Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 5/NASL Week 2/USL Week 2 3 Apr 2017Former Canadian U-17 and U-20 player of the year Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla scored his first MLS goal on Saturday, giving the Montreal Impact a 2-1 lead that it would later relinquish and have to settle for a tie in Chicago.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 4/NASL Week 1/USL Week 1 27 Mar 2017Major League Soccer’s skeleton weekend schedule didn’t feature any Canadian players, so the big stories of the weekend were the launches of the NASL and USL seasons — both leagues now sharing the Division-2 designation. And the key storyline out of the second division is that the San Francisco Deltas of the NASL outpaced the USL’s TFCII and WFC2 when …
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 3 20 Mar 2017It’s a given that Canadians love to head to Florida — OK, maybe a little less so since Donald Trump was elected president of the United States — and that has become evident in our weekly ranking of minutes played by Canadians in the North American pro soccer leagues.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 2 13 Mar 2017Toronto FC created a bit of a stir this past weekend, when the Reds started no Canadians for Saturday’s road date in Philadelphia.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 1 6 Mar 2017But, we are bringing back our look at what teams are giving Canadians the most minutes in MLS and, when they kick off, North America’s two division-two leagues. And, the big Canadian focus is on… Orlando City.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings, MLS/NASL final standings 31 Oct 2016And, the Ottawa Fury go down as the most Canadian-friendly NASL or MLS team in North America. Canadians played an average of more than 347 minutes per game for the Fury.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS FINAL/NASL Week 28 24 Oct 2016Three Canadians made their NASL or MLS debuts this past weekend.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 32/NASL Week 27 17 Oct 2016Mason Trafford will be Canadian who has played the most minutes in either MLS or NASL this season. Trafford has a 124-minute lead over Toronto FC’s Jonathan Osorio. But Osorio has just one game left on his schedule; so Osorio can’t make up the ground.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 31/NASL Week 26/USL playoffs 10 Oct 2016The hottest Canadian in USL, though, is Mark Anthony Gonzalez. He scored the opening goal as Swope Park Rangers beat Orange County 2-1 in extra time, despite being down to nine men.
Overwhelmingly Canadian Power Rankings MLS Week 30/NASL Week 25/USL playoffs 3 Oct 2016But, let’s move our focus back to the USL.That league’s regular season is done. But the playoffs got underway this past week, and we’d be remiss not to mention a few Canadian standouts: