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, AR2.
Official	Positions	Matches
Jose Da Silva	AR2 (7) with Jose Da Silva	7 matches with Jose Da Silva
Brian Dunn	AR2 (6) with Brian Dunn	6 matches with Brian Dunn
Diego Blas	AR2 (5) with Diego Blas	5 matches with Diego Blas
Gianni Facchini	AR2 (5) with Gianni Facchini	5 matches with Gianni Facchini
Jason White	AR2 (5) with Jason White	5 matches with Jason White
Chris Wattam	AR2 (4) with Chris Wattam	4 matches with Chris Wattam
Eric Weisbrod	AR2 (4) with Eric Weisbrod	4 matches with Eric Weisbrod
Felisha Mariscal	AR2 (4) with Felisha Mariscal	4 matches with Felisha Mariscal
Jeremy Kieso	AR2 (4) with Jeremy Kieso	4 matches with Jeremy Kieso
Kevin Lock	AR2 (4) with Kevin Lock	4 matches with Kevin Lock
Adam Garner	AR2 (3) with Adam Garner	3 matches with Adam Garner
Andrew Bigelow	AR2 (3) with Andrew Bigelow	3 matches with Andrew Bigelow
Art Arustamyan	AR2 (3) with Art Arustamyan	3 matches with Art Arustamyan
Chris Elliott	AR2 (3) with Chris Elliott	3 matches with Chris Elliott
Jeffrey Swartzel	AR2 (3) with Jeffrey Swartzel	3 matches with Jeffrey Swartzel
Matthew Nelson	AR2 (3) with Matthew Nelson	3 matches with Matthew Nelson
Meghan Mullen	AR2 (3) with Meghan Mullen	3 matches with Meghan Mullen
Mike Rottersman	AR2 (3) with Mike Rottersman	3 matches with Mike Rottersman
Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho	AR2 (3) with Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho	3 matches with Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Peter Balciunas	AR2 (3) with Peter Balciunas	3 matches with Peter Balciunas
TJ Zablocki	AR2 (3) with TJ Zablocki	3 matches with TJ Zablocki
Adam Wienckowski	AR2 (2) with Adam Wienckowski	2 matches with Adam Wienckowski
Apolinar Mariscal	AR2 (2) with Apolinar Mariscal	2 matches with Apolinar Mariscal
Brian Poeschel	AR2 (2) with Brian Poeschel	2 matches with Brian Poeschel
Cameron Blanchard	AR2 (2) with Cameron Blanchard	2 matches with Cameron Blanchard

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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