Bradley Wright-Phillips deserved far better from Red Bulls

Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports The organization that honored Wright-Phillips last summer casted him away this winter.In this high-press, low-spend era, the flashiest thing the New York Red Bulls do is discard club legends.

In a time when Connor Lade and Luis Robles were allowed to walk away so gracefully, it’s downright appalling that Wright-Phillips was let go so unceremoniously.

Although the narrative has been that Wright-Phillips’ age caught up with him this season, and that his exit last Thursday was a sort of mutual acknowledgment from both parties that he could no longer contribute at a high level, that perception is not reality.

In fact, the only Red Bulls player to have his number…