Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings: The final countdown

Atlanta's Kyle Porter pursues FCE's Hanson Boakai. PHOTO: TONY LEWIS

As MLS began its playoffs, NASL finished the final week of its regular season. So, this will be the final instalment of our power rankings.

Here’s a primer:

• Kyle Porter (Atlanta Silverbacks) is the top Canadian in terms of minutes played. His full 90 this past weekend against Ottawa got him the top spot.
• The top three Canadians in terms of minutes played (Porter, Mason Trafford and Eddie Edward) are all NASL players. Even though NASL teams play 30-game schedules — as opposed to MLS teams and their 34-game schedules — it was the Canadians in NASL who came out on top in terms of minutes played.
• The top MLS minute-getter (fourth overall) was Jonathan Osorio.
• Only five teams (FC Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto FC, San Antonio and Atlanta) had a Canadian minutes-per-game average higher than 90 (or one full match for a Canadian per game). Edmonton was the runaway leader, with an average of 282.6 Canadian minutes per game.
• Only 13 Canadians played 1350 minutes (15 full games) in NASL or MLS this season.

The wrap:

MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS
1. Kyle Porter, ATL, NASL, 2319 (28)
2. Mason Trafford, OTT, NASL, 2250 (25)
3. Eddie Edward, FCE, NASL, 2238 (26)
4. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, MLS, 2236 (29)
5. Cyle Larin, ORL, MLS, 1905 (27)
6. Mallan Roberts, FCE, NASL, 1890 (21)
7. Nana Attakora, SAS, NASL, 1871 (21)
8. Carl Haworth, OTT, NASL, 1656 (25)
9. Allan Zebie, FCE, NASL, 1610 (21)
10. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, MLS, 1554 (19)
11. Adrian Cann, SAS, NASL, 1534 (18)
12. Tesho Akindele, FCD, MLS 1502 (28)
13. Mauro Eustaquio, OTT, NASL, 1462 (19)
14. Russell Teibert, VAN, MLS, 1325 (22)
15. Julian de Guzman, OTT, NASL, 1162 (15)
16. Will Johnson, POR, MLS 1046 (12)
17. Wandrille Lefevre, MTL, MLS, 900 (10)
18. Dominic Oppong, ATL, NASL, 846 (13)
19. Marcel de Jong, SKC, MLS, 822 (12)
20. Karl Ouimette, NYRB, MLS, 801 (12)
21. Drew Beckie, OTT, NASL, 718 (15)
22. Frank Jonke, FCE, NASL, 694 (16)
23. Michael Nonni, FCE, NASL, 678 (15)
24. Patrice Bernier, MTL, MLS 673 (20)
25. Sam Adekugbe, VAN, MLS, 646 (9)
26. Maxim Tissot, MTL, MLS 581 (11)
27. Sadi Jalali, FCE, NASL, 513 (8)
28. Kyle Bekker, FCD/MTL, MLS, 478 (11)
29. Hanson Boakai, FCE, NASL, 326 (12)
30. John Smits, FCE, NASL, 315 (4)
31. Kianz Froese, VAN, MLS, 208 (9)
32. Jay Chapman, TFC, MLS, 202 (10)
33. Tyson Farago, FCE, NASL, 180 (2)
34. Patryk Misik, OTT, NASL, 166 (5)
35. Anthony Jackson-Hamel, MTL, MLS 156 (8)
36. Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare, MTL, MLS/OTT, NASL 117 (4)
37. Philippe Davies, OTT, NASL, 104 (5-RETIRED)
38. Marcel DeBellis, OTT, NASL, 90 (1)
39. Marco Bustos, VAN, MLS, 29 (1)
T40. Jordan Hamilton, TFC, MLS, 13 (2)
T40. Bruno Zebie, FCE, NASL 13 (1)

TEAM RANKINGS, MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2015, RANKED BY AVERAGE MINUTES PER GAME:
FC Edmonton, NASL, 8477/30 GP (282.6)
Ottawa, NASL, 7705/30 GP (256.8)
Toronto FC, MLS, 4005/34 GP (117.8)
San Antonio, NASL 3305/30 GP (110.2)
Atlanta, NASL, 3166/30 GP (105.5)
Montreal, MLS, 2583/34 GP (76)
Vancouver, MLS, 2208/34 GP (64.9)
Orlando City, MLS, 1905/34 GP (56)
FC Dallas, MLS, 1816/34 GP (53.4)
Portland, MLS, 1046/34 GP (30.8)
Sporting Kansas City, MLS, 822/34 GP (24.2)
New York Red Bulls, MLS 711/34 GP (20.9)