Nima Saghafi — MLS Ref Stats

Career

Matches: 133
Goals (per match): 374 (2.81)
Fouls (per match): 3537 (26.59)
Yellow cards (per match): 533 (4.01)
Red cards (per match): 20 (0.15)
Penalties (per match): 34 (0.26)

By season

Nima Saghafi’s record by season, newest first.
Season	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M

2023	21	4.19	5	6	28.19
2022	23	4.74	6	3	26.13
2021	15	3.00	0	1	23.67
2020	11	4.00	0	3	27.27
2019	26	3.31	3	9	27.42
2018	20	4.90	2	5	26.90
2017	13	3.77	3	5	25.92
2016	4	3.50	1	2	25.25
All seasons	133	4.01	20	34	26.59

Nima Saghafi’s record by season — the home sides’ share of each figure, and how home sides fared.
Season	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M	Record	PPG

2023	21	2.24	1	4	13.71	11–9–1	2.000
2022	23	2.30	2	3	12.22	13–5–5	1.913
2021	15	1.40	0	1	12.60	9–2–4	1.933
2020	11	2.00	0	1	13.73	2–2–7	0.727
2019	26	1.35	2	5	13.50	14–3–9	1.731
2018	20	2.05	1	3	13.15	8–7–5	1.550
2017	13	2.08	0	3	13.85	9–4–0	2.385
2016	4	1.50	0	2	12.00	3–1–0	2.500
All seasons	133	1.89	6	22	13.17	69–33–31	1.805

Nima Saghafi’s record by season — the away sides’ share of each figure, and how away sides fared.
Season	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M	Record	PPG

2023	21	1.95	4	2	14.48	1–9–11	0.571
2022	23	2.43	4	0	13.91	5–5–13	0.870
2021	15	1.60	0	0	11.07	4–2–9	0.933
2020	11	2.00	0	2	13.55	7–2–2	2.091
2019	26	1.96	1	4	13.92	9–3–14	1.154
2018	20	2.85	1	2	13.75	5–7–8	1.100
2017	13	1.69	3	2	12.08	0–4–9	0.308
2016	4	2.00	1	0	13.25	0–1–3	0.250
All seasons	133	2.11	14	12	13.43	31–33–69	0.947

Card reasons

Yellow cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Yellow cards
Unsporting behaviour	447
Dissent	42
Delaying the restart	26
Persistent infringement	13
Failing to respect distance	5
Total	533

Red cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Red cards
Second caution	11
Violent conduct	5
Serious foul play	3
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (foul)	1
Total	20

Yellow card reasons are unofficial, and some of them may be incorrect. “???” means we are missing a reason for a card.

Cards by minute

Cards issued, by minute band.
Minute	Cards	Share
1–15	28
16–30	61
31–45 (incl. added time)	101
46–60	84
61–75	117
76–90 (incl. added time)	173
Extra time	0
Shootout	0

By club

Nima Saghafi’s record by club.
Club	Matches	GF	GA	YC	Opp YC	RC	Opp RC	PEN	Opp PEN

