MLS New York Red Bulls

Wright-Phillips Helps New York Steal Point at D.C. United

Published on September 16, 2018 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
New York Red Bulls News Release


A Bradley Wright-Phillips hat trick helped the New York Red Bulls (17-7-5, 56 pts) steal a point from D.C. United (9-11-8, 35 pts) in a 3-3 draw on Sunday at Audi Field.

New York sits within one point of first-place Atlanta United for the Supporters' Shield and Eastern Conference lead.

D.C. United and New York traded goals in the first half as Paul Arriola tallied match's first goal in the 25th minute before Wright-Phillips recorded his first equalizer of the match in the 41st.

Early on the in second half, Junior Moreno connected with Wayne Rooney for the goal-ahead goal in the 64th minute.

Wright-Phillips, for his second game-tying goal, completed his brace in the 76th minute off a Michael Amir Murillo pass.

With time winding down, D.C.'s Luciano Acosta put United up one as he danced to the endline and beat Luis Robles to the near post in the 87th minute.

For the third and final time, Wright-Philips brought his team even in the 90th minute as Alex Muyl sent a cross in and the English striker volleyed in his hat trick to the near post.

BWP became just the second player in league history to record three game-tying goals in single match.

The Englishman moved into a three-way tie with Stern John and Diego Serna for second-place all-time in hat tricks with his fifth.

Wright-Phillips hat trick raised his season total to 19 goals, placing him second in MLS behind Josef Martinez.

For his career, Wright-Phillips moved into eighth place all-time in MLS with 105 league goals.

Captain Luis Robles made his 200th regular season start for the New York Red Bulls. His time between the sticks for New York has accrued 18,000 league minutes and also includes 1,650 minutes of MLS playoffs, 990 minutes of Concacaf Champions League and 390 minutes of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

The Red Bulls are now 39-44-19 all-time in the month of September. New York has scored 151 goals while allowing 168 during the eighth month of the year.

New York returns to Red Bull Arena for back-to-back matches, beginning with Toronto FC on Saturday, Sept. 22. Coverage begins at 5 p.m. ET on MSG, MSG Go and New York Red Bulls Radio in English and Spanish on TuneIn.

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