Referees Major League Soccer - MLS

The complete referees list of the Major League Soccer - MLS in season 2026 / 2027, 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 75
Matches officiated 451
Yellow cards 1831
Red cards 79
Fouls 10752
Penalties awarded 135

Referees list Major League Soccer - MLS 2026 / 2027

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 451 - - - - - - - - 45.7 27.9 26.4 1831 4.06 79 0.18 10752 23.84 135 0.30
Allen Chapman 17 - - - - - - - - 35.3 41.2 23.5 52 3.06 2 0.12 308 18.12 6 0.35
Rubiel Vazquez 17 - - - - - - - - 41.2 47.0 11.8 59 3.47 4 0.24 383 22.53 7 0.41
Fotis Bazakos 16 - - - - - - - - 43.8 25.0 31.2 69 4.31 2 0.13 381 23.81 3 0.19
Jon Freemon 16 - - - - - - - - 37.5 31.3 31.2 72 4.50 4 0.25 385 24.06 4 0.25
Victor Rivas 16 - - - - - - - - 31.3 31.2 37.5 73 4.56 7 0.44 376 23.50 7 0.44
Alexis Da Silva 15 - - - - - - - - 26.7 40.0 33.3 75 5.00 4 0.27 407 27.13 4 0.27
Drew Fischer 15 - - - - - - - - 53.3 20.0 26.7 63 4.20 2 0.13 367 24.47 3 0.20
Joseph Dickerson 15 - - - - - - - - 73.3 20.0 6.7 63 4.20 4 0.27 333 22.20 7 0.47
Rosendo Mendoza 15 - - - - - - - - 46.7 20.0 33.3 68 4.53 1 0.07 400 26.67 5 0.33
Ismail Elfath 14 - - - - - - - - 21.4 57.2 21.4 51 3.64 2 0.14 318 22.71 3 0.21
Filip Dujic 13 - - - - - - - - 53.8 7.7 38.5 56 4.31 3 0.23 351 27.00 5 0.38
Malik Badawi 13 - - - - - - - - 38.4 30.8 30.8 63 4.85 1 0.08 303 23.31 3 0.23
Pierre-Luc Lauziere 13 - - - - - - - - 69.2 7.7 23.1 44 3.38 0 0.00 308 23.69 4 0.31
Armando Villarrea 12 - - - - - - - - 25.0 41.7 33.3 52 4.33 0 0.00 280 23.33 2 0.17
Lorenzo Hernandez 12 - - - - - - - - 50.0 25.0 25.0 43 3.58 2 0.17 254 21.17 4 0.33
Marcos De Oliveira 12 - - - - - - - - 58.4 8.3 33.3 30 2.50 0 0.00 297 24.75 4 0.33
Sergii Demianchuk 12 - - - - - - - - 16.7 25.0 58.3 41 3.42 0 0.00 285 23.75 7 0.58
Sergiy Boyko 12 - - - - - - - - 41.7 25.0 33.3 38 3.17 2 0.17 232 19.33 7 0.58
Guido Gonzales Jr 11 - - - - - - - - 27.3 27.3 45.4 54 4.91 5 0.45 269 24.45 5 0.45
Ricardo Montero 11 - - - - - - - - 63.6 18.2 18.2 49 4.45 5 0.45 279 25.36 5 0.45
Tim Ford 11 - - - - - - - - 72.7 18.2 9.1 35 3.18 3 0.27 246 22.36 3 0.27
Tori Penso 11 - - - - - - - - 45.4 27.3 27.3 40 3.64 1 0.09 225 20.45 0 0.00
Chris Penso 10 - - - - - - - - 50.0 20.0 30.0 52 5.20 2 0.20 230 23.00 5 0.50
Elijio Arreguin 10 - - - - - - - - 60.0 10.0 30.0 41 4.10 2 0.20 269 26.90 2 0.20
Ricardo Fierro 10 - - - - - - - - 40.0 40.0 20.0 39 3.90 2 0.20 287 28.70 3 0.30
Jair Antonio Maruffo 9 - - - - - - - - 44.5 22.2 33.3 21 2.33 1 0.11 196 21.78 2 0.22
Ramy Touchan 9 - - - - - - - - 66.7 22.2 11.1 49 5.44 2 0.22 246 27.33 1 0.11
F. Dujic 5 - - - - - - - - 80.0 0.0 20.0 14 2.80 1 0.20 116 23.20 1 0.20
A. Chapman 4 - - - - - - - - 75.0 0.0 25.0 18 4.50 2 0.50 67 16.75 0 0.00
C. Penso 4 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 25 6.25 0 0.00 96 24.00 1 0.25
D. Fischer 4 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 19 4.75 1 0.25 104 26.00 2 0.50
J. Freemon 4 - - - - - - - - 25.0 75.0 0.0 16 4.00 0 0.00 88 22.00 1 0.25
Joshua Encarnacion 4 - - - - - - - - 50.0 25.0 25.0 17 4.25 1 0.25 113 28.25 1 0.25
R. Mendoza 4 - - - - - - - - 75.0 25.0 0.0 14 3.50 2 0.50 89 22.25 2 0.50
T. Penso 4 - - - - - - - - 0.0 25.0 75.0 17 4.25 0 0.00 66 16.50 0 0.00
V. Rivas 4 - - - - - - - - 50.0 25.0 25.0 24 6.00 0 0.00 97 24.25 1 0.25
E. Arreguin 3 - - - - - - - - 33.4 33.3 33.3 14 4.67 0 0.00 104 34.67 0 0.00
I. Elfath 3 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 18 6.00 2 0.67 74 24.67 3 1.00
J. Marrufo 3 - - - - - - - - 33.3 0.0 66.7 3 1.00 0 0.00 56 18.67 2 0.67
