Hat-trick headlines with Goodrum and Myers, Rubín shines for historic El Paso, More Clinches Imminent, plus much more!

Matchday 26 delivered headline-makers everywhere you looked. Phillip Goodrum stayed scorching hot with another hat trick as Lexington blew the doors off Orange County, while MD Myers snapped his drought in emphatic fashion with a second-half hat trick to power Tampa Bay to a statement win. Out West, Rubio Rubín kept El Paso’s surge rolling with a brace in Phoenix, pushing the Locos to a club-record eighth straight victory and tightening the race at the top.

We also hit the biggest turning points of the week: Charleston Battery clinching a 2026 playoff spot with a late set-piece winner, Indy Eleven cruising in a four-goal rout, and New Mexico’s latest collapse from a three-goal lead in a chaotic 4–4 draw with Birmingham. Plus, standout performances and the moments that are starting to shape the playoff picture as the season’s final stretch comes into view.

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