Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 28/NASL Week 22

FCE's Eddie Edward in action against Tampa Bay.

With the Atlanta Silverbacks on a bye week, there was a chance that Kyle Porter, who has led the Canadian-minutes-played ranking over the last few weeks, would be overtaken.

And he was: Porter now slips to third, with FC Edmonton’s Eddie Edward taking over as the Canadian who has played the most minutes in either MLS or NASL this season.

But, while Canadian minutes are trending downward, there were a few bright spots: FC Edmonton started three Canadians on Sunday and came up with a win over the Tampa Bay Rowdies. All three of those Canadians — Edward, Mallan Roberts and Allan Zebie — played the full 90. And Tesho Akindele scored a pretty goal for FC Dallas in a weekend victory.

This season, 39 Canadians have played in MLS or NASL. Of those, 36 are currently active. But, while 39 seems like a nice healthy number, it needs to be noted that just 13 of those 39 — one third — have played 1,000 minutes or more this season. To put that in perspective, 1,000 minutes equals just a little over 11 full games.

Here are the rankings for this week:

MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS (MLS AFTER 28 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 22 WEEKS):
1. Eddie Edward, FCE, NASL, 1740 (20)
2. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, MLS, 1715 (23)
3. Kyle Porter, ATL, NASL, 1691 (21)
4. Mason Trafford, OTT, NASL, 1530 (17)
5. Cyle Larin, ORL, MLS, 1497 (22)
6. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, MLS, 1464 (18)
7. Carl Haworth, OTT, NASL, 1441 (19)
8. Mallan Roberts, FCE, NASL, 1440 (16)
9. Nana Attakora, SAS, NASL, 1421 (16)
10. Tesho Akindele, FCD, MLS 1210 (22)
11. Mauro Eustaquio, OTT, NASL, 1108 (15)
12. Adrian Cann, SAS, NASL, 1099 (13)
13. Allan Zebie, FCE, NASL, 1022 (14)
14. Will Johnson, POR, MLS 980 (11)
15. Russell Teibert, VAN, MLS, 979 (18)
16. Julian de Guzman, OTT, NASL, 895 (11)
17. Dominic Oppong, ATL, NASL, 846 (13)
18. Marcel de Jong, SKC, MLS, 768 (11)
19. Wandrille Lefevre, MTL, MLS, 720 (8)
20. Karl Ouimette, NYRB, MLS, 698 (10)
21. Sam Adekugbe, VAN, MLS, 645 (8)
22. Frank Jonke, FCE, NASL, 639 (13)
23. Michael Nonni, FCE, NASL, 587 (12)
24. Maxim Tissot, MTL, MLS 516 (10)
25. Sadi Jalali, FCE, NASL, 513 (8)
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, 309 (11)
31. Kianz Froese, VAN, MLS, 207 (8)
32. Jay Chapman, TFC, MLS, 202 (10)
33. Patryk Misik, OTT, NASL, 166 (5)
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)
T38. Jordan Hamilton, TFC, MLS, 13 (2)
T38. Bruno Zebie, FCE, NASL 13 (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 28 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 22 WEEKS):
1. Ethan Finlay, CLB 2399 (29)
2. Steven Vitoria, PHI 1350 (15)

TEAM RANKINGS, MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2015 (INCLUDES BOTH SUREFIRES and MAYBES); RANKED BY AVERAGE MINUTES PER GAME:
FC Edmonton, NASL, 6678/23 GP (290.3) (-0.5)
Ottawa, NASL, 5603/22 GP (254.7) (-3.3)
Toronto FC, MLS, 3394/27 GP (125.7) (-1.4)
Atlanta, NASL, 2537/22 GP (115.3) (NC)
San Antonio, NASL 2420/22 GP (110) (-1.1)
Columbus, MLS, 2399/29 GP (82.7) (-0.4)
Montreal, MLS, 1750/24 GP (72.9) (+0.7)
Vancouver, MLS, 1831/28 GP (65.4) (-0.7)
FC Dallas, MLS, 1524/27 GP (56.4) (+1)
Orlando City, MLS, 1497/29 GP (51.6) (+0.2)
Philadelphia, MLS, 1350/29 GP (46.6) (+1.6)
Portland, MLS, 980/28 GP (35) (-1.3)
Sporting Kansas City, MLS, 768/27 GP (28.4) (-2.3)
New York Red Bulls, MLS 698/26 GP (26.8) (-1.1)