List of MLS Cup referees

MLS Cup Final Referees are the referees chosen for the MLS Cup, the championship match in Major League Soccer, the top tier soccer league in the United States and Canada.

Referees

Year	Referee	Assistants	Fourth official	Reserve AR	Video Assistant Referee	Assistant VAR
1996	Esse Baharmast	Scott Olson Paul Tamberino	Brian Hall		—	—
1997	Brian Hall	Scott Olson Greg Barkey
1998	Kevin Terry	Chip Reed Laszio Negy	Paul Tamberino
1999	Tim Weyland	Nathan Clement Craig Lowry	Brian Hall
2000	Paul Tamberino	Craig Lowry George Vergara	Kevin Stott
2001	Kevin Stott	Roger Itaya Daniel Wilson	Paul Tamberino
2002	Kevin Terry	Greg Barkey Richard Eddy	Michael Kennedy
2003	Brian Hall	Rob Fereday Craig Lowry	Noel Kenny
2004	Michael Kennedy	Nathan Clement Kermit Quisenberry	Abiodun Okulaja
2005	Baldomero Toledo	Greg Barkey Kermit Quisenberry	Mark Geiger
2006	Jair Marrufo	Nate Clement Craig Lowry	Kevin Stott
2007	Alex Prus	Rob Fereday Adam Wienckowski	Brian Hall
2008	Baldomero Toledo	Kermit Quisenberry Greg Barkey	Mark Geiger
2009	Kevin Stott	C. J. Morgante Rob Fereday	Baldomero Toledo
2010	Baldomero Toledo	C. J. Morgante Craig Lowry	Silviu Petrescu
2011	Ricardo Salazar	Craig Lowry Peter Manikowski	Hilario Grajeda
2012	Silviu Petrescu	Daniel Belleau Darren Clark	Hilario Grajeda
2013	Hilario Grajeda	Paul Scott Bill Dittmar	Ismail Elfath
2014	Mark Geiger	Peter Manikowski Joe Fletcher	Armando Villarreal
2015	Jair Marrufo	Peter Manikowski Corey Parker	Chris Penso	James Conlee
2016	Alan Kelly	Frank Anderson Joe Fletcher	Allen Chapman	Danny Thornberry
2017	Allen Chapman	Adam Wienckowski Jeremy Hanson	Kevin Stott	Jason White	David Gantar
2018	Alan Kelly	Ian Anderson Eric Weisbrod	Nima Saghafi	Kathryn Nesbitt	Chris Penso	Thomas Supple
2019	Allen Chapman	Brian Dunn Corey Rockwell	Rubiel Vazquez	Brian Poeschel	Edvin Jurisevic	Cameron Blanchard
2020	Jair Marrufo	Corey Parker Kathryn Nesbitt	Alex Chilowicz	Cory Richardson	Drew Fischer	Fabio Tovar
2021	Armando Villarreal	Frank Anderson Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho	Fotis Bazakos	Jeremy Hanson	Chris Penso	Cory Richardson
2022	Ismail Elfath	Corey Rockwell Ian Anderson	Joe Dickerson	Jeffrey Greeson	Drew Fischer	Jeff Muschik
2023	Armando Villarreal	Cameron Blanchard Ian McKay	Jon Freemon	Jeremy Kieso	Kevin Stott	TJ Zablocki