The assignments for Matchday 8 of the 2026 Major League Soccer season:
04/17/2026
Vancouver Whitecaps vs Sporting Kansas City
BC Place (10:30PM ET)
REF: Elijio Arreguin
AR1: Stefan Tanaka-Freundt
AR2: Twayne Anderson
4TH: Victor Rivas
VAR: Shawn Tehini
AVAR: Craig Lowry
04/18/2026
Toronto FC vs Austin FC
BMO Field (1PM ET)
REF: Drew Fischer
AR1: Micheal Barwegen
AR2: Lyes Arfa
4TH: Niko Jecanski
VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero
AVAR: TJ Zablocki
CF Montréal vs Red Bull New York
Stade Saputo (2:30PM ET)
REF: Sergii Demianchuk
AR1: Jose Da Silva
AR2: Gerard-Kader Lebuis
4TH: Michael Venne
VAR: Greg Dopka
AVAR: Tom Supple
Colorado Rapids vs Inter Miami
Empower Field at Mile High (4:30PM ET)
REF: Jon Freemon
AR1: Logan Brown
AR2: Ryan Graves
4TH: Ricardo Fierro
VAR: Edvin Jurisevic
AVAR: Mike Kampmeinert
Atlanta United vs Nashville
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (7:30PM ET)
REF: Allen Chapman
AR1: Cory Richardson
AR2: Ben Pilgrim
4TH: Sergii Boiko
VAR: Filip Dujic
AVAR: Tom Supple
FC Cincinnati vs Chicago Fire
TQL Stadium (7:30PM ET)
REF: Malik Badawi
AR1: Justin Howard
AR2: Matthew Nelson
4TH: Rosendo Mendoza
VAR: Kevin Terry Jr
AVAR: TJ Zablocki
New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew
Gillette Stadium (7:30PM ET)
REF: Timothy Ford
AR1: Chris Wattam
AR2: Mike Nickerson
4TH: Guido Gonzales Jr
VAR: Brad Jensen
AVAR: Mike Kampmeinert
New York City FC vs Charlotte FC
Citi Field (7:30PM ET)
REF: Tori Penso
AR1: Brooke Mayo
AR2: Kathryn Nesbitt
4TH: Matthew Corrigan
VAR: David Barrie
AVAR: Karsten Gillwald
Orlando City vs Houston Dynamo
Inter&Co Stadium (7:30PM ET)
REF: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
AR1: Nick Uranga
AR2: Rhett Hammil
4TH: Abdou Ndiaye
VAR: Jorge Gonzalez
AVAR: Craig Lowry
Philadelphia Union vs D.C. United
Subaru Park (7:30PM ET)
REF: Lorenzo Hernandez
AR1: Walt Heatherly
AR2: Diego Blas
4TH: Ricardo Montero Araya
VAR: Kevin Stott
AVAR: Joshua Patlak
FC Dallas vs LA Galaxy
Toyota Stadium (8:30PM ET)
REF: Marcos DeOliveira
AR1: Adam Wienckowski
AR2: Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
4TH: Elvis Osmanovic
VAR: Lukasz Szpala
AVAR: Jonathan Johnson
Minnesota United vs Portland Timbers
Allianz Field (8:30PM ET)
REF: Nabil Bensalah
AR1: Ian McKay
AR2: Kevin Lock
4TH: Fotis Bazakos
VAR: Carol Anne Chenard
AVAR: Claudiu Badea
Real Salt Lake vs San Diego
America First Field (9:30PM ET)
REF: Ismail Elfath
AR1: Corey Parker
AR2: Zach McWhorter
4TH: Thomas Snyder
VAR: Michael Radchuk
AVAR: Tom Felice
Seattle Sounders vs St Louis CITY
Lumen Field (9:30PM ET)
REF: Chris Penso
AR1: Chris Elliott
AR2: Jeremy Hanson
4TH: Brandon Stevis
VAR: Younes Marrakchi
AVAR: Fabio Tovar
04/19/2026
Los Angeles FC vs San Jose Earthquakes
BMO Stadium (7PM ET)
REF: Joe Dickerson
AR1: Jeremy Kieso
AR2: Stephen McGonagle
4TH: Alexis Da Silva
VAR: Lukasz Szpala
AVAR: Jonathan Johnson