Nigeria international Alhassan Yusuf was awarded Man of the Match after netting a hat-trick, as the New England Revolution beat D.C. United 3-0 in Wednesday’s Major League Soccer (MLS) to end a three-game winless run, completesports.com reports.
Yusuf became the eighth player in franchise history to record a hat-trick in the regular season and the first since Kei Kamara on Sept. 2, 2017.
The 26-year-old opened the scoring in the 23rd minute with a header before tapping in a volley, from point-blank range to make it 2-0 in the 45th.
Then in the 66th minute Yusuf completed his hat-trick after nodding home a beautiful floated in cross to make it 3-0.
His hat-trick took his goals in the MLS to five with two assists after 20 games in the current campaign.
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Born in Kano, Nigeria, Yusuf arrived in Sweden to participate in a Scandinavian youth cup Gothia cup with tiki-taka academy and after an excellent performance he earned a professional contract with IFK Göteborg.
On 16 July 2021, Belgian club Antwerp announced that they had reached an oral agreement with IFK Göteborg over the transfer of Yusuf.
Yusuf went on to help Antwerp win the Belgian league and cup double with in 2022-23. It was Antwerp’s first league crown in 66 years, having last lifted the title in 1957.
He was part of the Super Eagles squad that finished runners-up at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire.
Also, Yusuf played a key role as the Super Eagles won the 2026 Unity Cup in England.
By James Agberebi
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Source: Complete Sports
