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Alain Ruch🇨🇦

Appearances in positions other than referee. Active.

Born
20 August 1979
Birthplace
Basel, Switzerland
Hometown
Prince George, British Columbia
Nationality
Canada

Appearances

Show: All (30) 4th official (30)
Matches
30
Seasons
7
From
2020
To
2026
2026
2
2025
6
2024
5
2023
5
2022
5
2021
5
2020
2

By club

Alain Ruch’s record by club.
ClubMatches GFGA
Austin FC 1 1 2
CF Montréal 1 1 3
Chicago Fire FC 1 3 1
D.C. United 1 2 2
FC Cincinnati 1 1 1
FC Dallas 2 2 2
Houston Dynamo FC 3 7 10
Inter Miami CF 1 2 1
LA Galaxy 1 3 1
Los Angeles FC 2 2 2
Minnesota United FC 3 2 2
New York City FC 1 0 0
Portland Timbers 2 2 1
Real Salt Lake 2 1 3
San Diego FC 1 5 3
San Jose Earthquakes 2 3 5
Seattle Sounders FC 2 2 3
Sporting Kansas City 1 1 2
Toronto FC 2 2 4
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30 48 42

Most frequent crewmates

Crewmate position: All On field R AR AR1 AR2 VOR VAR AVAR
Alain Ruch’s most frequent crewmates, On field.
OfficialPositionsMatches
Chris Wattam AR1 (6), AR2 (4) 10
Stefan Tanaka-Freundt AR1 (2), AR2 (4) 6
Felisha Mariscal AR2 (4) 4
Micheal Barwegen AR1 (4) 4
Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho AR1 (1), AR2 (3) 4
Chantal Boudreau AR1 (2), AR2 (1) 3
Drew Fischer R (3) 3
Fotis Bazakos R (3) 3
Jeremy Hanson AR1 (2), AR2 (1) 3
Lyes Arfa AR1 (2), AR2 (1) 3
Ramy Touchan R (3) 3
Allen Chapman R (2) 2
Chris Elliott AR1 (1), AR2 (1) 2
Ismir Pekmic R (2) 2
Joe Dickerson R (2) 2
Jon Freemon R (2) 2
Kathryn Nesbitt AR1 (2) 2
Kyle Atkins AR1 (1), AR2 (1) 2
Logan Brown AR1 (2) 2
Marcos DeOliveira R (2) 2
Nima Saghafi R (2) 2
Silviu Petrescu R (2) 2
Andrew Bigelow AR2 (1) 1
Ben Pilgrim AR2 (1) 1
Corey Parker AR1 (1) 1

Match log

On the match index →
Alain Ruch’s match log, newest first.
DateRound Home Score Away RAR1AR24thVARAVAR
2026-08-01 Reg VAN 1–1 LAFC Elijio Arreguin Kyle Atkins Chris Wattam Alain Ruch Kevin Stott Jeff Muschik
2026-02-21 Reg VAN 1–0 RSL Drew Fischer Lyes Arfa Mike Nickerson Alain Ruch Geoff Gamble Melissa Beck
2025-10-18 Reg VAN 1–2 DAL Allen Chapman Chris Elliott Felisha Mariscal Alain Ruch Edvin Jurisevic TJ Zablocki
2025-09-24 Reg VAN 1–1 POR Jon Freemon Nick Uranga Chris Wattam Alain Ruch Ismail Elfath Jonathan Johnson
2025-08-17 Reg VAN 1–1 HOU Jon Freemon Micheal Barwegen Chris Wattam Alain Ruch Shawn Tehini Mike Kampmeinert
2025-06-25 Reg VAN 3–5 SD Ramy Touchan Stefan Tanaka-Freundt Ben Pilgrim Alain Ruch Michael Radchuk Jonathan Johnson
2025-05-28 Reg VAN 0–0 MIN Allen Chapman Kathryn Nesbitt Jeremy Hanson Alain Ruch David Barrie TJ Zablocki
2025-05-03 Reg VAN 2–1 RSL Malik Badawi Logan Brown Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho Alain Ruch Michael Radchuk Craig Lowry
2024-10-05 Reg VAN 0–1 MIN Ramy Touchan Lyes Arfa Felisha Mariscal Alain Ruch Jorge Gonzalez Jonathan Johnson
2024-09-14 Reg VAN 2–0 SJ Lukasz Szpala Micheal Barwegen Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho Alain Ruch Geoff Gamble TJ Zablocki
2024-07-20 Reg VAN 3–4 HOU Fotis Bazakos Jason White Gérard-Kader Lebuis Alain Ruch Younes Marrakchi Craig Lowry
2024-05-25 Reg VAN 1–2 MIA Joe Dickerson Chris Wattam Stefan Tanaka-Freundt Alain Ruch Sorin Stoica Jonathan Johnson
2024-04-13 Reg VAN 1–3 LA Ismir Pekmic Chris Wattam Andrew Bigelow Alain Ruch Kevin Stott Chantal Boudreau
2023-10-21 Reg VAN 1–1 LAFC Fotis Bazakos Chris Wattam Kevin Lock Alain Ruch Younes Marrakchi Fabio Tovar
2023-09-30 Reg VAN 2–2 DC Drew Fischer Kathryn Nesbitt Stefan Tanaka-Freundt Alain Ruch Kevin Terry Jr Craig Lowry
2023-07-12 Reg VAN 2–1 ATX Nima Saghafi Corey Parker Kyle Atkins Alain Ruch Kevin Terry Jr Jonathan Johnson
2023-06-10 Reg VAN 1–1 CIN Ismir Pekmic Jeremy Hanson Eduardo Jeff Alain Ruch Alejandro Mariscal Fabio Tovar
2023-05-31 Reg VAN 6–2 HOU Mark Allatin Logan Brown Stefan Tanaka-Freundt Alain Ruch Kevin Stott Thomas Supple
2022-09-17 Reg VAN 2–1 SEA Ramy Touchan Stefan Tanaka-Freundt Felisha Mariscal Alain Ruch Jair Marrufo Fabio Tovar
2022-07-23 Reg VAN 1–3 CHI Joe Dickerson Chantal Boudreau Jeffrey Swartzel Alain Ruch Alejandro Mariscal Jeremy Hanson
2022-05-14 Reg VAN 3–3 SJ Timothy Ford Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho Lyes Arfa Alain Ruch Carol-Anne Chenard Eric Weisbrod
2022-05-08 Reg VAN 1–0 TOR Victor Rivas Jeremy Hanson Stefan Tanaka-Freundt Alain Ruch Malik Badawi Jonathan Johnson
2022-03-05 Reg VAN 0–0 NYC Marcos DeOliveira Micheal Barwegen Chris Wattam Alain Ruch Ramy Touchan Rene Parra
2021-11-07 Reg VAN 1–1 SEA Fotis Bazakos Chris Wattam Jeffrey Greeson Alain Ruch Alejandro Mariscal Rene Parra
2021-10-27 Reg VAN 2–1 MIN Nima Saghafi Mike Rottersman Jeff Hosking Alain Ruch Drew Fischer Rene Parra

Positions are as each match started. A crew member the source never recorded shows as “???”; a dash means the position was not used in that match.

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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