Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 26/NASL Week 20

Cyle Larin

Tesho Akindele started for FC Dallas and scored on a penalty kick. Orlando City’s Cyle Larin thought he’d the MLS rookie scoring record on Sunday. But it was later ruled an own goal. Larin and Chicago defender Eric Gehrig both went up for the cross — and it was later ruled the ball glanced off Gehrig’s head after the goal was initially credited to Larin. The goal will be reviewed again to see if Larin gets goal No. 12 or if he’ll be stuck on 11.

But, more importantly for Canadian soccer followers, the two forwards will head into next week’s World Cup qualifying two-legged knockout series against Belize with a bit more confidence.

Larin is fourth overall in our Canadian minutes-played ranking. Akindele moved up into 10th. The top two spots belong to NASL players — Atlanta’s Kyle Porter and FC Edmonton’s Eddie Edward.
While we don’t count the Amway Canadian Championship games in our system — only league games — Whitecaps

Russell Teibert deserves praise for being named the tournament MVP last week. But, in a good news/bad news scenario, he was the only Canadian to start for either the Whitecaps or Impact in the second leg of the final.

Currently, in NASL and MLS combined, there are only 10 Canadians who have hit the 1,000-minutes-played mark (or just over 11 full games of action).

Here are the updated minutes:

MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS (MLS AFTER 26 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 20 WEEKS):
1. Kyle Porter, ATL, NASL, 1625 (20)
2. Eddie Edward, FCE, NASL, 1560 (18)
3. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, MLS, 1535 (21)
4. Cyle Larin, ORL, MLS, 1440 (21)
5. Carl Haworth, OTT, NASL, 1437 (18)
6. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, MLS, 1374 (17)
7. Mason Trafford, OTT, NASL, 1350 (15)
8. Mallan Roberts, FCE, NASL, 1260 (14)
9. Nana Attakora, SAS, NASL, 1151 (13)
10. Tesho Akindele, FCD, MLS 1127 (21)
11. Adrian Cann, SAS, NASL, 1080 (12)
12. Will Johnson, POR, MLS 980 (11)
13. Russell Teibert, VAN, MLS, 979 (18)
14. Mauro Eustaquio, OTT, NASL, 928 (13)
15. Julian de Guzman, OTT, NASL, 895 (11)
16. Dominic Oppong, ATL, NASL, 846 (13)
17. Allan Zebie, FCE, NASL, 842 (12)
18. Marcel de Jong, SKC, MLS, 768 (11)
19. Karl Ouimette, NYRB, MLS, 698 (10)
20. Sam Adekugbe, VAN, MLS, 645 (8)
21. Frank Jonke, FCE, NASL, 614 (11)
22. Michael Nonni, FCE, NASL, 562 (11)
23. Wandrille Lefevre, MTL, MLS, 540 (6)
24. Sadi Jalali, FCE, NASL, 513 (8)
25. Maxim Tissot, MTL, MLS 426 (9)
26. Drew Beckie, OTT, NASL, 349 (8)
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, 291 (10)
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 156 (8)
35. Philippe Davies, OTT, NASL, 104 (5-RETIRED)
36. Tyson Farago, FCE, NASL, 90 (1)
37. Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare, MTL, MLS, 18 (2)
38. Bruno Zebie, FCE, NASL 13 (1)
39. 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 26 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 20 WEEKS):
1. Ethan Finlay, CLB 2237 (27)
2. Steven Vitoria, PHI 1080 (12)

TEAM RANKINGS, MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2015 (INCLUDES BOTH SUREFIRES and MAYBES); RANKED BY AVERAGE MINUTES PER GAME:
FC Edmonton, NASL, 6070/21 GP (289) (-4.7)
Ottawa, NASL, 5239/20 GP (262) (+1.5)
Toronto FC, MLS, 3099/25 GP (124) (+0.5)
Atlanta, NASL, 2471/21 GP (117.7) (-1.4)
San Antonio, NASL 2131/19 GP (112.2) (-1.2)
Columbus, MLS, 2237/27 GP (82.9) (+0.3)
Montreal, MLS, 1480/22 GP (67.3) (+1.1)
Vancouver, MLS, 1786/27 GP (66.1) (+2)
FC Dallas, MLS, 1441/25 GP (57.6) (+1.3)
Orlando City, MLS, 1440/27 GP (53.3) (+1.1)
Philadelphia, MLS, 1170/27 GP (43.3) (+1.8)
Portland, MLS, 980/27 GP (36.3) (-1.4)
Sporting Kansas City, MLS, 768/25 GP (30.7) (-1.3)
New York Red Bulls, MLS 698/25 GP (27.9) (-2.4)