Josef Martinez set an MLS record

Venezuelan Martinez leads the league, with 22 goals in the same number of meetings this season

ATLANTA.- Josef Martinez set an MLS record, hitting six hat-tricks in his career, for Atlanta United beat Saturday 3 -1 in Washington DC United

Venezuelan Martinez leads the league, with 22 goals in the same number of games this season. 12 days after the end of the regular season, he is on track to break the record for most goals in 27 seasons, shared by Roy Lassiter, Chris Wondolowski and Bradley Wright-Phillips

Martinez tied the score 1 -1 At 30 minutes, when he connected with the head of a Paraguayan Hector Villalba and beat goalkeeper David Ousted. At 54, Martinez diverted an Andrew Carleton center to net, and at 73, he overthrew Ousted from a setback to score his third goal.

Atlanta reached 44 points, consolidating its leading position in the Eastern Conference

Zoltan Stieber scored the first goal of the United DC at eight minutes. But the new defeat left the capital at the bottom of the East with 14 units.

Uruguayan Nicolás Lodeiro scored the two goals with which the Seattle Sounders defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0.
Seattle stretched to four matches in his unbeaten run, the better than he had in the season. He was placed in the penultimate position of the Western Conference, with 20 points.

Vancouver suffered its fourth loss in five games. He is eighth in the West with 26 points.

Lodeiro opened the scoring after five minutes, when he converted a penalty for the second consecutive game. The shooting of the 12 steps came after a hand of Doneil Henry.

The second goal came to 31 minutes, when Lodeiro made a shot from outside the area. In the campaign, Uruguayan has four goals.