Silviu Petrescu🇨🇦

200 matches as referee, 2006–2022. Inactive.

Born: 6 October 1968
Birthplace: Brașov, Romania
Hometown: Brașov, Romania
Nationality: Canada

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Career

Matches: 200
Goals (per match): 541 (2.71)
Fouls (per match): 5,460 (27.30)
Yellow cards (per match): 805 (4.03)
Red cards (per match): 29 (0.14)
Penalties (per match): 50 (0.25)

By season

Silviu Petrescu’s record by season, newest first.
Season	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M

2022	11	4.00	2	5	21.91
2021	16	4.63	1	2	26.00
2020	10	5.20	1	1	29.50
2019	11	5.36	3	5	26.18
2018	9	4.44	1	3	25.33
2017	15	4.27	2	2	27.33
2016	17	4.18	4	8	29.12
2015	16	4.56	4	5	28.75
2014	15	2.53	0	5	26.47
2013	20	3.70	3	4	29.00
2012	21	3.14	1	4	26.62
2011	13	3.69	3	2	25.23
2010	11	3.55	0	3	24.73
2009	6	4.00	0	1	26.50
2008	4	3.75	1	0	35.00
2007	3	5.33	2	0	41.00
2006	2	4.00	1	0	34.50
All seasons	200	4.03	29	50	27.30

Silviu Petrescu’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

2022	11	1.55	0	4	9.27	3–3–5	1.091
2021	16	1.88	0	1	12.81	10–3–3	2.063
2020	10	2.80	0	1	14.10	8–2–0	2.600
2019	11	2.36	0	4	13.36	8–2–1	2.364
2018	9	2.00	1	2	13.33	3–5–1	1.556
2017	15	1.87	0	1	13.33	10–3–2	2.200
2016	17	1.76	3	5	13.65	11–3–3	2.118
2015	16	1.88	1	4	14.38	10–4–2	2.125
2014	15	1.07	0	3	12.93	7–5–3	1.733
2013	20	1.55	1	3	13.55	12–5–3	2.050
2012	21	1.38	0	3	13.43	12–6–3	2.000
2011	13	1.69	3	1	11.85	4–5–4	1.308
2010	11	2.00	0	3	12.64	4–2–5	1.273
2009	6	1.83	0	1	12.50	3–1–2	1.667
2008	4	1.50	0	0	17.00	2–1–1	1.750
2007	3	2.33	1	0	22.00	2–0–1	2.000
2006	2	2.00	0	0	18.00	1–0–1	1.500
All seasons	200	1.77	10	36	13.31	110–50–40	1.900

Silviu Petrescu’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

2022	11	2.45	2	1	12.64	5–3–3	1.636
2021	16	2.75	1	1	13.19	3–3–10	0.750
2020	10	2.40	1	0	15.40	0–2–8	0.200
2019	11	3.00	3	1	12.82	1–2–8	0.455
2018	9	2.44	0	1	12.00	1–5–3	0.889
2017	15	2.40	2	1	14.00	2–3–10	0.600
2016	17	2.41	1	3	15.47	3–3–11	0.706
2015	16	2.69	3	1	14.38	2–4–10	0.625
2014	15	1.47	0	2	13.53	3–5–7	0.933
2013	20	2.15	2	1	15.45	3–5–12	0.700
2012	21	1.76	1	1	13.19	3–6–12	0.714
2011	13	2.00	0	1	13.38	4–5–4	1.308
2010	11	1.55	0	0	12.09	5–2–4	1.545
2009	6	2.17	0	0	14.00	2–1–3	1.167
2008	4	2.25	1	0	18.00	1–1–2	1.000
2007	3	3.00	1	0	19.00	1–0–2	1.000
2006	2	2.00	1	0	16.50	1–0–1	1.500
All seasons	200	2.25	19	14	13.99	40–50–110	0.850

Card reasons

Yellow cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Yellow cards
Unsporting behaviour	650
Delaying the restart	70
Dissent	61
Persistent infringement	18
Failing to respect distance	5
Entering the field without permission	1
Total	805

Red cards issued, by reason.
Reason	Red cards
Second caution	13
Violent conduct	5
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (foul)	4
Serious foul play	4
Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (handball)	3
Total	29

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	43
16–30	100
31–45 (incl. added time)	174
46–60	111
61–75	146
76–90 (incl. added time)	272
Extra time	1
Shoot-out	0

