Drew Fischer🇨🇦

245 matches as referee, 2012–2026. Active.

Born: 10 July 1980
Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta
Nationality: Canada

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Career

Matches: 245
Goals (per match): 736 (3.00)
Fouls (per match): 6072 (24.78)
Yellow cards (per match): 832 (3.40)
Red cards (per match): 40 (0.16)
Penalties (per match): 76 (0.31)

By season

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

2026	11	4.82	2	1	26.09
2025	24	4.08	0	7	25.13
2024	19	3.11	3	9	22.32
2023	15	3.33	4	2	22.27
2022	16	4.31	6	5	23.56
2021	18	3.67	5	7	26.06
2020	17	3.00	3	11	24.35
2019	21	2.76	2	7	24.05
2018	21	2.90	3	5	21.29
2017	16	3.56	4	4	27.06
2016	18	3.72	5	2	27.17
2015	8	3.38	0	3	23.63
2014	17	2.94	1	7	28.29
2013	17	2.88	2	5	25.18
2012	7	2.43	0	1	27.43
All seasons	245	3.40	40	76	24.78

Drew Fischer’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	11	2.55	2	0	13.00	6–2–3	1.818
2025	24	1.79	0	5	13.33	13–6–5	1.875
2024	19	1.37	2	7	10.53	7–5–7	1.368
2023	15	1.33	2	2	11.40	7–4–4	1.667
2022	16	1.88	2	4	11.19	7–1–8	1.375
2021	18	1.50	1	5	13.78	9–5–4	1.778
2020	17	1.06	0	8	11.06	10–4–3	2.000
2019	21	1.10	2	5	11.67	8–6–7	1.429
2018	21	1.00	0	3	11.24	13–3–5	2.000
2017	16	1.69	3	3	13.63	6–4–6	1.375
2016	18	1.67	2	2	13.17	11–5–2	2.111
2015	8	1.75	0	2	10.88	2–1–5	0.875
2014	17	1.18	0	6	14.76	7–7–3	1.647
2013	17	1.18	1	4	12.65	4–8–5	1.176
2012	7	1.00	0	1	12.43	3–3–1	1.714
All seasons	245	1.44	17	57	12.35	113–64–68	1.645

Drew Fischer’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	11	2.27	0	1	13.09	3–2–6	1.000
2025	24	2.29	0	2	11.79	5–6–13	0.875
2024	19	1.74	1	2	11.79	7–5–7	1.368
2023	15	2.00	2	0	10.87	4–4–7	1.067
2022	16	2.44	4	1	12.38	8–1–7	1.563
2021	18	2.17	4	2	12.28	4–5–9	0.944
2020	17	1.94	3	3	13.29	3–4–10	0.765
2019	21	1.67	0	2	12.38	7–6–8	1.286
2018	21	1.90	3	2	10.05	5–3–13	0.857
2017	16	1.88	1	1	13.44	6–4–6	1.375
2016	18	2.06	3	0	14.00	2–5–11	0.611
2015	8	1.63	0	1	12.75	5–1–2	2.000
2014	17	1.76	1	1	13.53	3–7–7	0.941
2013	17	1.71	1	1	12.53	5–8–4	1.353
2012	7	1.43	0	0	15.00	1–3–3	0.857
All seasons	245	1.95	23	19	12.44	68–64–113	1.094

Card reasons

Yellow cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Yellow cards
Unsporting behaviour	748
Delaying the restart	40
Dissent	29
Persistent infringement	9
Failing to respect distance	6
Total	832

Red cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Red cards
Violent conduct	17
Second caution	12
Serious foul play	7
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (foul)	3
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (handball)	1
Total	40

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	59
16–30	81
31–45 (incl. added time)	163
46–60	149
61–75	159
76–90 (incl. added time)	271
Extra time	2
Shootout	0

