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Matthew Nelson🇺🇸

Appearances in positions other than referee. Active.

Nationality
United States

Appearances — AR1

Show: All (290) AR (270) AR1 (116) AR2 (154) 4th official (2) AVAR (18)
Matches
116
Seasons
12
From
2015
To
2026
2026
3
2025
8
2024
6
2023
8
2022
11
2021
16
2020
3
2019
8
2018
16
2017
15
2016
13
2015
9

By club

Matthew Nelson’s record by club as AR1.
ClubMatches GFGA
Atlanta United FC 12 25 17
Austin FC 5 7 6
CF Montréal 6 7 14
Charlotte FC 3 8 6
Chicago Fire FC 16 24 29
Colorado Rapids 7 10 12
Columbus Crew 10 15 15
D.C. United 12 10 30
FC Cincinnati 3 1 8
FC Dallas 8 12 7
Houston Dynamo FC 8 12 12
Inter Miami CF 1 0 1
LA Galaxy 11 19 16
Los Angeles FC 5 7 8
Minnesota United FC 3 5 4
Nashville SC 4 8 5
New England Revolution 7 14 9
New York City FC 17 33 26
Orlando City SC 10 13 17
Philadelphia Union 17 37 20
Portland Timbers 8 11 11
Real Salt Lake 9 12 18
Red Bull New York 12 13 12
Saint Louis CITY SC 1 1 2
San Jose Earthquakes 5 1 9
Seattle Sounders FC 3 6 2
Sporting Kansas City 13 16 12
Toronto FC 8 16 11
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8 11 15

Most frequent crewmates

Crewmate position: All On field R AR2 4th official VOR VAR AVAR
Matthew Nelson’s most frequent crewmates as AR1, 4th official.
OfficialPositionsMatches
Marcos DeOliveira 4th (7) 7
Mark Kadlecik 4th (5) 5
Nima Saghafi 4th (5) 5
Baldomero Toledo 4th (4) 4
JC Griggs 4th (4) 4
Mark Allatin 4th (4) 4
Matthew Thompson 4th (4) 4
Allen Chapman 4th (3) 3
Elvis Osmanovic 4th (3) 3
Guido Gonzales Jr 4th (3) 3
Hilario Grajeda 4th (3) 3
Jorge Gonzalez 4th (3) 3
Sergii Demianchuk 4th (3) 3
Thomas Synder 4th (3) 3
Armando Villarreal 4th (2) 2
Daniel Radford 4th (2) 2
Dave Gantar 4th (2) 2
David Barrie 4th (2) 2
Fotis Bazakos 4th (2) 2
Jon Freemon 4th (2) 2
Luis Guardia 4th (2) 2
Malik Badawi 4th (2) 2
Ramy Touchan 4th (2) 2
Rubiel Vazquez 4th (2) 2
Silviu Petrescu 4th (2) 2

Match log

On the match index →
Matthew Nelson’s match log as AR1, newest first.
DateRound Home Score Away RAR1AR24thVARAVAR
2026-08-01 Reg LA 0–0 DAL Fotis Bazakos Matthew Nelson Eduardo Jeff Matthew Thompson Geoff Gamble TJ Zablocki
2026-07-25 Reg NYC 3–1 CHI Ricardo Montero Araya Matthew Nelson Walter Heatherly Marcos DeOliveira Kevin Terry Jr TJ Zablocki
2026-07-22 Reg LAFC 3–1 RSL Pierre-Luc Lauzière Matthew Nelson Rhett Hammil Servando Berna David Barrie John Krill
2025-10-11 Reg ORL 1–2 VAN Sergii Boiko Matthew Nelson Kevin Klinger Elvis Osmanovic Lukasz Szpala Michael Radchuk
2025-09-06 Reg CHI 3–2 NE Guido Gonzales Jr Matthew Nelson Jeffrey Swartzel Ricardo Montero Araya Michael Radchuk Mark Allatin
2025-08-16 Reg ORL 3–1 SKC Ricardo Montero Araya Matthew Nelson Walter Heatherly Matthew Thompson Jorge Gonzalez John Krill
2025-07-19 Reg SKC 1–1 NYC Timothy Ford Matthew Nelson Diego Blas Corbyn May Jorge Gonzalez Jeff Muschik
2025-07-05 Reg CLT 2–2 ORL Rosendo Mendoza Matthew Nelson Justin Howard Sergii Demianchuk Jorge Gonzalez Mike Kampmeinert
2025-06-29 Reg LAFC 0–1 VAN Jon Freemon Matthew Nelson Felisha Mariscal Brandon Stevis David Barrie Thomas Supple
2025-06-07 Reg DC 1–7 CHI Lorenzo Hernandez Matthew Nelson Kevin Klinger Sergii Boiko Greg Dopka John Krill
2025-05-24 Reg DC 0–2 NYRB Malik Badawi Matthew Nelson Meghan Mullen Lorenzo Hernandez Jorge Gonzalez Jonathan Johnson
2024-10-05 Reg SJ 0–1 RSL Mark Allatin Matthew Nelson Kevin Lock Malik Badawi Luis Guardia Jonathan Johnson
2024-10-02 Reg POR 0–1 ATX Alexis Da Silva Matthew Nelson Jason White Ricardo Fierro Daniel Radford Jonathan Johnson
2024-09-18 Reg NYC 1–5 PHI Pierre-Luc Lauzière Matthew Nelson Kevin Lock Mark Allatin Ismail Elfath Thomas Supple
2024-06-02 Reg ATL 2–3 CLT Ismir Pekmic Matthew Nelson Andrew Bigelow Sergii Demianchuk Timothy Ford Jonathan Johnson
2024-05-25 Reg STL 1–2 SEA Lukasz Szpala Matthew Nelson Ricardo Ocampo JC Griggs Carol-Anne Chenard Fabio Tovar
2024-04-20 Reg NYC 2–0 DC Malik Badawi Matthew Nelson Jeffrey Swartzel Thomas Synder Kevin Stott Fabio Tovar
2023-09-03 Reg PHI 4–1 NYRB Rubiel Vazquez Matthew Nelson Eric Weisbrod Rosendo Mendoza Edvin Jurisevic TJ Zablocki
2023-08-26 Reg DAL 1–0 ATX Rubiel Vazquez Matthew Nelson Diego Blas Nima Saghafi Michael Radchuk Andrew Bigelow
2023-07-15 Reg PHI 2–1 NYC Alex Chilowicz Matthew Nelson Adam Wienckowski Elvis Osmanovic Sorin Stoica Mike Kampmeinert
2023-06-24 Reg SKC 0–1 CHI Alex Chilowicz Matthew Nelson Diego Blas JC Griggs Luis Guardia Jonathan Johnson
2023-06-10 Reg HOU 4–0 LAFC Alex Chilowicz Matthew Nelson Justin Howard Alexandra Billeter Michael Radchuk Joshua Patlak
2023-05-06 Reg CLT 3–2 NYC Chris Penso Matthew Nelson Kevin Lock Sergii Demianchuk Daniel Radford TJ Zablocki
2023-04-08 Reg HOU 3–0 LA Alex Chilowicz Matthew Nelson Eduardo Jeff Jason White Luis Guardia Joshua Patlak
2023-04-01 Reg PHI 0–0 SKC Victor Rivas Matthew Nelson Brian Poeschel Marcos DeOliveira Jorge Gonzalez Chantal Boudreau

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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