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Red Bulls’ underappreciated star gets celebration he tries to avoid

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Bradley Wright-Phillips Noah K. Murray

It was a celebration worthy of the star Bradley Wright-Phillips has been and continues to be for the Red Bulls.

It, too, was a celebration Wright-Phillips probably would rather not have been a part of, considering he enjoys being the center of attention as much as he might missing a penalty kick with the result of a match hanging in the balance.

But when you’ve scored 100 goals in just 159 MLS matches and become the fastest player in the league’s history to reach the century mark — a plateau only 10 others have ever touched — skirting the spotlight can difficult.