Bradley Wright-Phillips, who scored a goal in the Red Bulls' 2-1 win over Chicago on Saturday, celebrates after netting a goal earlier in the season.
The Red Bulls made sure former captain Dax McCarty’s homecoming didn’t go as planned, and their homestand went better than they could have hoped.
Saturday’s 2-1 win over Chicago and McCarty — whom the Red Bulls unceremoniously traded away this offseason just two days after his wedding — saw them cap a two-week rise up the standings, from near the Eastern Conference cellar to within a win of the summit.
In the middle of the month, the Red Bulls (5-3-1, 16 points) had been stuck in seventh place at 2-3-1 and had mustered just a single point in a four-game winless skid.