Inescapably Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 13/USL Week 11

Noah Verhoeven

OK, so, to make our system — which ranks Canadian players in MLS and USL by minutes played — even more complicated, the biggest mover on the charts was someone who didn’t play at all this week.

Huh?

You’ll notice that Noah Verhoeven — and his 594 minutes played so far this season for Fresno FC — has been added to the rankings. He’s been assimilated into the Canadian collective.

Our policy has always been to not include dual citizens who are currently with another national team’s program, or whose most recent international efforts were for another country. Go into our comments section from past instalments of this column, and you’ll see that it’s been the source of some real debate.

So, in keeping with that policy, Verhoeven hadn’t been included. Though he was born in British Columbia and was in the Canadian U-15 set-up, Verhoeven is a dual citizen and had been training in identification camps with various U.S. youth national sides over the past two years. So, he’d been left off the list.

But, Verhoeven is currently. with the Canadian youth side that will begin play Monday at the Festival International Espoirs Provence, better know as the Toulon tournament, With Verhoeven now wearing Canada red, even at the youth level, that means we can confidently add him to the rankings. Really, this is no different than the call we made when Tesko Akindele declared for Canada after he’d been leaning towards the American program.

So, clear as mud, right?

Onto the rankings!

Here are the rankings after the 13th week of MLS play/11th week of USL action:

MLS MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS

1. Samuel Piette, Montreal, 1170 (13)
2. Alphonso Davies, Vancouver, 1014 (14)
3. Mark-Anthony Kaye, LAFC, 991 (12)
4. Will Johnson, Orlando, 989 (11)
5. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, 790 (9)
6. Marcel de Jong, Vancouver, 759 (10)
7. Russell Teibert, Vancouver, 599 (8)
8. Michael Petrasso, Montreal, 565 (9)
9. Raheem Edwards, Montreal, 548 (8)
10. Dejan Jakovic, LAFC, 514 (7)
11. Ryan Telfer, TFC, 495 (6)
12. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, 459 (6)
13. Jay Chapman, TFC, 447 (8)
14. Anthony Jackson-Hamel, Montreal, 382 (10)
15. Jordan Hamilton,TFC, 373 (7)
16. Tosaint Ricketts, TFC, 351 (8)
17. Liam Fraser, TFC, 276 (5)
18. Brett Levis, Vancouver, 226 (3)
19. Richie Laryea, Orlando, 127 (5)
20. Louis Beland-Goyette, Montreal, 109 (4)
21. Julian Dunn-Johnson, TFC, 104 (2)
22. Brian Wright, New England, 27 (2)
23. Tesho Akindele, FC Dallas, 23 (3)
24. David Choiniere, Montreal, 12 (1)
25. Aidan Daniels, TFC, 12 (1)
26. Kwame Awuah, NYCFC, 3 (2)

TEAM RANKINGS, MLS MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2018

Toronto FC, 3307/11 (300.6)

Montreal, 2510/12 (209.2)

Vancouver, 2598/14 (185.6)

LAFC, 1505/12 (125.4)

Orlando City, 1116/12 (93)

New England, 27/12 (2.3)

FC Dallas, 23/11 (2.1)

NYCFC, 3/13 (0.3)

