ShePlays NWSL: Week 2 Team

Fantasy managers celebrating Banda's points. (Orlando Pride forward Barbra Banda (22) celebrates her goal against the Seattle Reign with teammates on the bench during the second half of an NWSL soccer match, Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Seattle. Orlando won 3-2. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson))

Week One is in the books. I hope your team was full of points. Congrats to those who rostered ("owned" makes me uncomfortable) Banda, or better yet, captained her.

I ended up with 140 points, good for 20th overall. Banda, Marta, Abello, and Chawinga were my big hitters, with everyone else between 5 and 8 points.

Looking forward to week 2, I have a general plan. First, to note that the top four teams -- Orlando, Washington, KC, and Gotham -- play each other. That's great for viewing, but lousy for fantasy. I'm considering benching some players from those teams and playing the matchups.

ShePlays NWSL Fantasy: Third Draft Team

Quick post, because I learned some things today that got me looking like my friend above. Abovine? 

Anyway.

First, we learned Bia Zaneratto is not yet recovered from her foot injury. Sure is nice to know these sorts of things, isn't it? This is a problem because, after yesterday's draft update post, I made some changes to accommodate moving from Kundananji to Bia. Something about that home matchup against Portland was too tempting. So what to do?