Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS season-end/NASL 1 week to go

Atlanta's Kyle Porter pursues FCE's Hanson Boakai. PHOTO: TONY LEWIS

If Kyle Porter plays 22 minutes or more for Atlanta in the final week of the NASL season, he is guaranteed to be the Canadian minutes leader in MLS or NASL this season.This is the penultimate instalment of the Power Rankings, with the MLS regular season having wrapped up this past weekend and NASL having just one week to go (save for FC Edmonton, which has a bye on the final week of the season).

But, Porter will also take it if he plays nine minutes or more and Ottawa’s Mason Trafford doesn’t play at least 78 minutes in his final game of the season next week. But, if neither Trafford or Porter put on minutes next week, Edmonton’s Eddie Edward — who has finished his season and currently has the lead — will be the minutes champ.

Because the MLS season has ended and our two “maybes” — Philadelphia’s Steven Vitoria and Columbus’s Ethan Finlay — never made a move to play for Canada, we have eliminated them from the list. Both — as players who could hypothetically play for this country — were put in a special category throughout the year. But, now that the year has done, the point is moot.

MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS (MLS AFTER 34 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 28 WEEKS):
1. Eddie Edward, FCE, NASL, 2238 (26)
2. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, MLS, 2236 (29)
3. Kyle Porter, ATL, NASL, 2229 (27)
4. Mason Trafford, OTT, NASL, 2160 (24)
5. Cyle Larin, ORL, MLS, 1905 (27)
6. Mallan Roberts, FCE, NASL, 1890 (21)
7. Nana Attakora, SAS, NASL, 1871 (21)
8. Allan Zebie, FCE, NASL, 1610 (21)
9. Carl Haworth, OTT, NASL, 1566 (24)
10. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, MLS, 1554 (19)
11. Tesho Akindele, FCD, MLS 1502 (28)
12. Mauro Eustaquio, OTT, NASL, 1462 (19)
13. Adrian Cann, SAS, NASL, 1444 (17)
14. Russell Teibert, VAN, MLS, 1325 (22)
15. Julian de Guzman, OTT, NASL, 1162 (15)
16. Will Johnson, POR, MLS 1046 (12)
17. Wandrille Lefevre, MTL, MLS, 900 (10)
18. Dominic Oppong, ATL, NASL, 846 (13)
19. Marcel de Jong, SKC, MLS, 822 (12)
20. Karl Ouimette, NYRB, MLS, 801 (12)
21. Frank Jonke, FCE, NASL, 694 (16)
22. Michael Nonni, FCE, NASL, 678 (15)
23. Patrice Bernier, MTL, MLS 673 (20)
24. Sam Adekugbe, VAN, MLS, 646 (9)
25. Drew Beckie, OTT, NASL, 628 (14)
26. Maxim Tissot, MTL, MLS 581 (11)
27. Sadi Jalali, FCE, NASL, 513 (8)
28. Kyle Bekker, FCD/MTL, MLS, 478 (11)
29. Hanson Boakai, FCE, NASL, 326 (12)
30. John Smits, FCE, NASL, 315 (4)
31. Kianz Froese, VAN, MLS, 208 (9)
32. Jay Chapman, TFC, MLS, 202 (10)
33. Tyson Farago, FCE, NASL, 180 (2)
34. Patryk Misik, OTT, NASL, 166 (5)
35. Anthony Jackson-Hamel, MTL, MLS 156 (8)
36. Philippe Davies, OTT, NASL, 104 (5-RETIRED)
37. Marco Bustos, VAN, MLS, 29 (1)
38. Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare, MTL, MLS/OTT, NASL 27 (3)
T39. Jordan Hamilton, TFC, MLS, 13 (2)
T39. Bruno Zebie, FCE, NASL 13 (1)

TEAM RANKINGS, MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2015 (INCLUDES BOTH SUREFIRES and MAYBES); RANKED BY AVERAGE MINUTES PER GAME:
FC Edmonton, NASL, 8477/30 GP (282.6) (+0.7)
Ottawa, NASL, 7265/29 GP (250.5) (+0.8)
Toronto FC, MLS, 4005/34 GP (117.8) (-0.9)
San Antonio, NASL 3215/29 GP (110.9) (-1.5)
Atlanta, NASL, 3076/29 GP (106.1) (-2.7)
Montreal, MLS, 2583/34 GP (76) (-1.9)
Vancouver, MLS, 2208/34 GP (64.9) (+0.8)
Orlando City, MLS, 1905/34 GP (56) (+1)
FC Dallas, MLS, 1816/34 GP (53.4) (-0.8)
Portland, MLS, 1046/34 GP (30.8) (-0.9)
Sporting Kansas City, MLS, 822/34 GP (24.2) (-1.5)
New York Red Bulls, MLS 711/34 GP (20.9) (-0.6)