Donovan, who now has six goals on the season, scored two equalizers against FC Dallas before capping off his hat-trick outing with a late goal that temporarily put the Galaxy out in front.

When asked about Donovan’s first career postseason hat trick, defender Tony Beltran shook his head in a daze of sorts. “He battered me,” Beltran told reporters. “He was on another level.

4) 2008 SuperClasico hat trick sinks Chivas USA: Somewhat surprisingly, Donovan did not hit a hat trick with the Galaxy until 2008, when he did so twice, first in a 5-2 thumping of LA's hallway ...