By club

Silviu Petrescu’s record by club.
Club	Matches	GF	GA	YC	Opp YC	RC	Opp RC	PEN	Opp PEN

Atlanta United FC	4 matches against Atlanta United FC	4	6	6	13	1	0	1	2
Austin FC	2 matches against Austin FC	1	4	5	2	1	0	0	0
CD Chivas USA	7 matches against CD Chivas USA	4	8	11	6	0	0	0	1
CF Montréal	17 matches against CF Montréal	33	26	34	34	1	0	3	4
Charlotte FC	2 matches against Charlotte FC	1	3	4	3	0	0	0	0
Chicago Fire FC	22 matches against Chicago Fire FC	30	36	45	44	3	3	3	5
Colorado Rapids	17 matches against Colorado Rapids	9	24	37	25	3	2	1	2
Columbus Crew	21 matches against Columbus Crew	25	33	44	40	3	0	2	2
D.C. United	22 matches against D.C. United	21	21	38	39	1	1	1	0
FC Cincinnati	4 matches against FC Cincinnati	10	13	13	9	0	0	0	2
FC Dallas	15 matches against FC Dallas	26	25	37	33	0	2	1	2
Houston Dynamo FC	16 matches against Houston Dynamo FC	21	17	34	23	2	0	2	3
Inter Miami CF	3 matches against Inter Miami CF	2	3	10	7	1	0	0	0
LA Galaxy	24 matches against LA Galaxy	37	33	46	43	0	2	7	2
Los Angeles FC	3 matches against Los Angeles FC	3	0	5	10	1	0	0	0
Minnesota United FC	6 matches against Minnesota United FC	8	4	11	13	0	1	0	0
Nashville SC	5 matches against Nashville SC	5	3	11	10	0	0	0	0
New England Revolution	23 matches against New England Revolution	32	37	48	54	3	0	3	3
New York City FC	8 matches against New York City FC	10	14	29	22	2	1	1	1
Orlando City SC	11 matches against Orlando City SC	23	20	25	30	0	3	2	3
Philadelphia Union	17 matches against Philadelphia Union	17	23	26	33	1	3	2	1
Portland Timbers	18 matches against Portland Timbers	28	19	33	40	0	3	5	2
Real Salt Lake	24 matches against Real Salt Lake	41	22	49	51	0	2	5	6
Red Bull New York	17 matches against Red Bull New York	18	28	35	27	0	0	4	3
San Jose Earthquakes	17 matches against San Jose Earthquakes	21	24	31	31	1	1	0	1
Seattle Sounders FC	21 matches against Seattle Sounders FC	27	18	39	37	2	3	2	1
Sporting Kansas City	9 matches against Sporting Kansas City	10	9	16	19	0	1	0	0
Toronto FC	26 matches against Toronto FC	43	30	43	58	2	1	3	1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	19 matches against Vancouver Whitecaps FC	31	38	40	49	1	0	2	3

