“It's very special” | Vincent Janssen becomes first Timbers player in MLS era to score hat-trick in regular-season play

Vincent Janssen became the first Portland Timbers player in the club's MLS era to score a hat-trick in regular-season play, finding the net three times in a 5-4 victory over Minnesota United FC. Janssen, who had signed on transfer on July 29, 2026, achieved the milestone in his first start for Portland. The feat came across the club's 522nd regular-season MLS game, a competition in which the Timbers had previously won one MLS Cup and three Western Conference Championships without a player scoring a regular-season hat-trick.