Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 15/NASL Week 11

Dominic Oppong

This weekly update to the minutes-played-by-Canadians list need to be taken with more than a few grains of salt.

With MLS on a skeleton schedule because of the international break — and many Canadians from both MLS and NASL on World Cup qualifying duty — there are a lot of players who have slipped in the rankings simply because they weren’t available for league play, or their teams didn’t play at all.

We will also see NASL players slip in the coming weeks, as their league has entered its summer break. The NASL schedule won’t resume till July. So, really, over the next several weeks, the numbers will be skewed because so many players will be inactive.

MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS (MLS AFTER 15 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 11 WEEKS):
1. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, MLS, 926 (11)
2. Tesho Akindele, FCD, MLS 897 (14)
3. Carl Haworth, OTT, NASL, 875 (10)
4. Russell Teibert, VAN, MLS, 850 (13)
5. Dominic Oppong, ATL, NASL, 825 (10)
6. Mallan Roberts, FCE, NASL, 810 (9)
7. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, MLS, 770 (11)
8. Eddie Edward, FCE, NASL, 750 (9)
9. Kyle Porter, ATL, NASL, 739 (10)
10. Julian de Guzman, OTT, NASL, 710 (8)
11. Cyle Larin, ORL, MLS, 687 (11)
12. Sam Adekugbe, VAN, MLS, 615 (7)
13. Nana Attakora, SAS, NASL, 606 (7)
14. Adrian Cann, SAS, NASL, 540 (6)
15. Frank Jonke, FCE, NASL, 515 (7)
16. Marcel de Jong, SKC, MLS, 511 (7)
17. Karl Ouimette, NYRB, MLS, 502 (6)
18. Allan Zebie, FCE, NASL, 461 (6)
19. Mason Trafford, OTT, NASL, 450 (5)
20. Drew Beckie, OTT, NASL, 343 (7)
21. John Smits, FCE, NASL, 315 (4)
22. Kyle Bekker, FCD, MLS, 268 (7)
23. Patrice Bernier, MTL, MLS 227 (8)
24. Michael Nonni, FCE, NASL, 200 (6)
25. Maxim Tissot, MTL, MLS 199 (3)
26. Will Johnson, POR, MLS 174 (2)
27. Patryk Misik, OTT, NASL, 166 (5)
28. Mauro Eustaquio, OTT, NASL, 160 (4)
29. Hanson Boakai, FCE, NASL, 157 (6)
30. Kianz Froese, VAN, MLS, 142 (5)
31. Sadi Jalali, FCE, NASL, 124 (3)
32. Anthony Jackson-Hamel, MTL, MLS 84 (3)
33. Jay Chapman, TFC, MLS, 23 (2)
34. Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare, MTL, MLS, 18 (2)
35. Philippe Davies, OTT, NASL, 8 (1)

MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIAN MAYBES — PLAYERS WHO COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR CANADA, BUT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER NATIONS AND HAVE NOT COMMITTED TO CANADA (MLS AFTER 15 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 11 WEEKS):
1. Ethan Finlay, CLB 1206 (15)
2. Steven Vitoria, PHI 810 (9)

TEAM RANKINGS, MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2015 (INCLUDES BOTH SUREFIRES and MAYBES); RANKED BY AVERAGE MINUTES PER GAME:
FC Edmonton, NASL, 3342/10 GP (334.2) (+12.9)
Ottawa, NASL, 2712/10 GP (271.2) (+0.5)
Atlanta, NASL, 1564/10 GP (156.4) (-2.4)
Toronto FC, MLS, 1719/12 GP (143.2) (NC)
San Antonio, NASL 1146/10 GP (114.6) (-2.7)
Vancouver, MLS, 1607/16 GP (100.4) (NC)
Columbus, MLS, 1206/15 GP (80.4) (+0.3)
FC Dallas, MLS, 1166/15 GP (77.7) (-0.3)
Montreal, MLS, 528/10 GP (52.8) (+2.7)
Philadelphia, MLS, 810/16 GP (50.6) (NC)
Orlando City, MLS, 687/15 GP (45.8) (-3.3)
New York Red Bulls, MLS 502/13 GP (38.6) (NC)
Sporting Kansas City, MLS, 511/14 GP (36.5) (NC)
Portland, MLS, 174/15 GP (11.6) (NC)

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