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Matthew Nelson🇺🇸

Appearances in positions other than referee. Active.

Nationality
United States

Appearances

Show: All (281) AR (262) AR1 (113) AR2 (149) 4th official (2) AVAR (17)
Matches
281
Seasons
15
From
2012
To
2026
2026
8
2025
15
2024
22
2023
26
2022
22
2021
31
2020
19
2019
23
2018
27
2017
21
2016
20
2015
16
2014
13
2013
12
2012
6

By club

Matthew Nelson’s record by club.
ClubMatches GFGA
Atlanta United FC 22 48 30
Austin FC 9 13 11
CD Chivas USA 2 1 4
CF Montréal 28 37 61
Charlotte FC 9 17 15
Chicago Fire FC 30 37 52
Colorado Rapids 21 27 41
Columbus Crew 26 34 33
D.C. United 38 43 60
FC Cincinnati 10 12 22
FC Dallas 19 25 25
Houston Dynamo FC 20 35 26
Inter Miami CF 4 6 5
LA Galaxy 16 31 23
Los Angeles FC 8 10 10
Minnesota United FC 9 11 16
Nashville SC 12 26 15
New England Revolution 30 52 31
New York City FC 29 49 38
Orlando City SC 15 19 27
Philadelphia Union 36 65 42
Portland Timbers 18 22 29
Real Salt Lake 21 31 23
Red Bull New York 31 34 27
Saint Louis CITY SC 3 2 5
San Jose Earthquakes 16 10 28
Seattle Sounders FC 12 16 12
Sporting Kansas City 27 35 27
Toronto FC 26 32 38
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 15 20 24

Most frequent crewmates

Crewmate position: All On field R AR AR1 AR2 4th official VOR VAR AVAR
Matthew Nelson’s most frequent crewmates, AR2.
OfficialPositionsMatches
Andrew Bigelow AR2 (8) 8
Eric Weisbrod AR2 (7) 7
Kevin Klinger AR2 (6) 6
Diego Blas AR2 (5) 5
Jeffrey Greeson AR2 (5) 5
Jose Da Silva AR2 (5) 5
Kyle Longville AR2 (5) 5
Brian Dunn AR2 (4) 4
Ian Anderson AR2 (4) 4
Logan Brown AR2 (4) 4
Brian Poeschel AR2 (3) 3
Claudiu Badea AR2 (3) 3
Eduardo Mariscal AR2 (3) 3
Gjovalin Bori AR2 (3) 3
Ian McKay AR2 (3) 3
Jason White AR2 (3) 3
Jeffrey Swartzel AR2 (3) 3
Kevin Lock AR2 (3) 3
Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho AR2 (3) 3
Peter Balciunas AR2 (3) 3
Walter Heatherly AR2 (3) 3
Adam Wienckowski AR2 (2) 2
Ben Pilgrim AR2 (2) 2
Chantal Boudreau AR2 (2) 2
Chris Elliott AR2 (2) 2

