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TURNING TRICKS

Listed below are all of the Hat Tricks in USL First Division play. The list is not complete by all means,

and it will be updated as I finish the results for each season.

 

Other Competitions - Top 10 fastest - Top 10 slowest

 

Bold - Natural Hat-Trick / P - Playoff game

League Play

Date             Player                            Opponent        Goal Times      Final Score

July 28, 1991    Bryan Haynes, Maryland            Penn-Jersey     7',24',47'          5-0

August 3, 1991   Paul Dougherty, Ft. Lauderdale    Miami           58',68',84',88'     6-2

August 3, 1991   Zico Doe, Colorado                Penn-Jersey     56',76',79'         3-2

August 17, 1991  Derek Backman, Tampa Bay          Penn-Jersey     13',41',55'         7-1

August 17, 1991  Derek Sanderson, Ft. Lauderdale   Miami           28',45',75'         6-1

 

July 18, 1992    Phillip Gyau, Tampa Bay           Miami           22',57',76'         8-2

Aug. 23, 1992    Steve Kinsey, Tampa Bay           Miami           6',19',48'          5-0

Aug. 29, 1992    Eric Eichmann, Ft. Lauderdale     Miami           25',37',62'p,89'    5-1

 

May 21, 1993     Cameron Walker, Montreal          Tampa Bay       48',70'p,89'        4-2

August 14, 1993  Scott Benedetti, Colorado         Tampa Bay       78',88'p,90'        5-4

August 23, 1993  Fernando Aguiar, Toronto          Los Angeles     71',85',90'         3-1

 

July 12, 1996    Doug Miller, Rochester            Montreal        43',63',90'         3-2

July 26, 1996    Doug Miller, Rochester            Atlanta         16',57',87'         3-1

August 30, 1996  Doug Miller, Rochester            Atlanta         44',50',82'         8-2

Sept. 1, 1996    Paul Young, Rochester             Atlanta         17',51',55'         4-0

 

The 1999 season saw some rather unique hat-tricks. First up is the rare double hat-trick,

pulled off by Eduardo Sebrango and Dominic Mobilio vs. Sacramento on July 30. On August 28,

Long Island and Hampton Roads went one further, a TRIPLE hat-trick! Darko Kolic and John

Wolyniec for Long Island, and Seamus Donnelly for Hampton Roads. 1999 also saw the last

playoff hat-trick, netted by San Diego's Carlos Farias vs. Seattle on Sept. 18.

April 24, 1999   Carlos Farias, San Diego          El Paso         30',62'p,102'       4-3 asdet

June 5, 1999     Craig Yacks, Cincinnati           Indiana         27',40',84'         3-1

June 11, 1999    Jason Willan, Milwaukee           Cincinnati      4',13',87'          5-2

June 12, 1999    Amos Magee, Minnesota             Cincinnati      14'p,29',33'        6-0

June 13, 1999    Chugger Adair, San Diego          Sacramento      34',62',82'         3-0

June 13, 1999    Naill Thompson, Vancouver         U.S. Pro-40     40',67',79'         5-1

June 18, 1999    Mauro Biello, Rochester           Toronto         10',27',63'         3-0

June 22, 1999    Nikola Vignjevic, Toronto         Lehigh Valley   19',42',80'         4-0

June 26, 1999    Mac Cozier, Jacksonville          Maryland        45',73',87'         4-1

June 26, 1999    Clay Harty, San Francisco Bay     Sacramento      30',70',90'         4-1

June 30, 1999    Mark Baena, Seattle               New Orleans     63',69',78'         4-1

July 9, 1999     Ihor Dotsenko, Lehigh Valley      Connecticut     21',59',70'         5-1

July 17, 1999    Rob Ukrop, Richmond               Raleigh         4',13',70'          4-1

July 25, 1999    Ernest Inneh, Staten Island       Richmond        2',22',50',52'      4-0

July 30, 1999    Eduardo Sebrango, Vancouver       Sacramento      17',24',59'p        7-0

July 30, 1999    Dominic Mobilio, Vancouver        Sacramento      39',71',77'         7-0

August 4, 1999   Patrick Beech, New Orleans        U.S. Pro-40     21',36',88'         4-2

August 15, 1999  Naill Thompson, Vancouver         Sacramento      33',43',86'         7-1

August 20, 1999  Steve Patterson, Orange County    Vancouver       8',48',55'          3-2

August 25, 1999  Naill Thompson, Vancouver         Sacramento      3',23',54',67'      8-0

August 28, 1999  Darko Kolic, Long Island          Hampton Roads   5',37',77'          6-3

August 28, 1999  John Wolyniec, Long Island        Hampton Roads   53',64',73'         6-3

August 28, 1999  Seamus Donnelly, Hampton Roads    Long Island     47',68'p,84'        3-6

August 29, 1999  Gary Glasgow, Richmond            Jacksonville    59',80',89'         4-1

Sept. 1, 1999    Stilian Shishkov, Atlanta         Tennessee       27'p,27',58'p       3-1

