Soccer America's BY THE NUMBERS: Ed Johnson's hat trick

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Ed Johnson's hat trick against Panama was the first for a substitute.

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Johnson is only the second U.S. national team player since World War II to score in his first two games. The other was Dante Washington in 1991.

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The hat trick was only the third for the U.S. in World Cup qualifying. The previous two were a four-goal game from Buff Donelli vs. Mexico in 1934, and three-goal game from Peter Millar vs. Bermuda in 1968.

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Johnson is the eighth player in U.S. history to score three or more goals in a game. Archie Stark (vs. Canada in a 1925 friendly), Joe-Max Moore (vs. El Salvador in a 1993 friendly) and Landon Donovan (vs. Cuba at the 2003 Gold Cup) and Donelli scored four goals. Bert Patenaude (vs. Paraguay at the 1930 World Cup), Brian McBride (vs. El Salvador at 2002 Gold Cup) and Millar also scored three goals in a game.