Landon Donovan returned to the U.S. national team following an eight-month absence and scored his first international hat trick in five years, leading the Americans over Scotland 5-1 in an exhibition game Saturday night.
Donovan scored in the third minute, then added a pair of second-half goals for his third international hat trick, raising his career total to 49 goals. It was a record 125th start for Donovan, one more than the previous American mark set by defender Jeff Agoos.
Donovan scored four goals against Cuba in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in July 2003 and had three against El Salvador in a March 2007 exhibition.
On the sixth anniversary of his national team debut, Michael Bradley scored on a 30-yard, right-footed half-volley in the 10th minute and Jermaine Jones got his second international goal in the second half off an assist from Donovan, who had skipped eight matches because of injuries and commitments to the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Scotland scored in the 15th minute when American defender Geoff Cameron chested Kenny Miller's header past Tim Howard for an own goal.
The U.S. has won five straight following an 0-4-1 start under coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who replaced Bob Bradley after the 4-2 loss to Mexico in last year's Gold Cup final.
Scotland lost by four goals for the first time since a 4-0 defeat at Norway in a World Cup qualifier on Aug. 12, 2009.
Forward Terrence Boyd got his first start for the U.S., which used an attacking 4-3-3 formation. Midfielder Joe Corona entered in the second half for his national team debut.
Clint Dempsey - who has not played together with Donovan under Klinsmann - missed the match while recovering from a groin strain. Jozy Altidore also missed the game because AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands refused to let him report until Monday.
Before a crowd of 44,438 - the largest to see the national team in Florida, the Americans wore new home jerseys with red-and-white horizontal stripes - with silver numbers that were hard to read from a distance. Names were restored to players' jerseys for the first time since Klinsmann took over.
Preparing for the start of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, the U.S. plays Brazil on Wednesday at Landover, Md., and Canada next Saturday at Toronto. The Americans open qualifying on June 8 against Antigua and Barbuda at Tampa, Fla., then play at Guatemala on June 12.
Scotland, which failed to qualify for the European Championship, is off after this until an Aug. 15 exhibition against Australia in Edinburgh, then opens qualifying at home against Serbia on Sept. 8.
