Sometimes in the stat world you need an assist. Sometimes in the MLS stat world, you quite appropriately may need a second assist.
This came for me Saturday night when Fire Analyst Kevin Egan tweeted to ask this question following a wild 5-4 win in New York:
Perhaps knowing I was too busy bowing at the altar of a boy wunderkid,
Hot Time in Old Town
founder
did the quick research:
Having finished the lamb sacrifice (kidding!), I woke up this morning to do some more research of my own. Kevin and Tweed were correct, not only did we see the first-ever Fire rookie/Homegrown score a hat trick Saturday night, we also saw the quickest four-goal barrage in the club's 17 season. Wow!
Here's a list of the ones that came (sort of) close:
<span style="font-size:11px;"><strong>Date</strong></span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;"><strong>Opponent/Score</strong></span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;"><strong>Minute Span</strong></span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;"><strong>Total Minutes</strong></span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;"><strong>Goal Scorers</strong></span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">5/10/2014</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">5-4 W at RBNY</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">49-64</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">15</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">Amarikwa 49, Shipp 53', 58', Nyarko 64'</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">7/4/2001</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">7-0 W at KC</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">72-88</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">16</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">Nowak 72', 81', Stoitchkov 83', 88'</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">7/1/1998</span> |
<span style="font-size: 11px;">4-1 W at DAL</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">7-36</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">29</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">Kubik 7', Razov 16', Kosecki 20', Podbrozny 36'</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">5/13/2000</span> |
<span style="font-size: 11px;">4-1 W vs. SJ</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">5-40</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">35</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">Kovalenko 5', Kubik 12', og 13', Razov 40'</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">4/3/2008</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">4-0 W vs. NE</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">4-39</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">35</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">Barrett 4', Frankowski 22', 39', Blanco 37'</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">5/23/1998</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">5-0 W vs. COL</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">21-57</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">36</span> |
<span style="font-size:11px;">Brown 21', Razov 51', Podbrozny 55', Kosecki 57'</span> |
