Son Heung-Min! LAFC superstar nets first MLS hat trick | OneFootball

By Justin Ruderman

WATCH: Son-sational! LAFC superstar scores first MLS hat trick

Grab your shades. The Son is shining.

South Korean superstar Son Heung-Min continued the sizzling start to his MLS career, scoring his first LAFC hat trick to secure a 4-1 victory at Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night.

"Even [if] score [or] I don't score, I enjoy playing for this club and get a good result away from home," Son stated humbly postgame.

"To be fair, I played five games or six games – five away games, only one home game. I still enjoyed it. It doesn't matter. Obviously, I want to help the team, but I'm enjoying every single second, every single moment, and every single training session, and also every single game."

Basking in the Son

Just like last weekend at the San Jose Earthquakes, the blockbuster summer signing wasted no time against RSL.

Son scored within three minutes of kickoff, then added a second with a long-range strike in the 16th minute for his first MLS brace, before completing the hat trick in the 82nd minute.

Only six matches into his MLS career, the league-record signing has already netted 5g/1a for the Black & Gold.

"I think I'm still adapting [to] this league, but I think I still can play better than where I am at for sure," the Tottenham Hotspur icon said of his early success.

"I think it's a lot of communication with the players, and I think I have a very, very close relationship with everyone. It's been five weeks, six weeks, I would say, but everybody just welcomed me so well and been communicating a lot of things. Also off the pitch, I think it's very important culture-wise. There's still other things in this league and then still understanding players each other more, but I think it works really well at the moment."

Championship contenders?

The victory catapults LAFC over Seattle Sounders FC into the top four in the Western Conference. They have six regular-season matches left, beginning with a return fixture against RSL at BMO Stadium on Sunday evening (9 pm ET | MLS Season Pass, Apple TV+; FS1, FOX Deportes).

With their Designated Players firing on all cylinders, the Black & Gold continue their quest for a fourth straight top-four finish and home-field advantage in Round One of the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs.

"I have a good partnership with Sonny," said Denis Bouanga, who has scored in three straight games.

"I think we're really complementary, and I already mentioned that. But the fact that he's here in the team now, it opens a lot of opportunities and space to do more things."

WATCH: Son, Bouanga make history for LAFC at RSL