Ismail Elfath🇺🇸

18 matches as referee, 2013–2023. Active.

Born: 3 March 1982
Birthplace: Casablanca, Morocco
Hometown: Casablanca, Morocco
Nationality: United States

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Career

Matches: 18
Goals (per match): 57 (3.17)
Fouls (per match): 521 (28.94)
Yellow cards (per match): 69 (3.83)
Red cards (per match): 3 (0.17)
Penalties (per match): 3 (0.17)

By season

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

2023	3	4.33	0	0	27.33
2022	2	5.00	1	1	34.50
2021	1	3.00	0	0	31.00
2020	2	3.00	0	1	30.50
2019	2	3.50	0	0	24.50
2017	3	2.67	0	1	25.33
2016	1	4.00	0	0	30.00
2015	2	3.50	0	0	35.00
2014	1	4.00	2	0	28.00
2013	1	7.00	0	0	25.00
All seasons	18	3.83	3	3	28.94

Ismail Elfath’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

2023	3	2.00	0	0	14.33	3–0–0	3.000
2022	2	2.00	1	1	15.50	1–1–0	2.000
2021	1	1.00	0	0	16.00	1–0–0	3.000
2020	2	1.50	0	1	16.50	2–0–0	3.000
2019	2	2.00	0	0	10.50	2–0–0	3.000
2017	3	1.33	0	1	9.67	1–0–2	1.000
2016	1	1.00	0	0	12.00	1–0–0	3.000
2015	2	2.00	0	0	16.00	0–1–1	0.500
2014	1	2.00	1	0	17.00	1–0–0	3.000
2013	1	4.00	0	0	13.00	1–0–0	3.000
All seasons	18	1.83	2	3	13.72	13–2–3	2.278

Ismail Elfath’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

2023	3	2.33	0	0	13.00	0–0–3	0.000
2022	2	3.00	0	0	19.00	0–1–1	0.500
2021	1	2.00	0	0	15.00	0–0–1	0.000
2020	2	1.50	0	0	14.00	0–0–2	0.000
2019	2	1.50	0	0	14.00	0–0–2	0.000
2017	3	1.33	0	0	15.67	2–0–1	2.000
2016	1	3.00	0	0	18.00	0–0–1	0.000
2015	2	1.50	0	0	19.00	1–1–0	2.000
2014	1	2.00	1	0	11.00	0–0–1	0.000
2013	1	3.00	0	0	12.00	0–0–1	0.000
All seasons	18	2.00	1	0	15.22	3–2–13	0.611

Card reasons

Yellow cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Yellow cards
Unsporting behaviour	57
Persistent infringement	6
Dissent	5
Delaying the restart	1
Total	69

Red cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Red cards
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (foul)	1
Serious foul play	1
Violent conduct	1
Total	3

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	5
16–30	5
31–45 (incl. added time)	12
46–60	9
61–75	13
76–90 (incl. added time)	27
Extra time	1
Shootout	0

By club

Ismail Elfath’s record by club.
Club	Matches	GF	GA	YC	Opp YC	RC	Opp RC	PEN	Opp PEN

Atlanta United FC	1 matches against Atlanta United FC	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
CF Montréal	1 matches against CF Montréal	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	0
Charlotte FC	1 matches against Charlotte FC	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chicago Fire FC	1 matches against Chicago Fire FC	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Columbus Crew	1 matches against Columbus Crew	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
D.C. United	1 matches against D.C. United	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	0
FC Cincinnati	1 matches against FC Cincinnati	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
FC Dallas	1 matches against FC Dallas	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Houston Dynamo FC	1 matches against Houston Dynamo FC	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Inter Miami CF	1 matches against Inter Miami CF	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1
Los Angeles FC	1 matches against Los Angeles FC	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0
Minnesota United FC	1 matches against Minnesota United FC	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
Nashville SC	2 matches against Nashville SC	6	1	2	4	0	0	1	0
New England Revolution	1 matches against New England Revolution	2	1	4	3	0	0	0	0
Orlando City SC	2 matches against Orlando City SC	1	5	6	3	0	0	0	1
Philadelphia Union	3 matches against Philadelphia Union	3	6	6	6	0	1	0	0
Portland Timbers	4 matches against Portland Timbers	6	6	7	8	0	0	0	0
Real Salt Lake	1 matches against Real Salt Lake	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Red Bull New York	3 matches against Red Bull New York	10	4	3	4	1	1	0	0
Saint Louis CITY SC	1 matches against Saint Louis CITY SC	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	0
Seattle Sounders FC	2 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	4	2	3	4	0	0	0	0
Sporting Kansas City	3 matches against Sporting Kansas City	3	4	10	8	0	0	0	0
Toronto FC	1 matches against Toronto FC	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1 matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0

