Chris Penso

14 games refereed · from 01/03/2026 to 26/09/2026

MLS · 14

Cards per game

5.29

+1.13 vs league average: 4.16

Yellow cards per game

5.14

+1.15 vs league average: 3.99

Red cards per game

0.14

-0.04 vs league average: 0.18

Fouls per game

23.3

-0.54 vs league average: 23.83

Penalties per game

0.43

+0.12 vs league average: 0.31

Totals

14 games

72 yellow · 2 red · 6 penalties

📈 Cards in recent games

bars = cards in the game · line = league average

📊 Frequency

share of games refereed

Games with 5 or more cards57%

Games with a red card14%

Games with a penalty36%

⚖️ Splits

average per game

Cards for the home team 2.862.43 for the away team

Yellow cards in the 1st half 2.362.79 in the 2nd half

in 14 games with cards by half

🏆 By competition

Competition	GP	Cards	League average	Fouls	Penalties
MLS	14	5.29	4.16	23.3	0.43

👥 Teams refereed most

cards received per game

Team	GP	Cards
Chicago Fire FC	2	2.00
Philadelphia Union	2	3.00
San Jose Earthquakes	2	3.00
St. Louis CITY SC	2	1.50
Atlanta United FC	1	3.00
Austin FC	1	2.00
CF Montréal	1	4.00
Charlotte FC	1	5.00
Colorado Rapids	1	4.00
Columbus Crew	1	3.00

📋 Games refereed

cards and fouls add up both teams

Date	Competition	Game			Fouls	Pen.
26/09/26	MLS	Charlotte FC 0 x 1 Chicago Fire FC	6	1	29	0
13/09/26	MLS	Sporting Kansas City 3 x 1 LAFC	4	0	15	0
05/09/26	MLS	Philadelphia Union 2 x 0 CF Montréal	8	0	23	1
16/08/26	MLS	Chicago Fire FC 2 x 1 Portland Timbers	4	0	21	0
02/08/26	MLS	St. Louis CITY SC 1 x 1 Real Salt Lake	6	0	22	0
23/07/26	MLS	Colorado Rapids 1 x 0 San Diego FC	7	0	24	0
24/05/26	MLS	Columbus Crew 2 x 0 Atlanta United FC	6	0	22	0
17/05/26	MLS	San Jose Earthquakes 2 x 3 FC Dallas	6	0	26	1
10/05/26	MLS	Minnesota United FC 2 x 2 Austin FC	7	0	26	2
25/04/26	MLS	D.C. United 3 x 2 Orlando City SC	8	0	25	0
19/04/26	MLS	Seattle Sounders FC 4 x 1 St. Louis CITY SC	0	0	21	1
22/03/26	MLS	Vancouver Whitecaps 0 x 1 San Jose Earthquakes	4	0	23	0
14/03/26	MLS	Toronto FC 1 x 1 Red Bull New York	3	0	23	0
01/03/26	MLS	Philadelphia Union 1 x 2 New York City FC	3	1	26	1

Games since July 2025 in the competitions covered by QueroStats. "League average" = average of all referees in the same competitions, weighted by the games of this referee.
Foto: Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (license).