Most frequent crewmates

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

Silviu Petrescu’s most frequent crewmates.
Official	Positions	Matches
Daniel Belleau	AR1 (32) with Daniel Belleau, AR2 (12) with Daniel Belleau	44 matches with Daniel Belleau
Gianni Facchini	AR1 (14) with Gianni Facchini, AR2 (11) with Gianni Facchini, AVAR (1) with Gianni Facchini	26 matches with Gianni Facchini
Geoff Gamble	4th (13) with Geoff Gamble, VAR (5) with Geoff Gamble	18 matches with Geoff Gamble
Philippe Brière	AR1 (13) with Philippe Brière, AR2 (4) with Philippe Brière	17 matches with Philippe Brière
Dave Gantar	4th (11) with Dave Gantar, VAR (5) with Dave Gantar	16 matches with Dave Gantar
Jose Carlos Rivero	4th (10) with Jose Carlos Rivero, VAR (3) with Jose Carlos Rivero	13 matches with Jose Carlos Rivero
Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho	AR1 (9) with Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho, AR2 (4) with Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho	13 matches with Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Craig Lowry	AR1 (2) with Craig Lowry, AR2 (7) with Craig Lowry, AVAR (3) with Craig Lowry	12 matches with Craig Lowry
Peter Manikowski	AR1 (7) with Peter Manikowski, AR2 (4) with Peter Manikowski, AVAR (1) with Peter Manikowski	12 matches with Peter Manikowski
Claudiu Badea	AR1 (6) with Claudiu Badea, AR2 (5) with Claudiu Badea	11 matches with Claudiu Badea
Eric Proctor	AR1 (1) with Eric Proctor, AR2 (10) with Eric Proctor	11 matches with Eric Proctor
Joe Fletcher	AR1 (9) with Joe Fletcher, AR2 (2) with Joe Fletcher	11 matches with Joe Fletcher
Kevin Duliba	AR1 (7) with Kevin Duliba, AR2 (4) with Kevin Duliba	11 matches with Kevin Duliba
Alejandro Mariscal	4th (7) with Alejandro Mariscal, VAR (3) with Alejandro Mariscal	10 matches with Alejandro Mariscal
Allen Chapman	4th (4) with Allen Chapman, VAR (6) with Allen Chapman	10 matches with Allen Chapman
Mike Rottersman	AR1 (3) with Mike Rottersman, AR2 (7) with Mike Rottersman	10 matches with Mike Rottersman
Daniel Radford	4th (7) with Daniel Radford, VAR (2) with Daniel Radford	9 matches with Daniel Radford
Drew Fischer	4th (8) with Drew Fischer, VAR (1) with Drew Fischer	9 matches with Drew Fischer
Jason White	AR1 (3) with Jason White, AR2 (5) with Jason White, AVAR (1) with Jason White	9 matches with Jason White
Kevin Klinger	AR2 (7) with Kevin Klinger, AVAR (2) with Kevin Klinger	9 matches with Kevin Klinger
Robert Sibiga	4th (8) with Robert Sibiga, VAR (1) with Robert Sibiga	9 matches with Robert Sibiga
Adam Garner	AR1 (3) with Adam Garner, AR2 (3) with Adam Garner, AVAR (2) with Adam Garner	8 matches with Adam Garner
Ian Anderson	AR1 (5) with Ian Anderson, AR2 (3) with Ian Anderson	8 matches with Ian Anderson
Marco Arruda	AR2 (8) with Marco Arruda	8 matches with Marco Arruda
Anthony Vasoli	AR1 (3) with Anthony Vasoli, AR2 (4) with Anthony Vasoli	7 matches with Anthony Vasoli

Match log

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Silviu Petrescu’s match log, newest first.
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Fouls	YC	RC	PEN
2022-09-30	Reg	TOR	0–1	MIA	21	5	0	0
2022-09-04	Reg	SEA	2–1	HOU	21	3	0	1
2022-08-13	Reg	LA	5–2	VAN	25	6+1	1	1
2022-08-03	Reg	POR	1–1	NSH	19	4	0	0
2022-07-23	Reg	CLB	0–0	NE	27	3	0	0
2022-07-02	Reg	TOR	0–2	SEA	25	5	0	0
2022-06-18	Reg	CLB	1–1	CLT	18	2	0	0
2022-05-21	Reg	CIN	2–3	NE	16	3	0	0
2022-05-14	Reg	CLT	0–2	MTL	20	5	0	0
2022-04-23	Reg	MIN	3–0	CHI	27	4+1	1	0
2022-04-09	Reg	VAN	2–3	POR	22	4	0	3
2021-10-30	Reg	DAL	2–1	ATX	28	5	1	0
2021-10-27	Reg	TOR	2–2	PHI	23	2	0	0
2021-10-17	Reg	VAN	2–1	SKC	29	5	0	0
2021-09-29	Reg	TOR	3–2	CIN	24	7	0	0
2021-09-11	Reg	MTL	0–1	NSH	19	4	0	0
2021-08-17	Reg	LA	1–2	COL	25	4	0	1
2021-08-07	Reg	MIN	2–0	HOU	20	3	0	0
2021-08-04	Reg	NE	0–0	NSH	25	4	0	0
2021-07-24	Reg	DAL	4–0	LA	25	5	0	0
2021-07-21	Reg	TOR	1–1	NYRB	31	4	0	0
2021-07-17	Reg	MTL	5–4	CIN	27	7	0	1
2021-07-03	Reg	RSL	0–1	LAFC	23	5	0	0
2021-06-23	Reg	MIN	2–0	ATX	24	2	0	0
2021-05-22	Reg	CHI	1–0	MIA	34	9	0	0

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