Sept. 4, 1999    Luis Nunez, Jacksonville          New Orleans     64',77'p,79'        4-3

Sept. 10, 1999 P Kevin Legg, San Diego             El Paso         26',70',90'p        3-1

Sept. 18, 1999 P Carlos Farias, San Diego          Seattle         34',53',60',84'p    6-0

 

       

May 19, 2000     Alfredo Valente, Vancouver        Bay Area        67',78',82'         7-0

May 26, 2000     Ihor Dotsenko, Raleigh            Atlanta         5',14',39'          4-2

May 27, 2000     Mark Baena, San Diego             El Paso         21',54',65'         3-0

June 3, 2000     Johnny Menyongar, Minnesota       Milwaukee       33',73',75'         4-1

June 9, 2000     Paul Conway, Charleston           Pittsburgh      17',61',66'         3-1

June 11, 2000    Francisco Dos Santos, Toronto     Montreal        44',61',67'         4-0

June 20, 2000    Stephen Grant, Boston             Long Island     13',15',17'         3-0

June 24, 2000    Josh Henderson, Atlanta           El Paso         19',20',45'         7-2

June 30, 2000    Jeff Dresser, Indiana             U.S. Pro-40     15',32',76'         3-1

July 1, 2000     Patrick Beech, Atlanta            Raleigh         38',59',90'         4-1

July 1, 2000     Paul Schneider, Minnesota         Cincinnati      29',49',71'         5-1

July 14, 2000    Ryan Walker, Raleigh              Montreal        27',61',64'         6-1

July 16, 2000    Johnny Menyongar, Minnesota       Cincinnati      47',61',69'         5-0

July 21, 2000    Johnny Menyongar, Minnesota       Cincinnati      43',73',81'         7-0

July 30, 2000    David Flavius, Pittsburgh         Tennessee       19',48',64'         6-1

Aug. 8, 2000     Marvin Quijano, U.S. Pro-40       Tennessee       7',44',68',82',85'  7-1

Aug. 11, 2000    Darren Tilley, Vancouver          Tennessee       65',73',82'         7-0

Aug. 12, 2000    Saul Martinez, Hampton Roads      Minnesota       6',69',72',89'      4-0

Aug. 12, 2000    Darren Sawatzky, Seattle          Tennessee       35',75',80'         5-1

Aug. 18, 2000    Jamel Mitchell, Hershey           Cincinnati      1',28',35'          5-0

Aug. 27, 2000    Digital Takawira, Milwaukee       Vancouver       26',66',90'         3-2

Sept. 1, 2000    Digital Takawira, Milwaukee       Tennessee       28',57',90'         5-2

Sept. 1, 2000    Gustavo Leal, Orange County       Connecticut     5',10',13'          4-3

 

May 11, 2001     Jeff Houser, Nashville            Charlotte       6',49',73'          4-2

May 26, 2001     Mark Baena, Portland              San Diego       13',50',66'         4-3

May 26, 2001     Paul Conway, Charleston           Nashville       11',26',45'         5-2

June 24, 2001    Rees Bettinger, Seattle           Vancouver       12',16',75'         5-1

June 30, 2001    Digital Takawira, Milwaukee       Seattle         3',23',85'          5-2

June 30, 2001    Nate Daligcon, Rochester          Long Island     41',60'??'          3-1

July 8, 2001     Luis Macias, El Paso              Cincinnati      11',48',59',70',83' 8-2

July 29, 2001    Jakob Fenger, Nashville           Cincinnati      13',45',53'         5-2

Sept. 1, 2001    Leighton O'Brien, Seattle         El Paso         59'p,70'p,80'p      3-2

Sept. 8, 2001    Dustin Swinehart, Charlotte       Atlanta         18',59',73',85'     5-2

 

April 19, 2002   Dustin Swinehart, Charlotte       Indiana         10',49',64'         6-1

April 20, 2002   Iggy Moleka, Atlanta              Indiana         22',69',85',90'     5-1

July 3, 2002     Ryan Trout, Charleston            Hampton Roads   67',79',84'         3-0

August 13, 2002  McKinley Tennyson, Portland       El Paso         13',19',39',70'     6-1

 

May 17, 2003     Gabe Valencia, Syracuse           Toronto         7',25',72'          3-0

June 29, 2003    Todd Dusosky, Milwaukee           Indiana         14',59',68'         4-0

July 3, 2003     Byron Alvarez, Portland           Vancouver       72',82',90'         3-0

July 4, 2003     Frederick Commodore, Rochester    Toronto         68',70',83'         6-1

 

May 29, 2004     Alan Gordon, Portland             Milwaukee       64',85',96'         3-2 asdet

June 6, 2004     Ali Gerba, Toronto                Puerto Rico     20',56',75'         5-1

June 10, 2004    Byron Alvarez, Portland           Edmonton        27',61',73'         6-0

July 8, 2004     Alan Gordon, Portland             Edmonton        11',49',60'         6-1

August 19, 2004  Gregory Howes, Milwaukee          Edmonton        80',84',87'         6-2

