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, VAR.
Official	Positions	Matches
Jorge Gonzalez	VAR (13) with Jorge Gonzalez	13 matches with Jorge Gonzalez
Daniel Radford	VAR (10) with Daniel Radford	10 matches with Daniel Radford
Kevin Terry Jr	VAR (8) with Kevin Terry Jr	8 matches with Kevin Terry Jr
Alejandro Mariscal	VAR (6) with Alejandro Mariscal	6 matches with Alejandro Mariscal
Geoff Gamble	VAR (6) with Geoff Gamble	6 matches with Geoff Gamble
Hilario Grajeda	VAR (6) with Hilario Grajeda	6 matches with Hilario Grajeda
Sorin Stoica	VAR (6) with Sorin Stoica	6 matches with Sorin Stoica
Edvin Jurisevic	VAR (5) with Edvin Jurisevic	5 matches with Edvin Jurisevic
Guido Gonzales Jr	VAR (5) with Guido Gonzales Jr	5 matches with Guido Gonzales Jr
Jose Carlos Rivero	VAR (5) with Jose Carlos Rivero	5 matches with Jose Carlos Rivero
Alan Kelly	VAR (4) with Alan Kelly	4 matches with Alan Kelly
Ricardo Salazar	VAR (4) with Ricardo Salazar	4 matches with Ricardo Salazar
Alex Chilowicz	VAR (3) with Alex Chilowicz	3 matches with Alex Chilowicz
Drew Fischer	VAR (3) with Drew Fischer	3 matches with Drew Fischer
Fotis Bazakos	VAR (3) with Fotis Bazakos	3 matches with Fotis Bazakos
Jair Marrufo	VAR (3) with Jair Marrufo	3 matches with Jair Marrufo
Jon Freemon	VAR (3) with Jon Freemon	3 matches with Jon Freemon
Kevin Stott	VAR (2) with Kevin Stott	2 matches with Kevin Stott
Mark Geiger	VAR (2) with Mark Geiger	2 matches with Mark Geiger
Michael Radchuk	VAR (2) with Michael Radchuk	2 matches with Michael Radchuk
Rosendo Mendoza	VAR (2) with Rosendo Mendoza	2 matches with Rosendo Mendoza
Silviu Petrescu	VAR (2) with Silviu Petrescu	2 matches with Silviu Petrescu
Timothy Ford	VAR (2) with Timothy Ford	2 matches with Timothy Ford
Younes Marrakchi	VAR (2) with Younes Marrakchi	2 matches with Younes Marrakchi
Allen Chapman	VAR (1) with Allen Chapman	1 matches with Allen Chapman

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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