Match log

On the match index →
Matthew Nelson’s match log, newest first.
DateRound Position Home Score Away RAR1AR24thVARAVAR
2026-08-01 Reg AR1 LA 0–0 DAL Fotis Bazakos Matthew Nelson Eduardo Jeff Matthew Thompson Geoff Gamble TJ Zablocki
2026-07-25 Reg AR1 NYC 3–1 CHI Ricardo Montero Araya Matthew Nelson Walter Heatherly Marcos DeOliveira Kevin Terry Jr TJ Zablocki
2026-07-22 Reg AR1 LAFC 3–1 RSL Pierre-Luc Lauzière Matthew Nelson Rhett Hammil Servando Berna David Barrie John Krill
2026-05-23 Reg AR2 DC 4–4 MTL Filip Dujic Jeremy Kieso Matthew Nelson Jon Freemon Jorge Gonzalez Craig Lowry
2026-05-16 Reg AR2 RBNY 1–1 NYC Victor Rivas Ian McKay Matthew Nelson Lorenzo Hernandez Filip Dujic TJ Zablocki
2026-05-02 Reg AR2 RSL 2–0 POR Rosendo Mendoza Brooke Mayo Matthew Nelson Cristian Campo Hernandez Jose Carlos Rivero Craig Lowry
2026-04-25 Reg AR2 MIN 0–1 LAFC Guido Gonzales Jr Gérard-Kader Lebuis Matthew Nelson Rosendo Mendoza Jorge Gonzalez Craig Lowry
2026-04-18 Reg AR2 CIN 3–3 CHI Malik Badawi Justin Howard Matthew Nelson Rosendo Mendoza Kevin Terry Jr TJ Zablocki
2025-10-11 Reg AR1 ORL 1–2 VAN Sergii Boiko Matthew Nelson Kevin Klinger Elvis Osmanovic Lukasz Szpala Michael Radchuk
2025-09-20 Reg AR2 HOU 1–0 POR Allen Chapman Ian McKay Matthew Nelson John Matto Kevin Stott Mark Allatin
2025-09-13 Reg AR2 CIN 2–1 NSH Marcos DeOliveira Corey Parker Matthew Nelson Ricardo Montero Araya Kevin Stott Mark Allatin
2025-09-06 Reg AR1 CHI 3–2 NE Guido Gonzales Jr Matthew Nelson Jeffrey Swartzel Ricardo Montero Araya Michael Radchuk Mark Allatin
2025-08-30 Reg AR2 NYRB 0–0 CLB Rubiel Vazquez Jose Da Silva Matthew Nelson Brad Jensen Kevin Terry Jr Brian Dunn
2025-08-16 Reg AR1 ORL 3–1 SKC Ricardo Montero Araya Matthew Nelson Walter Heatherly Matthew Thompson Jorge Gonzalez John Krill
2025-08-09 Reg AR2 PHI 1–1 TOR Tori Penso Brooke Mayo Matthew Nelson Luis Arroyo Jorge Gonzalez TJ Zablocki
2025-07-26 Reg AR2 ATL 2–2 SEA Ramy Touchan Jeremy Hanson Matthew Nelson Alexis Da Silva Shawn Tehini Matthew Seem
2025-07-19 Reg AR1 SKC 1–1 NYC Timothy Ford Matthew Nelson Diego Blas Corbyn May Jorge Gonzalez Jeff Muschik
2025-07-05 Reg AR1 CLT 2–2 ORL Rosendo Mendoza Matthew Nelson Justin Howard Sergii Demianchuk Jorge Gonzalez Mike Kampmeinert
2025-06-29 Reg AR1 LAFC 0–1 VAN Jon Freemon Matthew Nelson Felisha Mariscal Brandon Stevis David Barrie Thomas Supple
2025-06-07 Reg AR1 DC 1–7 CHI Lorenzo Hernandez Matthew Nelson Kevin Klinger Sergii Boiko Greg Dopka John Krill
2025-05-31 Reg AR2 MTL 0–3 NE Michael Venne Gérard-Kader Lebuis Matthew Nelson Guido Gonzales Jr Geoff Gamble Jason White
2025-05-24 Reg AR1 DC 0–2 NYRB Malik Badawi Matthew Nelson Meghan Mullen Lorenzo Hernandez Jorge Gonzalez Jonathan Johnson
2025-05-17 Reg AR2 CLT 1–4 CHI Ismir Pekmic Justin Howard Matthew Nelson Alyssa Pennington Kevin Terry Jr Mike Kampmeinert
2024-10-19 Reg AR2 MTL 2–0 NYC Allen Chapman Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho Matthew Nelson Filip Dujic Edvin Jurisevic Craig Lowry
2024-10-05 Reg AR1 SJ 0–1 RSL Mark Allatin Matthew Nelson Kevin Lock Malik Badawi Luis Guardia Jonathan Johnson

Positions are as each match started. A crew member the source never recorded shows as “???”; a dash means the position was not used in that match.

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This match had a mid-match referee substitution.

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