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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, AR1.
OfficialPositionsMatches
Corey Parker AR1 (12) 12
Adam Wienckowski AR1 (10) 10
Brian Dunn AR1 (9) 9
Corey Rockwell AR1 (9) 9
Claudiu Badea AR1 (7) 7
Jeremy Hanson AR1 (7) 7
C.J. Morgante AR1 (6) 6
Jose Da Silva AR1 (6) 6
Cameron Blanchard AR1 (5) 5
Ian McKay AR1 (5) 5
Andrew Bigelow AR1 (4) 4
Frank Anderson AR1 (4) 4
Greg Barkey AR1 (4) 4
Ian Anderson AR1 (4) 4
Jeffrey Greeson AR1 (4) 4
Joe Fletcher AR1 (4) 4
Nick Uranga AR1 (4) 4
Adam Garner AR1 (3) 3
Brian Poeschel AR1 (3) 3
Eduardo Mariscal AR1 (3) 3
Justin Howard AR1 (3) 3
Logan Brown AR1 (3) 3
Lyes Arfa AR1 (3) 3
Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho AR1 (3) 3
Peter Balciunas AR1 (3) 3

Match log

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Matthew Nelson’s match log, newest first.
DateRound Position Home Score Away RAR1AR24thVARAVAR
2023-09-09 Reg AR2 DC 0–0 SJ Tori Penso Corey Parker Matthew Nelson Guido Gonzales Jr Kevin Stott Fabio Tovar
2023-09-03 Reg AR1 PHI 4–1 NYRB Rubiel Vazquez Matthew Nelson Eric Weisbrod Rosendo Mendoza Edvin Jurisevic TJ Zablocki
2023-08-30 Reg AR2 NYC 2–0 MTL Fotis Bazakos Peter Balciunas Matthew Nelson Adam Kilpatrick Ismir Pekmic Thomas Supple
2023-08-26 Reg AR1 DAL 1–0 ATX Rubiel Vazquez Matthew Nelson Diego Blas Nima Saghafi Michael Radchuk Andrew Bigelow
2023-07-15 Reg AR1 PHI 2–1 NYC Alex Chilowicz Matthew Nelson Adam Wienckowski Elvis Osmanovic Sorin Stoica Mike Kampmeinert
2023-07-08 Reg AR2 RSL 4–0 ORL Mark Allatin Jeremy Hanson Matthew Nelson Elton Garcia Sorin Stoica Robi Hullner
2023-07-01 Reg AR2 CIN 2–2 NE Jon Freemon Peter Balciunas Matthew Nelson Jeremy Scheer David Barrie Tom Felice
2023-06-24 Reg AR1 SKC 0–1 CHI Alex Chilowicz Matthew Nelson Diego Blas JC Griggs Luis Guardia Jonathan Johnson
2023-06-21 Reg AR2 NYRB 2–2 CLT Sergii Boiko Jose Da Silva Matthew Nelson Adam Kilpatrick Greg Dopka Craig Lowry
2023-06-10 Reg AR1 HOU 4–0 LAFC Alex Chilowicz Matthew Nelson Justin Howard Alexandra Billeter Michael Radchuk Joshua Patlak
2023-06-03 Reg AR2 COL 0–0 SJ Sergii Boiko Corey Parker Matthew Nelson Guido Gonzales Jr Daniel Radford Fabio Tovar
2023-05-31 Reg AR2 DC 2–2 MTL Alex Chilowicz Adam Wienckowski Matthew Nelson Sergii Boiko David Barrie Joshua Patlak
2023-05-20 Reg AR2 CIN 3–2 CLB Nima Saghafi Ian McKay Matthew Nelson Filip Dujic Daniel Radford Jozef Batko
2023-05-17 Reg 4th NSH 2–1 MIA Alex Chilowicz Nick Uranga Peter Balciunas Matthew Nelson David Barrie Anya Voigt
2023-05-06 Reg AR1 CLT 3–2 NYC Chris Penso Matthew Nelson Kevin Lock Sergii Demianchuk Daniel Radford TJ Zablocki
2023-04-29 Reg AR2 ATX 2–2 SJ Guido Gonzales Jr Corey Parker Matthew Nelson Diego Blas Jorge Gonzalez Jozef Batko
2023-04-08 Reg AR1 HOU 3–0 LA Alex Chilowicz Matthew Nelson Eduardo Jeff Jason White Luis Guardia Joshua Patlak
2023-04-01 Reg AR1 PHI 0–0 SKC Victor Rivas Matthew Nelson Brian Poeschel Marcos DeOliveira Jorge Gonzalez Chantal Boudreau
2023-03-25 Reg AR2 CLT 1–1 NYRB Marcos DeOliveira Adam Wienckowski Matthew Nelson Thomas Synder Luis Guardia Thomas Supple
2023-03-18 Reg AR2 NYC 3–2 DC Mark Allatin Andrew Bigelow Matthew Nelson Chris Penso Sorin Stoica Jonathan Johnson
2023-03-11 Reg AR2 PHI 1–0 CHI Guido Gonzales Jr Kathryn Nesbitt Matthew Nelson Logan Brown Kevin Terry Jr Gjovalin Bori
2023-02-25 Reg 4th ATL 2–1 SJ Jon Freemon Nick Uranga Jose Da Silva Matthew Nelson Daniel Radford TJ Zablocki
2022-09-04 Reg AR1 DC 0–0 COL Tori Penso Matthew Nelson Tyler Wyrostek Luis Arroyo Fotis Bazakos Thomas Supple
2022-08-28 Reg AR2 NE 1–2 LA Lukasz Szpala Brian Poeschel Matthew Nelson Ricardo Fierro Armando Villarreal Joshua Patlak
2022-08-21 Reg AR2 SKC 4–1 POR Armando Villarreal Micheal Barwegen Matthew Nelson Ricardo Fierro Carol-Anne Chenard Thomas Supple

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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