Officials

  • R Esse Baharmast Regular Season: 18th match as referee All MLS matches: 18th match as referee
  • AR1 Edwin Resendes Regular Season: 5th match as an AR; 4th as AR1 All MLS matches: 5th match as an AR; 4th as AR1
  • AR2 Mark Oliver Regular Season: 3rd match as an AR; 2nd as AR2 All MLS matches: 3rd match as an AR; 2nd as AR2
  • 4th Thomas Supple Regular Season: 4th match as 4th official All MLS matches: 4th match as 4th official
All appearance counts
The crew, and where this match falls in each official’s record.
Regular Season Overall
Pos Official In position Field / VOR Any position In position Field / VOR Any position
R Esse Baharmast 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th
AR1 Edwin Resendes 5th 7th 7th 5th 7th 7th
AR2 Mark Oliver 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd
4th Thomas Supple 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th

Cards

New England Revolution

  • Alexi Lalas

    • Yellow card, 30’ · Unsporting behaviour
  • Mark Watson sent off

    • Red card, 33’ · Serious foul play

Columbus Crew

  • Michael Clark

    • Yellow card, 69’ · Unsporting behaviour

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

Penalties

No penalties awarded.

Includes at least one match with a substitution involving the named official.

This match had a mid-match referee substitution.

This website’s default convention is for yellow card counts and per-match averages to exclude yellow cards which triggered a player’s expulsion for receiving a second caution in the same match. When this toggle is active, those values are adjusted to include such yellow cards.