What does a guy have to do to earn some respect around here?

That must certainly be the thought process of Bradley Wright-Phillips whose record 27 goals this year were not enough to include him in the MLS Most Valuable Player of the Year award voting.

In fact, no Red Bulls in any category managed to make their way towards a league recognition.

LA Galaxy forward Robbie Keane, Seattle Sounders striker Obafemi Martins and New England Revolution playmaker Lee Nguyen will all battle for this year’s MVP award. Neither Wright-Phillips, who tied Roy Lassiter and Chris Wondolowski for the league’s single season goal scoring record, nor the red-hot Thierry Henry, who has managed 10 goals and 14 assists as the Red Bulls playmaking engine this year, made the cut.

In comparison, the aforementioned Wondolowski won the MVP award in 2012 for tying the same record Wright-Phillips reached this season.

It isn’t the first time Wright-Phillips has been shunned for his achievements. Despite leading the league in goals, the Red Bulls striker failed to make the cut in the first round of voting for the MLS All-Star game’s starting eleven.

Here is the full list of year-end award candidates, followed by the announcement schedule (voting will take place at MLSSoccer.com):

2014 Major League Soccer Awards Finalists – (Listed in alphabetical order by last name within each award category)

Volkswagen Most Valuable Player Finalists

Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)

Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders FC)

Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution)

AT&T Rookie of the Year Finalists

Tesho Akindele (FC Dallas)

Steven Birnbaum (D.C. United)

Harrison Shipp (Chicago Fire)

Defender of the Year Finalists

Bobby Boswell (D.C. United)

Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy)

Chad Marshall (Seattle Sounders FC)

Coach of the Year Finalists

Gregg Berhalter (Columbus Crew SC)

Ben Olsen (D.C. United)

Sigi Schmid (Seattle Sounders FC)

Comeback Player of the Year Finalists

Charlie Davies (New England Revolution)

Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders FC)

Rodney Wallace (Portland Timbers)

Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year Finalists

Steve Clark (Columbus Crew SC)

Bill Hamid (D.C. United)

Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

Newcomer of the Year Finalists

Stefan Ishizaki (LA Galaxy)

Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution)

Pedro Morales (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)

MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Year Finalists

Diego Chara (Portland Timbers)

AJ DeLaGarza (LA Galaxy)

Zach Loyd (FC Dallas)

Xbox Individual Fair Play Finalists*

Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers)

Michael Parkhurst (Columbus Crew SC)

Harrison Shipp (Chicago Fire)

*Selected by MLS based on objective criteria such as fouls committed, cards received, games & minutes played, as well as subjective evaluation of sportsmanlike behavior.

Xbox Team Fair Play Finalists*

LA Galaxy

Philadelphia Union

Real Salt Lake

*Selected by MLS based on objective criteria such as fewest fouls committed, cards received, and on subjective evaluation of sportsmanlike behavior.

Referee of the Year Finalists

Mark Geiger

Jair Marrufo

Alan Kelly

Assistant Referee of the Year Finalists

Peter Manikowski

Paul Scott

Adam Wienckowski

Awards Announcements Schedule:

Schedule subject to change

November 24: AT&T Rookie of the Year, Xbox Fair Play Individual and Team of the Year

November 25: MLS Defender of the Year, MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Year, and Referee/Assistant Referee of the Year

December 2: MLS Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and MLS Best XI

December 3: Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and Volkswagen MLS MVP

December 4: AT&T Goal of the Year, MLS Save of the Year