MLS Fantasy Round 27 team reveals

The campaign continues! We take a look at MLS Fantasy Round 27 team reveals from some of the most experienced managers around. They share their thoughts on their teams going into the new round including captaincy.

Looking at MLS Fantasy Round 27 team reveals can be extremely beneficial for new managers. Seeing some of the best assets, who managers will be looking to captain and their general thoughts can help bring clarity within our own teams.

@dmpwright

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My primary goalkeeper for Round 27 will be Andre Blake. Philadelphia’s defensive assets look safer from rotation and they stand a good chance of a clean sheet at home to FC Dallas on Wednesday.
LAFC also have a favourable home fixture and play at the end of the gameweek. Maxime Crépeau will therefore be my fallback goalkeeper.
In defence, I have paired Blake and Crépeau with the offensively minded Kai Wagner and Ryan Hollingshead, respectively.
Walker Zimmerman also makes my squad irrespective of whether Nashville end up having a double gameweek. Both he and John Tolkin have good defensive matchups this week, with Tolkin ranked ninth for xG + xA per game (0.22) among all defenders.
Richie Laryea is playing in an advanced role for Vancouver and stands a good chance of returns at both ends of the pitch.
Ryan Gauld will almost certainly be my captain for Round 27 providing he starts against Colorado.
Dániel Gazdag is my only other double gameweek midfielder as things stand, although Cole Bassett and Paul Arriola have some (limited) appeal.
Among the single gameweek teams, Lucho Acosta, Carles Gil and Hany Mukhtar are clear inclusions based on current information. Riqui Puig may find his way into my team once again providing we get confirmation before the weekend that he’ll be involved against Portland, while Facundo Torres is also in my thoughts.
Upfront, Brian White is a lock in my starting XI. He is on an unreal run of eight returns (five goals and three assists) in his last 10 starts.
Jesús Ferreira and Diego Rubio are my other forwards for Round 27, with the aim of capitalising on the double gameweek fixtures. However, neither is locked in my team.
My squad is subject to change.

@Mahoney

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A nice green arrow up to 1286 with 151 points and a week rank of 586.
I stayed away from Miami last week and will swerve Messi again as there as a few nice DGW teams like PHI, COL, VAN.
I still have some budget left so may do some tinkering.
There is lots of captain options, on Ariola for now.
I need to look at who might rest some people if clinched too.

@_FutboIOscar

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Round 27 is another double gameweek with Philadelphia, Dallas, Colorado and Vancouver playing twice.
In goal, Marko Ilic will be my main goalkeeper with Colorado having two home games against Vancouver and Austin.
John McCarthy will likely be my fallback as that gives me the opportunity to see Ilic’ scores.
In defence, I have paired Ilic with Maxsø and Gutman but the latter might change as he went off with a knock last week against Portland.
Kai Wagner and Richie Laryea also make my team due to their offensive potential.
Alvaro Barreal is my final defensive pick as a single gameweek fallback.
In midfield, Daniel Gazdag and Ryan Gauld are both locks for me this week with the latter currently being my captain.
Hector Herrera and Carles Gil also make my team with both having a favourable home game this week.
Lucho Acosta will be my last midfield pick after missing out on his 24 pointer in DGW26.
My forwards this week will be Brian White and Carranza whom I will put on my bench.
Denis Bouanga will be my single gameweek fallback.

@MotleyBarnets

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With LAFC having the latest game on the slate, I will start Crepeau (6.6m) in goal with Takaoka (6m) on the bench.
Gutman (6.9m) and Wagner (11.7m) will be starting DGW defenders along with an Atlanta scrub, and Tolkin (10.1m) along with Barreal (11.3m) will be my SGW defenders on the bench.
Gauld (13.7m) will be my captain for this GW, and he will slot alongside fellow DGWer’s Bassett (5.8m) and Gazdag (11.6m).
Currently I’m starting with Mukhtar (12.9m) as my SGWer in midfield, but I could switch him out before the weekend for Acosta (14.7m).
Up front, I’ll be starting with White (10.3m) and Ferreira (9.3m) along with a scrub from Atlanta. Although I could bench one of them for Acosta to allow me to see their score ahead of the weekend.

@melvinmbabazi

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Defender: Kai Wagner (PHI; 11.7m): Philadelphia Union have good odds for a win and a CS in GW27. Wagner is also high in the charts of MLS defenders for crosses.
Midfielder; Daniel Gazdag, (Philadelphia Union,11.6m): Philadelphia Union have a high xGF this DGW. With Gazdag having four goals and one assist in his last six games, it makes him a noteworthy pick this round.
Forward: Julián Carranza (PHI; 9.5m); Carranza has two goals and two assists in his past six games. He is high with shots on target and shots, an absolute necessity!
Forward: Jesus Ferreira (DAL; 9.3m) ; He tops Dallas players for shots , key passes and crosses in 2023 and scored a brace and got an assist in the last dgw . There is High chance he can repeat that.