United States · 2026
Major League Soccer Referees 2026
Major League Soccer 2026: 39 named referees have taken charge of matches so far; Allen Chapman has refereed the most (23). The league average is 4.3 cards per game. Updated 6 November 2026 (matches to 8 November).
Referees 2026
| Referee | Matches | Cards/G | Yellow/G | Red/G | Fouls/G | Pens | Pens/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Chapman | 23 | 3.45 | 3.27 | 0.18 | 17.9 | 8 | 0.35 |
| Víctor Rivas | 22 | 5.36 | 5.00 | 0.36 | 23.3 | 9 | 0.41 |
| Jon Freemon | 21 | 4.55 | 4.35 | 0.20 | 24.2 | 5 | 0.24 |
| Drew Fischer | 21 | 4.52 | 4.33 | 0.19 | 24.4 | 5 | 0.24 |
| Rubiel Vazquez | 21 | 3.71 | 3.52 | 0.19 | 22.3 | 7 | 0.33 |
| Rosendo Mendoza | 20 | 4.63 | 4.47 | 0.16 | 25.3 | 7 | 0.35 |
| Filip Dujic | 20 | 3.85 | 3.65 | 0.20 | 25.1 | 7 | 0.35 |
| Alexis Da Silva | 19 | 5.05 | 4.84 | 0.21 | 26.4 | 5 | 0.26 |
| Fotis Bazakos | 19 | 4.79 | 4.68 | 0.11 | 25.0 | 4 | 0.21 |
| Joe Dickerson | 18 | 4.61 | 4.33 | 0.28 | 22.3 | 7 | 0.39 |
| Tori Penso | 18 | 4.00 | 3.94 | 0.06 | 19.8 | 1 | 0.06 |
| Pierre Luce Lauziere | 18 | 3.53 | 3.53 | 0.00 | 23.9 | 7 | 0.39 |
| Chris Penso | 17 | 5.75 | 5.56 | 0.19 | 22.5 | 7 | 0.41 |
| Ismail Elfath | 17 | 4.29 | 4.06 | 0.24 | 21.9 | 6 | 0.35 |
| Armando Villarreal | 17 | 4.12 | 4.12 | 0.00 | 24.3 | 3 | 0.18 |
| Lorenzo Hernandez | 17 | 3.47 | 3.35 | 0.12 | 22.0 | 4 | 0.24 |
| Sergii Boiko | 16 | 3.81 | 3.69 | 0.13 | 20.1 | 8 | 0.50 |
| Malik Badawi | 15 | 4.87 | 4.80 | 0.07 | 22.8 | 4 | 0.27 |
| Ricardo Montero | 15 | 4.60 | 4.27 | 0.33 | 24.7 | 6 | 0.40 |
| Elijio Arreguin | 15 | 4.20 | 4.07 | 0.13 | 28.7 | 4 | 0.27 |
| Timothy Ford | 15 | 3.93 | 3.73 | 0.20 | 22.7 | 3 | 0.20 |
| Sergii Demianchuk | 15 | 3.67 | 3.67 | 0.00 | 23.4 | 7 | 0.47 |
| Marcos de Oliveira | 15 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 25.9 | 5 | 0.33 |
| Guido Gonzalez | 14 | 5.29 | 4.79 | 0.50 | 24.4 | 5 | 0.36 |
| Jair Marrufo | 14 | 2.25 | 2.17 | 0.08 | 19.9 | 4 | 0.29 |
| Ramy Touchan | 13 | 5.67 | 5.33 | 0.33 | 27.1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Ricardo Fierro | 13 | 4.54 | 4.23 | 0.31 | 28.1 | 4 | 0.31 |
| Nabil Bensalah | 6 | 3.33 | 3.17 | 0.17 | 24.2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joshua Encarnación | 4 | 6.00 | 5.67 | 0.33 | 28.3 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Lukasz Szpala | 4 | 3.67 | 3.33 | 0.33 | 22.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brandon Stevis | 3 | 3.33 | 3.00 | 0.33 | 32.7 | 1 | 0.33 |
| Rodrigo Albuquerque | 2 | 6.00 | 5.50 | 0.50 | 24.5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Michael Venne | 2 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 0.00 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jorge Gonzalez | 1 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 1.00 | 21.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Katja Koroleva | 1 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mathew Corrigan | 1 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 24.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Muhammad Kaleia | 1 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Abdou Ndiaye | 1 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 29.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Younes Marrakchi | 1 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 23.0 | 2 | 2.00 |
Ordered by matches refereed. Averages from only a few matches are volatile; a dash means the statistic was not recorded for that referee's matches.
Statistics calculated by Sanstari from match data · Updated 6 November 2026 (matches to 8 November) · 18+ · Bet responsibly.