Officials

  • R Nima Saghafi 74th match as referee MLS Cup Playoffs: 3rd as referee
  • AR1 Andrew Bigelow 109th match as an AR; 35th as AR1 MLS Cup Playoffs: 4th as an AR; 1st as AR1
  • AR2 Jeremy Kieso 62nd match as an AR; 50th as AR2 MLS Cup Playoffs: 2nd as an AR; 2nd as AR2
  • 4th Ramy Touchan 27th match as 4th official MLS Cup Playoffs: 2nd as 4th official
  • VAR Jon Freemon 49th match as VAR MLS Cup Playoffs: 3rd as VAR
  • AVAR Adam Garner 6th match as AVAR MLS Cup Playoffs: 2nd as AVAR
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 Nima Saghafi 74th 158th 162nd 3rd 5th 5th
AR1 Andrew Bigelow 109th 109th 112th 4th 4th 4th
AR2 Jeremy Kieso 62nd 62nd 67th 2nd 2nd 2nd
4th Ramy Touchan 27th 64th 77th 2nd 2nd 2nd
VAR Jon Freemon 49th 49th 61st 3rd 3rd 3rd
AVAR Adam Garner 6th 6th 227th 2nd 2nd 6th

Cards

Sporting Kansas City

  • Winston Reid

    • Yellow card, 39’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Amadou Dia

    • Yellow card, 78’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Roger Espinoza

    • Yellow card, 79’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Johnny Russell

    • Yellow card, 86’ · Unsporting behaviour

San Jose Earthquakes

  • Nick Lima

    • Yellow card, 28’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Marcos Lopez

    • Yellow card, 56’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Cristian Espinoza

    • Yellow card, 85’ · Dissent

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

Penalties

No penalties awarded.

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.

This website’s default convention is for yellow card counts and per-match averages to exclude yellow cards which triggered a player’s expulsion for receiving a second caution in the same match. When this toggle is active, those values are adjusted to include such yellow cards.