MLS Fantasy Challenge: Week 2 line-up

So here is my line-up for week two of the MLS Fantasy Challenge. Hopefully this week will work out better for me than last week did.

Both Donovan and Lewis are off this week, and therefore off my team. As much as I would of liked to be able to keep them on the bench, they are too expensive. Jorge Rojas will probably be with the Venezuelan national team, so he's off my team as well.

Changes:
In: Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Fredy Montero, Emmanuel Ekpo
Out: Landon Donovan, Eddie Lewis, Jorge Rojas

Goalkeeper:

Zach Thornton - Thorton looked shaky last week and I'd love to have a different 'keeper, but this wasn't a priority change for me this week. GKs don't get points like they did last year, so this change will have to wait.

Defenders:

Jonathan Bornstein - Looks like for the moment at least, Bornstein is actually playing in the back line. Preki is known for frequent line-up changes, so he may yet get into the midfield, especially since Kljestan will be gone with the national team with week.

Kosuke Kimura - He moves off the bench for my team and into the line-up this week. Not a real threat going forward, but a solid enough defender. Colorado is at home taking on the wizards this week, who struggle to score. A shut-out might be possible.

Gonzalo Segares - Chicago is away at DC. DC usually doesn't struggle to score at home, but they will be missing some critical pieces due to injury. Maybe he'll be able to get forward a little more than usual.

Midfielders:

Sanna Nyassi - Nyassi looked threatening last week against the Red Bulls, so he is off the bench and into the starting line-up for my team this week. Real Salt Lake should put in a better defensive effort than NY did, but he is cheap and was on my bench, and I needed to plug a hole.

Sainey Nyassi - I didn't get to see him play last week, but the Rev's are up against NY this week. Hopefully he can have success against a team that struggled last week (though NY should be better at home).

Darren Huckerby - On the plus side, SJ is at home again this week, but they will be taking on another tough team in the Dynamo. Hopefully he can get on the board in this game.

Emmanuel Ekpo - I had a bit under 300k to fill a midfield slot, so I took Ekpo. Columbus is at home this week, and they play two games next week, so I wanted to make sure I had three Columbus players on the roster. Let's hope Rogers will be back for next week.

Forwards:

Fredy Montero - Awesome game against NY, I'm hoping he can keep the form up. He won't be surprising any opponents this week after winning player of the week. Real Salt Lake should be better and more organized defensively than NY.

Juan Pablo Angel - JPA is back at home and playing against a Rev's team that is dealing with injuries and is without last year's defensive leader Parkhurst. I think he has a good chance of getting on track at home.
Guillermo Barros Schelotto - At home against a Toronto team that let in two goals last week against a team that historically struggles to score. Toronto to have more of a focus on the offense this year, probably to the detriment of the defense. Toronto will also be without the Carl Robinson, the holding midfielder who anchors the team.

Coach: Preki - Chivas USA are away against FC Dallas, I'm not confident about this match-up, but FC Dallas will be without starting GK Dario Sala.

Bench:
Two of my bench player from last week are in this week. They are playing a bigger role than I anticipated.

Omar Gonzalez, Robbie Rogers, Pablo Vitti

Tips:

Look to make sure that you don't have player who have national team duty this week. Here are the MLSers on the US roster: Brian Ching, Frankie Hejduk, Sacha Kljestan, Pablo Mastroeni.

Make sure you load up on Crew players because they have two games next week. NE will be off they following week, so plan accordingly.

Also make sure you check out the injury list: http://web.mlsnet.com/stats/injuries, and the discipline list: http://web.mlsnet.com/stats/discipline.jsp

Now here is the best line-up this week starting from scratch and with no salary limits in my opinion:

GK-
Will Hesmer
Columbus at home, even if against a much improved TFC offense.

Defense-
Chad Marshall
See above, great defender and a threat on set pieces.
Richard Mulrooney
Playing against a SJ team that struggles to score. Likes to get forward and sometimes plays in the midfield. Also takes some set pieces.
Jimmy Conrad
Away from home, but playing against a Colorado team that is not especially strong and missing Mastroeni. Always dangerous on set pieces.

Midfield-
Christian Gomez
Returning for home debut. Will be looking to impress the fans.
Cuauhtemoc Blanco
Against a DC team that will likely be missing may key pieces (Fred, Quaranta, McTavish, Janicki). He scored in limited minutes last week, let's hope he can play the whole game this week.
Justin Mapp
Got a nice goal last week and is up against a weakened DC.
Brian Mullen
Might even see some time at forward since Ching is gone with the national team and Kamara is still out suspended. Also against SJ, who struggled all of last season.

Forward-
Brian McBride
Struck last week, and is against a weakened DC.
Juan Pablo Angel
At home against a Rev's team that is not as good as it has been or could be without injuries.
Kenny Cooper
At home against Chivas USA. Thorton looked shaky last week and I think Cooper can take advantage of that. Chivas also without Kljestan, one of their cogs.