Ferreira joins exclusive USMNT list with Gold Cup hat trick

ST. LOUIS — Jesus Ferreira scored a hat trick and the United States beat St. Kitts and Nevis 6-0 to equal its largest margin of victory within the Gold Cup.

The Americans have been decisive favorites coming in in opposition to the tiny Caribbean nation making its first look within the Gold Cup, and so they wasted little time placing the sport away. Djordje Mihailovic’s first worldwide aim since 2019 opened the scoring within the twelfth minute earlier than the lead grew to 3-0 lower than 4 minutes afterward objectives from Bryan Reynolds and Ferreira.

Ferreira’s second gave the U.S. a commanding 4-0 halftime lead, however with a goal-differential tiebreaker in opposition to Jamaica more likely to decide the group winner, the staff had extra to play for. He accomplished the hat trick with a tidy end within the fiftieth minute — changing into the quickest U.S. participant to achieve 10 worldwide objectives (20 video games) — earlier than being changed by Brandon Vazquez shortly after.

On the heels of his four-goal sport in opposition to Grenada within the Nations League final 12 months, Ferreira joins Clint Dempsey because the second participant in USMNT historical past with a number of three-plus-goal video games in aggressive matches. He’s the fifth USMNT participant to have two or extra profession hat methods, becoming a member of Landon Donovan (3), Jozy Altidore (2), Peter Millar (2) and Dempsey (2).

Mihailovic’s second aim rounded out the scoring within the 79th minute, and he practically added one other within the sport’s closing minutes.

The win leaves the U.S. tied with Jamaica atop Group A with 4 factors however forward by three on aim differential. Jamaica beat Trinidad and Tobago 4-1 previous to the U.S. win in St. Louis.

The U.S. wraps group play Sunday in opposition to Trinidad and Tobago in Charlotte, North Carolina.