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 2018 Matchday 9 Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC 4 – 1 CF Montréal CF Montréal Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 8 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 2 – 2 New England Revolution New England Revolution 6
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 7 Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Union 0 – 2 Orlando City Orlando City 6
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 5 Minnesota United FC Minnesota United FC 0 – 1 Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC 3 1
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 4 New England Revolution New England Revolution 2 – 2 New York City FC New York City FC VAR
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 3 FC Dallas FC Dallas 3 – 0 Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders 5 1
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 2 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 3 – 2 CF Montréal CF Montréal 2
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2018 Matchday 2 Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Union 2 – 0 New England Revolution New England Revolution Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Semi-final Houston Dynamo FC Houston Dynamo FC 0 – 2 Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders 4 1
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Quarter-finals Toronto FC Toronto FC 0 – 1 Red Bull New York Red Bull New York 6 2
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Quarter-finals Houston Dynamo FC Houston Dynamo FC 0 – 0 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers VAR
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Knockout round Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC 0 – 0 (1–3 pens) Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 34 Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders 3 – 0 Colorado Rapids Colorado Rapids 7 2
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 33 Orlando City Orlando City 0 – 1 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 4
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 31 Red Bull New York Red Bull New York 3 – 3 D.C. United D.C. United 5
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 13 New England Revolution New England Revolution 2 – 1 Toronto FC Toronto FC Fourth official
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 29 Colorado Rapids Colorado Rapids 1 – 1 New York City FC New York City FC 3
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 20 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 1 – 1 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 5
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 27 Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles Galaxy 0 – 3 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes 3 1
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 37 CF Montréal CF Montréal 3 – 1 Real Salt Lake City Real Salt Lake City 7
Total: 81
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