Inescapably Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 25/USL Week 23

Maxime Crepeau

In this column, we tend to lean towards highlighting the Canadians who find the back of the net. But, this week, we’ll begin our recap of Canadians playing in MLS and USL by saluting Ottawa goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau, who, with two cleans sheets this past week, took over the USL lead in that category.

Crepeau’s exploits helped Ottawa to a win over Richmond and a draw with the Fury’s old NASL rival, the Indy Eleven.

Speaking of the NASL, Kyle Bekker won an NASL title with San Francisco just before the league went on hiatus. Bekker scored a peach of a free-kick goal for North Carolina FC in Indy this past week, albeit it in a losing effort.

And Canadian Zachary Ellis-Hayden got a winning goal this past weekend for Fresno. It was his first goal for the club, to boot.

And, Marco Bustos, the former Whitecaps, made his OKC Energy debut this past weekend, where he joins fellow Canadian Drew Beckie, who has been eating up the minutes since he was signed. Beckie hasn’t missed a minute of action in the 14 games he’s been with OKC.

Here are the rankings after the 25th week of MLS play/23rd week of USL action:

MLS MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS

1. Samuel Piette, Montreal, 2280 (26)
2. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, 1892 (22)
3. Alphonso Davies, Vancouver, 1725 (23)
4. Mark-Anthony Kaye, LAFC, 1582 (20)
5. Will Johnson, Orlando, 1534 (20)
6. Raheem Edwards, Montreal/Chicago, 1206 (19)
7. Marcel de Jong, Vancouver, 1144 (15)
8. Russell Teibert, Vancouver, 863 (14)
9. Ryan Telfer, TFC, 796 (14)
10. Jordan Hamilton,TFC, 789 (12)
11. Dejan Jakovic, LAFC, 784 (10)
12. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, 780 (12)
13. Jay Chapman, TFC, 709 (13)
14. Michael Petrasso, Montreal, 692 (13)
15. Doneil Henry, Vancouver, 630 (7)
16. Anthony Jackson-Hamel, Montreal, 570 (15)
17. Tosaint Ricketts, TFC, 542 (14)
18. Brett Levis, Vancouver, 427 (7)
19. Tesho Akindele, FC Dallas, 400 (11)
20. Liam Fraser, TFC, 389 (7)
21. Shamit Shome, Montreal, 249 (5)
22. Richie Laryea, Orlando, 154 (6)
23. Kwame Awuah, NYCFC, 143 (6)
24. Louis Beland-Goyette, Montreal, 109 (4)
25. Julian Dunn-Johnson, TFC, 104 (2)
26. Brian Wright, New England, 53 (5)
27. Mathieu Choiniere, Montreal, 26 (2)
28. David Choiniere, Montreal, 12 (1)
29. Aidan Daniels, TFC, 12 (1)

TEAM RANKINGS, MLS MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2018

Toronto FC, 6015/24 (250.6)

Vancouver, 4789/25 (191.6)

Montreal, 4471/26 (172)

LAFC, 2209/25 (88.4)

Orlando City, 1688/24 (70.3)

FC Dallas, 400/24 (16.7)

Chicago, 400/26 (15.4)

NYCFC, 143/25 (5.7)

New England, 53/24 (2.2)

