USMNT’s Haji Wright stays hot with another brace for Antalyaspor

It’s non-stop goals for all USMNT strikers right now

Haji Wright is keeping his name in the battle to be the U.S. men’s national team’s main option up top at the World Cup.

For the second straight match, Wright scored twice for Antalyaspor in a 5-2 result. This time though, Wright’s two goals were the only ones Antalyaspor got on the day, as Gaziantep produced a blistering four-goal second half to come from 2-1 down to win on Friday.

Still, Wright now has five goals in four league matches, putting him firmly in the Süper Lig golden boot race with Enner Valencia (who has six for Fenerbahçe). That keeps him in the mix with a red-hot corps of USMNT strikers that includes Josh Sargent and Jordan Pefok, who have been just as sharp for Norwich and Union Berlin, respectively.

Wright got his first by first through pure hard work, battling for a header as Antalyaspor broke forward. Wright didn’t win the ball, but his presence forced an errant header, and he took off into the space opened up as a result, received a through ball from Fredy, and used his defender as a screen to score a 30th minute equalizer.

Ten minutes later, Wright gave Antalyaspor the lead, again on a pass from Fredy. This time, Antalyaspor broke through with some attacking possession, and Fredy’s ball in for Wright was dummied on by Luiz Adriano, setting the USMNT striker up to tuck the ball away first-time.

Watch Wright bag another brace

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