Matthew Nelson — other positions

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.
Club	Matches	GF	GA
Atlanta United FC	12 matches against Atlanta United FC	25	17
Austin FC	5 matches against Austin FC	7	6
CF Montréal	6 matches against CF Montréal	7	14
Charlotte FC	3 matches against Charlotte FC	8	6
Chicago Fire FC	16 matches against Chicago Fire FC	24	29
Colorado Rapids	7 matches against Colorado Rapids	10	12
Columbus Crew	10 matches against Columbus Crew	15	15
D.C. United	12 matches against D.C. United	10	30
FC Cincinnati	3 matches against FC Cincinnati	1	8
FC Dallas	8 matches against FC Dallas	12	7
Houston Dynamo FC	8 matches against Houston Dynamo FC	12	12
Inter Miami CF	1 matches against Inter Miami CF	0	1
LA Galaxy	11 matches against LA Galaxy	19	16
Los Angeles FC	5 matches against Los Angeles FC	7	8
Minnesota United FC	3 matches against Minnesota United FC	5	4
Nashville SC	4 matches against Nashville SC	8	5
New England Revolution	7 matches against New England Revolution	14	9
New York City FC	17 matches against New York City FC	33	26
Orlando City SC	10 matches against Orlando City SC	13	17
Philadelphia Union	17 matches against Philadelphia Union	37	20
Portland Timbers	8 matches against Portland Timbers	11	11
Real Salt Lake	9 matches against Real Salt Lake	12	18
Red Bull New York	12 matches against Red Bull New York	13	12
Saint Louis CITY SC	1 matches against Saint Louis CITY SC	1	2
San Jose Earthquakes	5 matches against San Jose Earthquakes	1	9
Seattle Sounders FC	3 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	6	2
Sporting Kansas City	13 matches against Sporting Kansas City	16	12
Toronto FC	8 matches against Toronto FC	16	11
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	8 matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC	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.
Official	Positions	Matches
Alan Kelly	R (31) with Alan Kelly, 4th (1) with Alan Kelly, VAR (1) with Alan Kelly	33 matches with Alan Kelly
Jorge Gonzalez	R (1) with Jorge Gonzalez, 4th (3) with Jorge Gonzalez, VAR (11) with Jorge Gonzalez	15 matches with Jorge Gonzalez
Alex Chilowicz	R (6) with Alex Chilowicz, 4th (1) with Alex Chilowicz, VAR (4) with Alex Chilowicz	11 matches with Alex Chilowicz
Nima Saghafi	R (3) with Nima Saghafi, 4th (5) with Nima Saghafi, VAR (1) with Nima Saghafi	9 matches with Nima Saghafi
Andrew Bigelow	AR2 (7) with Andrew Bigelow, AVAR (1) with Andrew Bigelow	8 matches with Andrew Bigelow
Dave Gantar	R (3) with Dave Gantar, 4th (2) with Dave Gantar, VAR (3) with Dave Gantar	8 matches with Dave Gantar
Eric Weisbrod	AR2 (5) with Eric Weisbrod, AVAR (3) with Eric Weisbrod	8 matches with Eric Weisbrod
Guido Gonzales Jr	R (4) with Guido Gonzales Jr, 4th (3) with Guido Gonzales Jr, VAR (1) with Guido Gonzales Jr	8 matches with Guido Gonzales Jr
Jonathan Johnson	AR2 (1) with Jonathan Johnson, AVAR (7) with Jonathan Johnson	8 matches with Jonathan Johnson
Rosendo Mendoza	R (3) with Rosendo Mendoza, 4th (1) with Rosendo Mendoza, VAR (4) with Rosendo Mendoza	8 matches with Rosendo Mendoza
Allen Chapman	R (4) with Allen Chapman, 4th (3) with Allen Chapman	7 matches with Allen Chapman
Baldomero Toledo	R (3) with Baldomero Toledo, 4th (4) with Baldomero Toledo	7 matches with Baldomero Toledo
Hilario Grajeda	R (1) with Hilario Grajeda, 4th (3) with Hilario Grajeda, VAR (3) with Hilario Grajeda	7 matches with Hilario Grajeda
Kyle Longville	AR2 (5) with Kyle Longville, AVAR (2) with Kyle Longville	7 matches with Kyle Longville
Marcos DeOliveira	4th (7) with Marcos DeOliveira	7 matches with Marcos DeOliveira
Robert Sibiga	R (5) with Robert Sibiga, 4th (1) with Robert Sibiga, VAR (1) with Robert Sibiga	7 matches with Robert Sibiga
Armando Villarreal	R (4) with Armando Villarreal, 4th (2) with Armando Villarreal	6 matches with Armando Villarreal
Daniel Radford	4th (2) with Daniel Radford, VAR (4) with Daniel Radford	6 matches with Daniel Radford
Fotis Bazakos	R (2) with Fotis Bazakos, 4th (2) with Fotis Bazakos, VAR (2) with Fotis Bazakos	6 matches with Fotis Bazakos
Jose Da Silva	AR2 (4) with Jose Da Silva, AVAR (2) with Jose Da Silva	6 matches with Jose Da Silva
Kevin Klinger	AR2 (6) with Kevin Klinger	6 matches with Kevin Klinger
Mark Allatin	R (1) with Mark Allatin, 4th (4) with Mark Allatin, AVAR (1) with Mark Allatin	6 matches with Mark Allatin
Rubiel Vazquez	R (4) with Rubiel Vazquez, 4th (2) with Rubiel Vazquez	6 matches with Rubiel Vazquez
Brian Dunn	AR2 (5) with Brian Dunn	5 matches with Brian Dunn
Edvin Jurisevic	4th (1) with Edvin Jurisevic, VAR (4) with Edvin Jurisevic	5 matches with Edvin Jurisevic

Match log

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Matthew Nelson’s match log as AR1, newest first.
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	R	AR1	AR2	4th	VAR	AVAR
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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Appearances — AR1

Matthew Nelson’s appearances by season as AR1, newest first.

By club

Most frequent crewmates

Match log