Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 20/NASL Week 15/USL Week 18 25 Jul 2016 In Saturday’s win in Jacksonville’s 40-plus C heat (with the humidity), the Ottawa Fury gave 464 of a possible 990 minutes playing time to Canadians. Canadian Carl Haworth scored the second goal of the game in a 2-0 win. And, with that, Ottawa not only leads all NASL and MLS teams in terms of giving minutes to Canadians, the Fury …
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 19/NASL Week 14/USL Week 17 18 Jul 2016 So, despite all the good Canadian news from the Whitecaps, after the team's two matches this past week, its season-long average of minutes played by Canadians per match dipped below 90. That means the Whitecaps average less than one full 90 minute session for a Canadian player per game. And that puts them far behind the four other Canadian MLS and NASL sides.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 18/NASL Week 13/USL Week 16 11 Jul 2016 In Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Colorado, the Whitecaps didn’t have a Canadian in the starting lineup, and didn’t have a Canadian come off the bench, either. That’s not the only depressing news when it comes to minutes played by Canadians in the major North American leagues. The Montreal Impact only had three minutes played by a Canadian this past weekend — Patrice Bernier in a substitute role.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 8/NASL Week 4/USL Week 5 25 Apr 2016 At this time last year (MLS Week 8/NASL Week 4), 26 Canadians had seen the field for their MLS or NASL clubs. This year, 32 Canadians have played in MLS or NASL games so far this season.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 7/NASL Week 3/USL Week 4 18 Apr 2016 This past weekend, the Edmonton teenager made his pro debut, playing 80 minutes in FC Edmonton’s 1-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rowdies.
Trafford on his move to Miami FC: From hesitancy to enthusiasm 12 Feb 2016 “I was hesitant at first,” Trafford said over the phone. “I was still fully committed to Ottawa, despite all of the changes that were happening at the team.”
Trafford sold to Miami FC, takes package that “justifies” his market value 4 Feb 2016 “This was a bittersweet situation for Mason as he really enjoyed his time in Ottawa, especially developing relationships with the Fury fans and local community, but Miami FC aggressively pursued Mason and created a package that justified Mason’s market value as one of the best defenders in NASL. Having represented Mason from his first professional contract to the present, it is a great testament for him to have Italian legend Alessandro Nesta seek him out to be a leader on defence."
The Soccer Bowl loss stings for Fury fans — but the ref got that red-card call right 15 Nov 2015 Was it an accident? Absolutely. Was it avoidable? Probably. Was it red-card worthy? For sure. It’s not Kelly’s job — nor should it be — to judge intent. He can only judge the play based on what he sees in the split second he has to make that call. And he sees Trafford come down and plant — hard — on Guenzatti. He has no choice but to go with the red.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings: The final countdown 1 Nov 2015 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.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS season-end/NASL 1 week to go 26 Oct 2015 If Kyle Porter plays 22 minutes or more for Atlanta in the final week of the NASL season, he is guaranteed to be the Canadian minutes leader in MLS or NASL this season.This is the penultimate instalment of the Power Rankings, with the MLS regular season having wrapped up this past weekend and NASL having just one week to go (save for FC Edmonton, which has a bye on the final week of the season).