Bradley Wright-Phillips voted Player of the Week for second time after recording third hat-trick

MLSsoccer staff

Bradley Wright-Phillips sure has this hat trick thing down pat.

Wright-Phillips enjoyed his third three-goal outing of the 2014 season on Saturday night, scoring in three different ways to inspire his New York Red Bulls to a 4-1 thumping of the league-leading Seattle Sounders. The veteran set the tone for the win by scoring on a rebound 30 seconds in, then added a penalty kick in the second half before one-timing a low cross from the left into the back of the net with his final play of the game in the 58th minute.

The impressive perfomance not only gave the Englishman 24 goals on the year and a good shot at breaking MLS' all-time single-season scoring record, but also saw him unanimously voted Week 28's MLS Player of the Week by the North American Soccer reporters. Wright-Phillips is the fifth player to win the award with a unanimous vote, and it's his second second Player of the Week nod after he earned it back in Week 8 with his first hat trick of the season.

The last player to be voted the MLS Player of the Week by a unanimous decision was Sounders forward Clint Dempsey back in Week 6.

2014 MLS PLAYER OF THE WEEK