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USA ahead Haji Wright nets 1st hat trick in England for Coventry

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United States ahead Haji Wright scored his first hat trick in English soccer, serving to Coventry Metropolis to a 3-0 win over Sunderland on Saturday within the second-tier Championship.

A 26-year-old from Los Angeles, Wright scored within the twenty first minute, then transformed a penalty kick within the twenty ninth after he was fouled by Chris Mepham. Wright scored within the 73rd for his tenth aim in 19 league matches this season.

It was Wright’s second profession hat trick and first since August 2021 with Turkish membership Antalyaspor.

He’s now the second USMNT participant with a hat trick in one among England’s prime two divisions within the final two seasons after Christian Pulisic with Chelsea in October 2019.

Wright returned March 1 from an ankle harm that had sidelined him since Nov. 9. As a result of he nonetheless was regaining health, he was not chosen for upcoming U.S. matches within the Concacaf Nations League.

Wright scored the U.S. aim within the second-round loss to the Netherlands on the 2022 World Cup.

Info with The Related Press contributed to this report.