Justice has been served! Bert Patenaude's hat-trick has long been maintained by
the U.S. Soccer Federation and FIFA is now officially recognizing the fact. The
professional goal scoring prowess of Patenaude was on display in the American
Soccer League and in the U.S. Open Cup (USOC). Bert won three USOC titles in his
career, two with the legendary Fall River Marksmen (1930, 1931) and one for St.
Louis' Central Breweries (1935).


The announement on the FIFA website ...
http://fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,125346,00.html

<SNIP>Credit where credit is due: thanks to evidence from various historians and
football fans, as well as lengthy research and confirmation from the US Soccer
Federation, American Bert Patenaude has been retrospectively entered in FIFA’s
records as the first player to score a hat trick in FIFA World Cup™ history by
virtue of his three goals in the USA’s 3-0 win over Paraguay in Montevideo
(Uruguay) on 17 July 1930.</SNIP>



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