Malik Badawi🇺🇸

49 matches as referee, 2020–2026. Active.

Born: 2 June 1995
Birthplace: Fresno, California
Hometown: Fresno, California
Nationality: United States

See Malik Badawi’s appearances in other positions (4th official, VAR) →

Career

Matches: 49
Goals (per match): 144 (2.94)
Fouls (per match): 1161 (23.69)
Yellow cards (per match): 195 (3.98)
Red cards (per match): 7 (0.14)
Penalties (per match): 13 (0.27)

By season

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

2026	8	5.00	1	2	24.38
2025	17	3.65	4	3	23.06
2024	12	4.42	1	4	23.75
2023	8	3.63	1	3	22.88
2022	1	2.00	0	0	26.00
2020	3	3.00	0	1	26.67
All seasons	49	3.98	7	13	23.69

Malik Badawi’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	8	2.63	1	1	12.00	3–2–3	1.375
2025	17	1.71	2	1	11.94	8–6–3	1.765
2024	12	2.17	0	2	12.67	6–3–3	1.750
2023	8	2.25	1	2	11.75	6–1–1	2.375
2022	1	0.00	0	0	11.00	1–0–0	3.000
2020	3	1.67	0	0	14.00	0–2–1	0.667
All seasons	49	2.02	4	6	12.20	24–14–11	1.755

Malik Badawi’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	8	2.38	0	1	12.38	3–2–3	1.375
2025	17	1.94	2	2	11.12	3–6–8	0.882
2024	12	2.25	1	2	11.08	3–3–6	1.000
2023	8	1.38	0	1	11.13	1–1–6	0.500
2022	1	2.00	0	0	15.00	0–0–1	0.000
2020	3	1.33	0	1	12.67	1–2–0	1.667
All seasons	49	1.96	3	7	11.49	11–14–24	0.959

Card reasons

Yellow cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Yellow cards
Unsporting behaviour	157
Dissent	26
Delaying the restart	8
Failing to respect distance	3
Entering the referee review area	1
Total	195

Red cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Red cards
Second caution	6
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (foul)	1
Total	7

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	7
16–30	20
31–45 (incl. added time)	33
46–60	31
61–75	41
76–90 (incl. added time)	74
Extra time	0
Shootout	2

By club

Malik Badawi’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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Austin FC	3 matches against Austin FC	1	8	3	2	0	0	0	0
CF Montréal	1 matches against CF Montréal	0	3	1	3	0	0	1	0
Charlotte FC	2 matches against Charlotte FC	5	0	5	4	0	0	2	0
Chicago Fire FC	8 matches against Chicago Fire FC	18	12	16	16	0	0	3	2
Colorado Rapids	6 matches against Colorado Rapids	9	9	14	12	1	0	2	0
Columbus Crew	1 matches against Columbus Crew	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
D.C. United	5 matches against D.C. United	3	9	14	9	2	0	0	1
FC Cincinnati	3 matches against FC Cincinnati	6	6	6	7	0	1	1	1
FC Dallas	2 matches against FC Dallas	4	3	4	2	0	0	0	0
Houston Dynamo FC	2 matches against Houston Dynamo FC	3	4	3	4	0	1	0	2
Inter Miami CF	1 matches against Inter Miami CF	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	0
LA Galaxy	3 matches against LA Galaxy	4	8	7	5	2	0	0	0
Minnesota United FC	4 matches against Minnesota United FC	4	1	9	5	0	0	0	0
Nashville SC	1 matches against Nashville SC	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
New England Revolution	4 matches against New England Revolution	6	5	6	7	0	0	0	0
New York City FC	3 matches against New York City FC	6	3	6	5	0	0	0	1
Orlando City SC	2 matches against Orlando City SC	2	1	1	5	0	0	0	0
Philadelphia Union	4 matches against Philadelphia Union	10	6	6	11	0	0	0	0
Portland Timbers	3 matches against Portland Timbers	2	5	6	9	0	0	0	0
Real Salt Lake	7 matches against Real Salt Lake	11	12	20	17	0	1	1	2
Red Bull New York	4 matches against Red Bull New York	5	4	10	11	1	2	1	0
Saint Louis CITY SC	3 matches against Saint Louis CITY SC	6	3	5	8	0	1	0	0
San Diego FC	3 matches against San Diego FC	9	0	8	4	0	0	0	0
San Jose Earthquakes	6 matches against San Jose Earthquakes	6	8	17	9	1	1	0	1
Seattle Sounders FC	6 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	9	10	9	15	0	0	1	0
Sporting Kansas City	2 matches against Sporting Kansas City	3	1	5	5	0	0	0	0
Toronto FC	2 matches against Toronto FC	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	2
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6 matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC	7	12	6	16	0	0	1	1