Atlanta United FC	8 matches against Atlanta United FC	13	10	11	14	0	0	0	0
Austin FC	4 matches against Austin FC	5	7	9	6	1	0	0	0
CF Montréal	13 matches against CF Montréal	25	20	26	24	0	1	3	3
Charlotte FC	3 matches against Charlotte FC	5	6	5	6	0	0	0	0
Chicago Fire FC	14 matches against Chicago Fire FC	15	20	27	29	2	1	4	3
Colorado Rapids	11 matches against Colorado Rapids	12	19	32	19	0	2	0	2
Columbus Crew	13 matches against Columbus Crew	16	15	24	20	0	1	2	2
D.C. United	13 matches against D.C. United	10	18	22	19	1	0	0	0
FC Cincinnati	5 matches against FC Cincinnati	7	13	11	9	0	0	2	2
FC Dallas	9 matches against FC Dallas	19	9	21	16	1	1	1	1
Houston Dynamo FC	11 matches against Houston Dynamo FC	15	19	26	17	0	0	1	2
Inter Miami CF	5 matches against Inter Miami CF	2	4	5	9	0	0	0	0
LA Galaxy	6 matches against LA Galaxy	13	13	16	14	1	1	0	0
Los Angeles FC	5 matches against Los Angeles FC	11	4	8	11	0	0	0	1
Minnesota United FC	8 matches against Minnesota United FC	10	7	19	15	2	0	1	0
Nashville SC	8 matches against Nashville SC	14	8	13	16	0	2	1	0
New England Revolution	11 matches against New England Revolution	15	14	18	20	1	2	1	2
New York City FC	9 matches against New York City FC	9	9	16	15	1	0	1	1
Orlando City SC	11 matches against Orlando City SC	22	10	23	26	0	2	2	3
Philadelphia Union	13 matches against Philadelphia Union	15	20	25	28	1	1	4	3
Portland Timbers	7 matches against Portland Timbers	6	12	15	15	2	1	0	0
Real Salt Lake	14 matches against Real Salt Lake	18	20	31	28	1	2	0	2
Red Bull New York	7 matches against Red Bull New York	7	8	10	8	0	0	0	0
Saint Louis CITY SC	1 matches against Saint Louis CITY SC	1	3	2	4	1	0	0	1
San Jose Earthquakes	9 matches against San Jose Earthquakes	22	14	22	27	1	0	1	0
Seattle Sounders FC	12 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	14	13	23	30	1	1	2	2
Sporting Kansas City	10 matches against Sporting Kansas City	19	20	22	27	2	1	3	0
Toronto FC	14 matches against Toronto FC	21	20	28	30	0	0	3	3
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	12 matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC	13	19	23	31	1	1	2	1

Most frequent crewmates

Crewmate position: All On field AR AR1 AR2 4th official VOR VAR AVAR

Nima Saghafi’s most frequent crewmates.
Official	Positions	Matches
Craig Lowry	AR1 (1) with Craig Lowry, AVAR (17) with Craig Lowry	18 matches with Craig Lowry
Jose Da Silva	AR1 (6) with Jose Da Silva, AR2 (7) with Jose Da Silva, AVAR (2) with Jose Da Silva	15 matches with Jose Da Silva
Daniel Radford	4th (4) with Daniel Radford, VAR (10) with Daniel Radford	14 matches with Daniel Radford
Jorge Gonzalez	4th (1) with Jorge Gonzalez, VAR (13) with Jorge Gonzalez	14 matches with Jorge Gonzalez
Corey Parker	AR1 (11) with Corey Parker, AR2 (1) with Corey Parker	12 matches with Corey Parker
Jonathan Johnson	AVAR (12) with Jonathan Johnson	12 matches with Jonathan Johnson
Jason White	AR1 (6) with Jason White, AR2 (5) with Jason White	11 matches with Jason White
Nick Uranga	AR1 (9) with Nick Uranga, AR2 (2) with Nick Uranga	11 matches with Nick Uranga
Thomas Supple	AVAR (11) with Thomas Supple	11 matches with Thomas Supple
Adam Garner	AR1 (5) with Adam Garner, AR2 (3) with Adam Garner, AVAR (2) with Adam Garner	10 matches with Adam Garner
Adam Wienckowski	AR1 (6) with Adam Wienckowski, AR2 (2) with Adam Wienckowski, 4th (1) with Adam Wienckowski, AVAR (1) with Adam Wienckowski	10 matches with Adam Wienckowski
Eric Weisbrod	AR1 (5) with Eric Weisbrod, AR2 (4) with Eric Weisbrod, AVAR (1) with Eric Weisbrod	10 matches with Eric Weisbrod
Alejandro Mariscal	4th (3) with Alejandro Mariscal, VAR (6) with Alejandro Mariscal	9 matches with Alejandro Mariscal
Marcos DeOliveira	4th (9) with Marcos DeOliveira	9 matches with Marcos DeOliveira
Alan Kelly	4th (4) with Alan Kelly, VAR (4) with Alan Kelly	8 matches with Alan Kelly
Andrew Bigelow	AR1 (5) with Andrew Bigelow, AR2 (3) with Andrew Bigelow	8 matches with Andrew Bigelow
Corey Rockwell	AR1 (6) with Corey Rockwell, AR2 (2) with Corey Rockwell	8 matches with Corey Rockwell
Guido Gonzales Jr	4th (3) with Guido Gonzales Jr, VAR (5) with Guido Gonzales Jr	8 matches with Guido Gonzales Jr
Hilario Grajeda	4th (2) with Hilario Grajeda, VAR (6) with Hilario Grajeda	8 matches with Hilario Grajeda
Ian McKay	AR1 (5) with Ian McKay, AR2 (2) with Ian McKay, 4th (1) with Ian McKay	8 matches with Ian McKay
Kevin Terry Jr	VAR (8) with Kevin Terry Jr	8 matches with Kevin Terry Jr
Logan Brown	AR1 (7) with Logan Brown, AR2 (1) with Logan Brown	8 matches with Logan Brown
Mike Kampmeinert	AR1 (1) with Mike Kampmeinert, AR2 (2) with Mike Kampmeinert, AVAR (5) with Mike Kampmeinert	8 matches with Mike Kampmeinert
Brian Poeschel	AR1 (5) with Brian Poeschel, AR2 (2) with Brian Poeschel	7 matches with Brian Poeschel
Chris Elliott	AR1 (2) with Chris Elliott, AR2 (3) with Chris Elliott, 4th (1) with Chris Elliott, AVAR (1) with Chris Elliott	7 matches with Chris Elliott

