Referees Major League Soccer - MLS
The complete referees list of the Major League Soccer - MLS in season 2017 / 2018, with every ref who was in action this season. See for every referee how many matches they took charge of and how many yellow cards, red cards, fouls and penalties came out of those matches.
Referees list Major League Soccer - MLS 2017 / 2018
Every referee who officiated at least one match this season is in the list. Click a column heading to sort the referees, for example by yellow cards per match or by penalties awarded.
| Referee | M | Team 🟨 | Team Ø 🟨 | Team 🟥 | Team Ø 🟥 | Team Foul | Team Ø Foul | Team Pen | Team Ø Pen | Home % | Away % | Draw % | 🟨 | Ø 🟨 | 🟥 | Ø 🟥 | Foul | Ø Foul | Pen | Ø Pen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total/Averages | 372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 55.6 | 20.2 | 24.2 | 1345 | 3.62 | 89 | 0.24 | 8164 | 24.52 | 90 | 0.24 |
| Alan Kelly | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60.0 | 8.0 | 32.0 | 84 | 3.36 | 2 | 0.08 | 549 | 23.87 | 3 | 0.12 |
| Chris Penso | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45.8 | 25.0 | 29.2 | 102 | 4.25 | 4 | 0.17 | 539 | 24.50 | 7 | 0.29 |
| Robert Sibiga | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37.5 | 25.0 | 37.5 | 95 | 3.96 | 4 | 0.17 | 573 | 24.91 | 4 | 0.17 |
| Allen Chapman | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72.7 | 4.6 | 22.7 | 78 | 3.55 | 5 | 0.23 | 449 | 21.38 | 10 | 0.45 |
| Ismail Elfath | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54.5 | 27.3 | 18.2 | 65 | 2.95 | 7 | 0.32 | 546 | 27.30 | 5 | 0.23 |
| Jose Carlos Rivero | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 52.4 | 19.0 | 28.6 | 94 | 4.48 | 7 | 0.33 | 453 | 23.84 | 3 | 0.14 |
| Ricardo Salazar | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61.9 | 14.3 | 23.8 | 71 | 3.38 | 4 | 0.19 | 369 | 21.71 | 8 | 0.38 |
| Baldomero Toledo | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60.0 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 85 | 4.25 | 14 | 0.70 | 464 | 25.78 | 8 | 0.40 |
| Kevin Stott | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45.0 | 25.0 | 30.0 | 45 | 2.25 | 3 | 0.15 | 369 | 20.50 | 5 | 0.25 |
| Villarrea Armando | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72.2 | 5.6 | 22.2 | 60 | 3.33 | 5 | 0.28 | 357 | 22.31 | 2 | 0.11 |
| Hilario Grajeda | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41.2 | 41.2 | 17.6 | 69 | 4.06 | 1 | 0.06 | 489 | 28.76 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Drew Fischer | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40.0 | 33.3 | 26.7 | 55 | 3.67 | 4 | 0.27 | 317 | 26.42 | 3 | 0.20 |
| Silviu Petrescu | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66.7 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 64 | 4.27 | 2 | 0.13 | 329 | 27.42 | 2 | 0.13 |
| Mark Geiger | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 64.3 | 14.3 | 21.4 | 38 | 2.71 | 2 | 0.14 | 343 | 26.38 | 4 | 0.29 |
| Nima Saghafi | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 64.3 | 0.0 | 35.7 | 51 | 3.64 | 3 | 0.21 | 314 | 26.17 | 5 | 0.36 |
| Jair Marrufo | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30.8 | 38.4 | 30.8 | 35 | 2.69 | 1 | 0.08 | 289 | 22.23 | 5 | 0.38 |
| Jorge Gonzalez | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 62 | 4.77 | 6 | 0.46 | 321 | 26.75 | 3 | 0.23 |
| Sorin Stoica | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 43 | 3.58 | 2 | 0.17 | 258 | 25.80 | 2 | 0.17 |
| Ted Unkel | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54.5 | 27.3 | 18.2 | 39 | 3.55 | 5 | 0.45 | 232 | 21.09 | 5 | 0.45 |
| Fotis Bazakos | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 80.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 43 | 4.30 | 1 | 0.10 | 213 | 26.63 | 4 | 0.40 |
| David Gantar | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57.1 | 28.6 | 14.3 | 22 | 3.14 | 4 | 0.57 | 131 | 26.20 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rubiel Vazquez | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 75.0 | 25.0 | 13 | 3.25 | 1 | 0.25 | 77 | 19.25 | 2 | 0.50 |
| Alex Chilowicz | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 11 | 3.67 | 1 | 0.33 | 50 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Marcos de Oliveira | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 74 | 24.67 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Juan Guzman | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 8 | 4.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 37 | 37.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Edvin Jurisevic | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joseph Dickerson | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00 |
Only finished matches count, and only the matches we have the numbers for.
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The fairest referee comparison uses the averages per match (Ø), because some referees simply take charge of more matches than others. Pick a team in the filter to see how strict each referee is on that team; the Team columns then only count the cards, fouls and penalties of that team.