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Chris Penso🇺🇸

11 matches as referee, 2012–2025. Active.

Nationality
United States

See Chris Penso’s appearances in other positions (4th official, VAR) →

Career

Matches
11
Goals (per match)
33 (3.00)
Fouls (per match)
253 (23.00)
Yellow cards (per match)
41 (3.73)
Red cards (per match)
5 (0.45)
Penalties (per match)
2 (0.18)

By season

Season Matches YC/M RC PEN F/M
2025 2 4.00 1 0 21.00
2023 2 3.50 0 0 19.50
2021 1 2.00 1 0 25.00
2019 1 5.00 0 0 30.00
2017 2 5.00 3 1 24.50
2016 1 3.00 0 1 24.00
2015 1 5.00 0 0 21.00
2012 1 1.00 0 0 23.00
All seasons 11 3.73 5 2 23.00
Season Matches YC/M RC PEN F/M Record PPG
2025 2 2.00 0 0 10.00 2–0–0 3.000
2023 2 1.50 0 0 10.50 1–1–0 2.000
2021 1 0.00 0 0 15.00 1–0–0 3.000
2019 1 3.00 0 0 18.00 1–0–0 3.000
2017 2 2.50 2 0 11.00 0–0–2 0.000
2016 1 0.00 0 1 10.00 1–0–0 3.000
2015 1 3.00 0 0 8.00 1–0–0 3.000
2012 1 0.00 0 0 10.00 0–0–1 0.000
All seasons 11 1.64 2 1 11.27 7–1–3 2.000
Season Matches YC/M RC PEN F/M Record PPG
2025 2 2.00 1 0 11.00 0–0–2 0.000
2023 2 2.00 0 0 9.00 0–1–1 0.500
2021 1 2.00 1 0 10.00 0–0–1 0.000
2019 1 2.00 0 0 12.00 0–0–1 0.000
2017 2 2.50 1 1 13.50 2–0–0 3.000
2016 1 3.00 0 0 14.00 0–0–1 0.000
2015 1 2.00 0 0 13.00 0–0–1 0.000
2012 1 1.00 0 0 13.00 1–0–0 3.000
All seasons 11 2.09 3 1 11.73 3–1–7 0.909

Card reasons

Yellow cards issued, by reason.
ReasonYellow cards
Unsporting behaviour 33
Dissent 7
Delaying the restart 1
Total41
Red cards issued, by reason.
ReasonRed cards
Second caution 2
Violent conduct 2
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (foul) 1
Total5

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

Cards by minute

Cards issued, by minute band.
MinuteCardsShare
1–15 2
16–30 4
31–45 (incl. added time) 13
46–60 6
61–75 8
76–90 (incl. added time) 12
Extra time 3
Shootout 0

By club

Chris Penso’s record by club.
ClubMatches GFGAYCOpp YCRCOpp RCPENOpp PEN
Atlanta United FC 2 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 0
CF Montréal 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
Colorado Rapids 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1
Columbus Crew 3 4 8 5 7 0 0 0 0
FC Cincinnati 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Houston Dynamo FC 2 1 3 3 5 1 0 0 1
New York City FC 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Philadelphia Union 1 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
Portland Timbers 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0
Real Salt Lake 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
Red Bull New York 2 4 4 5 6 1 1 0 0
San Diego FC 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
Seattle Sounders FC 3 5 1 3 5 0 1 2 0
Toronto FC 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0

Most frequent crewmates

Crewmate position: All On field AR AR1 AR2 4th official VOR VAR AVAR
Chris Penso’s most frequent crewmates, VAR.
OfficialPositionsMatches
Carol-Anne Chenard VAR (2) 2
Geoff Gamble VAR (2) 2
Kevin Stott VAR (2) 2
Robert Sibiga VAR (1) 1
Ted Unkel VAR (1) 1

Match log

On the match index →
Chris Penso’s match log, newest first.
DateRoundHome ScoreAwayFoulsYCRCPEN
2025-11-08 KO CIN 2–1 CLB 17 4 0 0
2025-10-26 KO SD 2–1 POR 25 4+1 1 0
2023-11-11 KO HOU 1–1 RSL 22 4 0 0
2023-11-07 KO ATL 4–2 CLB 17 3 0 0
2021-11-21 KO NYC 2–0 ATL 25 2+1 1 0
2019-10-20 KO PHI 4–3 NYRB 30 5 0 0
2017-11-21 SF HOU 0–2 SEA 18 4 1 1
2017-11-05 QF TOR 0–1 NYRB 31 6 2 0
2016-11-22 SF SEA 2–1 COL 24 3 0 1
2015-11-01 QF MTL 2–1 CLB 21 5 0 0
2012-11-08 QF RSL 0–1 SEA 23 1 0 0

11 matches

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.