List of Major League Soccer hat-tricks
The first hat-trick, a player scoring three goals in a game, in Major League Soccer, was scored by Steve Rammel of D.C. United in their 5–2 win at the Columbus Crew on May 15, 1996.[1]
The league's fastest hat-trick was scored in under five minutes by Harut Karapetyan of the LA Galaxy on June 4, 1998, in an 8–1 win at the Dallas Burn.[2] The fastest hat-trick from the start of a game was scored by Hany Mukhtar of Nashville SC, who recorded three goals in the opening 16 minutes of a 5–1 victory against Chicago Fire FC on July 18, 2021 (the goals all came in a six-minute window). Clint Mathis scored the most goals in a game, when he scored five, on August 26, 2000, in a 6–4 MetroStars win over the Burn.[3]
Roy Lassiter scored hat-tricks for the Tampa Bay Mutiny[1] and D.C. United.[4] Dante Washington scored hat-tricks for the Burn[5] and the Crew.[6] Mamadou Diallo scored three hat-tricks for the Mutiny[7][8][9] and another for the MetroStars,[10] twice scoring four goals in a game.
Hat-tricks
[edit]Key | |
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4 | Player scored four goals |
5 | Player scored five goals |
† | Player scored hat-trick as a substitute |
* | The home team |
1990s
[edit]- Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first
2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]Multiple hat-tricks
[edit]The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players who have scored two or more hat-tricks. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. Players whose names are in bold are still currently active in Major League Soccer. As of July 20, 2024.
Hat-tricks by nationality
[edit]The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by players from a single nation. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. As of October 19, 2024.
Rank | Nation | Hat-tricks |
---|---|---|
1 | United States | 82 |
2 | Colombia | 17 |
3 | Argentina | 11 |
4 | Mexico | 10 |
5 | England | 9 |
6 | Venezuela | 8 |
7 | Canada | 7 |
Senegal | ||
9 | Brazil | 6 |
Italy | ||
11 | Hungary | 5 |
Scotland | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | ||
14 | Belgium | 4 |
Costa Rica | ||
Ecuador | ||
Germany | ||
Honduras | ||
Republic of Ireland | ||
Uruguay | ||
21 | Guatemala | 3 |
Norway | ||
Sierra Leone | ||
Sweden | ||
25 | Croatia | 2 |
El Salvador | ||
France | ||
Gabon | ||
Gambia | ||
Greece | ||
Ivory Coast | ||
Paraguay | ||
Romania | ||
Zimbabwe | ||
35 | Armenia | 1 |
Bolivia | ||
Denmark | ||
Finland | ||
Ghana | ||
Guinea-Bissau | ||
Haiti | ||
Iraq | ||
Israel | ||
Jamaica | ||
Japan | ||
Netherlands | ||
Poland | ||
Slovakia | ||
Spain | ||
Switzerland |
Hat-tricks by team
[edit]The following table lists the number of hat-tricks scored by the different MLS teams. This list does not include playoff hat-tricks. As of October 19, 2024.
Rank | Team | Hat-tricks total | Hat-tricks home | Hat-tricks away | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LA Galaxy | 27 | 19 | 8 | |
2 | D.C. United | 23 | 14 | 9 | |
3 | New York Red Bulls | 18 | 13 | 5 | 7 hat-tricks as MetroStars |
4 | Columbus Crew | 16 | 12 | 4 | |
5 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | 7 | 4 | |
FC Dallas | 9 | 2 | 3 hat-tricks as Dallas Burn | ||
Philadelphia Union | 10 | 1 | |||
8 | Atlanta United FC | 10 | 9 | 1 | |
Los Angeles FC | 6 | 4 | |||
New England Revolution | 9 | 1 | |||
San Jose Earthquakes | 6 | 4 | |||
Sporting Kansas City | 8 | 2 | 6 hat-tricks as Kansas City Wizards | ||
13 | Chicago Fire FC | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
14 | Houston Dynamo FC | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
Real Salt Lake | 5 | 3 | |||
Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | 6 | |||
17 | Toronto FC | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
18 | † Miami Fusion | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
New York City FC | 6 | 0 | |||
20 | Nashville SC | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
† Tampa Bay Mutiny | 2 | 3 | |||
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 4 | 1 | |||
23 | FC Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
Inter Miami CF | 4 | 0 | |||
CF Montréal | 4 | 0 | 4 hat-tricks as Montreal Impact | ||
26 | † Chivas USA | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Minnesota United FC | 2 | 0 | |||
Orlando City SC | 0 | 2 | |||
29 | Austin FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Charlotte FC | 1 | 0 | |||
31 | Portland Timbers | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
St. Louis City SC | 0 | 0 |
† Defunct team
Hat-tricks in MLS Cup playoffs
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* | The home team |
Player | Nationality | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
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Raúl Díaz Arce | El Salvador | D.C. United* | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 4–1 | October 10, 1996 | [239] |
Stern John | Trinidad and Tobago | Columbus Crew* | D.C. United | 5–1 | November 7, 1999 | [240] |
Landon Donovan | United States | LA Galaxy* | Real Salt Lake | 5–0 | November 9, 2014 | [241] |
Sebastian Giovinco | Italy | Toronto FC | New York City FC* | 5–0 | November 5, 2016 | [240] |
Jordan Morris | United States | Seattle Sounders FC* | FC Dallas | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | October 19, 2019 | [242] |
Elias Manoel | Brazil | New York Red Bulls* | Charlotte FC | 5–2 | October 25, 2023 | [243] |
Ryan Gauld | Scotland | Vancouver Whitecaps FC* | Portland Timbers | 5–0 | October 23, 2024 | [244] |
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