HANOVER, N.J. — Over the last few summers, the coziest space on a Major League Soccer field has been the radius of grass around Thierry Henry.

Ask anyone in the string of Red Bulls players who have come through the team and felt a sudden increase in breathing room between opposing defenders, the pleasant thump of inventive passes arriving at their feet or an upward swell in their goal totals.

Ask the latest beneficiary, Bradley Wright-Phillips, who has taken the role of Henry’s strike partner this season and run with it, scoring a league-high 20 goals. Wright-Phillips’s two goals in a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Impact on Saturday gave him the franchise’s single-season scoring record with 10 regular-season games left.

“It’s been a dream season so far,” Wright-Phillips said. “But I’ve been very fortunate having a top-class player beside me.”