DC United 4 - 2 New York Red Bulls

Olsen records hat trick as D.C. United routs Red Bulls

Updated: June 10, 2007, 5:00 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- Ben Olsen had the first three-goal game of his career to help D.C. United beat the first-place New York Red Bulls 4-2 on Sunday.

Olsen, who has four goals in the past two home games, had not scored more than three goals in any of the previous three seasons for United. He has 24 goals in his MLS career, which began with United (4-3-2) in 1998. New York fell to 6-3-2.

Luciano Emilio's goal in the 49th minute broke a 1-1 tie and came on a crossing pass from Fred. Emilio's shot into the right corner of the net beat diving goalie Ronald Waterreus for New York.

Olsen scored his second goal in the 72nd minute, with assists from Brian Carroll and Christian Gomez. Olsen added his third goal, a shot from about 25 yards, in the 84th minute to make it 4-1, and New York's Juan Pablo Angel scored a minute later to account for the final margin.

Olsen gave United a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute on a diving header in front of Waterreus, who entered the game with a league-leading goals-against average of 0.23.

Waterreus allowed just one goal in the previous five games entering Sunday. United played the last 30 minutes a man down after Bobby Boswell got his second yellow card in the 60th minute.

New York's Dema Kovalenko, a former United player, scored his second goal of the season to beat goalie Troy Perkins in the 18th minute to tie the game at 1-1. Markus Schopp of New York had his first MLS assist on the goal.