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Matthew Nelson🇺🇸

Appearances in positions other than referee. Active.

Nationality
United States

Appearances — AR

Show: All (290) AR (270) AR1 (116) AR2 (154) 4th official (2) AVAR (18)
Matches
270
Seasons
15
From
2012
To
2026
2026
8
2025
15
2024
23
2023
24
2022
20
2021
24
2020
16
2019
22
2018
26
2017
22
2016
22
2015
16
2014
14
2013
12
2012
6

By club

Matthew Nelson’s record by club as AR.
ClubMatches GFGA
Atlanta United FC 21 46 30
Austin FC 8 10 10
CD Chivas USA 2 1 4
CF Montréal 28 40 58
Charlotte FC 9 17 15
Chicago Fire FC 28 35 44
Colorado Rapids 19 26 35
Columbus Crew 27 38 35
D.C. United 31 31 55
FC Cincinnati 10 12 22
FC Dallas 20 24 26
Houston Dynamo FC 20 35 26
Inter Miami CF 3 5 3
LA Galaxy 17 34 24
Los Angeles FC 8 10 10
Minnesota United FC 7 10 13
Nashville SC 8 16 11
New England Revolution 28 50 31
New York City FC 29 47 41
Orlando City SC 15 19 27
Philadelphia Union 34 63 42
Portland Timbers 20 26 32
Real Salt Lake 21 32 26
Red Bull New York 29 33 25
Saint Louis CITY SC 3 2 5
San Jose Earthquakes 14 8 22
Seattle Sounders FC 11 16 10
Sporting Kansas City 28 37 30
Toronto FC 26 34 40
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 as AR, AR2.
OfficialPositionsMatches
Andrew Bigelow AR2 (7) 7
Kevin Klinger AR2 (6) 6
Brian Dunn AR2 (5) 5
Eric Weisbrod AR2 (5) 5
Kyle Longville AR2 (5) 5
Ian Anderson AR2 (4) 4
Jose Da Silva AR2 (4) 4
Logan Brown AR2 (4) 4
Brian Poeschel AR2 (3) 3
Claudiu Badea AR2 (3) 3
Diego Blas AR2 (3) 3
Eduardo Mariscal AR2 (3) 3
Jeffrey Greeson AR2 (3) 3
Jeffrey Swartzel AR2 (3) 3
Kevin Lock AR2 (3) 3
Walter Heatherly AR2 (3) 3
Adam Wienckowski AR2 (2) 2
Chantal Boudreau AR2 (2) 2
Eduardo Jeff AR2 (2) 2
Felisha Mariscal AR2 (2) 2
Gjovalin Bori AR2 (2) 2
Ian McKay AR2 (2) 2
Jason White AR2 (2) 2
Jeremy Kieso AR2 (2) 2
Justin Howard AR2 (2) 2

Match log

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Matthew Nelson’s match log as AR, newest first.
DateRound Position Home Score Away RAR1AR24thVARAVAR
2024-10-05 Reg AR1 SJ 0–1 RSL Mark Allatin Matthew Nelson Kevin Lock Malik Badawi Luis Guardia Jonathan Johnson
2024-10-02 Reg AR1 POR 0–1 ATX Alexis Da Silva Matthew Nelson Jason White Ricardo Fierro Daniel Radford Jonathan Johnson
2024-09-28 Reg AR2 DC 2–2 CLB Rubiel Vazquez Jose Da Silva Matthew Nelson Joshua Encarnacion Geoff Gamble Jonathan Johnson
2024-09-18 Reg AR1 NYC 1–5 PHI Pierre-Luc Lauzière Matthew Nelson Kevin Lock Mark Allatin Ismail Elfath Thomas Supple
2024-09-07 Reg AR2 NYRB 1–1 SKC Ramy Touchan Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho Matthew Nelson Sergii Boiko Kevin Terry Jr TJ Zablocki
2024-08-24 Reg AR2 MTL 0–5 NE Ismir Pekmic Lyes Arfa Matthew Nelson Filip Dujic Younes Marrakchi Rene Parra
2024-07-20 Reg AR2 LA 3–2 POR Sergii Boiko Stefan Tanaka-Freundt Matthew Nelson Timothy Ford Jorge Gonzalez Mike Kampmeinert
2024-07-17 Reg AR2 MIA 3–1 TOR Jair Marrufo Cory Richardson Matthew Nelson Abdou Ndiaye Younes Marrakchi Thomas Supple
2024-07-06 Reg AR2 PHI 0–0 NYRB Filip Dujic Lyes Arfa Matthew Nelson Marcos DeOliveira Kevin Terry Jr Jozef Batko
2024-07-03 Reg AR2 NE 2–1 ATL Jair Marrufo Ian McKay Matthew Nelson Guido Gonzales Jr Daniel Radford Thomas Supple
2024-06-29 Reg AR2 SKC 2–0 ATX Filip Dujic Lyes Arfa Matthew Nelson Alexandra Billeter Jose Carlos Rivero Jozef Batko
2024-06-19 Reg AR2 LA 2–0 NYC Rubiel Vazquez Corey Rockwell Matthew Nelson Brandon Stevis Younes Marrakchi TJ Zablocki
2024-06-02 Reg AR1 ATL 2–3 CLT Ismir Pekmic Matthew Nelson Andrew Bigelow Sergii Demianchuk Timothy Ford Jonathan Johnson
2024-05-29 Reg AR2 PHI 0–0 TOR Rubiel Vazquez Andrew Bigelow Matthew Nelson Thomas Synder Daniel Radford Thomas Supple
2024-05-25 Reg AR1 STL 1–2 SEA Lukasz Szpala Matthew Nelson Ricardo Ocampo JC Griggs Carol-Anne Chenard Fabio Tovar
2024-05-15 Reg AR2 ATX 1–0 HOU Filip Dujic Justin Howard Matthew Nelson Elton Garcia Edvin Jurisevic Kaili Terry
2024-05-04 Reg AR2 NSH 4–1 MTL Rosendo Mendoza Kevin Klinger Matthew Nelson Matthew Corrigan Michael Radchuk Jonathan Johnson
2024-04-20 Reg AR1 NYC 2–0 DC Malik Badawi Matthew Nelson Jeffrey Swartzel Thomas Synder Kevin Stott Fabio Tovar
2024-04-13 Reg AR2 NYRB 0–0 CHI Sergii Boiko Cameron Blanchard Matthew Nelson Jeremy Scheer Michael Radchuk Chantal Boudreau
2024-04-06 Reg AR2 NE 1–0 CLT Sergii Boiko Kevin Lock Matthew Nelson Guido Gonzales Jr Joe Dickerson Joshua Patlak
2024-03-30 Reg AR2 RSL 3–1 STL Drew Fischer Corey Rockwell Matthew Nelson Brad Jensen Alejandro Mariscal Ian McKay
2023-10-04 Reg AR2 PHI 3–2 ATL Alex Chilowicz Stefan Tanaka-Freundt Matthew Nelson Filip Dujic Daniel Radford Peter Balciunas
2023-09-30 Reg AR2 HOU 0–0 DAL Ismail Elfath Jeffrey Greeson Matthew Nelson Jair Marrufo Sorin Stoica Peter Balciunas
2023-09-23 Reg AR2 POR 3–2 COL Guido Gonzales Jr Chris Elliott Matthew Nelson Nima Saghafi Jorge Gonzalez Craig Lowry
2023-09-20 Reg AR2 STL 0–0 LAFC Rubiel Vazquez Kevin Lock Matthew Nelson Joe Dickerson Michael Radchuk Corey Rockwell

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.

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