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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

On the match index →
Matthew Nelson’s match log as AR, 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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