Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 16/NASL Week 11 (summer break)

Kianz Froese PHOTO: CANADA SOCCER

The revealing good news/bad news scenario in this week’s Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings is found in this past weekend’s Vancouver Whitecaps match.

Kianz Froese came on as a sub and scored his first ever MLS goal in a 2-1 win over the New York Red Bulls.

But, in that same game, Froese and fellow Canadian Russell Teibert played a grand total of 21 minutes; and the average number of minutes that the Whitecaps give to Canadians on a per-game basis continues to slide. After giving just 21 minutes out of a potential 990 to Canadians this past weekend, the Whitecaps’ Can-con numbers took a beating. On the same weekend that Froese scored, the Whitecaps’ Canadian-minutes-per-game slipped below the 100 mark.

For the next month, the Power Rankings will be somewhat imbalanced, as the MLS players continue to rack up minutes while the NASL players are on a break till the 20-game fall season kicks off in July. But, really, will any MLS teams be able to get up to the 334.2 minutes-for-Canadians-per-game average that FC Edmonton posted in the 10-game spring season?

MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS (MLS AFTER 16 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 11 WEEKS):?
1. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, MLS, 1009 (12)
2. Tesho Akindele, FCD, MLS 897 (14)
3. Carl Haworth, OTT, NASL, 875 (10)
4. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, MLS, 860 (12)
5. Russell Teibert, VAN, MLS, 852 (143)
6. Dominic Oppong, ATL, NASL, 825 (10)
7. Mallan Roberts, FCE, NASL, 810 (9)
8. Cyle Larin, ORL, MLS, 777 (12)
9. Eddie Edward, FCE, NASL, 750 (9)
10. Kyle Porter, ATL, NASL, 739 (10)
11. Julian de Guzman, OTT, NASL, 710 (8)
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, 313 (8)
23. Maxim Tissot, MTL, MLS 289 (4)
24. Will Johnson, POR, MLS 264 (3)
25. Patrice Bernier, MTL, MLS 245 (9)
26. Michael Nonni, FCE, NASL, 200 (6)
27. Patryk Misik, OTT, NASL, 166 (5)
28. Kianz Froese, VAN, MLS, 161 (6)
29. Mauro Eustaquio, OTT, NASL, 160 (4)
30. Hanson Boakai, FCE, NASL, 157 (6)
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 16 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) (NC)
Ottawa, NASL, 2712/10 GP (271.2) (NC)
Atlanta, NASL, 1564/10 GP (156.4) (NC)
Toronto FC, MLS, 1892/13 GP (145.5) (+2.3)
San Antonio, NASL 1146/10 GP (114.6) (NC)
Vancouver, MLS, 1628/17 GP (95.7) (-4.7)
Columbus, MLS, 1206/15 GP (80.4) (+0.3)
FC Dallas, MLS, 1211/16 GP (75.7) (-2)
Montreal, MLS, 636/11 GP (57.8) (+5)
Orlando City, MLS, 777/16 GP (48.6) (+2.8)
Philadelphia, MLS, 810/17 GP (47.6) (-3)
New York Red Bulls, MLS 502/14 GP (35.9) (-2.7)
Sporting Kansas City, MLS, 511/15 GP (34.1) (-2.4)
Portland, MLS, 264/16 GP (16.5) (+4.9)

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