Scoring System

Formation Fantasy scores real MLS matches using player stats from our match data provider. Every league currently uses the same Standard scoring rules, described in full on this page. Points can include decimals, and the app shows them to one decimal place.

How a Matchup Is Scored

Every MLS matchweek, you face one other manager in your league. Your score for the matchweek is:

• The total of your 11 starters’ points from every MLS match they play in that matchweek. If a player’s club plays twice in the same matchweek, both matches count.
• Bench players don’t score. There are no automatic substitutions, so a starter who doesn’t play scores 0 for you.
• There’s no captain. Every starter’s points count once.

The manager with more points wins. Lineups lock at the first kickoff of the matchweek. See How to Play for lineup rules, and Standings below for how results become league points.

Goals & Assists

Clean Sheets & Goals Conceded

• Clean sheet: the player’s team didn’t concede in the match and the player played at least 60 minutes.
• Goals conceded: goalkeepers and defenders who play lose 4 points for every 2 goals their team concedes in the match (2–3 goals: −4, 4–5 goals: −8, and so on). This counts the team’s goals conceded for the whole match.

Goalkeeping

Saves are counted in complete blocks of 3: 3–5 saves earn 4 points, 6–8 saves earn 8 points, and so on.

Cards & Penalties

Defensive Contribution

Outfield players earn a +8 bonus once their combined tackles + interceptions + blocks in a match reaches:

Goalkeepers aren’t eligible. The bonus is awarded once per match, however far past the threshold the player goes.

Performance Stats

Outfield players also earn small amounts for each of these stats. Goalkeepers don’t earn performance-stat points.

Milestones

One-off awards when a player reaches a target in a match:

Bonus Points

After each match, the three players with the highest match ratings (from our data provider), across both teams, earn bonus points:

Tied players share the higher rank, and the next rank is skipped. For example, if two players tie for the best rating, both get +12, and the third-best player gets +4.

Defender Multiplier

A defender’s total points for a match, including any negatives, are multiplied by 1.25. This applies to players who have played mostly as a defender this season.

What Doesn’t Score

• Appearances: there are no points just for playing. Points come from what a player does on the pitch.
• Bench players: only your 11 starters count.
• Players who don’t play: a starter with no minutes scores 0.

Live & Final Points

Your matchup score updates live while matches are being played. Some points are provisional until the final whistle, because a clean sheet can be lost, more goals can be conceded, and bonus ranks can change. Our data provider occasionally corrects stats shortly after a match, so a finished score can still change slightly in the first hour or so after full time.

Worked Examples

Forward: goal, assist and top rating

90 minutes, 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 shots on target, 4 key passes, 1 foul won, 2 successful dribbles, 7 duels won, best rating in the match.

Defender: clean sheet and defensive work

90 minutes, clean sheet, 4 tackles, 6 interceptions, 2 blocks, 6 duels won.

Goalkeeper: clean sheet

90 minutes, clean sheet, 5 saves, second-best rating in the match.

Standings

Each matchweek’s head-to-head result earns league points:

The league table ranks managers by league points. Ties are broken by total fantasy points scored across the season.

Quick Reference