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.
Eight rookie players have scored hat-tricks, the first being Brian Maisonneuve on September 7, 1996, for the Crew in a 5–1 home win over the Kansas City Wiz, and the most recent being Cyle Larin for Orlando City SC against New York City FC in 2015.[11]
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 |
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 September 20, 2023.
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 May 6, 2023.
Rank | Nation | Hat-tricks |
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1 | United States | 80 |
2 | Colombia | 13 |
3 | Argentina | 10 |
Mexico | ||
5 | Venezuela | 8 |
England | ||
7 | Canada | 7 |
Senegal | ||
9 | Brazil | 6 |
10 | Italy | 5 |
Trinidad and Tobago | ||
12 | Ecuador | 4 |
Germany | ||
Honduras | ||
Hungary | ||
Ireland | ||
Scotland | ||
17 | Costa Rica | 3 |
Guatemala | ||
Norway | ||
Sierra Leone | ||
Sweden | ||
Uruguay | ||
24 | Belgium | 2 |
El Salvador | ||
France | ||
Gabon | ||
Gambia | ||
Ivory Coast | ||
Zimbabwe | ||
30 | Armenia | 1 |
Bolivia | ||
Croatia | ||
Denmark | ||
Finland | ||
Ghana | ||
Greece | ||
Guinea-Bissau | ||
Haiti | ||
Iraq | ||
Jamaica | ||
Netherlands | ||
Paraguay | ||
Romania | ||
Spain | ||
Switzerland |
Key | |
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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 | [221] |
Stern John | Trinidad and Tobago | Columbus Crew* | D.C. United | 5–1 | November 7, 1999 | [222] |
Landon Donovan | United States | LA Galaxy* | Real Salt Lake | 5–0 | November 9, 2014 | [223] |
Sebastian Giovinco | Italy | Toronto FC | New York City FC* | 5–0 | November 5, 2016 | [224] |
Jordan Morris | United States | Seattle Sounders FC* | FC Dallas | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | October 19, 2019 | [225] |
Elias Manoel | Brazil | New York Red Bulls* | Charlotte FC | 5–2 | October 25, 2023 | [226] |