Vincent Janssen nets Portland Timbers' first MLS hat trick, Timbers beat Minnesota 5-4

HISTORY ⚽️⚽️⚽️ AFTER 522 MLS GAMES - VINCENT JANSSEN IS THE FIRST TIMBER TO EVER SCORE A HATTRICK.

56' VINCENT JANSSEN HAS DONE IT. HE COLLECTS A BALL FROM LASSITER WIDE OPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOX. AND THEN HE SCORES. IT'S HIS THIRD OF THE GAME. HE HAS FINALLY DONE IT. HE HAS SCORED THE FIRST EVER MLS HAT TRICK FOR THE PORTLAND TIMBERS. 4-3 #RCTID

NGL I’m a little sad. What a hilarious, absurd streak. Congrats to Vincent Janssen on breaking the curse. #RCTID

All time regular season hat tricks in #RCTID history John Bain John Bain Ron Futcher Mark Baena McKinley Tennyson Byron Alvarez Alan Gordon Byron Alvarez Alan Gordon Dan Antoniuk David Hague Vincent Janssen

The hat-trick drought is over. Janssen's 3 goals bring the Timbers 3 points, despite the defense's best effort to do the contrary. You will never see a game like this ever again. Unbelievable in two different ways on both ends of the pitch. #RCTID

Of course it would be the guy who up until tonight has played just 43 league minutes for the Timbers, in his first ever start for the Timbers, who finally breaks the curse and scores the first ever MLS hat trick for the club. #RCTID

Okay that was fun and also could we just have a TEENY bit more defense when we go up 3-0 #RCTID

“We always win 5–4!” 😂 #rctid (I don’t mind this madness at all)

Merritt Paulson must be so pissed right now that he has to pay out his first hat trick bonus ever… #rctid

Vincent Janssen is not the first @timbers.com player to score a hat trick on his home debut. Ron Futcher scored the last NASL Timbers hat trick on his home debut in what was then Civic Stadium.

While it was funnier to be the team that still hadn’t gotten a hat trick in MLS, it’s nice to see the timeline so happy

Did the Portland Timbers make a mistake letting Kevin Kelsy leave for Rangers without a starting replacement lined up? After the Venezuelan internationals $13m move to the Scottish side, Portland will likely rely on Vincent Janssen and Gage Guerra to provide up top for the rest of the season.

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Pretty sure a Timbers hat trick is one of the fifteen signs before doomsday