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 404
Yellow cards 1663
Red cards 73
Fouls 9567
Penalties awarded 118

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 404 - - - - - - - - 46.0 28.5 25.5 1663 4.12 73 0.18 9567 23.80 118 0.29
A. Chapman 19 - - - - - - - - 42.1 31.6 26.3 61 3.21 4 0.21 329 17.32 5 0.26
R. Mendoza 18 - - - - - - - - 55.6 22.2 22.2 75 4.17 3 0.17 455 25.28 7 0.39
J. Freemon 17 - - - - - - - - 35.3 47.1 17.6 82 4.82 4 0.24 412 24.24 4 0.24
V. Rivas 17 - - - - - - - - 35.3 35.3 29.4 78 4.59 4 0.24 370 23.13 4 0.24
D. Fischer 16 - - - - - - - - 50.0 25.0 25.0 73 4.56 3 0.19 400 25.00 5 0.31
F. Dujic 16 - - - - - - - - 68.8 6.2 25.0 63 3.94 4 0.25 408 25.50 6 0.38
R. Vazquez 16 - - - - - - - - 43.8 37.5 18.7 62 3.88 4 0.25 366 22.88 6 0.38
A. Da Silva 15 - - - - - - - - 40.0 33.3 26.7 75 5.00 4 0.27 404 26.93 5 0.33
F. Bazakos 15 - - - - - - - - 46.7 33.3 20.0 73 4.87 2 0.13 382 25.47 3 0.20
I. Elfath 15 - - - - - - - - 13.3 66.7 20.0 62 4.13 4 0.27 361 24.07 5 0.33
P. Lauziere 15 - - - - - - - - 66.7 13.3 20.0 52 3.47 0 0.00 353 23.53 4 0.27
A. Villarreal 13 - - - - - - - - 23.1 46.1 30.8 57 4.38 0 0.00 316 24.31 2 0.15
C. Penso 13 - - - - - - - - 53.8 23.1 23.1 69 5.31 1 0.08 297 22.85 6 0.46
J. Dickerson 13 - - - - - - - - 76.9 23.1 0.0 52 4.00 4 0.31 281 21.62 6 0.46
L. Hernandez 13 - - - - - - - - 46.1 23.1 30.8 46 3.54 2 0.15 285 21.92 3 0.23
M. Badawi 13 - - - - - - - - 30.8 38.4 30.8 65 5.00 1 0.08 292 22.46 2 0.15
T. Penso 13 - - - - - - - - 38.5 15.4 46.1 51 3.92 1 0.08 237 19.75 0 0.00
S. Boiko 12 - - - - - - - - 41.7 25.0 33.3 41 3.42 2 0.17 236 19.67 6 0.50
S. Demianchuk 12 - - - - - - - - 16.7 33.3 50.0 44 3.67 0 0.00 278 23.17 7 0.58
E. Arreguin 11 - - - - - - - - 54.5 18.2 27.3 44 4.00 2 0.18 302 27.45 2 0.18
J. Marrufo 11 - - - - - - - - 36.4 18.2 45.4 22 2.00 1 0.09 241 21.91 4 0.36
M. De Oliveira 11 - - - - - - - - 54.5 18.2 27.3 35 3.18 0 0.00 299 27.18 5 0.45
R. Montero 11 - - - - - - - - 54.5 18.2 27.3 50 4.55 5 0.45 279 25.36 6 0.55
T. Ford 11 - - - - - - - - 54.5 27.3 18.2 36 3.27 2 0.18 260 23.64 3 0.27
R. Fierro 9 - - - - - - - - 44.5 33.3 22.2 35 3.89 3 0.33 266 29.56 4 0.44
R. Touchan 9 - - - - - - - - 66.7 22.2 11.1 45 5.00 2 0.22 230 25.56 1 0.11
G. Gonzales 7 - - - - - - - - 28.6 28.6 42.8 35 5.00 3 0.43 162 23.14 2 0.29
G. J. Gonzalez 6 - - - - - - - - 33.4 33.3 33.3 25 4.17 2 0.33 151 25.17 2 0.33
N. Bensalah 4 - - - - - - - - 50.0 50.0 0.0 13 3.25 1 0.25 101 25.25 0 0.00
Joshua Encarnacion 3 - - - - - - - - 33.4 33.3 33.3 17 5.67 1 0.33 89 29.67 0 0.00
B. Stevis 2 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 2.50 0 0.00 70 35.00 0 0.00
M. Venne 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 50.0 50.0 11 5.50 0 0.00 60 30.00 0 0.00
R. Albuquerque 2 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 11 5.50 1 0.50 49 24.50 0 0.00
A. Ndiaye 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 29 29.00 0 0.00
Alexis Da Silva 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 28 28.00 0 0.00
Armando Villarreal 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 33 33.00 0 0.00
Bensalah 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 18 18.00 0 0.00
Christopher Penso 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 7 7.00 1 1.00 29 29.00 0 0.00
E. Koroleva 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 7 7.00 0 0.00 25 25.00 0 0.00
Fotis Bazakos 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 20 20.00 0 0.00
Ismail Elfath 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 15 15.00 1 1.00
J. Montero 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 24 24.00 0 0.00
Jair Marrufo 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 11 11.00 0 0.00
Jon Freemon 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 0.0 100.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 17 17.00 0 0.00
Joseph Dickerson 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 6 6.00 0 0.00 19 19.00 0 0.00
L. Szpala 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 25 25.00 0 0.00
Lorenzo Hernandez 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 3 3.00 0 0.00 19 19.00 0 0.00
M. Corrigan 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 5.00 0 0.00 24 24.00 0 0.00
M. Kaleia 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 5 5.00 0 0.00 20 20.00 0 0.00
R. Vasquez 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 15 15.00 0 0.00
Ramy Touchan 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 1 1.00 0 0.00 21 21.00 0 0.00
Ricardo Fierro 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 4 4.00 0 0.00 22 22.00 0 0.00
Rubiel Vazquez 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 2 2.00 0 0.00 24 24.00 0 0.00
Sergii Demianchuk 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 6 6.00 0 0.00 32 32.00 1 1.00
Serhiy Boiko 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 6 6.00 0 0.00 27 27.00 0 0.00
Tim Ford 1 - - - - - - - - 0.0 100.0 0.0 5 5.00 1 1.00 14 14.00 0 0.00
Victor Rivas 1 - - - - - - - - 100.0 0.0 0.0 10 10.00 1 1.00 35 35.00 1 1.00
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.