Chris Penso — MLS Ref Stats

Career

Matches: 271
Goals (per match): 768 (2.83)
Fouls (per match): 6376 (23.53)
Yellow cards (per match): 1107 (4.08)
Red cards (per match): 70 (0.26)
Penalties (per match): 104 (0.38)

By season

Chris Penso’s record by season, newest first.
Season	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M

2026	10	5.10	1	5	23.80
2025	19	4.16	3	5	23.00
2024	12	5.33	3	6	21.25
2023	18	5.22	4	4	25.22
2022	23	5.48	5	9	22.13
2021	18	3.00	3	10	23.94
2020	2	2.50	0	0	23.50
2019	26	3.46	8	14	21.65
2018	20	4.40	7	8	23.95
2017	25	4.24	5	10	24.32
2016	19	3.79	7	5	23.63
2015	19	4.58	7	8	26.21
2014	10	4.40	4	5	25.70
2013	18	3.28	6	3	24.50
2012	19	2.21	2	3	20.95
2011	13	3.54	5	9	24.00
All seasons	271	4.08	70	104	23.53

Chris Penso’s record by season — the home sides’ share of each figure, and how home sides fared.
Season	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M	Record	PPG

2026	10	2.60	1	4	11.50	4–3–3	1.500
2025	19	2.21	2	3	11.53	9–5–5	1.684
2024	12	3.00	1	3	10.17	7–2–3	1.917
2023	18	2.89	2	3	13.72	10–6–2	2.000
2022	23	2.52	5	4	11.39	9–5–9	1.391
2021	18	1.39	0	6	11.67	12–2–4	2.111
2020	2	0.50	0	0	8.00	1–1–0	2.000
2019	26	1.58	4	5	10.65	14–6–6	1.846
2018	20	1.95	4	6	12.20	7–6–7	1.350
2017	25	1.60	3	6	11.80	11–7–7	1.600
2016	19	1.47	3	3	11.42	10–7–2	1.947
2015	19	2.21	2	7	12.47	14–0–5	2.211
2014	10	2.30	3	3	14.20	5–3–2	1.800
2013	18	1.78	3	0	11.67	7–4–7	1.389
2012	19	0.84	1	0	9.68	8–7–4	1.632
2011	13	1.69	4	9	10.92	7–3–3	1.846
All seasons	271	1.93	38	62	11.58	135–67–69	1.742

Chris Penso’s record by season — the away sides’ share of each figure, and how away sides fared.
Season	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M	Record	PPG

2026	10	2.50	0	1	12.30	3–3–4	1.200
2025	19	1.95	1	2	11.47	5–5–9	1.053
2024	12	2.33	2	3	11.08	3–2–7	0.917
2023	18	2.33	2	1	11.50	2–6–10	0.667
2022	23	2.96	0	5	10.74	9–5–9	1.391
2021	18	1.61	3	4	12.28	4–2–12	0.778
2020	2	2.00	0	0	15.50	0–1–1	0.500
2019	26	1.88	4	9	11.00	6–6–14	0.923
2018	20	2.45	3	2	11.75	7–6–7	1.350
2017	25	2.64	2	4	12.52	7–7–11	1.120
2016	19	2.32	4	2	12.21	2–7–10	0.684
2015	19	2.37	5	1	13.74	5–0–14	0.789
2014	10	2.10	1	2	11.50	2–3–5	0.900
2013	18	1.50	3	3	12.83	7–4–7	1.389
2012	19	1.37	1	3	11.26	4–7–8	1.000
2011	13	1.85	1	0	13.08	3–3–7	0.923
All seasons	271	2.15	32	42	11.94	69–67–135	1.011

Card reasons

Yellow cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Yellow cards
Unsporting behaviour	855
Dissent	120
Delaying the restart	88
Persistent infringement	29
Failing to respect distance	11
Entering the referee review area	2
Entering the field without permission	1
Persistent offences	1
Total	1107

Red cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Red cards
Second caution	29
Serious foul play	18
Violent conduct	15
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (foul)	4
Spitting	2
Abusive language	1
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (handball)	1
Total	70

