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 · Major League Soccer 2017

All 33 Referee 27 Fourth official 5 VAR 1 Major League Soccer 2017
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
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 23 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 1 – 1 Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC 6
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 22 Toronto FC Toronto FC 4 – 0 New York City FC New York City FC 2
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 – 2 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 5
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 19 Houston Dynamo FC Houston Dynamo FC 3 – 1 CF Montréal CF Montréal 5
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 18 Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Union 3 – 0 New England Revolution New England Revolution 2
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 14 Colorado Rapids Colorado Rapids 1 – 3 Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles Galaxy 3
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 16 Orlando City Orlando City 3 – 3 CF Montréal CF Montréal 5
Major League Soccer Major League Soccer 2017 Matchday 15 Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 2 – 0 FC Dallas FC Dallas 3
Total: 33
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