Ismail Elfath🇺🇸

246 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: 246
Goals (per match): 717 (2.91)
Fouls (per match): 6389 (25.97)
Yellow cards (per match): 897 (3.65)
Red cards (per match): 66 (0.27)
Penalties (per match): 81 (0.33)

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	18	4.06	4	7	25.00
2022	19	5.05	5	11	25.68
2021	17	4.18	3	3	29.88
2020	20	3.95	4	7	28.30
2019	19	3.68	9	8	26.16
2018	24	3.29	7	8	25.54
2017	24	2.88	7	8	27.00
2016	20	3.40	3	5	24.70
2015	24	3.08	3	5	24.79
2014	18	3.28	8	5	26.67
2013	17	3.71	2	1	24.94
2012	8	2.25	4	6	23.50
All seasons	246	3.65	66	81	25.97

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	18	1.83	2	5	12.28	8–7–3	1.722
2022	19	2.42	2	9	13.89	9–3–7	1.579
2021	17	1.94	1	2	15.41	8–5–4	1.706
2020	20	1.85	2	4	14.85	10–3–7	1.650
2019	19	1.47	3	3	12.42	11–4–4	1.947
2018	24	1.50	3	6	13.42	13–2–9	1.708
2017	24	1.42	3	6	14.17	12–4–8	1.667
2016	20	1.80	0	5	12.40	10–7–3	1.850
2015	24	1.54	2	4	12.33	16–4–4	2.167
2014	18	1.72	6	3	14.56	8–5–5	1.611
2013	17	2.06	1	1	12.47	10–4–3	2.000
2012	8	1.00	1	4	10.75	6–1–1	2.375
All seasons	246	1.74	29	55	13.20	128–52–66	1.772

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	18	2.22	2	2	12.72	3–7–8	0.889
2022	19	2.63	3	2	11.79	7–3–9	1.263
2021	17	2.24	2	1	14.47	4–5–8	1.000
2020	20	2.10	2	3	13.45	7–3–10	1.200
2019	19	2.21	6	5	13.74	4–4–11	0.842
2018	24	1.79	4	2	12.13	9–2–13	1.208
2017	24	1.46	4	2	12.83	8–4–12	1.167
2016	20	1.60	3	0	12.30	3–7–10	0.800
2015	24	1.54	1	1	12.46	4–4–16	0.667
2014	18	1.56	2	2	12.11	5–5–8	1.111
2013	17	1.65	1	0	12.47	3–4–10	0.765
2012	8	1.25	3	2	12.75	1–1–6	0.500
All seasons	246	1.91	37	26	12.77	66–52–128	1.016

Card reasons

Yellow cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Yellow cards
Unsporting behaviour	763
Dissent	47
Persistent infringement	41
Delaying the restart	36
Failing to respect distance	7
Persistent offences	3
Total	897

Red cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Red cards
Second caution	31
Serious foul play	14
Violent conduct	11
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (foul)	6
Abusive language	3
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (handball)	1
Total	66

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	47
16–30	100
31–45 (incl. added time)	186
46–60	146
61–75	188
76–90 (incl. added time)	326
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	15 matches against Atlanta United FC	33	17	30	21	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	17 matches against CF Montréal	31	24	34	31	2	6	2	3
Charlotte FC	4 matches against Charlotte FC	5	11	6	10	0	0	0	0
Chicago Fire FC	13 matches against Chicago Fire FC	24	32	18	15	2	2	1	3
Colorado Rapids	20 matches against Colorado Rapids	22	31	38	24	2	1	0	4
Columbus Crew	20 matches against Columbus Crew	28	24	24	35	3	4	2	4
D.C. United	19 matches against D.C. United	28	29	35	26	4	3	4	3
FC Cincinnati	11 matches against FC Cincinnati	12	17	27	28	2	3	1	2
FC Dallas	23 matches against FC Dallas	33	25	40	39	1	5	3	4
Houston Dynamo FC	18 matches against Houston Dynamo FC	25	19	32	39	2	2	8	1
Inter Miami CF	10 matches against Inter Miami CF	19	16	24	19	2	1	2	2
LA Galaxy	20 matches against LA Galaxy	32	17	34	35	5	3	4	1
Los Angeles FC	15 matches against Los Angeles FC	26	23	31	43	2	3	3	2
Minnesota United FC	13 matches against Minnesota United FC	17	32	28	22	4	0	3	3
Nashville SC	7 matches against Nashville SC	11	7	8	17	0	0	4	1
New England Revolution	23 matches against New England Revolution	35	33	41	48	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	18 matches against Orlando City SC	19	31	40	34	2	2	3	4
Philadelphia Union	23 matches against Philadelphia Union	30	45	41	35	5	6	4	3
Portland Timbers	30 matches against Portland Timbers	48	44	66	61	3	2	5	2
Real Salt Lake	20 matches against Real Salt Lake	24	35	41	31	4	2	3	6
Red Bull New York	19 matches against Red Bull New York	41	21	31	40	3	4	5	4
Saint Louis CITY SC	3 matches against Saint Louis CITY SC	3	5	6	8	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	29 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	31	34	50	64	3	4	2	5
Sporting Kansas City	22 matches against Sporting Kansas City	36	26	46	48	0	2	3	4
Toronto FC	20 matches against Toronto FC	35	34	33	26	2	3	4	2
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	19 matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC	18	30	28	25	4	2	2	2