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.
Minute	Cards	Share
1–15	74
16–30	145
31–45 (incl. added time)	214
46–60	167
61–75	232
76–90 (incl. added time)	373
Extra time	0
Shootout	1

By club

Chris Penso’s record by club.
Club	Matches	GF	GA	YC	Opp YC	RC	Opp RC	PEN	Opp PEN

Atlanta United FC	13 matches against Atlanta United FC	21	17	28	38	3	3	2	6
Austin FC	11 matches against Austin FC	17	16	31	35	0	0	2	2
CD Chivas USA	8 matches against CD Chivas USA	7	11	19	7	2	1	0	3
CF Montréal	27 matches against CF Montréal	43	38	58	46	1	3	5	6
Charlotte FC	4 matches against Charlotte FC	6	11	8	4	0	0	0	1
Chicago Fire FC	17 matches against Chicago Fire FC	25	30	43	24	3	2	2	4
Colorado Rapids	24 matches against Colorado Rapids	30	31	44	39	7	3	5	5
Columbus Crew	27 matches against Columbus Crew	44	33	39	59	2	3	7	2
D.C. United	19 matches against D.C. United	24	31	40	30	2	0	1	2
FC Cincinnati	9 matches against FC Cincinnati	20	14	19	19	1	1	1	1
FC Dallas	20 matches against FC Dallas	32	25	44	47	1	5	2	7
Houston Dynamo FC	26 matches against Houston Dynamo FC	22	41	47	46	5	4	4	6
Inter Miami CF	6 matches against Inter Miami CF	8	15	18	13	1	0	1	0
LA Galaxy	25 matches against LA Galaxy	37	38	61	52	2	1	5	5
Los Angeles FC	14 matches against Los Angeles FC	30	21	21	40	1	2	4	2
Minnesota United FC	11 matches against Minnesota United FC	12	17	20	29	0	1	3	2
Nashville SC	8 matches against Nashville SC	7	6	20	20	1	0	2	3
New England Revolution	22 matches against New England Revolution	28	35	43	41	2	4	3	6
New York City FC	25 matches against New York City FC	34	46	58	48	1	2	5	5
Orlando City SC	22 matches against Orlando City SC	32	33	43	51	5	2	3	2
Philadelphia Union	25 matches against Philadelphia Union	36	33	48	55	4	5	5	4
Portland Timbers	29 matches against Portland Timbers	41	26	64	54	2	3	4	7
Real Salt Lake	20 matches against Real Salt Lake	18	29	43	37	4	3	6	3
Red Bull New York	25 matches against Red Bull New York	48	20	51	50	1	4	4	2
Saint Louis CITY SC	3 matches against Saint Louis CITY SC	6	5	4	5	0	0	1	1
San Diego FC	1 matches against San Diego FC	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
San Jose Earthquakes	18 matches against San Jose Earthquakes	20	29	43	30	5	3	3	2
Seattle Sounders FC	23 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	47	25	33	53	5	5	9	5
Sporting Kansas City	25 matches against Sporting Kansas City	34	36	43	56	3	7	3	3
Toronto FC	20 matches against Toronto FC	21	34	39	48	3	1	6	4
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	15 matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC	18	21	32	27	3	2	6	3