By club

Drew Fischer’s record by club.
Club	Matches	GF	GA	YC	Opp YC	RC	Opp RC	PEN	Opp PEN

Atlanta United FC	12 matches against Atlanta United FC	23	12	17	27	1	1	1	1
Austin FC	5 matches against Austin FC	5	7	12	15	0	1	0	1
CD Chivas USA	5 matches against CD Chivas USA	3	15	10	4	0	0	0	0
CF Montréal	22 matches against CF Montréal	28	34	50	33	3	2	0	4
Charlotte FC	5 matches against Charlotte FC	6	8	12	8	1	1	1	2
Chicago Fire FC	12 matches against Chicago Fire FC	20	20	21	23	1	0	1	1
Colorado Rapids	25 matches against Colorado Rapids	40	39	37	41	4	2	3	7
Columbus Crew	20 matches against Columbus Crew	37	36	30	36	1	1	8	1
D.C. United	17 matches against D.C. United	19	28	18	21	0	2	1	5
FC Cincinnati	12 matches against FC Cincinnati	9	25	24	21	1	1	1	4
FC Dallas	15 matches against FC Dallas	22	22	24	25	2	1	1	1
Houston Dynamo FC	23 matches against Houston Dynamo FC	36	32	40	43	2	3	3	6
Inter Miami CF	12 matches against Inter Miami CF	36	13	20	23	0	2	1	2
LA Galaxy	25 matches against LA Galaxy	27	44	40	40	1	3	1	3
Los Angeles FC	16 matches against Los Angeles FC	28	24	24	28	0	1	3	1
Minnesota United FC	12 matches against Minnesota United FC	11	21	17	17	2	0	2	1
Nashville SC	8 matches against Nashville SC	12	13	13	12	0	0	5	3
New England Revolution	11 matches against New England Revolution	13	13	19	21	1	1	0	1
New York City FC	14 matches against New York City FC	21	18	33	21	1	1	4	2
Orlando City SC	15 matches against Orlando City SC	22	20	33	20	1	1	2	2
Philadelphia Union	16 matches against Philadelphia Union	19	21	25	35	3	1	1	0
Portland Timbers	30 matches against Portland Timbers	51	35	49	51	1	2	4	4
Real Salt Lake	28 matches against Real Salt Lake	43	31	55	37	2	1	2	6
Red Bull New York	18 matches against Red Bull New York	29	29	32	30	0	0	7	3
Saint Louis CITY SC	5 matches against Saint Louis CITY SC	4	14	10	4	0	0	0	2
San Diego FC	5 matches against San Diego FC	11	8	11	13	1	0	2	0
San Jose Earthquakes	20 matches against San Jose Earthquakes	31	37	35	32	1	4	6	3
Seattle Sounders FC	24 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	43	27	33	40	3	1	2	2
Sporting Kansas City	19 matches against Sporting Kansas City	30	30	30	44	3	3	5	2
Toronto FC	15 matches against Toronto FC	20	28	19	23	2	1	3	4
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	24 matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC	37	32	39	44	2	3	6	2

Most frequent crewmates

Crewmate position: All On field AR AR1 AR2 4th official 5th official VOR VAR AVAR

