Referees Major League Soccer - MLS

The complete referees list of the Major League Soccer - MLS in season 2021 / 2022, 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 57
Matches officiated 465
Yellow cards 1763
Red cards 65
Fouls 11050
Penalties awarded 121

Referees list Major League Soccer - MLS 2021 / 2022

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 πŸŸ₯ Team Ø πŸŸ₯ Team Foul Team Ø Foul Team Pen Team Ø Pen Home % Away % Draw % 🟨 Ø 🟨 πŸŸ₯ Ø πŸŸ₯ Foul Ø Foul Pen Ø Pen
Total/Averages 465 - - - - - - - - 47.7 25.0 27.3 1763 3.83 65 0.14 11050 23.92 121 0.26
Alan Kelly 23 - - - - - - - - 65.2 17.4 17.4 93 4.04 2 0.09 526 22.87 6 0.26
Joseph Dickerson 19 - - - - - - - - 26.3 31.6 42.1 75 3.95 4 0.21 487 25.63 4 0.21
Rosendo Mendoza 19 - - - - - - - - 42.1 36.8 21.1 74 3.89 2 0.11 453 23.84 4 0.21
Ted Unkel 18 - - - - - - - - 61.1 22.2 16.7 71 3.94 4 0.22 348 20.47 6 0.33
Robert Sibiga 17 - - - - - - - - 52.9 17.7 29.4 44 2.59 0 0.00 334 19.65 3 0.18
Villarrea Armando 16 - - - - - - - - 31.3 37.5 31.2 77 4.81 2 0.13 400 25.00 2 0.13
Alex Chilowicz 15 - - - - - - - - 46.7 26.7 26.6 52 3.47 0 0.00 320 21.33 4 0.27
Allen Chapman 15 - - - - - - - - 26.7 26.7 46.6 62 4.13 2 0.13 358 23.87 9 0.60
Fotis Bazakos 15 - - - - - - - - 53.3 0.0 46.7 55 3.67 2 0.13 325 23.21 4 0.27
Guido Gonzales Jr 15 - - - - - - - - 46.7 20.0 33.3 63 4.20 3 0.20 368 24.53 4 0.27
Victor Rivas 15 - - - - - - - - 53.3 26.7 20.0 51 3.40 3 0.20 333 22.20 8 0.53
Marcos de Oliveira 14 - - - - - - - - 21.4 28.6 50.0 48 3.43 1 0.07 379 27.07 4 0.29
Nima Saghafi 14 - - - - - - - - 64.3 28.6 7.1 46 3.29 0 0.00 317 22.64 1 0.07
Chris Penso 13 - - - - - - - - 76.9 15.4 7.7 39 3.25 3 0.25 262 21.83 4 0.33
Drew Fischer 13 - - - - - - - - 53.8 15.4 30.8 45 3.75 3 0.25 310 23.85 6 0.50
Ismail Elfath 12 - - - - - - - - 33.3 25.0 41.7 49 4.45 2 0.18 359 29.92 2 0.18
Kevin Stott 12 - - - - - - - - 41.7 8.3 50.0 64 5.33 1 0.08 283 23.58 2 0.17
Petrescu Silvio 12 - - - - - - - - 50.0 25.0 25.0 51 4.25 1 0.08 282 23.50 1 0.08
Rubiel Vazquez 12 - - - - - - - - 50.0 33.3 16.7 40 3.33 3 0.25 242 20.17 3 0.25
Ramy Touchan 11 - - - - - - - - 36.4 45.4 18.2 60 5.45 1 0.09 273 24.82 5 0.45
Baldomero Toledo 10 - - - - - - - - 40.0 20.0 40.0 47 4.70 2 0.20 250 25.00 2 0.20
Jair Antonio Maruffo 10 - - - - - - - - 60.0 40.0 0.0 36 3.60 2 0.20 216 21.60 1 0.10
Jon Freemon 8 - - - - - - - - 25.0 50.0 25.0 27 3.86 2 0.29 204 25.50 1 0.14
Tim Ford 8 - - - - - - - - 50.0 37.5 12.5 32 4.00 4 0.50 179 22.38 2 0.25
A. Chapman 6 - - - - - - - - 83.3 16.7 0.0 23 3.83 1 0.17 156 26.00 0 0.00
J. Dickerson 6 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 27 4.50 0 0.00 184 30.67 1 0.17
Lukasz Szpala 6 - - - - - - - - 33.3 50.0 16.7 18 3.60 1 0.20 149 24.83 1 0.20
