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Clint Mathis scored an MLS record five goals in a game in 2000.
Josef Martínez has scored an MLS record six 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
1990s
Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple hat-tricks
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 March 30, 2024.
Hat-tricks by nationality
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 March 30, 2024.
Hat-tricks in MLS Cup Playoffs
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