Officials

  • R Ricardo Valenzuela 49th match as referee MLS Cup Playoffs: 7th as referee
  • AR1 Chris Strickland 42nd match as an AR; 23rd as AR1 MLS Cup Playoffs: 3rd as an AR; 1st as AR1
  • AR2 Paul Scott 48th match as an AR; 19th as AR2 MLS Cup Playoffs: 4th as an AR; 1st as AR2
  • 4th Kevin Terry 19th match as 4th official MLS Cup Playoffs: 5th as 4th official
All appearance counts
The crew, and where this match falls in each official's record.
Overall MLS Cup Playoffs
Pos Official In position Field / VOR Any position In position Field / VOR Any position
R Ricardo Valenzuela 49th 71st 71st 7th 14th 14th
AR1 Chris Strickland 42nd 42nd 42nd 3rd 3rd 3rd
AR2 Paul Scott 48th 48th 48th 4th 4th 4th
4th Kevin Terry 19th 109th 109th 5th 15th 15th

Cards

Chicago Fire

  • DaMarcus Beasley

    • Yellow card, 44’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Peter Nowak

    • Yellow card, 64’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Hristo Stoichkov

    • Yellow card, 84’ · ???

New England Revolution

  • Joe Franchino

    • Yellow card, 14’ · Dissent
  • Daniel Hernandez

    • Yellow card, 22’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Jay Heaps

    • Yellow card, 29’ · ???
  • Daouda Kante

    • Yellow card, 52’ · Persistent infringement
  • Carlos Llamosa sent off

    • Yellow card, 58’ · Unsporting behaviour
    • Yellow card, 90’* · ???
    • Red card, 90’* · Second caution

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

* at 45, 90, 95, 100 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.

Penalties

Chicago Fire

  • 43’

New England Revolution

No penalties

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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