Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 6/NASL Week 2

Kyle Porter

Cyle Larin scored his first-ever MLS goal. Kyle Porter scored his first goal for the Atlanta Silverbacks.

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.

No team comes within 100 minutes per game of the Eddies when it comes to giving playing time to Canadian players. And the top three teams are all NASL clubs. The Fury, yeah, we’d expect to see Ottawa near the top, but Atlanta continues to be strong as it looks as if Porter and Dominic Oppong have locked down starting jobs.



MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS (MLS AFTER 6 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 2 WEEKS):

1. Sam Adekugbe, VAN, MLS, 435 (5)

2. Russell Teibert, VAN, MLS, 356 (5)

3. Marcel de Jong, SKC, MLS, 315 (4)

4. Jonathan Osorio, TFC, MLS, 306 (4)

5. Ashtone Morgan, TFC, MLS, 210 (3)

T6. Eddie Edward, FCE, NASL, 180 (2)

T6. Carl Haworth, OTT, NASL, 180 (2)

T6. Frank Jonke, FCE, NASL, 180 (2)

T6. Kyle Porter, ATL, NASL, 180 (2)

T6. Mallan Roberts, FCE, NASL, 180 (2)

11. Dominic Oppong, ATL, NASL, 178 (2)

12. Cyle Larin, ORL, MLS, 168 (3)

T13. Nana Attakora, SAS, NASL, 90 (1)

T13. Julian de Guzman, OTT, NASL, 90 (1)

T13. Maxim Tissot, MTL, MLS 90 (1)

16. Patrice Bernier, MTL, MLS 81 (2)

17. Drew Beckie, OTT, NASL, 75 (2)

18. Kianz Froese, VAN, MLS, 66 (3)

19. Kyle Bekker, FCD, MLS, 57 (3)

20. Sadi Jalali, FCE, NASL, 35 (1)

21. Michael Nonni, FCE, NASL, 16 (1)

22. Jeremy Gagnon-Lapare, MTL, MLS, 6 (1)

23. Mauro Eustaquio, OTT, NASL, 4 (1)

MLS AND NASL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIAN MAYBES — PLAYERS WHO COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR CANADA, BUT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER NATIONS AND HAVE NOT COMMITTED TO CANADA (MLS AFTER 6 WEEKS, NASL AFTER 2 WEEKS):

1. Steven Vitoria, PHI 540 (6)

2. Tesho Akindele, FCD 526 (6)

3. Ethan Finlay, CLB 397 (5)

4. Kofi Opare, DCU 265 (3)

TEAM RANKINGS, MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2015 (INCLUDES BOTH SUREFIRES and MAYBES); RANKED BY AVERAGE MINUTES PER GAME:

FC Edmonton, NASL, 591/2 GP (295.5)

Atlanta, NASL, 358/2 GP (179)

Ottawa, NASL, 349/2 GP (174.5)

Toronto FC, MLS, 516/4 GP (129)

Vancouver, MLS, 857/7 GP (122.4)

FC Dallas, MLS, 584/6 GP (97.3)

Philadelphia, MLS, 540/6 GP (90)

San Antonio, NASL 90/1 GP (90)

Columbus, MLS, 397/5GP (79.4)

DC United, MLS, 265/5 GP (53)

Sporting Kansas City, MLS, 315/6 GP (52.5)

Montreal, MLS, 177/4 GP (44.25)

Orlando City, MLS, 168/6 GP (28)

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