Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 28/NASL Week 25/USL Week 26 18 Sep 2017 Toronto FC misses a few key regulars, and still is good enough to annihilate the Los Angeles Galaxy, 4-0. For Canadian soccer followers, the big news out of TFC’s weekend win was that Tosaint Ricketts bagged a couple of goals.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 27/NASL Week 24/USL Week 25 11 Sep 2017 So far this season, 26 Canadians have appeared in MLS matches; but, of those, only five have earned more than 1,000 minutes each. To put that in perspective, 1,000 minutes is just over 11 games of full-game action. More than half are under the 500-minute mark.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 26/NASL Week 23/USL Week 24 4 Sep 2017 The most significant change comes in MLS, where Orlando City, which has been that league’s leader in minutes played by Canadians since First Kick, was finally passed at the top. The Montreal Impact, even with Samuel Piette and Anthony Jackson-Hamel on international duty, has surpassed the Lions in terms of minutes played by Canadians. Patrice Bernier’s 90 minutes played in Saturday’s loss to Chicago helped nudge the Impact ahead.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 25/NASL Week 22/USL Week 23 28 Aug 2017 FC Edmonton’s Allan Zebie scored his first NASL goal, and it stood as the winner as the Eddies defeated the San Francisco Deltas 2-1 in the league’s unofficial Canadian derby.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 24/NASL Week 21/USL Week 22 20 Aug 2017 But we’d be remiss in our duties at The 11 to ignore the fact that the number of minutes for Canadian players at TFC has dwindled over the last couple months.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 23/NASL Week 20/USL Week 21 14 Aug 2017 But, where Canadians are making the most noise is in the USL. This past week, six Canadians found the net in USL games, including Jordan Hamilton’s brace for TFCII in midweek action. Ottawa’s Adonijah Reid scored his first USL goal, joining fellow Canadian Eddie Edward on the Fury scoresheet. Mark-Anthony Kaye, Mastanabal Kacher and Chris Nanco also scored in USL play.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 22/NASL Week 19/USL Week 20 7 Aug 2017 Finally, in his 22nd USL game of the season, Mallan Roberts had to go to a very unfamiliar place. It’s called “the bench.”
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 21/NASL Week 18/USL Week 19 31 Jul 2017 July has featured a lot of “firsts” for Toronto FC’s Canadians. Not to be outdone by countrymen Ashtone Morgan and Jay Chapman, who each got their first-ever MLS goals earlier in the month, Raheem Edwards said “my turn” in Sunday’s 4-0 thrashing of NYCFC.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 20/NASL Week 17 (hiatus)/USL Week 18 24 Jul 2017 This past week marked some MLS firsts for Canadians.
Junior achievement 25 Sep 2014 They aren’t getting a lot of MLS playing time just yet, but a group of locally trained players have steadily moved up the ranks all the way to the Montreal Impact’s senior roster. Will they eventually get their chances to play?