer | Kei Kamara | Chris Wondolowski |
| 9 | Fabian Espindola | | v. | 37 | Jozy Altidore | Jozy Altidore | Fabian Espindola |
| 10 | Federico Higuain | | at | 31 | Giles Barnes | Giles Barnes | Federico Higuain |
| 11 | Chris Wondolowski | | at | 31 | Federico Higuain | Federico Higuain | Juan Agudelo |
| 12 | Giles Barnes | | v. | 27 | Chris Wondolowski | Chris Wondolowski | Dom Dwyer |
| 13 | Fabian Castillo | | at | 21 | Robbie Keane | Charlie Davies | Robbie Keane |
| 14 | Juan Agudelo | | v. | 21 | Fernando Aristeguieta | Juan Agudelo | Fanendo Adi |
| 15 | Robbie Keane | | v. | 16 | Fabian Espindola | Fernando Aristeguieta | Giles Barnes |
| 16 | Fernando Aristeguieta | | v. | 16 | Tesho Akindele | Fabian Castillo | Charlie Davies |
| 17 | Charlie Davies | | v. | 15 | Juan Agudelo | Gyasi Zardes | Gyasi Zardes |
| 18 | Fanendo Adi | | v. | 10 | Fanendo Adi | Chris Rolfe | Fernando Aristeguieta |
| 19 | Gyasi Zardes | | v. | 8 | Charlie Davies | Lamar Neagle | Gabriel Torres |
| 20 | Tesho Akindele | | at | 5 | David Accam | Sebastien Le Toux | Sebastien Le Toux |
