Bearing down on goal, Bradley Wright-Phillips would like to extend his stay with the Red Bulls. (Adam Hunger/USA TODAY Sports)

Striker Bradley Wright-Phillips is in talks to extend his contract with the Red Bulls, according to Metro New York.

A source said the two-time Major League Soccer scoring champion is negotiating with New York to extend his contract past this season.

BWP is the only player in league history to secure a pair of 20-goal seasons, having captured the Golden Boot in 2014 (27 goals) and last year (24).

A Designated Player, the 32-year-old Wright-Phillips earned a base salary of $650,000 in 2016, and a guaranteed salary of $715,000, according to the MLS Players Union. His current contract runs out after this season.

He recently received his green card, meaning the English-born forward doesn’t count as an international player on the team roster.

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Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.