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05/13 21:19 CDT Julian Hall becomes youngest in MLS history with a hat trick
and Red Bulls beat Crew 3-2
Julian Hall becomes youngest in MLS history with a hat trick and Red Bulls beat
Crew 3-2
HARRISON, N.J. (AP) --- Julian Hall scored three goals and became the youngest
player (18 years, 50 days) with a hat trick in MLS history, and the New York
Red Bulls beat the Columbus Crew 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Hall has nine goals this season --- after coming into 2026 with three career
goals in 38 appearances across three MLS seasons.
The Red Bulls (5-5-3), who beat Chicago 3-1 on Saturday to snap a five-game
winless streak, have won back-to-back games for the first time since they
started the season 2-0-0.
Cade Cowell had two assists and Ethan Horvath made two saves for the Red Bulls.
Max Arfsten and Diego Rossi each scored a goal for the Crew (3-7-3), who have
lost three in a row following their only back-to-back wins this season.
Gustav Berggren's header off a corner kick played in by Rafael Mosquera was
blocked at the goal line by midfielder Sekou Bangoura, but Hall was there to
put away the rebound and give New York a 3-2 lead in the 79th minute.
Hall opened the scoring with a sliding finish, off a low cross played from the
right side by Cowell, in the seventh minute.
Cowell, on the counterattack, bent a low cross between defender Sean Zawadzki
and goalkeeper Patrick Schulte to Hall for a first-touch finish from
point-blank range to make it 2-1 in the 40th.
Arfsten, after a turnover by the Red Bulls in their defensive half, slipped a
first-touch shot under the crossbar and inside the left post to make it 1-1 in
the 22nd.
Rossi converted from the penalty spot in the 64th.
Schulte finished with two saves.
The Crew had 65% possession.
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