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Referees · MLS

Cards, fouls and penalties per game for each referee, compared with the league average

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League average · Season 2026
4.16
cards/game
23.8
fouls/game
0.31
penalties/game
401 games · 38 referees
Most cards per game

  
  CP
  
Chris Penso
14 games
5.29
cards/game
Fewest cards per game

  
  JM
  
Jair Marrufo
11 games
2.18
cards/game
Most penalties per game

  
  SD
  
Sergii Demianchuk
13 games
0.62
penalties/game

🧑‍⚖️ All referees · Season 2026

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#	Referee	GP	Cards	Yellow cards	Red cards	Fouls	Penalties	5+ cards
	League average	401	4.16	3.99	0.18	23.8	0.31	41%
1	AC Allen Chapman	19	3.26	3.05	0.21	17.4	0.26	21%
2	VR Victor Rivas	18	4.83	4.56	0.28	23.5	0.28	56%
3	DF Drew Fischer	17	4.53	4.35	0.18	24.6	0.29	53%
4	JF Jon Freemon	17	4.71	4.47	0.24	24.3	0.24	53%
5	RV Rubiel Vazquez	17	4.00	3.76	0.24	22.4	0.41	35%
6	FD Filip Dujic	16	4.25	4.00	0.25	25.4	0.38	44%
7	FB Fotis Bazakos	16	4.62	4.50	0.12	25.1	0.19	56%
8	IE Ismail Elfath	16	4.12	3.88	0.25	23.5	0.44	38%
9	PL Pierre-Luc Lauziere	16	3.44	3.44	0.00	23.4	0.31	19%
10	RM Rosendo Mendoza	16	4.31	4.12	0.19	26.1	0.38	38%
11	AS Alexis Da Silva	15	4.87	4.67	0.20	27.5	0.33	53%
12	AV Armando Villarreal	14	4.29	4.29	0.00	24.9	0.14	36%
13	CP Chris Penso	14	5.29	5.14	0.14	23.3	0.43	57%
14	JD Joseph Dickerson	14	4.43	4.14	0.29	21.4	0.50	57%
15	LH Lorenzo Hernandez	14	3.64	3.50	0.14	21.8	0.21	29%
16	TP Tori Penso	14	3.93	3.86	0.07	19.3	0.14	36%
17	MB Malik Badawi	13	4.92	4.85	0.08	22.5	0.15	77%
18	SB Sergii Boiko	13	3.46	3.31	0.15	20.2	0.46	23%
19	SD Sergii Demianchuk	13	3.85	3.85	0.00	23.9	0.62	38%
20	GJ Guido Gonzales Jr.	12	5.00	4.58	0.42	24.7	0.33	67%
21	MO Marcos de Oliveira	12	3.00	3.00	0.00	26.4	0.42	8%
22	RM Ricardo Montero	12	4.50	4.08	0.42	25.2	0.50	42%
23	TF Timothy Ford	12	3.58	3.33	0.25	22.8	0.25	25%
24	EA Elijio Arreguin	11	4.18	4.00	0.18	27.4	0.18	45%
25	JM Jair Marrufo	11	2.18	2.09	0.09	21.9	0.36	18%
26	RT Ramy Touchan	10	4.40	4.20	0.20	25.6	0.10	60%
27	RF Ricardo Fierro	10	3.80	3.50	0.30	28.8	0.40	20%
28	NB Nabil Bensalah	5	3.60	3.40	0.20	23.8	0.00	20%
29	BS Brandon Stevis	2	2.50	2.50	0.00	35.5	1.00	0%
30	JE Joshua Encarnación	2	6.00	6.00	0.00	32.5	0.00	100%
31	MV Michael Venne	2	5.50	5.50	0.00	30.0	0.00	50%
32	RA Rodrigo Albuquerque	2	5.00	4.50	0.50	24.5	0.00	50%
33	AN Abdou Ndiaye	1	4.00	4.00	0.00	29.0	0.00	0%
34	EK Ekaterina Koroleva	1	7.00	7.00	0.00	25.0	0.00	100%
35	LS Lukasz Szpala	1	4.00	4.00	0.00	25.0	0.00	0%
36	MC Matthew Corrigan	1	5.00	5.00	0.00	24.0	0.00	100%
37	MK Muhammad Kaleia	1	5.00	5.00	0.00	20.0	0.00	100%
38	RS Randy Encarnación Solano	1	4.00	3.00	1.00	24.0	0.00	0%

Cards and fouls add up both teams in the game. "5+ cards" = % of games with 5 or more cards. Highlights: referees with at least 5 games. Only games in this competition.