Ismail Elfath🇺🇸

226 matches as referee, 2012–2026. Active.

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

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Career

Matches: 226
Goals (per match): 656 (2.90)
Fouls (per match): 5814 (25.73)
Yellow cards (per match): 821 (3.63)
Red cards (per match): 63 (0.28)
Penalties (per match): 78 (0.35)

By season

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

2026	10	4.10	3	4	24.20
2025	2	2.50	0	0	15.00
2024	6	5.33	4	3	27.67
2023	15	4.00	4	7	24.53
2022	17	5.06	4	10	24.65
2021	16	4.25	3	3	29.81
2020	16	4.13	4	6	28.19
2019	17	3.71	9	8	26.35
2018	24	3.29	7	8	25.54
2017	21	2.90	7	7	27.24
2016	19	3.37	3	5	24.42
2015	22	3.05	3	5	23.86
2014	17	3.24	6	5	26.59
2013	16	3.50	2	1	24.94
2012	8	2.25	4	6	23.50
All seasons	226	3.63	63	78	25.73

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

2026	10	1.50	2	0	10.80	2–2–6	0.800
2025	2	2.00	0	0	7.00	1–1–0	2.000
2024	6	2.33	1	3	13.17	4–0–2	2.000
2023	15	1.80	2	5	11.87	5–7–3	1.467
2022	17	2.47	1	8	13.71	8–2–7	1.529
2021	16	2.00	1	2	15.38	7–5–4	1.625
2020	16	1.94	2	3	14.75	6–3–7	1.313
2019	17	1.41	3	3	12.65	9–4–4	1.824
2018	24	1.50	3	6	13.42	13–2–9	1.708
2017	21	1.43	3	5	14.81	11–4–6	1.762
2016	19	1.84	0	5	12.42	9–7–3	1.789
2015	22	1.50	2	4	12.00	16–3–3	2.318
2014	17	1.71	5	3	14.41	7–5–5	1.529
2013	16	1.94	1	1	12.44	9–4–3	1.938
2012	8	1.00	1	4	10.75	6–1–1	2.375
All seasons	226	1.73	27	52	13.15	113–50–63	1.721

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

2026	10	2.60	1	4	13.40	6–2–2	2.000
2025	2	0.50	0	0	8.00	0–1–1	0.500
2024	6	3.00	3	0	14.50	2–0–4	1.000
2023	15	2.20	2	2	12.67	3–7–5	1.067
2022	17	2.59	3	2	10.94	7–2–8	1.353
2021	16	2.25	2	1	14.44	4–5–7	1.063
2020	16	2.19	2	3	13.44	7–3–6	1.500
2019	17	2.29	6	5	13.71	4–4–9	0.941
2018	24	1.79	4	2	12.13	9–2–13	1.208
2017	21	1.48	4	2	12.43	6–4–11	1.048
2016	19	1.53	3	0	12.00	3–7–9	0.842
2015	22	1.55	1	1	11.86	3–3–16	0.545
2014	17	1.53	1	2	12.18	5–5–7	1.176
2013	16	1.56	1	0	12.50	3–4–9	0.813
2012	8	1.25	3	2	12.75	1–1–6	0.500
All seasons	226	1.90	36	26	12.58	63–50–113	1.058

Card reasons

Yellow cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Yellow cards
Unsporting behaviour	700
Dissent	42
Delaying the restart	35
Persistent infringement	34
Failing to respect distance	7
Persistent offences	3
Total	821

Red cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Red cards
Second caution	31
Serious foul play	13
Violent conduct	10
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (foul)	5
Abusive language	3
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (handball)	1
Total	63

