After a difficult MLS is Back Tournament in which not a single New York Red Bulls forward found his way onto the scoresheet, it’s been especially torturous for the team’s fans to see what their most recent ex-striker has been up to on the same Adidas logo-emblazoned youth pitch.
Bradley Wright-Phillips has been one of the highlight stories of this month’s tournament in Orlando with three goals and an assist in three matches, a sharp return to form for the legendary striker whose number was retired in New York before he even left. While the discourse that brewed in Harrison last season seemed to imply the aging Wright-Phillips seen in limited minutes following an early season injury layoff was a shadow of his former talismanic self, he’s been vintage BWP in Orlando - running the channels, finding inches of space in the attacking third, and of course.