Drew Fischer’s most frequent crewmates, 4th official.
Official	Positions	Matches
Alejandro Mariscal	4th (12) with Alejandro Mariscal	12 matches with Alejandro Mariscal
Marcos DeOliveira	4th (11) with Marcos DeOliveira	11 matches with Marcos DeOliveira
Daniel Radford	4th (8) with Daniel Radford	8 matches with Daniel Radford
Fotis Bazakos	4th (8) with Fotis Bazakos	8 matches with Fotis Bazakos
Dave Gantar	4th (7) with Dave Gantar	7 matches with Dave Gantar
Jose Carlos Rivero	4th (7) with Jose Carlos Rivero	7 matches with Jose Carlos Rivero
Sergii Demianchuk	4th (7) with Sergii Demianchuk	7 matches with Sergii Demianchuk
Ted Unkel	4th (7) with Ted Unkel	7 matches with Ted Unkel
Alex Chilowicz	4th (6) with Alex Chilowicz	6 matches with Alex Chilowicz
Baboucarr Jallow	4th (6) with Baboucarr Jallow	6 matches with Baboucarr Jallow
Rosendo Mendoza	4th (6) with Rosendo Mendoza	6 matches with Rosendo Mendoza
Rubiel Vazquez	4th (6) with Rubiel Vazquez	6 matches with Rubiel Vazquez
Allen Chapman	4th (5) with Allen Chapman	5 matches with Allen Chapman
Baldomero Toledo	4th (5) with Baldomero Toledo	5 matches with Baldomero Toledo
Tyler Ploeger	4th (5) with Tyler Ploeger	5 matches with Tyler Ploeger
Younes Marrakchi	4th (5) with Younes Marrakchi	5 matches with Younes Marrakchi
Brad Jensen	4th (4) with Brad Jensen	4 matches with Brad Jensen
Elton Garcia	4th (4) with Elton Garcia	4 matches with Elton Garcia
Joe Dickerson	4th (4) with Joe Dickerson	4 matches with Joe Dickerson
Jon Freemon	4th (4) with Jon Freemon	4 matches with Jon Freemon
Joshua Encarnacion	4th (4) with Joshua Encarnacion	4 matches with Joshua Encarnacion
Mark Allatin	4th (4) with Mark Allatin	4 matches with Mark Allatin
Matthew Corrigan	4th (4) with Matthew Corrigan	4 matches with Matthew Corrigan
Matthew Thompson	4th (4) with Matthew Thompson	4 matches with Matthew Thompson
Pierre-Luc Lauzière	4th (4) with Pierre-Luc Lauzière	4 matches with Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Match log

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Drew Fischer’s match log, newest first.
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Fouls	YC	RC	PEN
2022-08-02	Reg	NYRB	4–5	COL	28	4	0	2
2022-07-17	Reg	NSH	1–2	LAFC	22	5	0	1
2022-07-13	Reg	ATL	2–1	RSL	18	3	0	0
2022-05-18	Reg	SKC	2–1	COL	32	7+1	4	0
2022-04-30	Reg	RSL	1–0	LA	14	2	0	0
2022-04-16	Reg	CLB	0–2	ORL	24	5	0	0
2022-04-02	Reg	TOR	2–1	NYC	19	2	0	0
2022-03-12	Reg	NE	2–3	RSL	18	6	0	0
2022-03-05	Reg	MTL	1–2	PHI	32	4+1	1	0
2022-02-26	Reg	SJ	1–3	NYRB	28	3	0	0
2021-11-30	QF	NE	2–2	NYC	41	5+1	1	0
2021-11-07	Reg	NSH	1–1	NYRB	30	3	0	0
2021-10-30	Reg	DC	1–3	CLB	33	3	0	1
2021-10-23	Reg	MIA	5–1	CIN	20	2	1	0
2021-10-20	Reg	COL	1–1	SEA	19	2	0	0
2021-09-29	Reg	NSH	2–2	ORL	28	5	0	2
2021-09-15	Reg	ATL	4–0	CIN	33	7	0	0
2021-09-03	Reg	LAFC	4–0	SKC	20	4	1	1
2021-08-27	Reg	MTL	3–1	TOR	23	5	1	0
2021-08-21	Reg	COL	2–1	RSL	19	5	0	0
2021-08-18	Reg	PHI	1–0	NYC	27	3	0	0
2021-08-15	Reg	NSH	5–2	DC	28	0	0	1
2021-06-23	Reg	MTL	0–0	DC	24	7+1	1	0
2021-06-19	Reg	LA	1–2	SEA	25	0	0	1
2021-05-29	Reg	SKC	3–2	HOU	25	4	0	1

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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