Bradley Wright-Phillips knew what was coming on Sunday night at Red Bull Arena. The thought of a post-match 100-goal commemoration was present in his mind since the early afternoon, and the closer it got to kick-off, the more he began to worry. This was not his idea.
“I won’t lie to you, in the car – because I knew something was happening today – I was thinking, imagine if we lose and they are doing all, you know what I mean?,” Wright-Phillips said afterward. “And you’re asking fans to stay behind and clap for a player, and you don’t know how you’re going to play that day.