Most frequent crewmates

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

Ismail Elfath’s most frequent crewmates, AR.
Official	Positions	Matches
Corey Parker	AR1 (5) with Corey Parker, AR2 (2) with Corey Parker	7 matches with Corey Parker
Corey Rockwell	AR1 (2) with Corey Rockwell, AR2 (2) with Corey Rockwell	4 matches with Corey Rockwell
Cameron Blanchard	AR1 (1) with Cameron Blanchard, AR2 (2) with Cameron Blanchard	3 matches with Cameron Blanchard
Kyle Atkins	AR2 (3) with Kyle Atkins	3 matches with Kyle Atkins
Andrew Bigelow	AR1 (1) with Andrew Bigelow, AR2 (1) with Andrew Bigelow	2 matches with Andrew Bigelow
George Gansner	AR1 (2) with George Gansner	2 matches with George Gansner
Ian Anderson	AR2 (2) with Ian Anderson	2 matches with Ian Anderson
Peter Manikowski	AR1 (1) with Peter Manikowski, AR2 (1) with Peter Manikowski	2 matches with Peter Manikowski
Adam Wienckowski	AR2 (1) with Adam Wienckowski	1 matches with Adam Wienckowski
Apolinar Mariscal	AR2 (1) with Apolinar Mariscal	1 matches with Apolinar Mariscal
Cory Richardson	AR1 (1) with Cory Richardson	1 matches with Cory Richardson
Frank Anderson	AR1 (1) with Frank Anderson	1 matches with Frank Anderson
Ian McKay	AR1 (1) with Ian McKay	1 matches with Ian McKay
Jeremy Kieso	AR2 (1) with Jeremy Kieso	1 matches with Jeremy Kieso
Joe Fletcher	AR2 (1) with Joe Fletcher	1 matches with Joe Fletcher
Kathryn Nesbitt	AR1 (1) with Kathryn Nesbitt	1 matches with Kathryn Nesbitt
Lyes Arfa	AR2 (1) with Lyes Arfa	1 matches with Lyes Arfa
Micheal Barwegen	AR1 (1) with Micheal Barwegen	1 matches with Micheal Barwegen
Sean Hurd	AR1 (1) with Sean Hurd	1 matches with Sean Hurd

Match log

On the match index →

Ismail Elfath’s match log, newest first.
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Fouls	YC	RC	PEN
2023-11-25	QF	CIN	1–0	PHI	31	4	0	0
2023-11-05	KO	SKC	2–1	STL	28	7	0	0
2023-10-25	PI	NYRB	5–2	CLT	23	2	0	0
2022-11-05	Cup	LAFC	3–3	PHI	41	4	1	0
2022-10-16	KO	MTL	2–0	ORL	28	6	0	1
2021-11-23	KO	NSH	3–1	ORL	31	3	0	0
2020-12-07	SF	SEA	3–2	MIN	26	3	0	0
2020-11-20	PI	NSH	3–0	MIA	35	3	0	1
2019-10-24	QF	ATL	2–0	PHI	30	4	0	0
2019-10-19	KO	RSL	2–1	POR	19	3	0	0
2017-11-29	SF	TOR	1–0	CLB	28	2	0	1
2017-11-05	QF	POR	1–2	HOU	29	5	0	0
2017-10-25	KO	CHI	0–4	NYRB	19	1	0	0
2016-10-27	KO	SEA	1–0	SKC	30	4	0	0
2015-11-29	SF	DAL	2–2	POR	31	2	0	0
2015-11-08	QF	VAN	0–2	POR	39	5	0	0
2014-11-08	QF	DC	2–1	NYRB	28	4	2	0
2013-11-02	QF	NE	2–1	SKC	25	7	0	0

18 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.

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