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Barbra Banda achieves the fastest hat trick in NWSL history

Barbra Banda achieves the fastest hat trick in NWSL history

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The first hat trick of the 2025 NWSL season belongs to Barbra Banda. It now also has the fastest hat trick in the history of the league.

The Orlando Pride star scored three goals in the first 38 minutes of the game against the Utah Royals and scored three different directions. It came from the right of Ally Watt, from the center in a outlier and from the left on a long pass from Haley McCutcheon.

This hit goal gave Banda the third hat trick in the first half in NWSL history and followed Crystal Dunn and Cloé Lacasse in 2015. In the meantime, these two scored their third goals in the first half and made Banda the fastest in the 12-year history of the league.

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It was also Banda's first NWSL -Hut -Trick since he had joined pride last season.

The pride won the game 3-1 after a goalless second half.

Banda was one of the Breakout talents of the NWSL season 2024 and received the NWSL Best XI ceremonies and a nomination of Ballon d'Or or Féminin and helped to lead the pride to their first championship. However, she came up with personal challenges this season because in March she faces a hateful language incident and was prevented from playing internationally due to the US travel restrictions.

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