Name
Brian WrightHeight
6' 0"Weight
194 lbsDate of Birth
3.23.1995 (29)Birthplace
Toronto, ON CanadaPosition
ForwardPosition Detail
StrikerPreferred Side
CentreOption declined following 2019 season.
Wright is a young forward who made 10 appearances, including two starts, and totaled 258 minutes of MLS action, while scoring his first MLS goal, the game-winner against NYCFC at Yankee Stadium.
COLLEGE: Graduated as the second all-time leading scorer at the University of Vermont…Totaled 80 appearances, with 66 starts, and recorded 39 goals with 25 assists…Ranks third in school history in games played…Registered 12 game-winning goals…Earned three consecutive America East All-Conference First Team selections…A two-time All-East Region First-Team honoree by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America…Named a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist as a senior after tallying 14 goals and 12 assists…Led the conference with 40 points, the most by a Vermont player in a single season...Helped Vermont win the third NCAA Tournament home contest in program history with a hat trick against Rider…Led America East conference in scoring as a junior with 10 goals and seven assists…Recognized as America East Tournament's Most Outstanding Player and earned first-team all-conference honors…As a sophomore, led the conference in goals (nine), goals per game (0.47), and points per game (1.11) in 2014…Ranked second in America East with 21 points and named to all-conference First Team…Became fourth Vermont player to be named America East Rookie of the Year after pacing the team in scoring with 15 points…Made the conference's Academic Honor Roll and the all-conference second team.