Post-Game Notes: BWP's 10th Goal of the Season Helps New York Defeat Seattle

New York Red Bulls 2, Seattle Sounders FC 1

MLS Regular Season Match 14

Wednesday, June 13, 2018 – 8 p.m. ET

Red Bull Arena | Harrison, N.J.

NY – Daniel Royer 4 (Florian Valot, Ethan Kutler) 37’

NY – Bradley Wright-Phillips 10 (Ethan Kutler) 52’

SEA – Harry Shipp 1 (Will Bruin, Waylon Francis) 87’

SEA – Jordan McCrary (unsporting behavior, 74’)

SEA – Harry Shipp (unsporting behavior, 76’)

SEA – Cristian Roldan (unsporting behavior, 90’+1’)

New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles ©; Ethan Kutler, Tim Parker, Aaron Long, Kemar Lawrence (Connor Lade, 61’), Sean Davis, Tyler Adams (Marc Rzatkowski, 64’), Alex Muyl, Florian Valot, Daniel Royer, Bradley Wright-Phillips (Derrick Etienne, Jr., 77’)

TOTAL SHOTS: 22; SHOTS ON GOAL: 13; FOULS: 16; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 4

Seattle Sounders FC: Stefan Frei; Kim Kee-hee, Waylon Francis, Jordan McCrary (Magnus Wolff Eikrem, 78’), Chad Marshall, Tony Alfaro (Clint Dempsey, HT), Nicolas Lodeiro, Cristian Roldan, Osvaldo Alonso © (Harry Shipp, 59’), Victor Rodriguez, Will Bruin

TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 13; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 11

Referee: Allen Chapman

Assistant Referees: Corey Parker, Andrew Bigelow

4th Official: Christopher Penso

VAR: Jorge Gonzalez

Attendance: 15,553

• Bradley Wright-Phillips’ goal in the 52^nd minute proved to be the game winner as the New York Red Bulls (8-4-2, 26 pts) defeated Seattle Sounders FC (3-8-2, 11 pts), 2-1, on Wednesday night at Red Bull Arena. New York extends its home unbeaten streak to three league matches and has outscored its opponents, 6-1 during the stretch.
• Ethan Kutler began New York’s counterattack on the near sideline and sent a through ball to Florian Valot. Valot took a few touches to the 18-yard box, sent his cross across the face of Stefan Frei to the far post for Daniel Royer, who finished to give the Red Bulls a 1-0 lead at half.
• Kutler then helped double the Red Bulls lead in the 52^nd minute as he sent a cross into the box for Wright-Phillips, who flicked it with his head to the far post.
• Seattle’s Harry Shipp tallied his first of the season in the 87^th minute to cut the deficit to one, 2-1.
• Royer is heating up as he has tallied four goals in his last eight league matches.
• Wright-Phillips, who scored with his head for the fourth consecutive time, tallied his 10^th goal of the season. He became the fifth player in MLS history to record five consecutive 10-plus goal seasons.
• BWP raised his career league total to 96 and 113 across all competitions.
• Wright-Phillips moved into a tie with Kenny Cooper for 14^th all-time in league history with 24 game-winning goals.
• Kutler not only recorded his first career MLS start, but he tallied his first two career MLS points. He tallied a secondary assist on Royer’s goal and a primary assist on Wright-Phillips tally.
• Luis Robles tallied five saves for his seventh win of the season. Robles improved to 87-54-44 all-time in net as a Red Bull.
• New York’s home dominance continued as it improved to 89-21-31 all-time since Red Bull Arena was built in 2010. The Red Bulls 88 wins and 298 points are the most since 2010.
• The Red Bulls success against the Western Conference extended with the 2-1 win over Seattle. New York is 5-1-0 this season against teams from the West and have outscored their opponents, 14-4.
• The Red Bulls are now 34-44-21 all-time in the month of June. New York has scored 134 goals while allowing 157 during the sixth month of the year.
• Head coach Jesse Marsch is 56-35-25 all-time with New York. Marsch is now 39-8-11 in home matches with the Red Bulls.
• New York switches back to U.S. Open Cup action as they travel to face Philadelphia in the Round of 16 on Saturday. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. ET with coverage on NewYorkRedBulls.com and New York Red Bulls Radio in English on TuneIn.