List of United States men's national soccer team hat-tricks

This article is a list of the hat tricks scored by or conceded by the United States men's national soccer team . Besides the instances of a player scoring three goals in a game, the list also includes games where a player has scored more than three goals.

Landon Donovan and Jesús Ferreira are the all-time leaders for the United States national team with three hat tricks. The only other players with multiple hat tricks in international play are Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey, each with two hat tricks apiece.

Hat-tricks scored by the United States

Score lists United States first.

No.	Player	Opponent	Goals	Score	Venue	Competition	Date	Ref
1	Archie Stark	Canada	5	6–1	Ebbets Field, Brooklyn	Friendly	November 8, 1925	[1]
2	Bert Patenaude	Paraguay	3 – (10', 15', 50')	3–0	Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo	1930 FIFA World Cup	July 17, 1930	[2]
3	Aldo Donelli	Mexico	4 – (17', 30', 74', 87')	4–2	Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome	1934 FIFA World Cup qualification	May 24, 1934	[3]
4	Peter Millar	Bermuda	3 – (22', 63', 82')	6–2	Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification	November 2, 1968	[4]
5	Joe-Max Moore	El Salvador	4 – (35', 42', 65', 70')	7–0	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles	Friendly	December 5, 1993	[5]
6	Brian McBride		3 – (9', 11', 21')	4–0	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup	January 27, 2002	[6]
7	Landon Donovan	Cuba	4 – (22', 26', 55', 76')	5–0	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup	July 19, 2003	[7]
8	Eddie Johnson	Panama	3 – (71', 85', 88')	6–0	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	October 13, 2004	[8]
9	Taylor Twellman	Norway	3 – (5', 17', 76')	5–0	Home Depot Center, Carson, California	Friendly	January 29, 2006	[9]
10	Landon Donovan (2)	Ecuador	3 – (1', 66', 67')	3–1	Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida		March 25, 2007	[10]
11	Sacha Kljestan	Sweden	3 – (17', 40' pen., 74')	3–2	Home Depot Center, Carson, California		January 24, 2009	[11]
12	Jozy Altidore	Trinidad and Tobago	3 – (13', 71', 89')	3–0	Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	April 1, 2009	[12]
13	Landon Donovan (3)	Scotland	3 – (3', 59', 65')	5–1	EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Florida	Friendly	May 26, 2012	[13]
14	Chris Wondolowski	Belize	3 – (12', 37', 41')	6–1	Providence Park, Portland, Oregon	2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup	July 9, 2013	[14]
15	Jozy Altidore (2)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 – (59', 84', 86')	4–3	Koševo City Stadium, Sarajevo	Friendly	August 14, 2013	[15]
16	Clint Dempsey	Cuba	3 – (4', 64', 78')	6–0	M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore	2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup	July 18, 2015	[16]
17	Clint Dempsey (2)	Honduras	3 – (32', 49', 54')	6–0	Avaya Stadium, San Jose, California	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	March 25, 2017	[17]
18	Weston McKennie	Cuba	3 – (1', 5', 13')	7–0	Audi Field, Washington, D.C.	2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League	October 11, 2019	[18]
19	Christian Pulisic	Panama	3 – (17' pen., 45+4' pen., 65')	5–1	Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	March 27, 2022	[19]
20	Jesús Ferreira	Grenada	4 – (43', 54', 56', 78')	5–0	Q2 Stadium, Austin, Texas	2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League	June 10, 2022	[20]
21	Jesús Ferreira (2)	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3 – (16', 25', 50')	6–0	CityPark, St. Louis, Missouri	2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup	June 28, 2023	[21]
22	Jesús Ferreira (3)	Trinidad and Tobago	3 – (14', 38', 45+3' pen.)	6–0	Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina		July 2, 2023	[22]

Hat-tricks conceded by the United States

Score lists United States first.

No.	Player	Opponent	Goals	Score	Venue	Competition	Date	Ref
1	Ned Brooks	Irish Free State	3	1–3	Dalymount Park, Dublin	Friendly	June 16, 1924	[23]
2	Domingo Tarasconi	Argentina	4 – (24', 63', 66', 89')	2–11	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam	1928 Summer Olympics	May 29, 1928	[24]
3	Roberto Cherro		3 – (47', 49', 57')
4	Angelo Schiavio	Italy	3 – (18', 29', 64')	1–7	Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome	1934 FIFA World Cup	May 27, 1934	[25]
5	Dally Duncan	Scotland	3	1–5	Polo Grounds, Manhattan	Friendly	May 19, 1935	[26]
6	Manuel Alonso	Mexico	3 – (38', 54', 66')	3–7	Parque Necaxa, Mexico City		September 19, 1937	[27]
7	Adalberto López		3 – (3', 35', 85')	0–5	Gran Stadium Cervecería Tropical, Havana	1947 NAFC Championship	July 13, 1947	[28]
8	Gunnar Thoresen	Norway	3	0–11	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Friendly	August 6, 1948	[29]
9	Odd Wang Sørensen		5
10	Luis de la Fuente	Mexico	3 – (37', 55', 58')	0–6	Estadio Olímpico de los Deportes, Mexico City	1949 NAFC Championship	September 4, 1949	[30]
11	Horacio Casarín		3 – (23', 41', 76)	2–6			September 18, 1949	[31]
12	Lawrie Reilly	Scotland	3 – (9', 11', 34')	0–6	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Friendly	April 30, 1952	[32]
13	Salvador Reyes	Mexico	3 – (33', 69', 76')	0–6	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City	1958 FIFA World Cup qualification	April 7, 1957	[33]
14	Alfredo Hernández		3 – (22', 36', 82')	2–7	Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach, California		April 28, 1957	[34]
15	Bobby Charlton	England	3 – (64, 82' pen., 85')	1–8	Wrigley Field, Los Angeles	Friendly	May 28, 1959	[35]
16	Roger Hunt		4 – (4', 22', 53', 64')	0–10	Downing Stadium, New York City		May 27, 1964	[36]
17	Fred Pickering		3 – (6', 47', 74')
18	Mordechai Spiegler	Israel	4 – (71', 79', 83', 89')	0–4	Temple Stadium, Philadelphia		September 25, 1968	[37]
19	Hugues Guillaume	Haiti	3	2–5	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince		October 21, 1968	[38]
20	Włodzimierz Lubański	Poland	3 – (17', 24', 84')	0–4	Stadion ŁKS, Łódź		March 20, 1973	[39]
21	Kazimierz Deyna		3 – (32', 67', 71')	0–7	Warta Stadion, Poznań		March 26, 1975	[40]
22	Bernard Lacombe	France	3 – (8', 14', 37')	0–6	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey		May 7, 1979	[41]
23	Ulf Kirsten	East Germany	3 – (17', 31', 66')	2–3	Sportforum Hohenschönhausen, East Berlin		March 28, 1990	[42]
24	Karl-Heinz Riedle	Germany	3 – (34', 39', 59')	3–4	Soldier Field, Chicago	1993 U.S. Cup	June 13, 1993	[43]
25	Per Pedersen	Denmark	4 – (16', 26', 45', 55')	1–4	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California	1997 U.S. Cup	January 22, 1997	[44]
26	Nicklas Bendtner		3 – (33', 83', 90+1')	2–3	Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus	Friendly	March 25, 2015	[45]

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