For Red Bulls, Another Brother Act New York Red Bulls Bradley Wright-Phillips signed with the Red Bulls on Wednesday but must obtain a visa before playing in an M.L.S. match. The Red Bulls seem to have a thing for signing the lesser-known brothers of some well-known soccer players. First, there was John Rooney, the younger brother of Manchester United's Wayne. Next came Rodrigo Izecson dos Santos Leite, a k a Digão, the younger brother of Real Madrid's Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, a k a Kaká. And now comes Bradley Wright-Phillips ... you guessed it ... the younger brother of Queens Park Rangers" Shaun. Other than being the younger brothers of star players, the first two also have something else in common: they are former Red Bulls players. Will Wright-Phillips stick around? Only time will tell. "He gives us a great option not only up front for some depth, but he also could be an interesting aspect for outside, a wing player," Red Bulls Coach Mike Petke said on Wednesday, when the club announced the signing of Wright-Phillips. The forward had been training with the Red Bulls for the past couple of weeks. He's very confident on the ball, he's very offensive minded, he's got good pace, I know he's played out wide on wing at certain points, so it gives us an option at two spots. He has to get in, get acclimated with the team, get his fitness 100 percent up and then we'll take it from there about exactly where and when he'll fit in. It is unlikely, however, that Wright-Phillips will be available for the Red Bulls" match against Real Salt Lake, the leader in the Western Conference of Major League Soccer, on Saturday night at Red Bull Arena. He still needs to obtain his P-1 visa. My agent asked me if I was interested, and said they were interested and I thought I couldn't say no, you know what I mean? Wright-Phillips said. The players that are here, the facilities - I wanted to be a part of it. I've played in England for like 10 years maybe and I've never played over here. And like I said before, everything that you want in a club is here and I just wanted to experience it. Wright-Phillips, 28, graduated from Manchester City's academy and played for the Premier League team until 2006. He then moved to Southampton, making 111 appearances and scoring 22 goals. From 2009-11, Wright-Phillips played for Plymouth Argyle and then Charlton Athletic. At Charlton, Wright-Phillips scored 31 goals in 82 games. He was most recently on loan at Brentford of League One, playing 15 matches and scoring five goals. Seven teams in M.L.S. this season have scored more goals than the Red Bulls (29), who let their leading scorer from last season, Kenny Cooper, take his 18 goals back to Dallas. Currently, Thierry Henry leads the club with seven goals, followed by Tim Cahill with five. The player brought in in hopes of replacing Cooper and his goals, Fabian Espindola, has only four goals - and two of those were scored in the first game of the season. Espindola has as many goals as defender Jamison Olave. Rooney, whose big brother has been a star in the Premier League for Manchester United, played only one season for the Red Bulls (2011), appearing in a paltry five league games. The track record for Digão is perhaps less exciting: the big defender was signed in mid-September last year and appeared, ever so briefly, in one postseason match. He had not played this season before he and the club reached mutual agreement to cancel his $200,000 contract. Some had speculated that the signing of Digão was a pre-emptive strike by the Red Bulls in the hope of one day attracting Kaká. The club has yet to employ a Brazilian player who had a broad appeal to a Brazilian/Portuguese fan base in the Ironbound section of Newark just over the Passaic River from the team's stadium in Harrison, N.J. Within the last month the Red Bulls also parted company with midfielder Juninho, who never seemed comfortable or fit in with the club. The Red Bulls certainly are hoping that Wright-Phillips is able to succeed on his own merits. "Since Bradley's potential was first recognized by Manchester City and the England's Under-20 side, he has proved to be a goal scorer of note, whether playing up front or as a winger," Andy Roxburgh, the Red Bulls" sporting director, said in a statement. He will certainly add another dimension to our roster with his pace and technical ability.