1997 season — MLS Ref Stats

Matches: 173
Goals (per match): 558 (3.23)
Fouls (per match): 5,009 (28.95)
Yellow cards (per match): 501 (2.90)
Red cards (per match): 39 (0.23)
Penalties (per match): 55 (0.32)

Referees

Referees who worked the 1997 season.
Referee	Matches	YC/M	RC	PEN	F/M

Esse Baharmast	17	2.94	2	4	26.29
Brian Hall	16	2.38	1	3	27.06
Paul Tamberino	13	2.38	2	2	28.00
Kevin Terry	12	2.50	6	4	30.33
Rich Grady	12	3.92	7	11	33.33
Arturo Angeles	11	2.64	2	4	29.09
Tim Weyland	11	3.27	4	1	29.45
Joshua Patlak	10	3.40	1	4	27.10
Kevin Stott	10	2.20	1	1	25.10
Noel Kenny	10	3.00	0	0	28.80
Raul Dominguez	10	2.60	2	3	25.70
Ali Saheli	8	2.75	1	1	28.00
John Weselak	7	2.43	2	4	33.86
Ted Covaciu	6	3.50	3	2	33.50
Toru Kamikawa	6	2.67	2	2	27.17
Zimmerman Boulos	5	5.40	2	5	39.60
Alberto Giordano	2	2.00	0	1	42.50
Marcel Yonan	2	3.00	0	1	31.50
Robert Sheker	2	2.00	1	0	19.00
Byungil Noh	1	4.00	0	1	17.00
Jorge Reyes	1	2.00	0	1	29.00
Refugio Ramirez	1	4.00	0	0	35.00

Referees who worked the 1997 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: 88–35–50	Points per game: 1.728
Esse Baharmast	17	1.41	0	4	13.29	9–3–5	1.765
Brian Hall	16	1.06	1	2	13.44	5–5–6	1.250
Paul Tamberino	13	1.00	1	1	14.77	8–2–3	2.000
Kevin Terry	12	1.00	2	4	15.42	6–2–4	1.667
Rich Grady	12	1.58	4	5	16.67	7–1–4	1.833
Arturo Angeles	11	1.27	1	0	14.09	4–3–4	1.364
Tim Weyland	11	1.45	2	1	14.09	5–2–4	1.545
Joshua Patlak	10	1.70	0	3	12.90	7–0–3	2.100
Kevin Stott	10	1.10	0	1	12.90	5–1–4	1.600
Noel Kenny	10	1.10	0	0	14.10	5–3–2	1.800
Raul Dominguez	10	1.30	1	3	12.20	6–1–3	1.900
Ali Saheli	8	1.25	0	0	13.63	3–4–1	1.625
John Weselak	7	1.00	0	3	16.57	5–0–2	2.143
Ted Covaciu	6	1.67	1	2	16.17	3–3–0	2.000
Toru Kamikawa	6	2.00	1	2	13.33	4–2–0	2.333
Zimmerman Boulos	5	2.40	1	2	16.80	2–1–2	1.400
Alberto Giordano	2	0.00	0	1	19.50	0–1–1	0.500
Marcel Yonan	2	1.00	0	1	13.00	2–0–0	3.000
Robert Sheker	2	0.50	0	0	9.50	1–0–1	1.500
Byungil Noh	1	2.00	0	0	7.00	0–1–0	1.000
Jorge Reyes	1	1.00	0	0	13.00	0–0–1	0.000
Refugio Ramirez	1	2.00	0	0	23.00	1–0–0	3.000

Referees who worked the 1997 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: 50–35–88	Points per game: 1.069
Esse Baharmast	17	1.53	2	0	13.00	5–3–9	1.059
Brian Hall	16	1.31	0	1	13.63	6–5–5	1.438
Paul Tamberino	13	1.38	1	1	13.23	3–2–8	0.846
Kevin Terry	12	1.50	4	0	14.92	4–2–6	1.167
Rich Grady	12	2.33	3	6	16.67	4–1–7	1.083
Arturo Angeles	11	1.36	1	4	15.00	4–3–4	1.364
Tim Weyland	11	1.82	2	0	15.36	4–2–5	1.273
Joshua Patlak	10	1.70	1	1	14.20	3–0–7	0.900
Kevin Stott	10	1.10	1	0	12.20	4–1–5	1.300
Noel Kenny	10	1.90	0	0	14.70	2–3–5	0.900
Raul Dominguez	10	1.30	1	0	13.50	3–1–6	1.000
Ali Saheli	8	1.50	1	1	14.38	1–4–3	0.875
John Weselak	7	1.43	2	1	17.29	2–0–5	0.857
Ted Covaciu	6	1.83	2	0	17.33	0–3–3	0.500
Toru Kamikawa	6	0.67	1	0	13.83	0–2–4	0.333
Zimmerman Boulos	5	3.00	1	3	22.80	2–1–2	1.400
Alberto Giordano	2	2.00	0	0	23.00	1–1–0	2.000
Marcel Yonan	2	2.00	0	0	18.50	0–0–2	0.000
Robert Sheker	2	1.50	1	0	9.50	1–0–1	1.500
Byungil Noh	1	2.00	0	1	10.00	0–1–0	1.000
Jorge Reyes	1	1.00	0	1	16.00	1–0–0	3.000
Refugio Ramirez	1	2.00	0	0	12.00	0–0–1	0.000

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