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Bradley Wright-Phillips reveals his one Red Bulls regret before his Legends Row honor

Bradley Wright-Phillips looks on during the official opening of the New York Red Bulls’ new training facilities on April 22, 2026, in Morristown, New Jersey. Getty Images

When Bradley Wright-Phillips takes a minute to look back on his career with Red Bull New York, there are a lot of accomplishments to point to.

He is the club’s all-time goals leader (108) and helped lead the Red Bulls to three Supporters’ Shield titles during his six-plus seasons with the organization.

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But as Wright-Phillips paused to look back at his career ahead of Saturday’s induction into the Red Bulls’ Legends Row prior to their match against FC Dallas, there’s one milestone that he never reached that still weighs on him.

“I think not winning a Cup,” Wright-Phillips said when asked by The Post about the one particular moment that defined his career in Harrison. “I got a lot of friends around the league that won Cups. Guys I played with, guys I just know through the game.”

Bradley Wright-Phillips looks on during the official opening of the New York Red Bulls’ new training facilities on April 22, 2026, in Morristown, New Jersey. Getty Images

Wright-Phillips had been part of some of the most successful Red Bull teams in the club’s history during his time there, reaching the conference finals on three occasions (2014, 2015 and 2018). In 2013, 2015 and 2018, the Red Bulls had held the league’s best record through the regular season, but they never lifted the MLS Cup.

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“When you talk about some of the best players in the league, you talk about them winning MLS cups, and it doesn’t hurt because I didn’t win it. It hurts because we had the teams to win it,” he said. “I think that’s what the struggle is. Even now, I think you guys see when we open up the new training facility, Thierry Henry was here, and you’d think Thierry Henry has got bigger things on his plate. This man’s won everything: World Cups, European championships, Golden Boots, and everything you can ask. And he brings up to me [that] we didn’t win the Cup. It’s something that doesn’t leave me. I wish we did. I think we had the squads to do it. That’s the one thing that stands out.”

Bradley Wright-Phillips played for the Red Bulls from 2013-2019 and retired as a member of the team in 2022 following a one-day contract agreement. LightRocket via Getty Images

Bradley Wright-Phillips played for the Red Bulls from 2013-2019 and retired as a member of the team in 2022 following a one-day contract agreement. LightRocket via Getty Images

While Wright-Phillips feels strongly about what could have been, it doesn’t take away from the specialness of the moment Saturday, when he joins former teammate and Red Bulls great Luis Robles as the second player to be inducted into Legends Row.

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