Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 9/NASL Week 5/USL Week 6

Maxim Tissot: Shooting up the charts

Last season, the Montreal Impact fielded a starting XI in the CONCACAF Champions League final that had no Canadians in it.

A year later, the Impact have done an about face. Over the courses of two games this week, Maxim Tissot, Patrice Bernier, Kyle Bekker and Wandrille Lefevre found places in the starting lineup. Under the leadership of Canadian coach Mauro Biello, there has been a real surge in the number of minutes the team is offering to Canadian players. The Impact is still not equal to Toronto FC when it comes to giving first-team minutes to Canadian players, but Montreal’s average has shot up significantly over the last few weeks.

And, when it comes to Canadians getting minutes at the USL level, no team comes close to FC Montreal, the Impact’s affiliate. FC Montreal is well ahead of TFCII and the WFC2 when it comes to Canadian minutes at the USL level. Of course, the cynic will point out that FC Montreal currently has the worst record in USL; but, as an affiliate team, wins and losses are secondary to developing talent. And that’s what USL is for the MLS parent clubs — a developmental circuit.

Last season, this site (and Plastic Pitch mag, too) was critical of the lack of first-team minutes that the Impact gave to Canadian players. Now, it’s only fair that we highlight what looks to be a very different philosophy from the club. The jury is out if the Impact of 2016 will be better than the Impact of 2015; but there is absolutely no doubt that this year’s version of the team is a hell of a lot more likeable.

HERE ARE THE RANKINGS: MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS 1. Fraser Aird, Vancouver, MLS, 758 (9) (-) 2. Will Johnson, Toronto FC, MLS, 719 (8) (-) 3. Karl Ouimette, NYRB, MLS 582 (7) (-) 4. Jonathan Osorio, Toronto FC, MLS, 511 (6) (-) 5. Cyle Larin, Orlando City, MLS, 468 (7) (+1) 6. Tesho Akindele, FC Dallas, MLS, 439 (9) (-1) 7. Kyle Bekker, Montreal, MLS, 414 (6) (+5) 8. Drew Beckie, Carolina, NASL, 412 (5) (+2) T9. Eddie Edward, FC Edmonton, NASL, 360 (4) (-2) T9. Nik Ledgerwood, FC Edmonton, NASL, 360 (4) (-2) T9. Kyle Porter, Ottawa, NASL, 360 (4) (-2) T9. Mason Trafford, Miami FC, NASL, 360 (4) (+3) 13. Julian de Guzman, Ottawa, NASL, 278 (4) (-2) T14. Nana Attakora, Fort Lauderdale, NASL, 270 (3) (+1) T14. Marcel De Jong, Ottawa, NASL, 270 (3) (-2) 16. Carl Haworth, Ottawa, NASL, 255 (3) (-1) 17. Maxim Tissot, Montreal, MLS, 250 (3) (+6) 18. Wandrille Lefevre, Montreal, MLS, 225 (3) (+10) 19. Patrice Bernier, Montreal, MLS, 221 (4) (+8) 20. Russell Teibert, Vancouver, MLS, 153 (3) (+5) 21. Mallan Roberts, FC Edmonton, NASL, 142 (2) (-4) 22. Kianz Froese, Vancouver, MLS, 140 (3) (-4) 23. Sam Adekugbe, Vancouver, MLS, 111 (2) (+9) 24. Mo Babouli, Toronto FC, MLS 106 (5) (-3) 25. Allan Zebie, FC Edmonton, NASL, 100 (2) (-6) 26. Shamit Shome, FC Edmonton, NASL, 96 (2) (-6) 27. Mauro Eustaquio, Ottawa, NASL, 81 (4) (-5) 28. Anthony Jackson-Hamel, Montreal, MLS, 68 (4) (-4) 29. Mozzi Gyorio, Ottawa, NASL, 65 (2) (-3) 30. Marco Bustos, Vancouver, MLS, 45 (1) (-2) 31. Jay Chapman, Toronto FC, 30 (3) (-1) 32. Ashtone Morgan, Toronto FC, MLS, 28 (4) (-1)

TEAM RANKINGS, MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2016, RANKED BY AVERAGE MINUTES PER GAME: FC Edmonton, NASL, 1058/4 (264.5) Ottawa, NASL, 1309 /5 (261.8) Toronto FC, MLS, 1394/8 (174.3) Montreal, MLS, 1158/9 (128.7) Vancouver, MLS, 1207/10 (120.7) Carolina, NASL, 412/5 (82.4) Miami FC, NASL, 360/5 (72) Fort Lauderdale, NASL, 270/4 (67.5) New York Red Bulls, MLS, 582/9 (64.7) Orlando City, MLS, 468/8 (58.5) FC Dallas, MLS, 439/10 (43.9)

