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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 15 May 1996.

The league's fastest hat-trick was scored in under five minutes by Harut Karapetyan of the LA Galaxy on 4 June 1998, in an 8–1 win at the Dallas Burn. Clint Mathis scored the most goals in a game, five, on 26 August 2000 in a 6–4 NY/NJ MetroStars win over the Burn.

Roy Lassiter scored hat-tricks for the Tampa Bay Mutiny and D.C. United. Dante Washington scored hat-tricks for the Burn and the Crew. Mamadou Diallo scored three hat-tricks for the Mutiny  and another for the MetroStars, twice scoring four goals in a game.

Eight rookie players have scored hat-tricks, the first being Brian Maisonneuve on 7 September 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.

Hat-tricks

 * Note: The results column shows the scorer's team score first