 

May 15, 2005     Jason Jordan, Vancouver           Charleston      29',49',55',77'     4-0

May 22, 2005     Jason Jordan, Vancouver           Atlanta         15',30',50'         4-1

May 31, 2005     Kirk Wilson, Rochester            Toronto         15',17',43'         5-3

July 28, 2005    Melvin Tarley, Minnesota          Virginia Beach  5'p,16'23'          3-1

Sept. 8, 2005    Dan Antoniuk, Portland            Atlanta         43',72',90'         6-1

Sept. 10, 2005   Fabian Dawkins, Atlanta           Minnesota       33',60',79'         3-1

 

June 18, 2006    Romario, Miami                    Seattle         45'p,66',88'        5-3

August 11, 2006  Cam Weaver, Seattle               Virginia Beach  2',24',34'          5-1

August 27, 2006  Romario, Miami                    Atlanta         34',55',59'         7-1

Sept. 10, 2006   Kevin Jeffrey, Toronto            Minnesota       5',43',58'          5-0

 

 

Other Competitions

PC-Professional Cup  OC-U.S. Open Cup

August 1, 1992   Jean Harbor, Tampa Bay (PC)       Montreal (CSL)  40',55',76             5-1

June 14, 1995    Shawn Medved, Seattle (OC)        Everett (USISL) 26',33',41'            9-1

June 14, 1995    Jeff Hooker, Colorado (OC)        Flamengo(USASA) goal times n/a         6-1

June 30, 1999    Mugurel Dumitru, San Diego (OC)   Arizona (D3)    9',45',56',57',87',90' 9-2

July 10, 1999    Jorge Munoz, Jacksonville (OC)    Cocoa (PDL)     5'p,20',36',54'        7-2

June 26, 2002    Johnny Menyongar, Minnesota (OC)  San Diego (D3)  24',32',77',89'        6-2

July 19, 2005    McColm Cephas, Richmond (OC)      Ocean City (PDL)13',16',28'            8-4

August 3, 2002   Melvin Tarley, Minensota (OC)     Colorado (MLS)  38',48',72',76'        4-0

 

 

Top 10 Fastest

Date             Player                            Opponent        Goal Times      Final Score/Time Elapsed

June 20, 2000    Stephen Grant, Boston             Long Island     13',15',17'         3-0   4 minutes

August 19, 2004  Gregory Howes, Milwaukee          Edmonton        80',84',87'         6-2   7 minutes

Sept. 1, 2000    Gustavo Leal, Orange County       Connecticut     5',10',13'          4-3   8 minutes

August 14, 1993  Scott Benedetti, Colorado         Tampa Bay       78',88'p,90'        5-4  12 minutes

Sept. 4, 1999    Luis Nunez, Jacksonville          New Orleans     64',77'p,79'        4-3  15 minutes

June 30, 1999    Mark Baena, Seattle               New Orleans     63',69',78'         4-1  15 minutes

May 19, 2000     Alfredo Valente, Vancouver        Bay Area        67',78',82'         7-0  15 minutes

July 4, 2003     Frederick Commodore, Rochester    Toronto         68',70',83'         6-1  15 minutes

Aug. 11, 2000    Darren Tilley, Vancouver          Tennessee       65',73',82'         7-0  17 minutes

July 3, 2002     Ryan Trout, Charleston            Hampton Roads   67',79',84'         3-0  17 minutes

July 3, 2003     Byron Alvarez, Portland           Vancouver       72',82',90'         3-0  18 minutes

July 28, 2005    Melvin Tarley, Minnesota          Virginia Beach  5'p,16'23'          3-1  18 minutes

 

 

Top 10 Slowest

Date             Player                            Opponent        Goal Times      Final Score/Time Elapsed

June 11, 1999    Jason Willan, Milwaukee           Cincinnati      4',13',87'          5-2  83 minutes

June 30, 2001    Digital Takawira, Milwaukee       Seattle         3',23',85'          5-2  82 minutes

August 28, 1999  Darko Kolic, Long Island          Hampton Roads   5',37',77'          6-3  72 minutes

April 24, 1999   Carlos Farias, San Diego          El Paso         30',62'p,102'       4-3  72 minutes

August 4, 1999   Patrick Beech, New Orleans        U.S. Pro-40     21',36',88'         4-2  67 minutes

May 11, 2001     Jeff Houser, Nashville            Charlotte       6',49',73'          4-2  67 minutes

July 17, 1999    Rob Ukrop, Richmond               Raleigh         4',13',70'          4-1  66 minutes

Aug. 12, 2000    Saul Martinez, Hampton Roads      Minnesota       6',69',72',89'      4-0  66 minutes

May 17, 2003     Gabe Valencia, Syracuse           Toronto         7',25',72'          3-0  65 minutes

August 25, 1999  Naill Thompson, Vancouver         Sacramento      3',23',54',67'      8-0  64 minutes

Aug. 27, 2000    Digital Takawira, Milwaukee       Vancouver       26',66',90'         3-2  64 minutes