Referees Major League Soccer - MLS
The complete referees list of the Major League Soccer - MLS in season 2025 / 2026, 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
52
Matches officiated
540
Yellow cards
2303
Red cards
88
Fouls
11184
Penalties awarded
129
Referees list Major League Soccer - MLS 2025 / 2026
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.
The Team columns count only what the selected team picked up itself.
| 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 | 540 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44.3 | 30.7 | 25.0 | 2303 | 4.26 | 88 | 0.16 | 11184 | 24.21 | 129 | 0.24 |
| Allen Chapman | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 55.6 | 29.6 | 14.8 | 91 | 3.37 | 3 | 0.11 | 445 | 21.19 | 11 | 0.41 |
| Rubiel Vazquez | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33.4 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 108 | 4.00 | 3 | 0.11 | 518 | 23.55 | 9 | 0.33 |
| Filip Dujic | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53.8 | 42.3 | 3.9 | 107 | 4.12 | 6 | 0.23 | 548 | 26.10 | 6 | 0.23 |
| Rosendo Mendoza | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53.8 | 7.7 | 38.5 | 135 | 5.19 | 7 | 0.27 | 651 | 28.30 | 4 | 0.15 |
| Sergiy Boyko | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44.0 | 36.0 | 20.0 | 103 | 4.12 | 8 | 0.32 | 555 | 23.13 | 8 | 0.32 |
| Drew Fischer | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54.2 | 20.8 | 25.0 | 98 | 4.08 | 0 | 0.00 | 602 | 25.08 | 4 | 0.17 |
| Victor Rivas | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37.5 | 33.3 | 29.2 | 108 | 4.50 | 8 | 0.33 | 485 | 23.10 | 7 | 0.29 |
| Chris Penso | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 52.2 | 26.1 | 21.7 | 99 | 4.30 | 4 | 0.17 | 475 | 22.62 | 4 | 0.17 |
| Guido Gonzales Jr | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 52.2 | 26.1 | 21.7 | 96 | 4.17 | 2 | 0.09 | 545 | 23.70 | 4 | 0.17 |
| Jon Freemon | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43.5 | 34.8 | 21.7 | 112 | 4.87 | 2 | 0.09 | 473 | 24.89 | 6 | 0.26 |
| Alexis Da Silva | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20.0 | 50.0 | 30.0 | 94 | 4.70 | 0 | 0.00 | 472 | 24.84 | 2 | 0.10 |
| Marcos de Oliveira | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45.0 | 35.0 | 20.0 | 74 | 3.70 | 0 | 0.00 | 395 | 24.69 | 3 | 0.15 |
| Pierre-Luc Lauziere | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47.4 | 31.6 | 21.0 | 82 | 4.32 | 2 | 0.11 | 381 | 23.81 | 3 | 0.16 |
| Ismir Pekmic | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47.1 | 29.4 | 23.5 | 92 | 5.41 | 3 | 0.18 | 349 | 24.93 | 3 | 0.18 |
| Jair Antonio Maruffo | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47.0 | 41.2 | 11.8 | 56 | 3.29 | 3 | 0.18 | 354 | 22.13 | 3 | 0.18 |
| Ricardo Fierro | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47.1 | 35.3 | 17.6 | 68 | 4.00 | 6 | 0.35 | 312 | 26.00 | 7 | 0.41 |
| Malik Badawi | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43.8 | 18.7 | 37.5 | 60 | 3.75 | 4 | 0.25 | 272 | 22.67 | 2 | 0.13 |
| Fotis Bazakos | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66.7 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 58 | 3.87 | 2 | 0.13 | 322 | 24.77 | 2 | 0.13 |
| Ricardo Montero | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46.7 | 20.0 | 33.3 | 60 | 4.00 | 1 | 0.07 | 290 | 24.17 | 3 | 0.20 |
| Tori Penso | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53.3 | 26.7 | 20.0 | 64 | 4.27 | 2 | 0.13 | 324 | 23.14 | 1 | 0.07 |
| Armando Villarrea | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21.4 | 50.0 | 28.6 | 52 | 3.71 | 2 | 0.14 | 308 | 22.00 | 4 | 0.29 |
| Lorenzo Hernandez | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35.7 | 42.9 | 21.4 | 70 | 5.00 | 3 | 0.21 | 322 | 24.77 | 7 | 0.50 |
| Joe Dickerson | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23.1 | 38.5 | 38.4 | 55 | 4.23 | 2 | 0.15 | 284 | 28.40 | 3 | 0.23 |
| Lukasz Szpala | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41.7 | 25.0 | 33.3 | 38 | 3.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 214 | 23.78 | 3 | 0.25 |
| Tim Ford | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54.5 | 27.3 | 18.2 | 52 | 4.73 | 4 | 0.36 | 214 | 21.40 | 5 | 0.45 |
| Sergii Demianchuk | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30.0 | 50.0 | 20.0 | 49 | 4.90 | 2 | 0.20 | 237 | 26.33 | 4 | 0.40 |
| Ramy Touchan | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 24 | 24.00 | 1 | 0.20 |
| Elijio Arreguin | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 17 | 4.25 | 1 | 0.25 | 59 | 29.50 | 3 | 0.75 |
| Joseph Dickerson | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33.3 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 20 | 6.67 | 2 | 0.67 | 101 | 33.67 | 1 | 0.33 |
| Mendoza, Rosendo | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66.7 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 20 | 6.67 | 1 | 0.33 | 49 | 24.50 | 1 | 0.33 |
| Freemon, Jon | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 50 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Gonzales Jr, Guido | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 48 | 24.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Greg Dopka | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | 19.00 | 1 | 0.50 |
| Ismail Elfath | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | 15.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Katja Koroleva | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 4.50 | 1 | 0.50 | 42 | 21.00 | 1 | 0.50 |
| Lauziere, Pierre-Luc | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 49 | 24.50 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Maruffo, Jair Antonio | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 39 | 19.50 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nabil Bensalah | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 30 | 30.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Natalie Simon | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | 25.00 | 1 | 0.50 |
| Szpala, Lukasz | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Abdou Ndiaye | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Alyssa Pennington | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 28 | 28.00 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Angel Hernandez Lorenzo | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Badawi, Malik | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 28 | 28.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Guido Gonzalez | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | 23.00 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Jair Marrufo | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jose Da Silva | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joshua Encarnacion | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Michael Venne | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Penso, Tori | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sergii Boiko | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Timothy Ford | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
Legend
M
Matches officiated
Home %
Percentage of home wins
Away %
Percentage of away wins
Draw %
Percentage of draws
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Yellow cards
🟥
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.