Daniel Royer got the monkey off his back on Saturday night -- and Bradley Wright-Phillips helped.
Royer opened scoring as the New York Red Bulls beat the Los Angeles Galaxy, 3-2, on Saturday night in California.
"It feels really nice. I was close in the games before but it didn't happen, I was pretty unlucky I think," Royer said. "I knew I had to fight through it and the goals would come and I am really happy that it happened today. I saw Bradley getting on the run and I was just hoping that he somehow can play the ball into the box and try to be in the spot I am supposed to be. Great ball and luckily nobody touched it and I was there to convert it."
Royer had a lot of recent chances find the crossbar or deflected away at the last moment before finally opening his account in MLS for the season.
His goal in the 7th minute was assisted by Wright-Phillips, who also assisted New York's second goal, scored by Florian Valot.
It was Wright-Phillips' first mutli-assist game for the Red Bulls.
"Anywhere I can help, really," Wright-Phillips said. "I think it is something I've tried to work on, I've wanted to do that more and I didn't just want to be about a goal and so far it has been alright."
The striker now has four assists to go with his five goals in MLS this season. Winning, though, is all that matters to the Englishman.
“This is the beginning of a tough run. We needed to collect points early, and it wasn't going to be easy, but we came through," Wright-Phillips said.
