On the back of his two-goal, one-assist performance in a 3-0 hammering of D.C. United on Sunday, New York Red Bulls forward Bradley Wright-Phillips is this week’s MLS Player of the Week. Wright-Phillips bagged his 12th and 13th goals of the season (above and below videos) to make the score 2-0 and 3-0, respectively, after notching his seventh assist of the season 10 minutes earlier.
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BWP has fired the Red Bulls to within two points of the lead for home-field advantage in the Eastern Conference — with three games in hand — and, perhaps most notably, done so without the assistance of a certain Mr. Thierry Henry feeding him chance after chance after chance.
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Without the presence of Henry, BWP has taken more of the team’s play-making and goal-creating onus upon himself this season (again, seven assists through 25 games played). There’s no way I’d bet against his total goals contributed (goals and assists combined) this year to exceed that of last year (29) when he banged in a league record-tying 27 goals.
MLS Players of the Week
Week 1: Tyler Deric, Houston Dynamo
Week 2: Chris Wondolowski, San Jose Earthquakes
Week 3: Bradley Wright-Phillips, New York Red Bulls
Week 4: Kaka, Orlando City SC
Week 5: Harrison Shipp, Chicago Fire
Week 6: Jaime Penedo, LA Galaxy
Week 7: Fabian Castillo, FC Dallas
Week 8: Ethan Finlay, Columbus Crew SC
Week 9: Fabian Castillo, FC Dallas
Week 10: Mauro Diaz, FC Dallas
Week 11: Chad Barrett, Seattle Sounders
Week 12: Kei Kamara, Columbus Crew SC
Week 13: Krisztian Nemeth, Sporting Kansas City
Week 14: Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto FC
Week 15: David Villa, New York City FC
Week 16: Matias Perez Garcia, San Jose Earthquakes
Week 17: Darlington Nagbe, Portland Timbers
Week 18: Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto FC
Week 21: Cyle Larin, Orlando City SC
Week 23: Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto FC
Week 24: Robbie Keane, LA Galaxy
Week 25: Robbie Keane, LA Galaxy