Most frequent crewmates

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

Ismail Elfath’s most frequent crewmates, 4th official.
Official	Positions	Matches
Silviu Petrescu	4th (13) with Silviu Petrescu	13 matches with Silviu Petrescu
Daniel Radford	4th (12) with Daniel Radford	12 matches with Daniel Radford
Alejandro Mariscal	4th (10) with Alejandro Mariscal	10 matches with Alejandro Mariscal
Ramy Touchan	4th (9) with Ramy Touchan	9 matches with Ramy Touchan
Sorin Stoica	4th (9) with Sorin Stoica	9 matches with Sorin Stoica
Baldomero Toledo	4th (7) with Baldomero Toledo	7 matches with Baldomero Toledo
Rubiel Vazquez	4th (7) with Rubiel Vazquez	7 matches with Rubiel Vazquez
Dave Gantar	4th (6) with Dave Gantar	6 matches with Dave Gantar
Fotis Bazakos	4th (6) with Fotis Bazakos	6 matches with Fotis Bazakos
Armando Villarreal	4th (5) with Armando Villarreal	5 matches with Armando Villarreal
Baboucarr Jallow	4th (5) with Baboucarr Jallow	5 matches with Baboucarr Jallow
Geoff Gamble	4th (5) with Geoff Gamble	5 matches with Geoff Gamble
Jose Carlos Rivero	4th (5) with Jose Carlos Rivero	5 matches with Jose Carlos Rivero
Nima Saghafi	4th (5) with Nima Saghafi	5 matches with Nima Saghafi
Rosendo Mendoza	4th (5) with Rosendo Mendoza	5 matches with Rosendo Mendoza
Alex Chilowicz	4th (4) with Alex Chilowicz	4 matches with Alex Chilowicz
Allen Chapman	4th (4) with Allen Chapman	4 matches with Allen Chapman
Elvis Osmanovic	4th (4) with Elvis Osmanovic	4 matches with Elvis Osmanovic
Joe Dickerson	4th (4) with Joe Dickerson	4 matches with Joe Dickerson
Juan Guzman	4th (4) with Juan Guzman	4 matches with Juan Guzman
Matthew Thompson	4th (4) with Matthew Thompson	4 matches with Matthew Thompson
Robert Sibiga	4th (4) with Robert Sibiga	4 matches with Robert Sibiga
Ted Unkel	4th (4) with Ted Unkel	4 matches with Ted Unkel
Victor Rivas	4th (4) with Victor Rivas	4 matches with Victor Rivas
Younes Marrakchi	4th (4) with Younes Marrakchi	4 matches with Younes Marrakchi

Match log

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Ismail Elfath’s match log, newest first.
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Fouls	YC	RC	PEN
2026-05-23	Reg	COL	1–2	DAL	24	6	1	2
2026-05-16	Reg	HOU	1–0	VAN	29	5	1	0
2026-05-09	Reg	CLT	2–2	CIN	23	5	0	0
2026-05-03	Reg	NYC	0–2	DC	27	5	0	1
2026-04-25	Reg	TOR	1–2	ATL	25	2	0	0
2026-04-18	Reg	RSL	4–2	SD	26	2	0	1
2026-04-04	Reg	HOU	0–1	SEA	19	3	0	0
2026-03-14	Reg	LA	1–2	SKC	19	2	0	0
2026-03-01	Reg	ORL	2–4	MIA	29	7+1	1	0
2026-02-21	Reg	STL	1–1	CLT	21	4	0	0
2025-10-04	Reg	MIA	4–1	NE	15	3	0	0
2025-09-27	Reg	COL	1–1	MIN	15	2	0	0
2024-06-01	Reg	NSH	1–2	NE	27	4	0	2
2024-05-29	Reg	MTL	4–2	DC	33	6+1	1	0
2024-05-04	Reg	ORL	0–1	CIN	33	7+1	2	0
2024-04-27	Reg	LAFC	3–2	POR	29	9+1	1	0
2024-04-20	Reg	MIA	3–1	NSH	26	3	0	1
2024-03-30	Reg	LA	1–0	SEA	18	3	0	0
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
2023-10-21	Reg	SKC	3–1	MIN	28	4	0	0
2023-10-07	Reg	ATL	1–1	CLB	14	0	0	0
2023-09-30	Reg	HOU	0–0	DAL	22	5	0	0
2023-09-20	Reg	NYC	2–0	ORL	26	3	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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