Inescapably Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 3/USL Week 1

Keven Aleman

The numbers in our weekly survey of minutes played by Canadians in North America’s Div-1 and Div-2 leagues get a whole lot bigger this week, as the USL kicks off its season.

Highlighting this week’s USL action was a goal from Keven Aleman, the former Canadian youth star who’s become somewhat of a forgotten man in the current national team set-up. He started for Sacramento this past weekend, and tallied the first goal of the club’s season.

As well, it’s worth noting that Fresno FC, the new affiliate of the Vancouver Whitecaps, played two Canadians this weekend — Bradley Kamdem-Fewo and Zachary Ellis-Hayden. With the shuttering of WFC2, we’re likely to see a decrease in Canadian minutes when it comes to the Whitecaps’ feeder system,

Still, there were a healthy number of Canadians playing in USL this weekend — 31, by our count (let us know if we missed any). And, not all of the USL teams played on the league’s opening weekend.

But, something to bear in mind. A month into the previous season, 51 Canadians had played in USL, plus 11 more in NASL. That’s a total of 62 players in Div-2. So, we got halfway to that number this past weekend.

Here are the rankings after the third week of MLS play/first week of USL action:

MLS MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS

1. Will Johnson, Orlando, 270 (3)
2. Michael Petrasso, Montreal, 270 (3)
3. Samuel Piette, Montreal, 270 (3)
4. Alphonso Davies, Vancouver, 261 (3)
5. Dejan Jakovic, LAFC, 180 (2)
6. Mark-Anthony Kaye, LAFC, 180 (2)
7. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, 161 (2)
8. Russell Teibert, Vancouver, 160 (2)
9. Marcel de Jong, Vancouver, 126 (2)
10. Richie Laryea, Orlando, 114 (3)
11. Raheem Edwards, Montreal, 94 (1)
12. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, 66 (1)
13. Louis Beland-Goyette, Montreal, 24 (1)
14. David Choiniere, Montreal, 12 (1)
15. Kwame Awuah, NYCFC, 2 (1)
16. Anthony Jackson-Hamel, Montreal, 1 (1)

TEAM RANKINGS, MLS MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2018

Montreal, 691/3 (230.3)

Vancouver, 547/3 (182.3)

LAFC, 360/2 (180)

Orlando City, 384/3 (128)

Toronto FC, 227/2 (113.5)

NYCFC, 2/3 (0.7)

USL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS

1. Kyle Bekker, NCFC, 90 (1)
2. Robert Boskovic, TFCII, 90 (1)
3. Angelo Cavalluzzo, TFCII, 90 (1)
4. Aidan Daniels, TFCII, 90 (1)
5. Zak Drake, Las Vegas, 90 (1)
6. Zachary Ellis-Hayden, Fresno, 90 (1)
7. Liam Fraser, TFCII, 90 (1)
8. Carl Haworth, Ottawa, 90 (1)
9. Callum Irving, Ottawa, 90 (1)
10. Bradley Kamdem-Fewo, Fresno, 90 (1)
11. Chris Mannella, Ottawa, 90 (1)
12. Jordan Murrell, Reno, 90 (1)
13. Paris Gee, Tulsa, 90 (1)
14. Ryan Telfer, TFCII, 90 (1)
15. Skylar Thomas, Charleston, 90 (1)
16. Luca Uccello, TFCII, 90 (1)
17. Keven Aleman, Sacramento, 85 (1)
18. Ryan James, Nashville, 85 (1)
19. Jordan Schweitzer, Colorado Springs, 84 (1)
20. Kyle Porter, Ottawa, 83 (1)
21. Rocco Romeo, TFCII, 82 (1)
22. Michael Cox, Nashville, 73 (1)
23. Matthew Srbely, TFCII, 72 (1)
24. Jamar Dixon, Ottawa, 64 (1)
25. Monti Mohsen, Ottawa, 45 (1)
26. Amer Didic, Swope Park Rangers, 30 (1)
27. Malik Johnson, TFCII, 18 (1)
28. Alessandro Riggi, Phoenix, 16 (1)
29. Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Reno, 8 (1)
30. Shaan Hundal, TFCII, 8 (1)
31. Daniel Haber, FC Cincinnati, 1 (1)

TEAM RANKINGS, USL MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2018

TFCII, 720/1

Ottawa, 462/1

Fresno, 180/1

Nashville, 158/1

Reno, 98/1

Charleston, 90/1

Las Vegas, 90/1

NCFC, 90/1

Tulsa, 90/1

Sacramento, 85/1

Colorado Springs, 84/1

Swope Park Rangers, 30/1

Phoenix, 16/1

FC Cincinnati, 1/1