C. Penso 5 - - - - - - - - 60.0 40.0 0.0 13 2.60 0 0.00 124 24.80 4 0.80
D. Fischer 5 - - - - - - - - 40.0 40.0 20.0 21 4.20 1 0.20 140 28.00 10 2.00
D. Gantar 5 - - - - - - - - 60.0 20.0 20.0 20 4.00 0 0.00 131 26.20 0 0.00
David Gantar 5 - - - - - - - - 80.0 0.0 20.0 16 3.20 4 0.80 79 15.80 3 0.60
F. Bazakos 5 - - - - - - - - 20.0 40.0 40.0 20 4.00 1 0.20 107 21.40 0 0.00
I. Elfath 5 - - - - - - - - 80.0 20.0 0.0 18 3.60 1 0.20 138 27.60 1 0.20
J. Marrufo 5 - - - - - - - - 40.0 0.0 60.0 5 1.00 1 0.20 100 20.00 1 0.20
Michael Radchuk 5 - - - - - - - - 20.0 20.0 60.0 20 4.00 1 0.20 103 20.60 1 0.20
R. Sibiga 5 - - - - - - - - 40.0 20.0 40.0 11 2.20 0 0.00 117 23.40 2 0.40
T. Ford 5 - - - - - - - - 40.0 40.0 20.0 17 3.40 1 0.20 115 23.00 1 0.20
Tori Penso 5 - - - - - - - - 40.0 20.0 40.0 12 2.40 0 0.00 96 19.20 1 0.20
V. Rivas 5 - - - - - - - - 80.0 20.0 0.0 15 3.00 0 0.00 135 27.00 0 0.00
A. Chilowicz 4 - - - - - - - - 25.0 50.0 25.0 14 3.50 0 0.00 116 29.00 1 0.25
A. Kelly 4 - - - - - - - - 75.0 0.0 25.0 12 3.00 1 0.25 99 24.75 2 0.50
G. Gonzalez 4 - - - - - - - - 75.0 25.0 0.0 22 5.50 0 0.00 116 29.00 1 0.25
K. Stott 4 - - - - - - - - 50.0 25.0 25.0 15 3.75 1 0.25 102 25.50 1 0.25
M. de Oliveira 4 - - - - - - - - 25.0 50.0 25.0 13 3.25 0 0.00 93 23.25 0 0.00
Pierre-Luc Lauziere 4 - - - - - - - - 75.0 0.0 25.0 13 3.25 0 0.00 84 21.00 0 0.00
R. Touchan 4 - - - - - - - - 25.0 50.0 25.0 24 6.00 0 0.00 123 30.75 0 0.00
T. Unkel 4 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 16 4.00 1 0.25 93 23.25 0 0.00
A. Villarreal 3 - - - - - - - - 33.4 33.3 33.3 14 4.67 0 0.00 86 28.67 0 0.00
Ismir Pekmic 3 - - - - - - - - 33.4 33.3 33.3 8 2.67 0 0.00 93 31.00 0 0.00
R. Mendoza 3 - - - - - - - - 33.3 0.0 66.7 11 3.67 0 0.00 73 24.33 1 0.33
S. Petrescu 3 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 17 5.67 0 0.00 93 31.00 0 0.00
B. Toledo 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 7 3.50 0 0.00 53 26.50 0 0.00
Christina Unkel 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 6 6.00 1 1.00 30 30.00 0 0.00
J. Freemon 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 6 6.00 0 0.00 37 37.00 0 0.00
N. Saghafi 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 28 28.00 0 0.00
R. Vazquez 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 30 30.00 1 1.00
T. Penso 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 19 19.00 0 0.00
Legend
M Matches officiated
Home % Percentage of home wins
Away % Percentage of away wins
Draw % Percentage of draws
🟨 Yellow cards
πŸŸ₯ Red cards
Foul Fouls
Pen Penalties awarded
Ø Average per match

Only finished matches count, and only the matches we have the numbers for.

Compare referees

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.