Matthew Nelson — other positions — MLS Ref Stats

Appearances

Show: All (290) AR (270) AR1 (116) AR2 (154) 4th official (2) AVAR (18)

Matches: 290
Seasons: 15
From: 2012
To: 2026

2026: 8
2025: 15
2024: 23
2023: 26
2022: 22
2021: 31
2020: 20
2019: 23
2018: 30
2017: 22
2016: 22
2015: 16
2014: 14
2013: 12
2012: 6

By club

Matthew Nelson’s record by club.
Club	Matches	GF	GA
Atlanta United FC	23 matches against Atlanta United FC	51	31
Austin FC	9 matches against Austin FC	13	11
CD Chivas USA	2 matches against CD Chivas USA	1	4
CF Montréal	29 matches against CF Montréal	40	63
Charlotte FC	9 matches against Charlotte FC	17	15
Chicago Fire FC	30 matches against Chicago Fire FC	37	52
Colorado Rapids	21 matches against Colorado Rapids	27	41
Columbus Crew	29 matches against Columbus Crew	40	37
D.C. United	39 matches against D.C. United	45	62
FC Cincinnati	10 matches against FC Cincinnati	12	22
FC Dallas	21 matches against FC Dallas	28	27
Houston Dynamo FC	20 matches against Houston Dynamo FC	35	26
Inter Miami CF	4 matches against Inter Miami CF	6	5
LA Galaxy	17 matches against LA Galaxy	34	24
Los Angeles FC	8 matches against Los Angeles FC	10	10
Minnesota United FC	9 matches against Minnesota United FC	11	16
Nashville SC	12 matches against Nashville SC	26	15
New England Revolution	30 matches against New England Revolution	52	31
New York City FC	31 matches against New York City FC	51	45
Orlando City SC	15 matches against Orlando City SC	19	27
Philadelphia Union	36 matches against Philadelphia Union	65	42
Portland Timbers	20 matches against Portland Timbers	26	32
Real Salt Lake	22 matches against Real Salt Lake	32	26
Red Bull New York	32 matches against Red Bull New York	35	27
Saint Louis CITY SC	3 matches against Saint Louis CITY SC	2	5
San Jose Earthquakes	16 matches against San Jose Earthquakes	10	28
Seattle Sounders FC	12 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	16	12
Sporting Kansas City	28 matches against Sporting Kansas City	37	30
Toronto FC	27 matches against Toronto FC	34	41
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	16 matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC	21	26