USL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS

1. Jordan Schweitzer, Colorado Springs, 1100 (13)
2. Jordan Murrell, Reno, 990 (11)
3. Skylar Thomas, Charleston, 990 (11)
4. Robert Boskovic, TFCII, 900 (10)
5. Aidan Daniels, TFCII, 840 (10)
6. Paris Gee, Tulsa, 831 (11)
7. Kyle Bekker, NCFC, 786 (9)
8. Amer Didic, Swope Park Rangers, 750 (9)
9. Maxime Crepeau, Ottawa, 720 (8)
10. Eddie Edward, Ottawa, 720 (8)
11. Bradley Kamdem-Fewo, Fresno, 720 (8)
12. Karl Ouimette, Indy, 720 (8)
13. Carl Haworth, Ottawa, 708 (10)
14. Jordan Dover, Pittsburgh, 704 (8)
15. Malik Johnson, TFCII, 701 (11)
16. Jamar Dixon, Ottawa, 666 (10)
17. Luca Uccello, TFCII, 640 (10)
18. Noah Verhoeven, Fresno, 594 (10)
19. Josh Heard, Real Monarchs SLC, 579 (8)
20. Adonijah Reid, Ottawa, 560 (8)
21. Chris Mannella, Ottawa, 540 (6)
22. Rocco Romeo, TFCII, 532 (6)
23. Matthew Srbely, TFCII, 514 (8)
24. Noble Okello Ayo, TFCII, 502 (7)
25. Mauro Eustaquio, Penn FC, 462 (7)
26. Angelo Cavalluzzo, TFCII, 450 (5)
27. Julian Dunn-Johnson, TFCII, 450 (5)
28. Tyler Pasher, Indy, 440 (5)
29. Thomas Meilleur-Giguere, Ottawa, 419 (5)
30. Keven Aleman, Sacramento, 396 (6)
31. Ryan James, Nashville, 342 (6)
32. Mastanabal Kacher, Real Monarchs SLC, 309 (6)
33. Zak Drake, Las Vegas, 296 (6)
34. Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Reno, 278 (4)
35. Zachary Ellis-Hayden, Fresno, 270 (3)
36. Doneil Henry, Ottawa, 270 (3)
37. Darrin MacLeod, Swope Park Rangers, 270 (3)
38. Michael Cox, Nashville, 264 (5)
39. Shaan Hundal, TFCII, 244 (6)
40. Ryan Telfer, TFCII, 207 (3)
41. Alessandro Riggi, Phoenix, 203 (8)
42. Daniel Haber, FC Cincinnati, 200 (6)
43. David Edgar, Nashville, 200 (5)
44. Dante Campbell, TFCII, 181 (3)
45. Gianluca Catalano, TFCII, 180 (2)
46. Callum Irving, Ottawa, 180 (2)
47. Kyle Porter, Ottawa, 173 (2)
48. Luca Petrasso, TFCII, 148 (4)
49. Kunle Dada-Luke, TFCII, 147 (4)
50. Jordan Faria, TFCII, 138 (3)
51. Luca Ricci, Phoenix, 119 (3)
52. Chris Nanco, Bethlehem Steel, 113 (7)
53. Nana Attakora, Ottawa, 90 (1)
54. Liam Fraser, TFCII, 90 (1)
55. Steffen Yeates, TFCII, 90 (1)
56. Jordan Hamilton, TFCII, 63 (1)
57. Daniel Da Silva, TFCII, 59 (1)
58. Monti Mohsen, Ottawa, 45 (1)
59. Terran Campbell, Fresno, 24 (4)
60. Malyk Hamilton, TFCII, 11 (1)
61. Gabriel Wiethaeuper-Balbinotti, Ottawa, 6 (1)

TEAM RANKINGS, USL MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2018

TFCII, 7077/11 (643.4)

Ottawa, 5097/10 (509.7)

Fresno, 1608/12 (134)

Indy Eleven, 1340/10 (134)

Reno, 1268/12 (105.7)

Swope Park Rangers, 1020/11 (92.7)

Charleston, 990/11 (90)

NCFC, 786/9 (87.3)

Colorado Springs, 1100/13 (84.6)

Real Monarchs SLC, 888/11 (80.7)

Nashville, 806/10 (80.6)

Tulsa, 831/11 (75.5)

Pittsburgh, 704/10 (70.4)

Penn FC, 462/10 (46.2)

Sacramento, 396/11 (36)

Las Vegas, 296/10 (29.6)

Phoenix, 322/12 (26.8)

FC Cincinnati, 200/11 (18.2)

Bethlehem Steel, 113/11 (10.3)