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 57
Matches officiated 312
Yellow cards 1296
Red cards 62
Fouls 5908
Penalties awarded 89

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 312 - - - - - - - - 47.8 28.5 23.7 1296 4.15 62 0.20 5908 23.73 89 0.29
A. Chapman 14 - - - - - - - - 57.1 28.6 14.3 47 3.36 4 0.29 210 17.50 4 0.29
F. Bazakos 13 - - - - - - - - 53.8 30.8 15.4 65 5.00 2 0.15 273 24.82 3 0.23
F. Dujic 13 - - - - - - - - 61.5 7.7 30.8 55 4.23 4 0.31 288 26.18 4 0.31
R. Vazquez 13 - - - - - - - - 46.1 30.8 23.1 52 4.00 4 0.31 247 22.45 6 0.46
V. Rivas 13 - - - - - - - - 38.4 30.8 30.8 63 4.85 3 0.23 249 24.90 3 0.23
D. Fischer 12 - - - - - - - - 50.0 25.0 25.0 58 4.83 2 0.17 238 26.44 2 0.17
I. Elfath 12 - - - - - - - - 16.7 66.6 16.7 53 4.42 4 0.33 250 25.00 5 0.42
J. Freemon 12 - - - - - - - - 41.7 50.0 8.3 56 4.67 3 0.25 267 24.27 2 0.17
R. Mendoza 12 - - - - - - - - 66.7 25.0 8.3 46 3.83 3 0.25 168 21.00 5 0.42
A. Da Silva 11 - - - - - - - - 36.4 36.3 27.3 53 4.82 1 0.09 243 27.00 3 0.27
C. Penso 11 - - - - - - - - 45.4 27.3 27.3 57 5.18 1 0.09 210 23.33 5 0.45
P. Lauziere 11 - - - - - - - - 72.7 18.2 9.1 41 3.73 0 0.00 215 23.89 2 0.18
L. Hernandez 10 - - - - - - - - 40.0 30.0 30.0 40 4.00 1 0.10 148 21.14 2 0.20
T. Ford 10 - - - - - - - - 50.0 30.0 20.0 35 3.50 2 0.20 192 24.00 3 0.30
A. Villarreal 9 - - - - - - - - 22.2 33.3 44.5 39 4.33 0 0.00 232 25.78 2 0.22
J. Dickerson 9 - - - - - - - - 66.7 33.3 0.0 37 4.11 2 0.22 169 21.13 3 0.33
M. Badawi 9 - - - - - - - - 33.3 44.5 22.2 47 5.22 1 0.11 176 22.00 2 0.22
S. Boiko 9 - - - - - - - - 33.4 33.3 33.3 33 3.67 2 0.22 157 19.63 4 0.44
S. Demianchuk 9 - - - - - - - - 22.2 33.3 44.5 40 4.44 0 0.00 170 24.29 6 0.67
T. Penso 9 - - - - - - - - 33.3 22.2 44.5 34 3.78 0 0.00 140 20.00 0 0.00
E. Arreguin 8 - - - - - - - - 50.0 25.0 25.0 34 4.25 2 0.25 194 27.71 2 0.25
M. De Oliveira 8 - - - - - - - - 62.5 12.5 25.0 25 3.13 0 0.00 155 25.83 3 0.38
R. Montero 8 - - - - - - - - 50.0 12.5 37.5 40 5.00 4 0.50 184 26.29 4 0.50
J. Marrufo 7 - - - - - - - - 57.1 14.3 28.6 13 1.86 1 0.14 139 19.86 1 0.14
R. Fierro 7 - - - - - - - - 57.1 28.6 14.3 27 3.86 3 0.43 99 33.00 4 0.57
G. J. Gonzalez 6 - - - - - - - - 33.4 33.3 33.3 25 4.17 2 0.33 151 25.17 2 0.33
R. Touchan 5 - - - - - - - - 60.0 20.0 20.0 28 5.60 1 0.20 85 28.33 1 0.20
N. Bensalah 4 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 13 3.25 1 0.25 81 27.00 0 0.00
Joshua Encarnacion 3 - - - - - - - - 33.4 33.3 33.3 17 5.67 1 0.33 63 31.50 0 0.00
Alexis Da Silva 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 8 4.00 1 0.50 20 20.00 0 0.00
B. Stevis 2 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 2.50 0 0.00 70 35.00 0 0.00
Joseph Dickerson 2 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 8 4.00 1 0.50 39 19.50 1 0.50
Malik Badawi 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 8 4.00 0 0.00 20 20.00 0 0.00
Ramy Touchan 2 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 8 4.00 1 0.50 41 20.50 0 0.00
Rosendo Mendoza 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 50.0 50.0 7 3.50 0 0.00 44 22.00 2 1.00
Victor Rivas 2 - - - - - - - - 50.0 0.0 50.0 6 3.00 0 0.00 20 20.00 0 0.00
Allen Chapman 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 0 - 0 0.00
Armando Villarrea 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 6 6.00 0 0.00 23 23.00 0 0.00
Elijio Arreguin 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 5.00 0 0.00 0 - 0 0.00
Filip Dujic 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 18 18.00 1 1.00
G. Gonzales 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 17 17.00 0 0.00
Guido Gonzales Jr 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 4 4.00 2 2.00 24 24.00 0 0.00
J. Montero 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 0 - 0 0.00
Jair Antonio Maruffo 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 0 - 1 1.00
Jon Freemon 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 5 5.00 1 1.00 0 - 0 0.00
Lorenzo Hernandez 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 2 2.00 1 1.00 0 - 0 0.00
M. Corrigan 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 5.00 0 0.00 0 - 0 0.00
M. Venne 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 24 24.00 0 0.00
Marcos de Oliveira 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 26 26.00 0 0.00
Pierre-Luc Lauziere 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 0 - 0 0.00
R. Albuquerque 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 8 8.00 1 1.00 28 28.00 0 0.00
R. Vasquez 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 15 15.00 0 0.00
Ricardo Montero 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 24 24.00 0 0.00
Rodrigo Albuquerque 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 0 - 0 0.00
Rubiel Vazquez 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 23 23.00 0 0.00
Serhiy Boiko 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 2 2.00 0 0.00 20 20.00 1 1.00
Tori 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
🟥 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.