FC Dallas forward Petar Musa was voted Major League Soccer Player of the Matchday for Matchday 4. The Croatian forward earned the honor after scoring the first hat trick of the 2026 MLS season and the second of his FC Dallas career.
Musa recorded his fifth career multi-goal performance Saturday night, moving into fourth place on the club’s all-time scoring list and surpassing Blas Pérez with 39 career goals. His performance marked the 12th hat trick in FC Dallas history, and Musa became the first player in club history to record two hat tricks for the club. He opened the 2026 season with a brace against Toronto FC on Feb. 21.
This is the second time Musa has been named MLS Player of the Matchday, after previously earning the award for his performance on Matchday 21 of 2024. Musa joins Ricardo Pepi (twice in 2021) and David Ferreira (2011 and 2012) as the only FC Dallas players to win multiple Player of the Matchday honors in a three-season span since 2010.
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Team of the Matchday 4
F: Petar Musa (DAL), Nicolás Fernández Mercau (NYC), Brian White (VAN)
M: Miguel Almirón (ATL), Sebastian Berhalter (VAN), Mathieu Choinière (LAFC), Luca Langoni (NE)
D: Mathías Laborda (VAN), Brayan Ceballos (NE), Tomás Jacob (ATL)
GK: Andrew Thomas (SEA)
Coach: Brian Schmetzer (SEA)
Bench: Rocco Ríos Novo (MIA), Maxwell Woledzi (NSH), Matti Peltola (DC), Lasse Berg Johnsen (SKC), Onni Valakari (SD), Guilherme (HOU), Mateusz Bogusz (HOU), Dejan Joveljić (SKC), Emmanuel Latte Lath (ATL)
2026 FC Dallas Team of the Matchday Selections
Petar Musa: (Starting XI: Matchday 1, 4, Player of the Matchday week 4)
Logan Farrington: (Bench: Matchday 1)
Osaze Urhoghide: (Starting XI: Matchday 2)
