Chris Penso🇺🇸
11 matches as referee, 2012–2025. Active.
- Nationality
- United States
See Chris Penso’s appearances in other positions (4th official, VAR) →
Career
By season
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| Season | Matches | YC/M | RC | PEN | F/M | Record | PPG |
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| 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 |
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| Season | Matches | YC/M | RC | PEN | F/M | Record | PPG |
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| 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
| Reason | Yellow cards |
|---|---|
| Unsporting behaviour | 33 |
| Dissent | 7 |
| Delaying the restart | 1 |
| Total | 41 |
Yellow card reasons are unofficial, and some of them may be incorrect. “???” means we are missing a reason for a card.
Cards by minute
| Minute | Cards | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Club | Matches | GF | GA | YC | Opp YC | RC | Opp RC | PEN | Opp PEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta United FC | 2 matches against Atlanta United FC | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CF Montréal | 1 matches against CF Montréal | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado Rapids | 1 matches against Colorado Rapids | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Columbus Crew | 3 matches against Columbus Crew | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FC Cincinnati | 1 matches against FC Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Dynamo FC | 2 matches against Houston Dynamo FC | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New York City FC | 1 matches against New York City FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Union | 1 matches against Philadelphia Union | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portland Timbers | 1 matches against Portland Timbers | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Real Salt Lake | 2 matches against Real Salt Lake | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Bull New York | 2 matches against Red Bull New York | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego FC | 1 matches against San Diego FC | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 3 matches against Seattle Sounders FC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Toronto FC | 1 matches against Toronto FC | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Most frequent crewmates
Match log
On the match index →| Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Fouls | YC | RC | PEN |
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| 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