2022 season — MLS Ref Stats

Matches: 489
Goals (per match): 1450 (2.97)
Fouls (per match): 11740 (24.01)
Yellow cards (per match): 2100 (4.29)
Red cards (per match): 97 (0.20)
Penalties (per match): 174 (0.36)

Referees

Referees who worked the 2022 season.
Referee	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M

Allen Chapman	25	3.44	1	13	22.72
Lukasz Szpala	25	4.52	5	9	24.48
Armando Villarreal	24	3.96	2	6	23.63
Joe Dickerson	24	4.33	7	4	26.13
Ted Unkel	24	4.46	6	16	22.96
Victor Rivas	24	4.92	7	7	24.25
Chris Penso	23	5.48	5	9	22.13
Marcos DeOliveira	23	4.26	6	5	26.61
Nima Saghafi	23	4.74	6	3	26.13
Alex Chilowicz	22	3.91	0	10	23.59
Guido Gonzales Jr	21	4.43	3	6	23.24
Timothy Ford	21	3.43	2	5	23.57
Ramy Touchan	20	5.00	4	9	25.10
Ismail Elfath	19	5.05	5	11	25.68
Rubiel Vazquez	19	3.95	6	3	23.42
Jon Freemon	18	4.39	7	10	26.56
Drew Fischer	16	4.31	6	5	23.56
Fotis Bazakos	16	4.00	3	5	22.50
Ismir Pekmic	16	5.00	0	8	24.56
Pierre-Luc Lauzière	16	3.19	2	4	23.75
Rosendo Mendoza	15	4.87	4	6	22.47
Silviu Petrescu	11	4.00	2	5	21.91
Tori Penso	10	4.40	3	3	25.40
Jair Marrufo	8	3.00	0	1	18.88
Kevin Stott	7	2.29	0	6	23.00
Michael Radchuk	7	5.43	3	2	26.43
Matthew Conger	4	5.25	1	2	18.75
Filip Dujic	3	1.33	1	0	21.67
Mark Allatin	3	2.67	0	1	22.67
Kevin Broadley	1	5.00	0	0	23.00
Malik Badawi	1	2.00	0	0	26.00

Referees who worked the 2022 season — the home sides’ share of each figure, and how home sides fared.
Referee	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M	Record	PPG
						Home sides’ record, whole season: 240–121–128	Points per game: 1.720
Allen Chapman	25	1.80	0	9	11.20	15–4–6	1.960
Lukasz Szpala	25	1.96	2	7	13.28	10–7–8	1.480
Armando Villarreal	24	1.71	1	4	12.63	18–3–3	2.375
Joe Dickerson	24	1.83	2	3	13.17	13–4–7	1.792
Ted Unkel	24	2.08	5	10	10.79	8–8–8	1.333
Victor Rivas	24	2.13	3	5	11.42	13–5–6	1.833
Chris Penso	23	2.52	5	4	11.39	9–5–9	1.391
Marcos DeOliveira	23	1.87	3	2	12.09	10–8–5	1.652
Nima Saghafi	23	2.30	2	3	12.22	13–5–5	1.913
Alex Chilowicz	22	1.82	0	7	11.59	11–3–8	1.636
Guido Gonzales Jr	21	2.14	1	3	11.67	13–3–5	2.000
Timothy Ford	21	1.48	1	5	10.62	8–7–6	1.476
Ramy Touchan	20	2.35	2	7	12.45	11–6–3	1.950
Ismail Elfath	19	2.42	2	9	13.89	9–3–7	1.579
Rubiel Vazquez	19	2.00	3	3	11.95	8–4–7	1.474
Jon Freemon	18	1.89	3	7	13.39	11–4–3	2.056
Drew Fischer	16	1.88	2	4	11.19	7–1–8	1.375
Fotis Bazakos	16	2.50	2	4	11.75	8–7–1	1.938
Ismir Pekmic	16	2.50	0	4	11.81	7–7–2	1.750
Pierre-Luc Lauzière	16	1.38	0	1	12.50	8–6–2	1.875
Rosendo Mendoza	15	2.00	4	4	10.73	9–4–2	2.067
Silviu Petrescu	11	1.55	0	4	9.27	3–3–5	1.091
Tori Penso	10	2.10	2	3	14.10	2–3–5	0.900
Jair Marrufo	8	1.50	0	0	8.75	2–3–3	1.125
Kevin Stott	7	0.71	0	6	11.71	4–3–0	2.143
Michael Radchuk	7	2.29	0	1	13.29	4–1–2	1.857
Matthew Conger	4	2.25	1	1	8.25	2–1–1	1.750
Filip Dujic	3	0.67	0	0	10.33	2–1–0	2.333
Mark Allatin	3	1.33	0	1	10.33	1–1–1	1.333
Kevin Broadley	1	2.00	0	0	11.00	0–1–0	1.000
Malik Badawi	1	0.00	0	0	11.00	1–0–0	3.000

Referees who worked the 2022 season — the away sides’ share of each figure, and how away sides fared.
Referee	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M	Record	PPG
						Away sides’ record, whole season: 128–121–240	Points per game: 1.033
Allen Chapman	25	1.64	1	4	11.52	6–4–15	0.880
Lukasz Szpala	25	2.56	3	2	11.20	8–7–10	1.240
Armando Villarreal	24	2.25	1	2	11.00	3–3–18	0.500
Joe Dickerson	24	2.50	5	1	12.96	7–4–13	1.042
Ted Unkel	24	2.38	1	6	12.17	8–8–8	1.333
Victor Rivas	24	2.79	4	2	12.83	6–5–13	0.958
Chris Penso	23	2.96	0	5	10.74	9–5–9	1.391
Marcos DeOliveira	23	2.39	3	3	14.52	5–8–10	1.000
Nima Saghafi	23	2.43	4	0	13.91	5–5–13	0.870
Alex Chilowicz	22	2.09	0	3	12.00	8–3–11	1.227
Guido Gonzales Jr	21	2.29	2	3	11.57	5–3–13	0.857
Timothy Ford	21	1.95	1	0	12.95	6–7–8	1.190
Ramy Touchan	20	2.65	2	2	12.65	3–6–11	0.750
Ismail Elfath	19	2.63	3	2	11.79	7–3–9	1.263
Rubiel Vazquez	19	1.95	3	0	11.47	7–4–8	1.316
Jon Freemon	18	2.50	4	3	13.17	3–4–11	0.722
Drew Fischer	16	2.44	4	1	12.38	8–1–7	1.563
Fotis Bazakos	16	1.50	1	1	10.75	1–7–8	0.625
Ismir Pekmic	16	2.50	0	4	12.75	2–7–7	0.813
Pierre-Luc Lauzière	16	1.81	2	3	11.25	2–6–8	0.750
Rosendo Mendoza	15	2.87	0	2	11.73	2–4–9	0.667
Silviu Petrescu	11	2.45	2	1	12.64	5–3–3	1.636
Tori Penso	10	2.30	1	0	11.30	5–3–2	1.800
Jair Marrufo	8	1.50	0	1	10.13	3–3–2	1.500
Kevin Stott	7	1.57	0	0	11.29	0–3–4	0.429
Michael Radchuk	7	3.14	3	1	13.14	2–1–4	1.000
Matthew Conger	4	3.00	0	1	10.50	1–1–2	1.000
Filip Dujic	3	0.67	1	0	11.33	0–1–2	0.333
Mark Allatin	3	1.33	0	0	12.33	1–1–1	1.333
Kevin Broadley	1	3.00	0	0	12.00	0–1–0	1.000
Malik Badawi	1	2.00	0	0	15.00	0–0–1	0.000

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