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Matthew Nelson🇺🇸

Appearances in positions other than referee. Active.

Nationality
United States

Appearances

Show: All (290) AR (270) AR1 (116) AR2 (154) 4th official (2) AVAR (18)
Matches
290
Seasons
15
From
2012
To
2026
2026
8
2025
15
2024
23
2023
26
2022
22
2021
31
2020
20
2019
23
2018
30
2017
22
2016
22
2015
16
2014
14
2013
12
2012
6

By club

Matthew Nelson’s record by club.
ClubMatches GFGA
Atlanta United FC 23 51 31
Austin FC 9 13 11
CD Chivas USA 2 1 4
CF Montréal 29 40 63
Charlotte FC 9 17 15
Chicago Fire FC 30 37 52
Colorado Rapids 21 27 41
Columbus Crew 29 40 37
D.C. United 39 45 62
FC Cincinnati 10 12 22
FC Dallas 21 28 27
Houston Dynamo FC 20 35 26
Inter Miami CF 4 6 5
LA Galaxy 17 34 24
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 31 51 45
Orlando City SC 15 19 27
Philadelphia Union 36 65 42
Portland Timbers 20 26 32
Real Salt Lake 22 32 26
Red Bull New York 32 35 27
Saint Louis CITY SC 3 2 5
San Jose Earthquakes 16 10 28
Seattle Sounders FC 12 16 12
Sporting Kansas City 28 37 30
Toronto FC 27 34 41
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 16 21 26

Most frequent crewmates

Crewmate position: All On field R AR AR1 AR2 4th official VOR VAR AVAR
Matthew Nelson’s most frequent crewmates, 4th official.
OfficialPositionsMatches
Marcos DeOliveira 4th (12) 12
Mark Kadlecik 4th (12) 12
Guido Gonzales Jr 4th (9) 9
Robert Sibiga 4th (9) 9
Silviu Petrescu 4th (9) 9
Nima Saghafi 4th (8) 8
Alejandro Mariscal 4th (7) 7
Baldomero Toledo 4th (7) 7
Thomas Synder 4th (7) 7
Fotis Bazakos 4th (6) 6
Rosendo Mendoza 4th (6) 6
Ted Unkel 4th (6) 6
Dave Gantar 4th (5) 5
Hilario Grajeda 4th (5) 5
Jon Freemon 4th (5) 5
Jorge Gonzalez 4th (5) 5
Mark Allatin 4th (5) 5
Ramy Touchan 4th (5) 5
Sorin Stoica 4th (5) 5
Victor Rivas 4th (5) 5
Alan Kelly 4th (4) 4
Allen Chapman 4th (4) 4
Armando Villarreal 4th (4) 4
Chris Penso 4th (4) 4
Elton Garcia 4th (4) 4

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
2024-10-29 KO AR2 CLB 0–1 NYRB Timothy Ford Logan Brown Matthew Nelson Fotis Bazakos Greg Dopka Joshua Patlak
2024-10-19 Reg AR2 MTL 2–0 NYC Allen Chapman Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho Matthew Nelson Filip Dujic Edvin Jurisevic Craig Lowry

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.

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.

This match had a mid-match referee substitution.

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