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Vela and Nemeth hit hat tricks on a night of blowouts in MLS

Carlos Vela and Krisztian Nemeth both hit hat tricks as their respective clubs rolled to massive wins in MLS on Saturday night.

Vela's three goals sparked a 5-0 thumping of of the San Jose Earthquakes, the Mexican forward opening the scoring by walking the ball into the net after a horrendous error from San Jose goalkeeper Daniel Vega .

His third was a classy curled finish from 25 yards, with Steven Beitashour and Diego Rossi also finding the net as Bob Bradley's held firm atop the Western Conference for another week.

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Nemeth's hat trick came in an equally impressive win for Sporting Kansas City.