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<html><head><title>ESPN.com - USMNT's Ricardo Pepi nets PSV hat trick to top scoring charts </title> <style type=text/css>  </style> <script language=javascript>  </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://a.espncdn.com/legacy/desktop/1.0.80/js/espn-critical.js"></script> </head><body bgcolor=#FFFFFF>  <script language="JavaScript"> var s_account="wdgespcom"; var omniPageName = "espn:print:print:storyid=42568960-usmnts+ricardo+pepi+nets+psv+hat+trick+to+top+scoring+charts"; var anMultiStepConv = "no"; </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="https://a.espncdn.com/insertfiles/javascript/wa/sOmni.js"></script>  <script language="JavaScript"></script>  <script language="JavaScript" src="https://a.espncdn.com/insertfiles/javascript/wa/analytics.js"></script> <table width=100%><tr valign=bottom> <td width=65><a href="#" onclick="printandgoback();"><img src="https://espn.go.com/i/print/print.gif" width=59 height=33 alt="Print and Go Back" border=0></a></td> <td class=sport><strong>ESPN.com:</strong> Soccer </td> <td align=right class=sport>[<a href="print?id=42568960&type=HeadlineNews&imagesPrint=off">Print without images</a>]<img src="https://espn.go.com/i/print/espn.gif" width=151 height=42 border=0></td> </tr></table><br/> <font class="date"><strong> Saturday, November 23, 2024<br/>Updated: November 24, 8:17 AM ET<br/> </strong></font> <font class=headline>USMNT's Ricardo Pepi nets PSV hat trick to top scoring charts</font><br/> <hr size="1" width=100% noshade> <font class="byline"> By ESPN<br/><br/> </font> <p><a data-clubhouse-guid="e6b65d49-258c-b730-b7db-df75c6b1f714" href="http://espn.com/soccer/team?id=660">United States</a> striker <a data-player-guid="1c139a14-b018-8fe0-47da-df2c47b6acd9" href="http://espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/289120/ricardo-pepi">Ricardo Pepi</a> continued his rich vein of scoring form, netting a hat trick in <a data-clubhouse-guid="6bca5a12-0a2e-45ef-82b0-b10bcf9c6ce5" href="http://espn.com/soccer/team?id=148">PSV Eindhoven</a>'s 5-0 victory over <a data-clubhouse-guid="d7f04020-2203-2f24-66bb-eb1439871505" href="http://espn.com/soccer/team?id=145">FC Groningen</a> in the <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/league/_/name/NED.1">Dutch Eredivisie</a> Saturday.</p> <p>Pepi, who scored for the U.S. in both legs of its Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal win over <a data-clubhouse-guid="852d7575-6653-80e5-627f-83735542a41c" href="http://espn.com/soccer/team?id=1038">Jamaica</a> in the recent international break, has now scored six goals in his past four appearances for club and country.</p> <p>His hat trick put the 21-year-old top of the <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/league/_/name/NED.1">Eredivisie</a> scoring charts, level on nine goals with <a data-clubhouse-guid="dabf67d7-0f17-80b9-504e-c7ec4050c0b7" href="http://espn.com/soccer/team?id=152">FC Twente</a>'s <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/277106/sem-steijn">Sem Steijn</a>. Pepi has amassed that total despite starting just four times in his 12 appearances in the <a data-clubhouse-guid="6236b2ae-6d80-4bff-5c4f-3573ac94bec8" href="http://espn.com/soccer/team?id=449">Netherlands</a>' top division.</p> <p>PSV top the standings, eight points clear of second-placed Utrecht but having played two games more.</p> <p><a data-player-guid="480d3e05-cb78-0e64-0697-50606fee76f4" href="http://espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/216017/olivier-boscagli">Olivier Boscagli</a> and <a data-player-guid="12a4eaa8-57b6-ddad-2569-a56d7a02eff5" href="http://espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/240965/guus-til">Guus Til</a> got the first and third goals for PSV, but it was Pepi who stole the show against the team he played for on loan during the 2022-23 season.</p> <p>His first goal, in the 37th minute, was a superb solo effort, sprinting in from the right touchline and driving into the penalty area before chipping the ball over the Groningen goalkeeper.</p> <p>Pepi's second came in the 64th minute, after beating a defender and finding the bottom corner of the net. And the former <a data-clubhouse-guid="fa2f128b-c698-3d43-2910-5561f4442748" href="http://espn.com/soccer/team?id=185">FC Dallas</a> starlet completed his hat trick with 12 minutes remaining with a well-placed header from 6 yards out.</p><p></p> <p></p> <br/><br/> <hr size=1 width=100% noshade> <font class=footer><font class=FOOT></font><br/></font> </body></html>