New York Red Bulls ease to victory over Houston Dynamo

Apr 24, 2014 at 12.30am UK

Wright-Phillips (12', 24', 86' pen.), Henry (65')

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Bradley Wright-Phillips scores a hat-trick as New York Red Bulls beat the Houston Dynamo 4-0.

Published: April 24 2014 | 02:37

Last updated: April 24 2014 | 11:08

Bradley Wright-Phillips scored a hat-trick as the New York Red Bulls recorded a 4-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo.

It took New York just 12 minutes to break the deadlock thanks to Wright-Phillips, who lost his marker inside the box to tap in an inch-perfect cross from Thierry Henry.

Luis Robles was forced into action to keep his side ahead as he denied Houston duo Andrew Driver and Will Bruin in the space of two minutes.

Wright-Phillips benefited from another defence-splitting pass in the 24th minute when he was able to drill the ball home from Rory Miller's delivery.

The former Manchester City forward should have completed his hat-trick before the interval, but he failed to beat Tally Hall after linking well with Henry once again.

Houston applied pressure after the break, but their progress was once again halted by Robles, who pushed a low effort from Bruin past the post.

Despite dominating the early stages of the second half, Houston's hopes of fighting back were dealt a further blow in the 65th minute when Henry collected a loose ball before firing his side's third goal past a helpless Hall.

The Red Bulls were gifted the opportunity to add a fourth with just four minutes of normal time remaining when Henry was brought down inside the box by Tony Cascio.

Wright-Phillips stepped up to convert from 12 yards and complete his hat-trick on a comfortable evening for New York.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21