American's hat trick putting European record in danger (9)

'american's hat trick' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'european record in danger' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'record' becomes 'EP' (abbreviation for extended play record).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'danger' becomes 'threat' (threat can mean a danger or risk).
'e'+'ep'='eep'
'eep' placed within 'threat' is 'THREEPEAT'.

'putting' is the link.

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