Haji Wright’s sensational season for Coventry Metropolis continued Tuesday with the American striker transferring one objective nearer to twenty in his debut season in England.
Wright netted his nineteenth objective throughout all competitions regardless of the Sky Blues 2-1 house loss to Ipswich City. The U.S. males’s nationwide group ahead tied the match within the sixty fourth minute for the Sky Blues earlier than Cameron Burgess propelled Ipswich City again in entrance 5 minutes later.
Wright picked up a move from Kasey Palmer earlier than drilling a low shot into the again of the online. It marked the second-most targets for an American ahead in England’s top-two divisions since Clint Dempsey’s 21 tallies in 2011-12.
Nevertheless, Mark Robins’ squad failed to choose up three factors of their penultimate match of the EFL Championship season. The Sky Blues missed out on the promotion playoffs and can shut their 2023-24 schedule at house on Saturday vs. QPR.
“Hopefully being at house final recreation of the season we are able to win,” Wright stated postmatch. “We have to go away with a very good style in our mouth and prepare for subsequent season.
“It’s important to have a look at the larger image,” he added. “We’ve got had some actually good video games this yr and so much some poor ones. There are quite a lot of areas by which we are able to develop in, so we have to work on these and hopefully enhance.”
Wright’s debut season with Coventry Metropolis has boosted him again into the USMNT image. The 26-year-old scored twice in final March’s CONCACAF Nations League semifinal victory over Jamaica earlier than serving to the Individuals carry the trophy for a third-straight version.
He’ll now search to eclipse 20 targets in Saturday’s season finale.