Bradley Wright-Phillips, Theirry Henry fire New York Red Bulls to win

Sep 7, 2014 at 12.30am UK

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The New York Red Bulls secure a 2-1 win over Sporting Kansas City in their MLS clash thanks to goals from Bradley Wright-Phillips and Thierry Henry.

Published: September 7 2014 | 02:51

Last updated: September 7 2014 | 17:19

The New York Red Bulls kept up their push for the MLS playoffs with a 2-1 win over Sporting Kansas City in the Eastern Conference.

New York started the brighter and did not have to wait long for the lead as Bradley Wright-Phillips dispatched an 11th-minute penalty for his 21st goal of the season.

The hosts carried on in the same vein and should have doubled their advantage eight minutes later, with Thierry Henry finding Lloyd Sam, who fired narrowly wide.

Mike Petke's side were unrelenting in their bid to add a second, with Henry this time guilty of spurning a good opportunity.

The Frenchman latched on to Dax McCarty's ball over the top, but the former Arsenal forward rolled his effort just past Andy Gruenebaum's post.

In the second half, the Red Bulls did double their advantage when Henry collected Sam's pass and found space to fire a shot into the top corner from the edge of the box.

Kansas City got themselves back into the game immediately as Seth Sinovic headed Graham Zusi's free kick into the path of Dominic Dwyer, who volleyed home from close range.

The home side almost regained their two-goal cushion in the 74th minute when Henry lifted a cross into the area and a Sinovic header almost found its way into the net, as he lobbed Gruenebaum but the ball went wide.

Sporting made one last push at the Red Bulls goal late in the game, but could not find the breakthrough as the home side managed to hold out for the three points.

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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