Chris Penso
Referee

Chris Penso United States

Born44 years (28 Apr 1982)
81
Matches
50
As referee
0
As assistant
31
Fourth official / VAR
6
Competitions
221
Yellow cards
16
Red cards
Per match: 4.42 yellow · 0.32 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 2 1 0 1 0 6 0 6.00
2 Major League Soccer 2025 Major League Soccer 2025 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 –
3 Major League Soccer 2024 Major League Soccer 2024 4 1 0 1 2 6 1 6.00
4 Major League Soccer 2023 Major League Soccer 2023 2 1 0 1 0 6 0 6.00
5 Major League Soccer 2018 Major League Soccer 2018 38 20 0 11 7 87 7 4.35
6 Major League Soccer 2017 Major League Soccer 2017 33 27 0 5 1 116 8 4.30
Totals 81 50 0 20 11 221 16 4.42

Matches

All 81 Referee 50 Fourth official 20 VAR 11
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2026 Matchday 15 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 2 – 0 Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC 6
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2026 Matchday 1 FC Cincinnati FC Cincinnati 2 – 0 Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2025 Matchday 13 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes 3 – 3 Inter Miami CF Inter Miami CF VAR
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2025 Matchday 7 Inter Miami CF Inter Miami CF 1 – 1 Toronto FC Toronto FC Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2024 First round Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC 2 – 1 Inter Miami CF Inter Miami CF VAR
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2024 Matchday 34 Inter Miami CF Inter Miami CF 1 – 1 Charlotte FC Charlotte FC Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2024 Matchday 24 FC Cincinnati FC Cincinnati 6 – 1 Inter Miami CF Inter Miami CF 6 1
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2024 Matchday 9 Inter Miami CF Inter Miami CF 3 – 1 Nashville SC Nashville SC VAR
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2023 Matchday 27 Inter Miami CF Inter Miami CF 2 – 2 Charlotte FC Charlotte FC Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2023 Matchday 29 Inter Miami CF Inter Miami CF 0 – 0 Nashville SC Nashville SC 6
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Final 9 Dec 2018 00:00 Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC 2 – 0 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers VAR
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Conference finals Red Bull New York Red Bull New York 1 – 0 Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC VAR
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Conference semi-finals Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 4 – 2 Real Salt Lake City Real Salt Lake City Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Conference semi-finals Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders 3 – 2 (2–4 pens) Portland Timbers Portland Timbers VAR
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 35 Colorado Rapids Colorado Rapids 2 – 1 FC Dallas FC Dallas 2
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 34 D.C. United D.C. United 3 – 1 New York City FC New York City FC Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 37 Orlando City Orlando City 1 – 2 Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders VAR
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 32 CF Montréal CF Montréal 3 – 0 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 31 Chicago Fire Chicago Fire 3 – 1 Los Angeles FC Los Angeles FC 5
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 30 Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Union 2 – 0 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City Fourth official
Total: 81
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