Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 23/NASL Week 17

Mauro Eustaquio PHOTO: MEXSPORT/CANADA SOCCER

Over the weekend, the Canadians MLS and NASL teams combined started a total of just six Canadians. (edited)

The Ottawa Fury and Toronto FC started two each; FC Edmonton, one. Montreal Impact, one. As per the new normal, the Whitecaps went with an entirely foreign starting XI.

And, Canadian minutes are trending downward throughout MLS and NASL. The top five teams, in terms of giving Canadians playing times, were all down like a bad day on the TSE.

Good news? Mauro Eustaquio scored his first NASL goal, as Ottawa remained the hottest team in either of North America’s top two divisions.

Currently, there are only eight Canadians who have got over 1,000 minutes of playing time each in either MLS or NASL this season. To put that in perspective, 1,000 minutes is just a little more than 11 full games.

MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS (MLS AFTER 23 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 17 WEEKS):
1. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, MLS, 1373 (19)
2. Kyle Porter, ATL, NASL, 1355 (17)
3. Eddie Edward, FCE, NASL, 1290 (15)
4. Mallan Roberts, FCE, NASL, 1260 (14)
5. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, MLS, 1258 (15)
6. Carl Haworth, OTT, NASL, 1255 (15)
7. Cyle Larin, ORL, MLS, 1226 (18)
8. Mason Trafford, OTT, NASL, 1080 (12)
9. Adrian Cann, SAS, NASL, 990 (11)
10. Tesho Akindele, FCD, MLS 989 (18)
11. Nana Attakora, SAS, NASL, 971 (11)
12. Julian de Guzman, OTT, NASL, 895 (11)
13. Russell Teibert, VAN, MLS, 889 (17)
14. Dominic Oppong, ATL, NASL, 846 (13)
15. Will Johnson, POR, MLS 803 (8)
16. Allan Zebie, FCE, NASL, 740 (10)
17. Mauro Eustaquio, OTT, NASL, 664 (10)
18. Marcel de Jong, SKC, MLS, 634 (9)
19. Sam Adekugbe, VAN, MLS, 615 (7)
20. Karl Ouimette, NYRB, MLS, 608 (9)
21. Frank Jonke, FCE, NASL, 607 (10)
22. Michael Nonni, FCE, NASL, 562 (11)
23. Sadi Jalali, FCE, NASL, 513 (8)
24. Wandrille Lefevre, MTL, MLS, 450 (5)
25. Maxim Tissot, MTL, MLS 368 (8)
26. Drew Beckie, OTT, NASL, 343 (7)
27. Patrice Bernier, MTL, MLS 340 (13)
28. John Smits, FCE, NASL, 315 (4)
29. Kyle Bekker, FCD/MTL, MLS, 313 (8)
30. Hanson Boakai, FCE, NASL, 254 (8)
31. Jay Chapman, TFC, MLS, 186 (89)
32. Patryk Misik, OTT, NASL, 166 (5)
33. Kianz Froese, VAN, MLS, 162 (7)
34. Anthony Jackson-Hamel, MTL, MLS 115 (6)
35. Philippe Davies, OTT, NASL, 104 (5)
36. Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare, MTL, MLS, 18 (2)
37. Bruno Zebie, FCE, NASL 13 (1)
38. Jordan Hamilton, TFC, MLS, 4 (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 23 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 17 WEEKS):
?1. Ethan Finlay, CLB 1967 (24)
2. Steven Vitoria, PHI 900 (10)

TEAM RANKINGS, MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2015 (INCLUDES BOTH SUREFIRES and MAYBES); RANKED BY AVERAGE MINUTES PER GAME:?
FC Edmonton, NASL, 5564/18 GP (309.1) (-26.7)?
Ottawa, NASL, 4507/17 GP (265.1) (-4.8)
Toronto FC, MLS, 2821/22 GP (128.2) (-0.6)
Atlanta, NASL, 2201/18 GP (122.3) (-4)
San Antonio, NASL 1861/16 GP (116.3) (-1.8)
Columbus, MLS, 1967/24 GP (82) (+0.4)
Vancouver, MLS, 1666/24 GP (69.4) (-3)
Montreal, MLS, 1291/20 GP (64.5) (-1.1)
FC Dallas, MLS, 1303/22 GP (59.2) (NC)
Orlando City, MLS, 1226/24 GP (51.1) (3.6)
Philadelphia, MLS, 900/24 GP (37.5) (+2.3)
Portland, MLS, 803/24 GP (33.5) (+2.5)
Sporting Kansas City, MLS, 634/21 GP (30.2) (-1.5)
New York Red Bulls, MLS 608/22 GP (27.6) (+1.7)