It took only about a half-hour for Colombian forward Olmes Garcia to make a massive difference.

With Canada’s national-team coaching spot still vacant, and the Gold Cup a month away, more than a few ears will be to the ground now that Frank Yallop is unemployed.

New England Revolution forward Diego Fagundez is all of 18 years old, and he’s already showing North American soccer fans that he might be one of the best homegrown prospects any of the MLS teams have brought up through their systems.

With three goals over the course of the month of May — two of them game winners — Philadelphia Union striker Jack McInerney did enough to win the Player of the Month Award.

Canadian defenders Paul Hamilton and Andres Arango can both claim MLS scalps after they both played roles in major U.S. Open Cup third-round upsets.

That’s because these sort of speculative articles keep the new franchise in the hearts and minds of New Yorkers — and that’s important, because the new team will start play in 2015 in a temporary venue, while it searches for a home.

This was one of those weeks. With two goals and an assist against FC Dallas, the team with the league’s best record, Seattle Sounders forward Eddie Johnson ticked off all the boxes when it comes to Player of the Week-worthiness.

There are five Canadian players making US$35,125 this season, while eight more are on the books for base salaries of $46,500 each.

After the ballots from the members of the North American Soccer Reporters were counted, McInerney got 13 of the 26 first-place votes.

But here’s the irony. While Canadian players are considered “internationals” on the rosters of U.S. MLS teams, they are considered “domestics” on USL rosters.