3. U.S. ABROAD: American hits hat trick in France

Jeremiah White became the second American to notch a hat trick for a professional European club when he scored all the goals in Gueugnon’s 3-0 win at Montpellier in the French Second Division. White, a Washington, D.C., native who played his youth soccer in Pennsylvania and starred at FC Delco, played college ball at Wake Forest. He signed with Gueugnon in 2005 and scored 3 goals in 11 games last season.

In 2001, Ante Razov hit a hat trick for Spanish Second Division club Racing de Ferrol in a a 5-0 win over Compostela.