Most frequent crewmates

Crewmate position: All On field R AR AR1 AR2 4th official VOR VAR AVAR

Matthew Nelson’s most frequent crewmates.
Official	Positions	Matches
Alan Kelly	R (44) with Alan Kelly, 4th (4) with Alan Kelly, VAR (3) with Alan Kelly	51 matches with Alan Kelly
Jorge Gonzalez	R (8) with Jorge Gonzalez, 4th (5) with Jorge Gonzalez, VAR (24) with Jorge Gonzalez	37 matches with Jorge Gonzalez
Armando Villarreal	R (17) with Armando Villarreal, 4th (4) with Armando Villarreal, VAR (2) with Armando Villarreal	23 matches with Armando Villarreal
Rosendo Mendoza	R (8) with Rosendo Mendoza, 4th (6) with Rosendo Mendoza, VAR (6) with Rosendo Mendoza	20 matches with Rosendo Mendoza
Guido Gonzales Jr	R (9) with Guido Gonzales Jr, 4th (9) with Guido Gonzales Jr, VAR (1) with Guido Gonzales Jr	19 matches with Guido Gonzales Jr
Kevin Terry Jr	4th (2) with Kevin Terry Jr, VAR (17) with Kevin Terry Jr	19 matches with Kevin Terry Jr
Alex Chilowicz	R (12) with Alex Chilowicz, 4th (2) with Alex Chilowicz, VAR (4) with Alex Chilowicz	18 matches with Alex Chilowicz
Daniel Radford	4th (2) with Daniel Radford, VAR (16) with Daniel Radford	18 matches with Daniel Radford
Fotis Bazakos	R (7) with Fotis Bazakos, 4th (6) with Fotis Bazakos, VAR (5) with Fotis Bazakos	18 matches with Fotis Bazakos
Allen Chapman	R (13) with Allen Chapman, 4th (4) with Allen Chapman	17 matches with Allen Chapman
Brian Dunn	AR1 (9) with Brian Dunn, AR2 (6) with Brian Dunn, AVAR (2) with Brian Dunn	17 matches with Brian Dunn
Marcos DeOliveira	R (5) with Marcos DeOliveira, 4th (12) with Marcos DeOliveira	17 matches with Marcos DeOliveira
Rubiel Vazquez	R (13) with Rubiel Vazquez, 4th (4) with Rubiel Vazquez	17 matches with Rubiel Vazquez
Mark Geiger	R (16) with Mark Geiger	16 matches with Mark Geiger
Ramy Touchan	R (11) with Ramy Touchan, 4th (5) with Ramy Touchan	16 matches with Ramy Touchan
Robert Sibiga	R (5) with Robert Sibiga, 4th (9) with Robert Sibiga, VAR (2) with Robert Sibiga	16 matches with Robert Sibiga
Sorin Stoica	R (4) with Sorin Stoica, 4th (5) with Sorin Stoica, VAR (7) with Sorin Stoica	16 matches with Sorin Stoica
Nima Saghafi	R (6) with Nima Saghafi, 4th (8) with Nima Saghafi, VAR (1) with Nima Saghafi	15 matches with Nima Saghafi
Silviu Petrescu	R (6) with Silviu Petrescu, 4th (9) with Silviu Petrescu	15 matches with Silviu Petrescu
Dave Gantar	R (4) with Dave Gantar, 4th (5) with Dave Gantar, VAR (5) with Dave Gantar	14 matches with Dave Gantar
Drew Fischer	R (8) with Drew Fischer, 4th (1) with Drew Fischer, VAR (5) with Drew Fischer	14 matches with Drew Fischer
Jose Carlos Rivero	R (2) with Jose Carlos Rivero, 4th (1) with Jose Carlos Rivero, VAR (11) with Jose Carlos Rivero	14 matches with Jose Carlos Rivero
Peter Balciunas	AR1 (3) with Peter Balciunas, AR2 (3) with Peter Balciunas, AVAR (8) with Peter Balciunas	14 matches with Peter Balciunas
Thomas Supple	AVAR (14) with Thomas Supple	14 matches with Thomas Supple
Adam Wienckowski	AR1 (10) with Adam Wienckowski, AR2 (2) with Adam Wienckowski, AVAR (1) with Adam Wienckowski	13 matches with Adam Wienckowski

