The assignments for Matchday 21 of the 2026 Major League Soccer season:
08/19/2026
FC Cincinnati vs New York City FC
TQL Stadium (7:30PM ET)
REF: Fotis Bazakos
AR1: Cory Richardson
AR2: Andrew Bigelow
4TH: Atahan Yaya
VAR: Michael Radchuk
AVAR: Cameron Blanchard
Columbus Crew vs CF Montréal
ScottsMiracle-Gro Field (7:30PM ET)
REF: Malik Badawi
AR1: Nick Uranga
AR2: Mike Nickerson
4TH: Sergii Demianchuk
VAR: Edvin Jurisevic
AVAR: Craig Lowry
D.C. United vs New England Revolution
Audi Field (7:30PM ET)
REF: Ricardo Fierro
AR1: Jose Da Silva
AR2: Ben Pilgrim
4TH: Sergii Boiko
VAR: Younes Marrakchi
AVAR: Karsten Gillwald
Red Bull New York vs Nashville
Sports Illustrated Stadium (7:30PM ET)
REF: Lorenzo Hernandez
AR1: Matthew Nelson
AR2: Brian Dunn
4TH: Jeremy Scheer
VAR: Kevin Terry Jr
AVAR: John Krill
Orlando City vs Chicago Fire
Inter.co Stadium (7:30PM ET)
REF: Rosendo Mendoza
AR1: Ryan Graves
AR2: Diego Blas
4TH: Ben Meyer
VAR: Ismail Elfath
AVAR: Tom Felice
Philadelphia Union vs Inter Miami
Subaru Park (7:30PM ET)
REF: Filip Dujic
AR1: Ian McKay
AR2: Tyler Wyrostek
4TH: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
VAR: David Barrie
AVAR: Matthew Rodman
Toronto FC vs Charlotte FC
BMO Field (7:30PM ET)
REF: Alexis Da Silva
AR1: Gerard-Kader Lebuis
AR2: Walt Heatherly
4TH: Drew Fischer
VAR: Brad Jensen
AVAR: TJ Zablocki
Sporting Kansas City vs St Louis CITY
Sporting Park (8PM ET)
REF: Victor Rivas
AR1: Justin Howard
AR2: Adam Wienckowski
4TH: Marcos DeOliveira
VAR: Lukasz Szpala
AVAR: Fabio Tovar
Minnesota United vs Atlanta United
Allianz Field (8:30PM ET)
REF: Joshua Encarnacion
AR1: Logan Brown
AR2: Lyes Arfa
4TH: Guido Gonzales Jr
VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero
AVAR: Kali Smith
Colorado Rapids vs Los Angeles FC
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (9:30PM ET)
REF: Joe Dickerson
AR1: Brooke Mayo
AR2: Rhett Hammil
4TH: Jair Marrufo
VAR: Ismir Pekmic
AVAR: Jonathan Johnson
Real Salt Lake vs FC Dallas
America First Field (9:30PM ET)
REF: Armando Villarreal
AR1: Corey Parker
AR2: Kevin Lock
4TH: Trevor Wiseman
VAR: Daniel Radford
AVAR: Jackson Krauser
Seattle Sounders vs Austin FC
Lumen Field (9:30PM ET)
REF: Allen Chapman
AR1: Kyle Atkins
AR2: Chris Wattam
4TH: Corbyn May
VAR: Katja Koroleva
AVAR: Joshua Patlak
LA Galaxy vs San Jose Earthquakes
Dignity Health Sports Park (10:30PM ET)
REF: Ramy Touchan
AR1: Corey Rockwell
AR2: Jeffrey Greeson
4TH: Servando Berna
VAR: Edvin Jurisevic
AVAR: Craig Lowry
Portland Timbers vs San Diego
Providence Park (10:30PM ET)
REF: Rubiel Vazquez
AR1: Eric Weisbrod
AR2: Jeff Swartzel
4TH: Robert Vincze
VAR: David Barrie
AVAR: Tom Felice
Vancouver Whitecaps vs Houston Dynamo
BC Place (10:30PM ET)
REF: Ricardo Montero Araya
AR1: Chris Elliott
AR2: Jeremy Hanson
4TH: Iwan Jecanski
VAR: Kevin Terry Jr
AVAR: John Krill