José Carlos Rivero
Referee

José Carlos Rivero United States

Born45 years (2 May 1981)
80
Matches
48
As referee
0
As assistant
32
Fourth official / VAR
7
Competitions
195
Yellow cards
16
Red cards
Per match: 4.06 yellow · 0.33 red Cards from matches where they were the main referee; a second yellow counts as a red.
# Competition P Ref. Asst. 4th VAR Avg.
1 Major League Soccer 2026 Major League Soccer 2026 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 –
2 Major League Soccer 2025 Major League Soccer 2025 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 –
3 Major League Soccer 2024 Major League Soccer 2024 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 –
4 Major League Soccer 2023 Major League Soccer 2023 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 –
5 Major League Soccer 2018 Major League Soccer 2018 37 24 0 13 0 98 8 4.08
6 US Open Cup 2017 US Open Cup 2017 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 4.00
7 Major League Soccer 2017 Major League Soccer 2017 36 23 0 13 0 93 8 4.04
Totals 80 48 0 26 6 195 16 4.06

Matches

All 80 Referee 48 Fourth official 26 VAR 6
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 3 New York City FC New York City FC 2 – 0 Orlando City Orlando City 5
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 2 Chicago Fire Chicago Fire 3 – 4 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 4
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 1 Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders 0 – 1 Los Angeles FC Los Angeles FC 3 1
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Semi-final 22 Nov 2017 00:00 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 0 – 0 Toronto FC Toronto FC Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Quarter-finals Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 1 – 2 Houston Dynamo FC Houston Dynamo FC Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Knockout round Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5 – 0 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes 2
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 34 FC Dallas FC Dallas 5 – 1 Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles Galaxy 2 1
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 33 Colorado Rapids Colorado Rapids 1 – 0 Real Salt Lake City Real Salt Lake City Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 32 Minnesota United FC Minnesota United FC 1 – 1 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 4 1
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 32 Chicago Fire Chicago Fire 1 – 1 New York City FC New York City FC 2
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 30 24 Sep 2017 00:00 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 – 1 Colorado Rapids Colorado Rapids 4
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 30 Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC 4 – 0 Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles Galaxy Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 29 Red Bull New York Red Bull New York 0 – 0 Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Union 3
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 28 Toronto FC Toronto FC 4 – 0 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes 2 1
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 28 New York City FC New York City FC 1 – 0 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 27 D.C. United D.C. United 1 – 0 New England Revolution New England Revolution 4
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 14 Chicago Fire Chicago Fire 1 – 3 Toronto FC Toronto FC Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 24 Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Union 0 – 3 CF Montréal CF Montréal Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 23 Minnesota United FC Minnesota United FC 0 – 4 Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders 2
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 22 Houston Dynamo FC Houston Dynamo FC 2 – 2 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 3
Total: 80
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