Nima Saghafi — MLS Ref Stats

Career

Matches: 130
Goals (per match): 360 (2.77)
Fouls (per match): 3446 (26.51)
Yellow cards (per match): 521 (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	10	3.70	0	3	26.40
2019	25	3.32	3	9	27.20
2018	19	5.05	2	5	27.16
2017	13	3.77	3	5	25.92
2016	4	3.50	1	2	25.25
All seasons	130	4.01	20	34	26.51

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	10	1.80	0	1	13.20	2–1–7	0.700
2019	25	1.40	2	5	13.56	13–3–9	1.680
2018	19	2.11	1	3	13.37	7–7–5	1.474
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	130	1.90	6	22	13.16	67–32–31	1.792

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	10	1.90	0	2	13.20	7–1–2	2.200
2019	25	1.92	1	4	13.64	9–3–13	1.200
2018	19	2.95	1	2	13.79	5–7–7	1.158
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	130	2.11	14	12	13.35	31–32–67	0.962

Card reasons

Yellow cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Yellow cards
Unsporting behaviour	437
Dissent	40
Delaying the restart	26
Persistent infringement	13
Failing to respect distance	5
Total	521

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	59
31–45 (incl. added time)	98
46–60	83
61–75	117
76–90 (incl. added time)	167
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	12 matches against Columbus Crew	15	15	23	19	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	8 matches against FC Dallas	16	5	18	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	6 matches against Red Bull New York	7	7	9	7	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	8 matches against San Jose Earthquakes	19	11	19	23	1	0	1	0
Seattle Sounders FC	11 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	10	10	23	27	1	1	2	2
Sporting Kansas City	9 matches against Sporting Kansas City	16	17	18	24	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, 4th official.
Official	Positions	Matches
Marcos DeOliveira	4th (9) with Marcos DeOliveira	9 matches with Marcos DeOliveira
Sergii Demianchuk	4th (6) with Sergii Demianchuk	6 matches with Sergii Demianchuk
Alan Kelly	4th (4) with Alan Kelly	4 matches with Alan Kelly
Daniel Radford	4th (4) with Daniel Radford	4 matches with Daniel Radford
Fotis Bazakos	4th (4) with Fotis Bazakos	4 matches with Fotis Bazakos
Kevin Broadley	4th (4) with Kevin Broadley	4 matches with Kevin Broadley
Lukasz Szpala	4th (4) with Lukasz Szpala	4 matches with Lukasz Szpala
Natalie Simon	4th (4) with Natalie Simon	4 matches with Natalie Simon
Alejandro Mariscal	4th (3) with Alejandro Mariscal	3 matches with Alejandro Mariscal
Alex Chilowicz	4th (3) with Alex Chilowicz	3 matches with Alex Chilowicz
Elijio Arreguin	4th (3) with Elijio Arreguin	3 matches with Elijio Arreguin
Elton Garcia	4th (3) with Elton Garcia	3 matches with Elton Garcia
Filip Dujic	4th (3) with Filip Dujic	3 matches with Filip Dujic
Guido Gonzales Jr	4th (3) with Guido Gonzales Jr	3 matches with Guido Gonzales Jr
Luis Arroyo	4th (3) with Luis Arroyo	3 matches with Luis Arroyo
Ramy Touchan	4th (3) with Ramy Touchan	3 matches with Ramy Touchan
Robert Sibiga	4th (3) with Robert Sibiga	3 matches with Robert Sibiga
Rosendo Mendoza	4th (3) with Rosendo Mendoza	3 matches with Rosendo Mendoza
Thomas Synder	4th (3) with Thomas Synder	3 matches with Thomas Synder
Alain Ruch	4th (2) with Alain Ruch	2 matches with Alain Ruch
Allen Chapman	4th (2) with Allen Chapman	2 matches with Allen Chapman
Alyssa Pennington	4th (2) with Alyssa Pennington	2 matches with Alyssa Pennington
Baldomero Toledo	4th (2) with Baldomero Toledo	2 matches with Baldomero Toledo
Calin Radosav	4th (2) with Calin Radosav	2 matches with Calin Radosav
Dave Gantar	4th (2) with Dave Gantar	2 matches with Dave Gantar

Match log

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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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