Mastanabal Kacher

It was a very active week for Canadians in MLS and USL.

First, congratulations to Real Monarchs’ forward Mastanabal Kacher, who netted a brace in a midweek game against Sounders 2. Kacher, who ate up minutes for Colorado Springs last season, has now made an impact in his new home. (Of, course, because Kacher was a product of Montreal’s academy system, had to get “Impact” into that paragraph!)

Five Canadians — Marcel de Jong, Alphonso Davies, Russell Teibert, Mark-Anthony Kaye a and Dejan Jakovic — started in Friday’s game between LAFC and the Vancouver Whitecaps.

And, the numbers for Canadians in MLS swelled as Ryan Telfer, Julian Dunn-Johnson and Liam Fraser all made their MLS debuts in Saturday’s loss for TFC in Colorado. Needing to rest players for their CONCACAF Champions League final against Chivas, TFC began a run of two MLS league weekends that will see coach Greg Vanney employ depth players. Because Vanney needs to keep the likes of Sebastian Giovinco, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore fresh for the CCL, the opportunity is there for players to come up from TFCII and make some sort of impression with the big club.

Here are the rankings after the seventh week of MLS play/fifth week of USL action:

MLS MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS

Alphonso Davies, Vancouver, 554 (7) Will Johnson, Orlando, 540 (6) Samuel Piette, Montreal, 540 (6) Marcel de Jong, Vancouver, 436 (6) Mark-Anthony Kaye, LAFC, 431 (5) Dejan Jakovic, LAFC, 360 (4) Russell Teibert, Vancouver, 315 (4) Michael Petrasso, Montreal, 270 (3) Jonathan Osorio, TFC, 251 (3) Ashtone Morgan, TFC, 189 (3) Jay Chapman, TFC, 121 (2) Richie Laryea, Orlando, 114 (3) Raheem Edwards, Montreal, 112 (3) Tosaint Ricketts, TFC, 102 (2) Anthony Jackson-Hamel, Montreal, 98 (4) Louis Beland-Goyette, Montreal, 92 (3) Liam Fraser, TFC, 90 (1) Jordan Hamilton, 90 (1) Ryan Telfer, TFC, 90 (1) Julian Dunn-Johnson, TFC, 14 (1) Tesho Akindele, FC Dallas, 12 (2) David Choiniere, Montreal, 12 (1) Kwame Awuah, NYCFC, 3 (2)

TEAM RANKINGS, MLS MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2018

Toronto FC, 947/4 (236.8)

Montreal, 1144/6 (190.7)

Vancouver, 1305/7 (186.4)

LAFC, 791/5 (158.2)

Orlando City, 654/6 (109)

FC Dallas, 12/5 (2.4)

NYCFC, 3/7 (0.4)

USL MINUTES BY PLAYER, THE CANADIANS

Jordan Schweitzer, Colorado Springs, 534 (6) Keven Aleman, Sacramento, 377 (5) Jordan Murrell, Reno, 360 (4) Tyler Pasher, Indy, 360 (4) Skylar Thomas, Charleston, 360 (4) Paris Gee, Tulsa, 347 (4) Kyle Bekker, NCFC, 345 (4) Ryan James, Nashville, 337 (4) Robert Boskovic, TFCII, 270 (3) Mauro Eustaquio, Penn FC, 270 (3) Zachary Ellis-Hayden, Fresno, 270 (3) Bradley Kamdem-Fewo, Fresno, 270 (3) Chris Mannella, Ottawa, 270 (3) Karl Ouimette, Indy, 270 (3) Luca Uccello, TFCII, 270 (3) Jordan Dover, Pittsburgh, 254 (3) Michael Cox, Nashville, 222 (3) Aidan Daniels, TFCII, 210 (3) Amer Didic, Swope Park Rangers, 210 (3) Josh Heard, Real Monarchs SLC, 207 (3) Matthew Srbely, TFCII, 207 (3) Ryan Telfer, TFCII, 207 (3) Jamar Dixon, Ottawa, 183 (3) Malik Johnson, TFCII, 183 (3) Zak Drake, Las Vegas, 181 (3) Angelo Cavalluzzo, TFCII, 180 (2) Callum Irving, Ottawa, 180 (2) Carl Haworth, Ottawa, 179 (3) Kyle Porter, Ottawa, 173 (2) Rocco Romeo, TFCII, 172 (2) Mastanabal Kacher, Real Monarchs SLC, 145 (2) Daniel Haber, FC Cincinnati, 126 (4) Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Reno, 98 (2) Maxime Crepeau, Ottawa, 90 (1) Eddie Edward, Ottawa, 90 (1) Liam Fraser, TFCII, 90 (1) Darrin MacLeod, Swope Park Rangers, 90 (1) Jordan Hamilton, TFCII, 63 (1) Daniel Da Silva, TFCII, 59 (1) David Edgar, Nashville, 48 (2) Monti Mohsen, Ottawa, 45 (1) Alessandro Riggi, Phoenix, 24 (3) Terran Campbell, Fresno, 23 (3) Chris Nanco, Bethlehem Steel, 19 (2) Luca Ricci, Phoenix, 16 (1) Jordan Faria, TFCII, 15 (1) Shaan Hundal, TFCII, 8 (1) Adonijah Reid, Ottawa, 3 (1)

TEAM RANKINGS, USL MINUTES PLAYED BY CANADIANS IN 2018

TFCII, 1934/3 (644.7)

Ottawa, 1213/3 (404.3)

Indy Eleven, 630/4 (157.5)

Nashville, 607/5 (121.4)

Reno, 458/4 (114.5)

Fresno, 563/5 (112.6)

Charleston, 360/4 (90)

Penn FC, 270/3 (90)

Colorado Springs, 534/6 (89)

Real Monarchs SLC, 352/4 (88)

Tulsa, 347/4 (86.8)

NCFC, 345/4 (86.25)

Sacramento, 377/5 (75.4)

Pittsburgh, 254/4 (63.5)

Swope Park Rangers, 300/5 (60)

Las Vegas, 181/4 (45.25)

FC Cincinnati, 126/4 (31.5)

Phoenix, 40/5 (8)

Bethlehem Steel, 19/5 (3.8)