NEW YORK (Tuesday, September 18, 2018) – New York Red Bulls forward Bradley Wright-Phillips was voted the Alcatel Major League Soccer Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for the 29th week of the 2018 MLS season.
Wright-Phillips notched a hat trick to lead the Red Bulls to a 3-3 draw against Eastern Conference rivals D.C. United on Sunday at Audi Field. It marked Wright-Phillips’ fifth career MLS hat trick, which ties for second-most in league history. He now has 19 goals this season, second-most in MLS.
All three Wright-Phillips goals were equalizers – just the second time in league history in which three game-tying goals were scored in a single match – and his first came in the 41st minute when the Red Bulls were down 1-0.