The New York Red Bulls reasserted their dominance over their "noisy neighbors" on Sunday, thumping New York City FC 4-1 as striker Bradley Wright-Phillips bagged a brace on a sultry afternoon at Red Bull Arena.
Sacha Kljestan set up BWP, who also struck twice in RBNY's 7-0 demolition of NYCFC in their first meeting of the year, for the game's opening goal 20 minutes in, then delivered the corner kick that Ronald Zubar headed home to double the advantage mere moments later.
Kljestan calmly netted a penalty kick to carve out a 3-0 lead, though Thomas McNamara quickly responded with a glittering long-distance rocket minutes afterward.