USL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS

1. Jordan Schweitzer, Colorado Springs, 2270 (26)
2. Maxime Crepeau, Ottawa, 2070 (23)
3. Jamar Dixon, Ottawa, 1985 (25)
4. Eddie Edward, Ottawa, 1890 (21)
5. Paris Gee, Tulsa, 1877 (23)
6. Kyle Bekker, NCFC, 1854 (23)
7. Jordan Dover, Pittsburgh, 1760 (20)
8. Skylar Thomas, Charleston, 1681 (19)
9. Karl Ouimette, Indy, 1680 (19)
10. Thomas Meilleur-Giguere, Ottawa, 1679 (19)
11. Robert Boskovic, TFCII, 1619 (19)
12. Luca Uccello, TFCII, 1529 (20)
13. Carl Haworth, Ottawa, 1426 (20)
14. Bradley Kamdem-Fewo, Fresno, 1426 (16)
15. Amer Didic, Swope Park Rangers, 1380 (16)
16. Adonijah Reid, Ottawa, 1359 (21)
17. Chris Mannella, Ottawa, 1337 (20)
18. Aidan Daniels, TFCII, 1295 (18)
19. Drew Beckie, OKC Energy, 1260 (14)
20. Josh Heard, Real Monarchs SLC, 1203 (17)
21. Nana Attakora, Ottawa, 1170 (13)
22. Malik Johnson, TFCII, 1164 (20)
23. Matthew Srbely, TFCII, 1099 (17)
24. Dante Campbell, TFCII, 1052 (14)
25. Jordan Murrell, Reno, 1049 (15)
26. Zachary Ellis-Hayden, Fresno, 1027 (12)
27. Rocco Romeo, TFCII, 1014 (12)
28. Chris Nanco, Bethlehem Steel, 975 (22)
29. Noah Verhoeven, Fresno, 932 (20)
30. Mastanabal Kacher, Real Monarchs SLC, 894 (15)
31. Shaan Hundal, TFCII, 828 (16)
32. Ryan James, Nashville, 812 (12)
33. Julian Dunn-Johnson, TFCII, 810 (9)
34. Noble Okello Ayo, TFCII, 676 (10)
35. Tyler Pasher, Indy, 641 (9)
36. Kyle Porter, Ottawa/Tampa Bay, 552 (7)
37. Keven Aleman, Sacramento, 495 (9)
38. Mauro Eustaquio, Penn FC, 462 (7)
39. Daniel Haber, FC Cincinnati/Ottawa, 457 (14)
40. Jordan Faria, TFCII, 453 (10)
41. Angelo Cavalluzzo, TFCII, 450 (5)
42. Darrin MacLeod, Swope Park Rangers, 450 (5)
43. Gianluca Catalano, TFCII, 434 (5)
44. Luca Petrasso, TFCII, 418 (7)
45. Liam Fraser, TFCII, 360 (4)
46. Mallan Roberts, Richmond, 360 (4)
47. Jordan Hamilton, TFCII, 352 (5)
48. Alessandro Riggi, Phoenix, 342 (14)
49. Michael Cox, Nashville/Saint Louis, 322 (7)
50. Zak Drake, Las Vegas, 296 (6)
51. David Edgar, Nashville/Ottawa, 290 (6)
52. Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Reno, 278 (4)
53. Doneil Henry, Ottawa, 270 (3)
54. Ryan Telfer, TFCII, 252 (4)
55. Steffen Yeates, TFCII, 196 (4)
56. Callum Irving, Ottawa, 180 (2)
57. Matthew Baldisimo, Fresno, 174 (2)
58. Daniel Kinumbe, Ottawa, 166 (3)
59. Kunle Dada-Luke, TFCII, 147 (4)
60. Luca Ricci, Phoenix, 119 (3)
61. Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare, Ottawa, 106 (2)
62. Daniel Da Silva, TFCII, 59 (1)
63. Terran Campbell, Fresno, 53 (5)
64. Gabriel Wiethaeuper-Balbinotti, Ottawa, 50 (2)
65. Maxim Tissot, Ottawa, 48 (2)
66. Monti Mohsen, Ottawa, 45 (1)
67. Terique Mohammed, TFCII, 39 (3)
68. Marco Bustos, OKC Energy, 19 (1)
69. Malyk Hamilton, TFCII, 11 (1)
70. Jordan Dunstan, Nashville, 1 (1)

TEAM RANKINGS, USL MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2018

TFCII, 14245/22 (647.5)

Ottawa, 14300//25 (572)

Fresno, 3611/26 (138.9)

Indy Eleven, 2501/23 (108.7)

Real Monarchs SLC, 2097/24 (87.4)

Colorado Springs, 2270/26 (87.3)

Tulsa, 1877/23 (81.6)

NCFC, 1854/23 (80.6)

Pittsburgh, 1760/23 (76.5)

Swope Park Rangers, 1830/25 (73.2)

Charleston, 1681/25 (67.2)

Reno, 1327/23 (57.7)

Nashville, 1277/23 (55.5)

OKC Energy, 1279/26 (49.2)

Bethlehem Steel, 975/26 (37.5)

Penn FC, 462/23 (20.1)

Sacramento, 495/25 (19.8)

Phoenix, 461/24 (19.2)

Tampa Bay, 352/23 (15.3)

Richmond, 360/24 (15)

Las Vegas, 296/23 (12.9)

FC Cincinnati, 201/24 (8.4)

Saint Louis FC, 58/23 (2.5)