Most frequent crewmates

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

Malik Badawi’s most frequent crewmates.
Official	Positions	Matches
Fabio Tovar	AVAR (10) with Fabio Tovar	10 matches with Fabio Tovar
Jeremy Hanson	AR1 (6) with Jeremy Hanson, AVAR (1) with Jeremy Hanson	7 matches with Jeremy Hanson
Jonathan Johnson	AVAR (7) with Jonathan Johnson	7 matches with Jonathan Johnson
Kevin Stott	VAR (6) with Kevin Stott	6 matches with Kevin Stott
Mike Kampmeinert	AVAR (6) with Mike Kampmeinert	6 matches with Mike Kampmeinert
TJ Zablocki	AR2 (1) with TJ Zablocki, AVAR (5) with TJ Zablocki	6 matches with TJ Zablocki
Ian McKay	AR1 (2) with Ian McKay, AR2 (2) with Ian McKay, AVAR (1) with Ian McKay	5 matches with Ian McKay
Rosendo Mendoza	4th (4) with Rosendo Mendoza, VAR (1) with Rosendo Mendoza	5 matches with Rosendo Mendoza
Chris Elliott	AR1 (1) with Chris Elliott, AR2 (3) with Chris Elliott	4 matches with Chris Elliott
Eduardo Jeff	AR2 (4) with Eduardo Jeff	4 matches with Eduardo Jeff
Joshua Patlak	AVAR (4) with Joshua Patlak	4 matches with Joshua Patlak
Kali Smith	AR2 (4) with Kali Smith	4 matches with Kali Smith
Meghan Mullen	AR2 (4) with Meghan Mullen	4 matches with Meghan Mullen
Nick Uranga	AR1 (3) with Nick Uranga, AVAR (1) with Nick Uranga	4 matches with Nick Uranga
Sorin Stoica	VAR (4) with Sorin Stoica	4 matches with Sorin Stoica
Alejandro Mariscal	VAR (3) with Alejandro Mariscal	3 matches with Alejandro Mariscal
Brandon Stevis	4th (3) with Brandon Stevis	3 matches with Brandon Stevis
Brian Dunn	AR1 (1) with Brian Dunn, AR2 (2) with Brian Dunn	3 matches with Brian Dunn
Corey Parker	AR1 (3) with Corey Parker	3 matches with Corey Parker
Craig Lowry	AVAR (3) with Craig Lowry	3 matches with Craig Lowry
Gianni Facchini	AR2 (3) with Gianni Facchini	3 matches with Gianni Facchini
Jason White	AR1 (3) with Jason White	3 matches with Jason White
Jeffrey Greeson	AR1 (2) with Jeffrey Greeson, AR2 (1) with Jeffrey Greeson	3 matches with Jeffrey Greeson
Jon Freemon	4th (2) with Jon Freemon, VAR (1) with Jon Freemon	3 matches with Jon Freemon
Kevin Terry Jr	VAR (3) with Kevin Terry Jr	3 matches with Kevin Terry Jr

Match log

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Malik Badawi’s match log, newest first.
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Fouls	YC	RC	PEN
2025-02-22	Reg	SJ	4–0	RSL	28	6	0	0
2024-08-24	Reg	NYC	2–2	CHI	21	5	0	1
2024-07-03	Reg	STL	2–0	SJ	27	4	0	0
2024-06-29	Reg	NYRB	2–2	DC	26	7+1	1	1
2024-06-22	Reg	SEA	3–2	DAL	28	3	0	0
2024-06-15	Reg	COL	2–0	ATX	25	3	0	0
2024-05-29	Reg	CHI	1–1	ORL	18	4	0	0
2024-05-18	Reg	SJ	0–1	ORL	15	2	0	0
2024-05-04	Reg	CLT	2–0	POR	25	7	0	0
2024-04-27	Reg	PHI	1–2	RSL	34	8	0	0
2024-04-20	Reg	NYC	2–0	DC	25	3	0	0
2024-04-13	Reg	SJ	0–3	COL	15	4	0	1
2024-04-06	Reg	CHI	2–1	HOU	26	3	0	1
2023-10-04	Reg	CLT	3–0	TOR	20	2	0	2
2023-09-23	Reg	RSL	2–1	VAN	24	4	0	0
2023-08-30	Reg	NE	1–0	NYRB	29	3	0	0
2023-07-12	Reg	CHI	3–0	MTL	29	4	0	1
2023-07-01	Reg	SKC	3–0	VAN	22	3	0	0
2023-06-24	Reg	PHI	4–1	MIA	18	3	0	0
2023-06-17	Reg	DC	1–2	RSL	23	5	1	0
2023-05-27	Reg	NE	3–3	CHI	18	5	0	0
2022-08-13	Reg	NE	1–0	DC	26	2	0	0
2020-10-31	Reg	NSH	1–1	CHI	28	1	0	0
2020-10-24	Reg	CIN	0–1	MIN	25	3	0	0
2020-09-02	Reg	RSL	2–2	SEA	27	5	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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