Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 11/NASL Week 7 18 May 2015 FC Edmonton's brass decided to rotate the squad for Sunday's match against the San Antonio Scorpions. And, with so many younger prospects given the chance to play, a whopping total of 421 minutes were given to Canadian players.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 10/NASL Week 6 11 May 2015 Hanson Boakai, Adrian Cann and Mason Trafford made their NASL season debuts this past weekend, and it pushes the number of "surefire" Canadian prospects who have played in MLS or NASL in 2015 to 29. But, let's break that number down. Take Ottawa and the Eddies out of the equation, and the number of players drops to 16 — which isn't very good at all.
Quintesstentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 9/NASL Week 5 3 May 2015 Two Canadians made their season debuts this weekend; After playing in USL or being parked on the bench through the first eight weeks of the MLS season, New York Red Bulls defender Karl Ouimette got to play a full 90 minutes on Saturday. And, on Sunday, fullback Allan Zebie, a product of the FC Edmonton Academy, made his NASL debut, coming in as a sub in Sunday's 2-2 draw between the Eddies and Minnesota United.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 8/NASL Week 4 27 Apr 2015 FC Edmonton had a bye this week in NASL play, but its hold at the top of the minutes-played-by Canadians list among the top two divisions in North American soccer only got a little stronger.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 7/NASL Week 3 20 Apr 2015 FC Edmonton not only got a thrilling win in the most compelling game played in either MLS or NASL this weekend, but the Eddies are putting some distance between themselves and the rest of the pack when it comes to playing Canadians.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 6/NASL Week 2 12 Apr 2015 And FC Edmonton has run out to a commanding lead amongst MLS and NASL teams — when it comes to giving Canadian players minutes in league games. The Eddies started three Canadians — who all played the full 90 — in their 1-1 draw with Carolina; add to that sub Michael Nonni, who came on for 14 minutes of action.
Quintessentially Canadian power rankings, MLS Week 5/NASL Week 1 5 Apr 2015 This week, the NASL enters our weekly ranking of who is getting minutes in the top two divisions in North America.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, Week 4 30 Mar 2015 We also changed the way we do the list in week four. Why? We have headaches when it comes to four players.
Gone with the wind: Canada’s beats Guatemala in game ruled by the elements 27 Mar 2015 It was a perfectly windy day in Fort Lauderdale, as the Canadian national team was able to nurse a one-goal lead after an early Marcus Haber goal — and came out with a 1-0 win over Guatemala.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, Week 3 23 Mar 2015 Four Canadian players made their MLS season debuts (or MLS debuts, period) in the third weekend of the MLS season. That boosts the number of Canadians who have played in the league so far in 2015 to 12.