Match log

On the match index →

Nima Saghafi’s match log, newest first.
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Fouls	YC	RC	PEN
2023-10-07	Reg	SEA	0–0	VAN	24	6	0	0
2023-09-20	Reg	NYRB	1–1	ATX	31	4	0	0
2023-09-02	Reg	RSL	2–0	COL	34	5	0	0
2023-08-20	Reg	NYC	0–2	MIN	29	4	0	0
2023-07-15	Reg	SEA	1–1	DAL	35	5	0	0
2023-07-12	Reg	VAN	2–1	ATX	23	4	0	0
2023-07-08	Reg	HOU	2–2	SKC	29	5	0	1
2023-07-01	Reg	ORL	3–1	CHI	32	4+1	1	2
2023-06-24	Reg	POR	1–1	NYC	29	4	0	0
2023-06-17	Reg	NSH	3–1	STL	33	6+1	1	1
2023-06-10	Reg	SJ	2–1	PHI	33	0	0	0
2023-05-31	Reg	TOR	0–0	CHI	30	2	0	0
2023-05-27	Reg	MTL	1–0	MIA	23	3	0	0
2023-05-20	Reg	CIN	3–2	CLB	21	2	0	1
2023-05-13	Reg	DC	1–1	NSH	34	4	0	0
2023-04-29	Reg	RSL	0–0	SEA	22	8+1	1	0
2023-04-22	Reg	NE	2–1	SKC	16	2	1	0
2023-04-08	Reg	VAN	1–0	POR	34	6	0	0
2023-04-01	Reg	CIN	1–0	MIA	27	5	0	0
2023-03-18	Reg	MTL	3–2	PHI	29	7+1	1	1
2023-03-04	Reg	ATL	1–1	TOR	24	2	0	0
2022-10-01	Reg	SJ	2–0	MIN	20	7	0	0
2022-09-17	Reg	ORL	4–0	TOR	27	4	0	0
2022-09-03	Reg	NSH	3–0	ATX	33	5+1	1	0
2022-08-28	Reg	ATL	3–2	DC	22	1	0	0

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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