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	42
16–30	95
31–45 (incl. added time)	173
46–60	136
61–75	171
76–90 (incl. added time)	298
Extra time	0
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	14 matches against Atlanta United FC	31	17	28	19	1	1	3	2
Austin FC	5 matches against Austin FC	5	5	10	15	1	0	0	0
CD Chivas USA	4 matches against CD Chivas USA	4	9	6	3	2	0	1	0
CF Montréal	16 matches against CF Montréal	29	24	32	27	2	6	1	3
Charlotte FC	3 matches against Charlotte FC	3	6	4	10	0	0	0	0
Chicago Fire FC	12 matches against Chicago Fire FC	24	28	18	14	2	2	1	3
Colorado Rapids	20 matches against Colorado Rapids	22	31	38	24	2	1	0	4
Columbus Crew	19 matches against Columbus Crew	28	23	23	34	3	4	2	3
D.C. United	18 matches against D.C. United	26	28	33	24	3	2	4	3
FC Cincinnati	10 matches against FC Cincinnati	11	17	25	26	2	3	1	2
FC Dallas	22 matches against FC Dallas	31	23	39	38	1	5	3	4
Houston Dynamo FC	17 matches against Houston Dynamo FC	23	18	30	36	2	2	8	1
Inter Miami CF	9 matches against Inter Miami CF	19	13	22	18	2	1	2	1
LA Galaxy	20 matches against LA Galaxy	32	17	34	35	5	3	4	1
Los Angeles FC	14 matches against Los Angeles FC	23	20	29	41	1	3	3	2
Minnesota United FC	12 matches against Minnesota United FC	15	29	27	20	4	0	3	3
Nashville SC	5 matches against Nashville SC	5	6	6	13	0	0	3	1
New England Revolution	21 matches against New England Revolution	33	31	37	45	0	2	2	6
New York City FC	16 matches against New York City FC	27	17	25	34	2	2	5	2
Orlando City SC	15 matches against Orlando City SC	17	24	30	28	2	2	3	3
Philadelphia Union	19 matches against Philadelphia Union	26	39	35	29	5	5	4	3
Portland Timbers	25 matches against Portland Timbers	40	37	56	49	3	2	5	2
Real Salt Lake	19 matches against Real Salt Lake	22	34	39	30	4	2	3	6
Red Bull New York	16 matches against Red Bull New York	31	17	28	36	2	3	5	4
Saint Louis CITY SC	2 matches against Saint Louis CITY SC	2	3	3	4	0	0	0	1
San Diego FC	1 matches against San Diego FC	2	4	1	1	0	0	1	0
San Jose Earthquakes	15 matches against San Jose Earthquakes	13	20	23	20	3	1	1	5
Seattle Sounders FC	27 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	27	32	47	60	3	4	2	5
Sporting Kansas City	19 matches against Sporting Kansas City	33	22	36	40	0	2	3	4
Toronto FC	19 matches against Toronto FC	34	34	32	25	2	3	3	2
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	18 matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC	18	28	25	23	4	2	2	2