USL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS 1. John Smits, Wilmington, USL, 540 (6) (-) 2. Richie Laryea, Orlando City B, USL, 462 (7) (-) 3. Raheem Edwards, TFC II, USL, 450 (5) (-) 4. Dominic Samuel, Rochester, USL, 437 (5) (+1) 5. Janouk Charbonneau, FC Montreal, USL, 436 (5) (-2) 6. Brett Levis, WFC2, USL, 423 (5) (+1) 7. Skylar Thomas, TFC II, USL, 421 (5) (+1) 8. Daniel Haber, WFC2, USL, 419 (5) (-2) 9. Louis Beland-Goyette, FC Montreal, USL, 389 (5) (-) 10. Thomas Meilleur-Giguere, FC Montreal, USL, 360 (4) (-) 11. Aron Mkungilwa, FC Montreal, USL, 357 (4) (+5) 12. Mark Anthony Kaye, Louisville City FC, 347 (4) (+9) 13. Jordan Murrell, Pittsburgh, USL, 344 (4) (+4) 14. Michael Cox, Orlando City B, USL, 342 (5) (+16) 15. Charles Joly, FC Montreal, USL, 303 (5) (+7) 16. Alphonso Davies, WFC2, USL, 300 (4) (+3) 17. Marco Dominguez, FC Montreal, USL, 277 (4) (+3) 18. Malik Johnson, TFC II, USL, 273 (5) (+5) T19. Kadin Chung, WFC2, USL, 270 (3) (-9) T19. Maxime Crepeau, FC Montreal, USL, 270 (3) (-9) T19. Zachary Ellis-Hayden, Orlando City B, USL, 270 (3) (-9) T19. Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare, FC Montreal, USL, 270 (3) (-9) T19. Anthony Osorio, TFC II, USL, 270 (3) (-9) 24. Tyler Pasher, Swope Park Rangers, USL, 264 (3) (+7) 25. Ballou Jean Yves Tabla, FC Montreal, USL, 262 (3) (+2) 26. David Choiniere, FC Montreal, USL, 259 (4) (-) 27. Aidan Daniels, TFC II, USL, 237 (4) (-9) 28. Adam Bouchard, TFC II, USL, 220 (4) (+4) 29. Shaan Hundal, TFC II, USL, 219 (4) (-5) 30. Benjamin McKendry, WFC2, USL, 212 (4) (+6) 31. Chris Mannella, TFC II, USL, 204 (3) (-7) 32. Chris Serban, WFC2, USL, 189 (4) (+6) T33. Jems Geffrard, FC Montreal, USL, 180 (2) (+7) T33. Sean Melvin, WFC2, USL, 180 (2) (-6) 35. Yacine Ait-Slimane, FC Montreal, USL, 179 (3) (-6) 36. Ryan James, Rochester, USL, 168 (3) (+13) 37. Marco Bustos, WFC2, USL, 156 (2) (+14) 38. Mastanabal Kacher, FC Montreal, USL, 155 (4) (-5) 39. Thomas Gardner, WFC2, USL, 138 (3) (-5) 40. Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Swope Park Rangers, USL, 128 (4) (-5) 41. Alessandro Riggi, FC Montreal, USL, 116 (2) (+15) 42. Jordan Hamilton, TFC II, USL, 104 (2) (+13) 43. Jordan Haynes, WFC2, USL, 104 (2) (-6) 44. Bradley Kamdem, Rochester, USL, 100 (3) (+19) 45. Giuliano Frano, WFC2, USL, 91 (3) (-6) T46. Mo Babouli, TFC II, USL, 90 (1) (-6) T46. Jackson Farmer, WFC2, USL, 90 (1) (-6) T46. Wandrille Lefevre, FC Montreal, USL, 90 (1) (-6) T46. James Pantemis, FC Montreal, USL, 90 (1) (DEBUT) T46. David Paulmin, FC Montreal, USL, 90 (1) (-6) T46. Quillan Roberts, TFC II, USL, 90 (1) (-6) T46. Maxim Tissot, FC Montreal, USL, 90 (1) (-6) 53. Mackenzie Pridham, Sacramento Republic, USL, 87 (3) (-3) 54. Heikel Jarras, FC Montreal, USL, 86 (4) (-) 55. Mitch Piraux, WFC2, USL, 86 (1) (-8) T56. Jay Chapman, TFC II, USL, 80 (1) (-8) T56. Andrew Dias, TFC II, USL, 80 (1) (DEBUT) 58. Matthew Baldisimo, WFC2, USL, 69 (3) (-6) 59. Carlos Patino, Sounders FC 2, USL, 68 (2) (DEBUT) 60. Ashtone Morgan, TFC II, USL, 62 (1) (-7) 61. Liam Fraser, TFC II, USL, 53 (2) (-4) 62. Nevelo Yoseke, FC Montreal, USL, 39 (2) (+3) 63. Amer Didic, Swope Park Rangers, USL, 25 (3) (-5) 64. Robert Boskovic, TFC II, USL, 22 (3) (-4) 65. Philippe Lincourt-Joseph, FC Montreal, USL, 19 (2) (-3) 66. Fabrice Mbvouvouma, FC Montreal, USL, 16 (2) (-7) 67. Luca Uccello, TFC II, USL, 15 (1) (DEBUT) 68. Josh Heard, Bethlehem Steel, USL, 11 (2) (-8) 69. Terren Campbell, WFC2, USL, 10 (2) (-6) 70. Sahil Sandhu, WFC2, USL, 9 (1) (-7) 71. Jonathan Grant, Swope Park Rangers, USL, 4 (1) (-5)

USL TEAM RANKINGS, MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2016, RANKED BY AVERAGE MINUTES PER GAME: FC Montreal, 4412/5 (882.4) TFC II, 2891/5 (578.2) WFC2, 2736/5 (547.2) Orlando City B, 1074/7 (153.4) Rochester Rhinos, 715/5 (143) Wilmington Hammerheads FC, 540/6 (90) Swope Park Rangers, 431/5 (86.2) Pittsburgh Riverhounds, 344/5 (68.8) Louisville City FC, 347/7 (49.6) Sacramento Republic 87/6 (14.5) Sounders FC 2, 68/7 (9.7) Bethlehem Steel 11/6 (1.8)