Officials

  • R Rich Grady 33rd match as referee Regular Season: 29th as referee
  • AR1 Nate Clement 17th match as an AR; 12th as AR1 Regular Season: 16th as an AR; 12th as AR1
  • AR2 Rob Fereday 12th match as an AR; 8th as AR2 Regular Season: 11th as an AR; 8th as AR2
  • 4th Douglas Palomaki 10th match as 4th official Regular Season: 10th as 4th official
All appearance counts
The crew, and where this match falls in each official's record.
Overall Regular Season
Pos Official In position Field / VOR Any position In position Field / VOR Any position
R Rich Grady 33rd 33rd 33rd 29th 29th 29th
AR1 Nate Clement 17th 17th 17th 16th 16th 16th
AR2 Rob Fereday 12th 13th 13th 11th 12th 12th
4th Douglas Palomaki 10th 10th 10th 10th 10th 10th

Cards

Columbus Crew

  • Brian McBride

    • Yellow card, 50’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Ricardo Iribarren

    • Yellow card, 80’ · Persistent infringement

MetroStars

  • Brian Kelly

    • Yellow card, 18’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Tab Ramos

    • Yellow card, 29’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Mark Semioli sent off

    • Yellow card, 35’ · Unsporting behaviour
    • Yellow card, 51’ · ???
    • Red card, 51’ · Second caution
  • Arley Palacios sent off

    • Red card, 78’ · Serious foul play

Yellow card reasons are unofficial, and some of them may be incorrect. “???” means we are missing a reason for a card.

Penalties

Columbus Crew

  • 45’*

MetroStars

No penalties

* at 45, 90, 105, 120 means nobody has established whether it fell before added time or in it. The source never recorded added time, so the minute is the end of the period rather than the moment itself.

Includes at least one match with a substitution involving the named official. Appearances are credited by starting position; cards are credited to the official who issued them, so the two can differ.

This match had a mid-match referee substitution.

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