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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, VOR.
OfficialPositionsMatches
Jorge Gonzalez VAR (11) 11
Jonathan Johnson AVAR (7) 7
Kevin Terry Jr VAR (5) 5
Mike Kampmeinert AVAR (5) 5
Alex Chilowicz VAR (4) 4
Daniel Radford VAR (4) 4
Edvin Jurisevic VAR (4) 4
Fabio Tovar AVAR (4) 4
Geoff Gamble VAR (4) 4
Michael Radchuk VAR (3), AVAR (1) 4
Rosendo Mendoza VAR (4) 4
TJ Zablocki AVAR (4) 4
Thomas Supple AVAR (4) 4
Carol-Anne Chenard VAR (3) 3
Dave Gantar VAR (3) 3
Eric Weisbrod AVAR (3) 3
Hilario Grajeda VAR (3) 3
Jair Marrufo VAR (3) 3
Jeff Muschik AVAR (3) 3
John Krill AVAR (3) 3
Jose Carlos Rivero VAR (3) 3
Joshua Patlak AVAR (3) 3
Luis Guardia VAR (3) 3
Peter Balciunas AVAR (3) 3
Alejandro Mariscal VAR (2) 2

Match log

On the match index →
Matthew Nelson’s match log as AR1, newest first.
DateRound Home Score Away RAR1AR24thVARAVAR
2022-09-04 Reg DC 0–0 COL Tori Penso Matthew Nelson Tyler Wyrostek Luis Arroyo Fotis Bazakos Thomas Supple
2022-08-06 Reg NSH 3–4 TOR Allen Chapman Matthew Nelson Walter Heatherly Mark Allatin Jorge Gonzalez Eric Weisbrod
2022-07-30 Reg PHI 6–0 HOU Kevin Stott Matthew Nelson Ben Pilgrim Natalie Simon Jorge Gonzalez Peter Balciunas
2022-06-26 Reg PHI 2–1 NYC Armando Villarreal Matthew Nelson Jose Da Silva Guido Gonzales Jr Jorge Gonzalez Mike Kampmeinert
2022-05-29 Reg LA 4–1 ATX Rubiel Vazquez Matthew Nelson Chris Elliott Calin Radosav Jose Carlos Rivero Nick Uranga
2022-05-14 Reg PHI 1–1 NYRB Rubiel Vazquez Matthew Nelson Jeremy Kieso JC Griggs Rosendo Mendoza Logan Brown
2022-05-07 Reg ATL 4–1 CHI Ramy Touchan Matthew Nelson Brian Dunn Elvis Osmanovic Daniel Radford Jeffrey Greeson
2022-05-01 Reg NYC 3–0 SJ Guido Gonzales Jr Matthew Nelson Brooke Mayo Elijio Arreguin Jair Marrufo Claudiu Badea
2022-04-23 Reg ATX 3–0 VAN Ramy Touchan Matthew Nelson Gjovalin Bori Luis Guardia Hilario Grajeda Jose Da Silva
2022-03-12 Reg PHI 2–0 SJ Victor Rivas Matthew Nelson Jeffrey Greeson Marcos DeOliveira Hilario Grajeda Peter Balciunas
2022-02-27 Reg HOU 0–0 RSL Ramy Touchan Matthew Nelson Ian McKay Matthew Thompson Rosendo Mendoza Mike Kampmeinert
2021-10-31 Reg ORL 1–1 NSH Allen Chapman Matthew Nelson Ian McKay Lukasz Szpala Rosendo Mendoza Jose Da Silva
2021-10-27 Reg SKC 2–0 LA Alan Kelly Matthew Nelson Jose Da Silva Jon Freemon Kevin Terry Jr Jonathan Johnson
2021-10-20 Reg DC 2–3 NE Nima Saghafi Matthew Nelson Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho Thomas Synder Geoff Gamble Craig Lowry
2021-10-02 Reg ATX 2–1 RSL Rosendo Mendoza Matthew Nelson Andrew Bigelow Baldomero Toledo Jair Marrufo Fabio Tovar
2021-09-15 Reg ATL 4–0 CIN Drew Fischer Matthew Nelson Ryan Graves Ted Unkel Alan Kelly Nick Uranga
2021-09-11 Reg MTL 0–1 NSH Silviu Petrescu Matthew Nelson Gianni Facchini David Barrie Carol-Anne Chenard Robert Schaap
2021-09-04 Reg RSL 3–2 DAL Baldomero Toledo Matthew Nelson Chantal Boudreau Allen Chapman Alex Chilowicz Chris Elliott
2021-08-21 Reg ORL 1–0 CHI Timothy Ford Matthew Nelson Ryan Graves JC Griggs Alejandro Mariscal Kyle Longville
2021-08-04 Reg MTL 2–2 ATL Dave Gantar Matthew Nelson Cory Richardson Marcos DeOliveira Geoff Gamble Robert Schaap
2021-07-30 Reg NYC 4–1 CLB Alan Kelly Matthew Nelson Gjovalin Bori Elton Garcia Jose Carlos Rivero Thomas Supple
2021-07-24 Reg NSH 3–0 CIN Guido Gonzales Jr Matthew Nelson Kevin Klinger Baldomero Toledo Daniel Radford Joshua Patlak
2021-07-21 Reg TOR 1–1 NYRB Silviu Petrescu Matthew Nelson Kevin Klinger Ramy Touchan Carol-Anne Chenard Gianni Facchini
2021-07-03 Reg MTL 1–0 MIA Rosendo Mendoza Matthew Nelson Chantal Boudreau Tori Penso Kevin Terry Jr Jozef Batko
2021-06-27 Reg ATL 0–0 NYRB Alan Kelly Matthew Nelson Brian Poeschel Alyssa Pennington Joe Dickerson Jozef Batko

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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