Most frequent crewmates

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

Ismail Elfath’s most frequent crewmates, On field.
Official	Positions	Matches
Corey Parker	AR1 (46) with Corey Parker, AR2 (11) with Corey Parker	57 matches with Corey Parker
Kyle Atkins	AR1 (11) with Kyle Atkins, AR2 (27) with Kyle Atkins	38 matches with Kyle Atkins
Kermit Quisenberry	AR1 (14) with Kermit Quisenberry, AR2 (5) with Kermit Quisenberry	19 matches with Kermit Quisenberry
Ian Anderson	AR1 (16) with Ian Anderson, AR2 (2) with Ian Anderson	18 matches with Ian Anderson
Frank Anderson	AR1 (16) with Frank Anderson, AR2 (1) with Frank Anderson	17 matches with Frank Anderson
Adam Garner	AR1 (6) with Adam Garner, AR2 (10) with Adam Garner	16 matches with Adam Garner
Kathryn Nesbitt	AR1 (8) with Kathryn Nesbitt, AR2 (7) with Kathryn Nesbitt	15 matches with Kathryn Nesbitt
Peter Manikowski	AR1 (10) with Peter Manikowski, AR2 (3) with Peter Manikowski	13 matches with Peter Manikowski
Daniel Radford	4th (12) with Daniel Radford	12 matches with Daniel Radford
Silviu Petrescu	4th (12) with Silviu Petrescu	12 matches with Silviu Petrescu
Craig Lowry	AR1 (7) with Craig Lowry, AR2 (4) with Craig Lowry	11 matches with Craig Lowry
Eduardo Mariscal	AR1 (6) with Eduardo Mariscal, AR2 (5) with Eduardo Mariscal	11 matches with Eduardo Mariscal
Alejandro Mariscal	4th (10) with Alejandro Mariscal	10 matches with Alejandro Mariscal
Jeffrey Greeson	AR1 (5) with Jeffrey Greeson, AR2 (5) with Jeffrey Greeson	10 matches with Jeffrey Greeson
Jeremy Hanson	AR1 (3) with Jeremy Hanson, AR2 (7) with Jeremy Hanson	10 matches with Jeremy Hanson
Mike Rottersman	AR1 (2) with Mike Rottersman, AR2 (8) with Mike Rottersman	10 matches with Mike Rottersman
Brian Dunn	AR1 (3) with Brian Dunn, AR2 (6) with Brian Dunn	9 matches with Brian Dunn
Corey Rockwell	AR1 (5) with Corey Rockwell, AR2 (4) with Corey Rockwell	9 matches with Corey Rockwell
Sorin Stoica	4th (9) with Sorin Stoica	9 matches with Sorin Stoica
Baboucarr Jallow	AR1 (1) with Baboucarr Jallow, AR2 (2) with Baboucarr Jallow, 4th (5) with Baboucarr Jallow	8 matches with Baboucarr Jallow
Cory Richardson	AR1 (2) with Cory Richardson, AR2 (6) with Cory Richardson	8 matches with Cory Richardson
Diego Blas	AR2 (7) with Diego Blas	7 matches with Diego Blas
George Gansner	AR1 (7) with George Gansner	7 matches with George Gansner
James Conlee	AR1 (1) with James Conlee, AR2 (6) with James Conlee	7 matches with James Conlee
Ramy Touchan	4th (7) with Ramy Touchan	7 matches with Ramy Touchan

Match log

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Ismail Elfath’s match log, newest first.
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Fouls	YC	RC	PEN
2023-05-20	Reg	LAFC	2–1	SJ	24	3	0	1
2023-05-13	Reg	ATX	0–1	DAL	26	7+1	1	0
2023-04-29	Reg	STL	1–2	POR	23	3	0	1
2023-04-15	Reg	CHI	2–2	PHI	20	3	0	1
2023-04-01	Reg	NE	1–1	NYC	22	1	0	0
2023-03-18	Reg	SEA	0–0	LAFC	28	8	0	0
2023-03-11	Reg	CLT	0–3	ATL	29	5	0	0
2023-03-04	Reg	ORL	0–0	CIN	28	2	0	0
2022-10-02	Reg	POR	1–2	LAFC	29	4	0	0
2022-09-18	Reg	DC	2–3	MIA	20	5	0	0
2022-09-13	Reg	HOU	3–1	NE	21	4	0	3
2022-09-03	Reg	MIN	0–3	DAL	22	4+1	1	0
2022-08-26	Reg	POR	2–1	SEA	32	5	0	1
2022-08-20	Reg	NYRB	1–1	CIN	28	3	0	1
2022-08-13	Reg	PHI	4–1	CHI	29	7	0	0
2022-05-28	Reg	LAFC	3–2	SJ	27	5	0	1
2022-05-08	Reg	ATX	0–1	LA	25	6	0	0
2022-04-30	Reg	NE	2–0	MIA	13	4+2	2	0
2022-04-24	Reg	CIN	1–2	LAFC	16	7	0	0
2022-04-17	Reg	NYC	6–0	RSL	27	5	0	2
2022-04-09	Reg	SKC	1–2	NSH	28	4	0	1
2022-04-02	Reg	MIN	1–2	SEA	30	7	0	1
2022-03-12	Reg	CLB	2–1	TOR	17	5	0	0
2022-03-06	Reg	LAFC	1–1	POR	33	7+1	1	0
2022-02-26	Reg	ATX	5–0	CIN	22	4	0	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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