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Yesterday Lee Nguyen made New England Revolution history, becoming the first player in team history to have three assists in a single game in the Revs 3-0 win over Orlando City last night.
But also yesterday, another Revolution player had a league record broken by the Montreal Impact's Didier Drogba. Making his first start in MLS in just his second career league game, Drogba scored a hat trick against the Chicago Fire breaking a record set on April 10th, 2010 by a Revs rookie.
Correct! Before Drogba, Schilawski had the quickest hat trick in an MLS career, in his 3rd game. https://t.co/Y4zBJeFfrK
— Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) September 6, 2015
Yes, Zach Schilawski the Revs first round pick (9th overall) in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft scored a hat trick against Toronto FC in his home debut becoming the fastest player to score a hat trick in a career in just his third game. Schilawski would go on to score 6 goals in 50 games (28 starts) for the Revs over two seasons from 2010-11. Drogba's effort yesterday bested Schilawski by one game according to the mind-blowing knowledge of ESPN's stat/soccer guru Paul Carr.
More impressive was the almost immediate response from one of the Revs fans on Twitter, who also knew Schilawski was the answer to Carr's trivia question.
@PCarrESPN Zach Schilawski #NERevs
— DC Revs Fan (@DCRevsFan) September 6, 2015
Good job by @DCRevsFan for knowing the answer. Schilawski played a few seasons with the Carolina Railhawks before retiring to go to law school but now will forever be tied to the legendary Ivory Coast striker in the MLS record books.