Most frequent crewmates

Crewmate position: All On field AR AR1 AR2 4th official VOR VAR AVAR

Chris Penso’s most frequent crewmates, AVAR.
Official	Positions	Matches
TJ Zablocki	AVAR (13) with TJ Zablocki	13 matches with TJ Zablocki
Jonathan Johnson	AVAR (12) with Jonathan Johnson	12 matches with Jonathan Johnson
Mike Kampmeinert	AVAR (11) with Mike Kampmeinert	11 matches with Mike Kampmeinert
Craig Lowry	AVAR (10) with Craig Lowry	10 matches with Craig Lowry
Fabio Tovar	AVAR (8) with Fabio Tovar	8 matches with Fabio Tovar
Thomas Supple	AVAR (8) with Thomas Supple	8 matches with Thomas Supple
Eric Weisbrod	AVAR (7) with Eric Weisbrod	7 matches with Eric Weisbrod
Robert Schaap	AVAR (7) with Robert Schaap	7 matches with Robert Schaap
Jozef Batko	AVAR (6) with Jozef Batko	6 matches with Jozef Batko
Jeff Muschik	AVAR (5) with Jeff Muschik	5 matches with Jeff Muschik
Joshua Patlak	AVAR (5) with Joshua Patlak	5 matches with Joshua Patlak
Rene Parra	AVAR (5) with Rene Parra	5 matches with Rene Parra
Peter Balciunas	AVAR (4) with Peter Balciunas	4 matches with Peter Balciunas
Cameron Blanchard	AVAR (3) with Cameron Blanchard	3 matches with Cameron Blanchard
Kyle Longville	AVAR (3) with Kyle Longville	3 matches with Kyle Longville
Gjovalin Bori	AVAR (2) with Gjovalin Bori	2 matches with Gjovalin Bori
Kathryn Nesbitt	AVAR (2) with Kathryn Nesbitt	2 matches with Kathryn Nesbitt
Nick Uranga	AVAR (2) with Nick Uranga	2 matches with Nick Uranga
Brian Dunn	AVAR (1) with Brian Dunn	1 matches with Brian Dunn
Claudiu Badea	AVAR (1) with Claudiu Badea	1 matches with Claudiu Badea
Eduardo Mariscal	AVAR (1) with Eduardo Mariscal	1 matches with Eduardo Mariscal
Eric Boria	AVAR (1) with Eric Boria	1 matches with Eric Boria
Ian Anderson	AVAR (1) with Ian Anderson	1 matches with Ian Anderson
Ian McKay	AVAR (1) with Ian McKay	1 matches with Ian McKay
Jennifer Garner	AVAR (1) with Jennifer Garner	1 matches with Jennifer Garner

Match log

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Chris Penso’s match log, newest first.
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Fouls	YC	RC	PEN
2026-08-01	Reg	STL	1–1	RSL	22	6	0	0
2026-07-22	Reg	COL	1–0	SD	24	7	0	0
2026-05-24	Reg	CLB	2–0	ATL	22	6	0	0
2026-05-16	Reg	SJ	2–3	DAL	25	6	0	1
2026-05-10	Reg	MIN	2–2	ATX	26	7	0	2
2026-04-25	Reg	DC	3–2	ORL	26	8	0	0
2026-04-18	Reg	SEA	4–1	STL	21	0	0	1
2026-03-21	Reg	VAN	0–1	SJ	23	4	0	0
2026-03-14	Reg	TOR	1–1	RBNY	23	3	0	0
2026-03-01	Reg	PHI	1–2	NYC	26	4+1	1	1
2025-10-18	Reg	NYC	1–2	SEA	25	4	0	0
2025-10-04	Reg	RSL	1–0	COL	17	1	0	0
2025-09-27	Reg	POR	2–2	DAL	24	6	0	1
2025-09-13	Reg	DC	1–1	ORL	21	5	1	0
2025-08-24	Reg	SEA	5–2	SKC	17	1	0	1
2025-08-16	Reg	TOR	1–1	CLB	28	1	0	0
2025-07-25	Reg	NE	1–3	MTL	20	7	0	0
2025-07-16	Reg	CLT	2–1	DC	17	1	0	0
2025-07-12	Reg	RSL	1–0	HOU	23	5	0	0
2025-05-28	Reg	POR	2–1	COL	29	3	1	1
2025-05-17	Reg	ATL	0–1	PHI	19	5	0	1
2025-05-10	Reg	NYC	0–1	MTL	26	4	0	0
2025-05-04	Reg	SKC	1–0	LA	15	3	0	0
2025-04-26	Reg	HOU	2–0	ATX	31	8	0	0
2025-04-12	Reg	ORL	0–0	NYRB	25	5+1	1	0

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.

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