Mulling over MLS hat tricks, courtesy of the Ladder.
The Miami Fusion scored a hat trick more recently than DC United. That can’t be right. DC beat the Mutiny by nearly two months, though – if you count the Open Cup. DC’s last hat trick came on the same day as Tampa Bay’s hat trick – May 9, 2001. That’s just implausible.
That was the last time so far that hat tricks were recorded on the same day. It happened twice previously – on September 9, 2000, and in two Open Cup games on June 14, 2000.
Roy Lassiter, Edson Buddle, Dante Washington, and Mamadou Diallo are the only players to record hat tricks for different teams. Diallo scored a hat trick against Los Angeles for the Mutiny and the Metrostars. Cobi Jones scored two hat tricks against Colorado, and Stern John scored two against Miami.
There have only been two playoff hat tricks – one by Raul Diaz Arce in 1996, and the other by Stern John in 1999. So it’s been a while.
Amado Guevara had three more hat tricks for the Metrostars than goals for Chivas USA.
Clint Mathis only had one hat trick against Dallas in his career. Seemed like he had more. (To be fair, it was for five freaking goals.)
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