Playing in front of the Union faithful, Daniel Gazdag delivered a historical performance to earn our latest Independence Blue Cross Achievement Unlocked.
Gazdag has the Boys in Blue off and running early on his way to scoring his first MLS hat trick. The trio of goals were important ones for the Hungarian midfielder as he tied C.J. Sapong for the club's single-season scoring record with 16 goals.
Gazdag notched his first goal just nine minutes after the opening whistle, taking a chested down the pass from Mikael Uhre to find space and finish it off with a right-footed strike. In the 20th minute he was cool from the penalty spot with a finish to the keeper's right to make it two goals for the Union. In the second half, Gazdag completed the hat trick with perfectly timed run to stay onside and finish off a pass from Cory Burke.
