Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 29/NASL Week 23

Jonathan Osorio PHOTO: MEXSPORT/CANADA SOCCER

Toronto FC’s Jonathan Osorio — thanks to starting two games this week — has taken back the lead in our ranking of minutes played by Canadians on either MLS or NASL teams.

Osorio, Atlanta Silverback Kyle Porter and FC Edmonton’s Eddie Edward have broken away from the pack and look like strong bets to finish the season as the top three minute-getters, barring injuries or coach’s decisions to rotate squads.

Notable this week: First off, Kyle Bekker’s goal for the Montreal Impact this week. Bekker was the unfortunate target of plenty of Canadian-soccer-fan vitriol, because he was selected to coach Benito Floro’s roster for the recent World Cup qualifiers against Belize. Osorio was left off. It was the coach’s decision, and the coach should have taken the heat. But Bekker also got a lot of heat on social media and message boards and that’s unfortunate, because he wasn’t the one who picked himself to the team. So, great to see him score a goal and make his first real mark in MLS since he was traded by FC Dallas to Montreal.

Second, Porter scored for Atlanta in Saturday’s win over Carolina, a win that keeps the Silverbacks in the thick of the NASL post-season hunt.

The rankings can be found below:

MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS (MLS AFTER 29 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 23 WEEKS):
1. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, MLS, 1879 (25)
2. Kyle Porter, ATL, NASL, 1871 (23)
3. Eddie Edward, FCE, NASL, 1811 (21)
4. Mason Trafford, OTT, NASL, 1620 (18)
5. Cyle Larin, ORL, MLS, 1568 (23)
6. Mallan Roberts, FCE, NASL, 1530 (17)
7. Nana Attakora, SAS, NASL, 1511 (17)
8. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, MLS, 1464 (18)
9. Carl Haworth, OTT, NASL, 1441 (19)
10. Tesho Akindele, FCD, MLS 1236 (23)
11. Mauro Eustaquio, OTT, NASL, 1197 (16)
12. Adrian Cann, SAS, NASL, 1174 (14)
13. Allan Zebie, FCE, NASL, 1102 (15)
14. Russell Teibert, VAN, MLS, 1069 (19)
15. Will Johnson, POR, MLS 1046 (12)
16. Julian de Guzman, OTT, NASL, 895 (11)
17. Dominic Oppong, ATL, NASL, 846 (13)
18. Wandrille Lefevre, MTL, MLS, 810 (9)
19. Marcel de Jong, SKC, MLS, 768 (11)
20. Karl Ouimette, NYRB, MLS, 698 (10)
21. Frank Jonke, FCE, NASL, 647 (14)
22. Sam Adekugbe, VAN, MLS, 646 (9)
23. Michael Nonni, FCE, NASL, 587 (12)
24. Maxim Tissot, MTL, MLS 516 (10)
25. Sadi Jalali, FCE, NASL, 513 (8)
26. Kyle Bekker, FCD/MTL, MLS, 416 (10)
27. Drew Beckie, OTT, NASL, 350 (9)
28. Patrice Bernier, MTL, MLS 340 (13)
29. John Smits, FCE, NASL, 315 (4)
30. Hanson Boakai, FCE, NASL, 309 (11)
31. Kianz Froese, VAN, MLS, 208 (9)
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 29 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 23 WEEKS):
?1. Ethan Finlay, CLB 2482 (30)
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, 6937/24 GP (289) (-1.3)
Ottawa, NASL, 5783/23 GP (251.4) (-3.3)
Toronto FC, MLS, 3558/29 GP (122.7) (-3)
Atlanta, NASL, 2717/24 GP (113.2) (-2.1)
San Antonio, NASL 2585/23 GP (112.4) (+2.4)
Columbus, MLS, 2482/30 GP (82.7) (NC)
Montreal, MLS, 1943/26 GP (74.7) (+1.8)
Vancouver, MLS, 1923/29 GP (66.3) (+0.9)
FC Dallas, MLS, 1550/28 GP (55.4) (-1)
Orlando City, MLS, 1568/30 GP (52.3) (+0.7)
Philadelphia, MLS, 1350/30 GP (45) (-1.6)
Portland, MLS, 1046/29 GP (36.1) (+1.1)
Sporting Kansas City, MLS, 768/28 GP (27.4) (-1)
New York Red Bulls, MLS 698/28 GP (24.9) (-1.9)