L. Hernandez 3 - - - - - - - - 66.7 0.0 33.3 8 2.67 0 0.00 72 24.00 0 0.00
Nabil Bensalah 3 - - - - - - - - 66.7 33.3 0.0 10 3.33 1 0.33 81 27.00 0 0.00
R. Vazquez 3 - - - - - - - - 33.3 0.0 66.7 14 4.67 0 0.00 58 19.33 0 0.00
T. Ford 3 - - - - - - - - 0.0 66.7 33.3 12 4.00 0 0.00 61 20.33 0 0.00
A. Da Silva 2 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 9 4.50 0 0.00 49 24.50 1 0.50
Armando Villarreal 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 9 4.50 0 0.00 62 31.00 1 0.50
Bensalah 2 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 6 3.00 0 0.00 44 22.00 0 0.00
Brandon Stevis 2 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 8 4.00 1 0.50 67 33.50 0 0.00
F. Bazakos 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 13 6.50 0 0.00 65 32.50 0 0.00
G. Gonzales 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 11 5.50 2 1.00 52 26.00 0 0.00
M. De Oliveira 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 11 5.50 0 0.00 69 34.50 1 0.50
Michael Venne 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 50.0 50.0 11 5.50 0 0.00 60 30.00 0 0.00
P. Lauziere 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 8 4.00 0 0.00 45 22.50 0 0.00
Pierre Luce Lauziere 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 5 2.50 0 0.00 55 27.50 3 1.50
R. Touchan 2 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 1 0.50 0 0.00 39 19.50 0 0.00
Rodrigo Albuquerque 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 11 5.50 1 0.50 49 24.50 0 0.00
S. Demianchuk 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 10 5.00 0 0.00 45 22.50 1 0.50
Serhiy Boiko 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 12 6.00 0 0.00 54 27.00 1 0.50
A. Villarreal 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 5 5.00 0 0.00 36 36.00 0 0.00
Abdou Ndiaye 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 29 29.00 0 0.00
B. Stevis 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 31 31.00 0 0.00
Christopher Penso 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 6 6.00 0 0.00 18 18.00 0 0.00
E. Koroleva 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 7 7.00 0 0.00 25 25.00 0 0.00
G. J. Gonzalez 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 2 2.00 0 0.00 21 21.00 0 0.00
J. Dickerson 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 21 21.00 0 0.00
Jair Marrufo 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0.00 16 16.00 0 0.00
L. Szpala 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 26 26.00 0 0.00
Lukasz Szpala 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0.00 23 23.00 0 0.00
M. Badawi 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 7 7.00 0 0.00 23 23.00 0 0.00
M. Corrigan 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 5.00 0 0.00 24 24.00 0 0.00
Muhammad Kaleia 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 5.00 0 0.00 20 20.00 0 0.00
N. Bensalah 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 20 20.00 0 0.00
R. Fierro 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 5.00 2 2.00 29 29.00 1 1.00
R. Montero 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 5 5.00 0 0.00 24 24.00 1 1.00
Ricardo Montero Araya 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 31 31.00 0 0.00
S. Boiko 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 6 6.00 0 0.00 23 23.00 0 0.00
Legend
M Matches officiated
Home % Percentage of home wins
Away % Percentage of away wins
Draw % Percentage of draws
🟨 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.

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