HARRISON, N.J. – While both Bradley and older brother Shaun Wright-Phillips kept their composure during Tuesday’s press conference, their brotherly affinity was on full display once the cameras were off.

“It’s going to be very weird,” Shaun Wright-Phillips told reporters after the press conference. “It was weird enough getting changed and he sat right beside me, going into my bag and asking for deodorant. It is already weird but I am looking forward to stepping out with the team we have here. They are a great bunch of boys.”

Both Red Bull attackers were glowing about this footballing reunion — one that is 11 years in the making. Back then, it was Shaun taking up most of the media glare as a starlet for Manchester City, with younger brother Bradley falling far into the background.

This time around, it is Bradley commanding a strong leadership role with the club, welcoming Shaun into the fold after several wayward years in England. That dynamic, however, changes nothing for either sibling.

“It’s always a dream to play on the same team and it’s come true today,” Bradley shared.

The reunion may have never happened had it not been for Leanne Wright-Phillips. Bradley’s new blushing bride, along with her husband, decided to have their June wedding in New Jersey instead of England — a move that allowed brother Shaun to speak with Red Bulls coach Jesse Marsch at an airport in Houston.

We talked for maybe 15 minutes,” Marsch said. “You could see that he did have a big interest in what MLS is and what could be for him. That day I kind of made the decision that it’d be good to have him out at training and welcome him and see if he would enjoy the process of being with our team a little bit and getting fit.

“It became an easy decision for me to go to Ali and start to talk to him that, even though, with the direction of our club, looking to get younger that there would be outliers in the process and that given where we were positionally, given the experience, given the savviness in the attacking part of the field, we just felt that Shaun Wright was the perfect addition so I’m honored to have him on our team.”

“He’s not the prototypical player we would actively scout and recruit based on the profile we are looking for, but he literally landed at our doorstop,” Sporting Director Ali Curtis added. “He came here for Bradley’s wedding, wanted to stay fit, and he is in our environment. It was an ideal situation where we could take advantage of our surroundings.

“He is a fantastic guy and that is a huge data point in how we are making decisions. It was ideal.”

As training turned from a one-week affair to a month long stay, several Red Bull players began to ask questions — as did fans. It didn’t take long for Curtis and Shaun Wright-Phillips to begin negotiating a deal that would eventually land Bradley’s brother in Harrison.

“You don’t get these types of opportunities ever when you are trying to sign a player, to have a player of his quality in your environment for an entire month to evaluate him? It is completely unique in the world of soccer. It was perfect,” Curtis said. “No player checks all the boxes and he doesn’t either, but he checks most of the boxes we are looking for.”

Shaun Wright-Phillips landed with the Red Bulls on a non-DP deal; an aspect of the signing that surprised several Red Bull fans.

“I don’t think DP really means anything,” Shaun said. “It is just a title that everybody gives because they run so much money. If they play the way they can play, you can be on a pound or ten million pounds. You will still be a great player.”

Now comes the hard part; integrating Shaun into the Red Bulls system. The elder Wright-Phillips will be available for selection against Philadelphia this weekend. However, neither Shaun nor Bradley would tip their hand on whether or not he would start. In fact, it seems like he will not.

“That’s not how our team works,” Bradley said. “Unless there is an injury or somebody is not ready to play on Saturday, I don’t think Shaun will come straight here. I don’t think he expects to. He knows he has to do well and take his chance.

“On the field, he will have no problem,” he continued. “It will come to weather and travel and managing himself right, and he is a senior player, so I am sure he will have it on lock.

“When we get over this, its about New York Red Bulls, trying to get some silverware. That is what Shaun is here to help us do.”