Match log

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Matthew Nelson’s match log, newest first.
Date	Round	Position	Home	Score	Away	R	AR1	AR2	4th	VAR	AVAR
2026-08-01	Reg	AR1	LA	0–0	DAL	Fotis Bazakos	Matthew Nelson	Eduardo Jeff	Matthew Thompson	Geoff Gamble	TJ Zablocki
2026-07-25	Reg	AR1	NYC	3–1	CHI	Ricardo Montero Araya	Matthew Nelson	Walter Heatherly	Marcos DeOliveira	Kevin Terry Jr	TJ Zablocki
2026-07-22	Reg	AR1	LAFC	3–1	RSL	Pierre-Luc Lauzière	Matthew Nelson	Rhett Hammil	Servando Berna	David Barrie	John Krill
2026-05-23	Reg	AR2	DC	4–4	MTL	Filip Dujic	Jeremy Kieso	Matthew Nelson	Jon Freemon	Jorge Gonzalez	Craig Lowry
2026-05-16	Reg	AR2	RBNY	1–1	NYC	Victor Rivas	Ian McKay	Matthew Nelson	Lorenzo Hernandez	Filip Dujic	TJ Zablocki
2026-05-02	Reg	AR2	RSL	2–0	POR	Rosendo Mendoza	Brooke Mayo	Matthew Nelson	Cristian Campo Hernandez	Jose Carlos Rivero	Craig Lowry
2026-04-25	Reg	AR2	MIN	0–1	LAFC	Guido Gonzales Jr	Gérard-Kader Lebuis	Matthew Nelson	Rosendo Mendoza	Jorge Gonzalez	Craig Lowry
2026-04-18	Reg	AR2	CIN	3–3	CHI	Malik Badawi	Justin Howard	Matthew Nelson	Rosendo Mendoza	Kevin Terry Jr	TJ Zablocki
2025-10-11	Reg	AR1	ORL	1–2	VAN	Sergii Boiko	Matthew Nelson	Kevin Klinger	Elvis Osmanovic	Lukasz Szpala	Michael Radchuk
2025-09-20	Reg	AR2	HOU	1–0	POR	Allen Chapman	Ian McKay	Matthew Nelson	John Matto	Kevin Stott	Mark Allatin
2025-09-13	Reg	AR2	CIN	2–1	NSH	Marcos DeOliveira	Corey Parker	Matthew Nelson	Ricardo Montero Araya	Kevin Stott	Mark Allatin
2025-09-06	Reg	AR1	CHI	3–2	NE	Guido Gonzales Jr	Matthew Nelson	Jeffrey Swartzel	Ricardo Montero Araya	Michael Radchuk	Mark Allatin
2025-08-30	Reg	AR2	NYRB	0–0	CLB	Rubiel Vazquez	Jose Da Silva	Matthew Nelson	Brad Jensen	Kevin Terry Jr	Brian Dunn
2025-08-16	Reg	AR1	ORL	3–1	SKC	Ricardo Montero Araya	Matthew Nelson	Walter Heatherly	Matthew Thompson	Jorge Gonzalez	John Krill
2025-08-09	Reg	AR2	PHI	1–1	TOR	Tori Penso	Brooke Mayo	Matthew Nelson	Luis Arroyo	Jorge Gonzalez	TJ Zablocki
2025-07-26	Reg	AR2	ATL	2–2	SEA	Ramy Touchan	Jeremy Hanson	Matthew Nelson	Alexis Da Silva	Shawn Tehini	Matthew Seem
2025-07-19	Reg	AR1	SKC	1–1	NYC	Timothy Ford	Matthew Nelson	Diego Blas	Corbyn May	Jorge Gonzalez	Jeff Muschik
2025-07-05	Reg	AR1	CLT	2–2	ORL	Rosendo Mendoza	Matthew Nelson	Justin Howard	Sergii Demianchuk	Jorge Gonzalez	Mike Kampmeinert
2025-06-29	Reg	AR1	LAFC	0–1	VAN	Jon Freemon	Matthew Nelson	Felisha Mariscal	Brandon Stevis	David Barrie	Thomas Supple
2025-06-07	Reg	AR1	DC	1–7	CHI	Lorenzo Hernandez	Matthew Nelson	Kevin Klinger	Sergii Boiko	Greg Dopka	John Krill
2025-05-31	Reg	AR2	MTL	0–3	NE	Michael Venne	Gérard-Kader Lebuis	Matthew Nelson	Guido Gonzales Jr	Geoff Gamble	Jason White
2025-05-24	Reg	AR1	DC	0–2	NYRB	Malik Badawi	Matthew Nelson	Meghan Mullen	Lorenzo Hernandez	Jorge Gonzalez	Jonathan Johnson
2025-05-17	Reg	AR2	CLT	1–4	CHI	Ismir Pekmic	Justin Howard	Matthew Nelson	Alyssa Pennington	Kevin Terry Jr	Mike Kampmeinert
2024-10-29	KO	AR2	CLB	0–1	NYRB	Timothy Ford	Logan Brown	Matthew Nelson	Fotis Bazakos	Greg Dopka	Joshua Patlak
2024-10-19	Reg	AR2	MTL	2–0	NYC	Allen Chapman	Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho	Matthew Nelson	Filip Dujic	Edvin Jurisevic	Craig Lowry

Positions are as each match started. A crew member the source never recorded shows as “???”; a dash means the position was not used in that match.

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