"It's no small feat": New York Red Bulls enter record books with road winning streak 

There's no place like home... unless you're the New York Red Bulls.

Gerhard Struber's side made history Saturday night, equaling the 1998 LA Galaxy's feat of starting a season with five straight road wins thanks to a dramatic, 2-1 come-from-behind victory against the Chicago Fire.

The late turnaround at Soldier Field, which came courtesy of a second-half brace from Patryk Klimala, also lifted the Red Bulls to first places in the Eastern Conference standings, where they are only behind the Philadelphia Union by one point.

For defender Aaron Long, the club's success away from home is worthy of highlighting.

"It’s no small feat that we are winning on the road right now. It just proves that the mentality is right within the group to come back and win today, kind of the cherry on top.

"The mentality of the group is really good, and we’re up to the fight and every game we come to, we come ready to play."

Also important for Long is the fact that the Red Bulls are getting results they might not have as recently as last season.

"I think we can see steps being made in maturity and closing out games from last year and the year before, which is good. It just shows steps in maturity from the group to be able to close out these games."

Struber echoed his captain's thoughts, praising the strides made by the squad in his second full season as head coach.

"We can speak about the process that makes me proud, we can speak about every single player in my dressing room, they live the professional football life. 

"We make so many steps in so many directions, we could speak a long time in which areas we make the right improvements, but I think you can see the peak of the iceberg outside, but we know here inside what we did in the last few months and in the last season that we have right now a powerful team."

The Austrian was also full of praise for Klimala, who snapped a seven-game goalless drought with a pair of crucial strikes - including a stoppage-time penalty that sent the Red Bulls home with all three points.

"I feel happy for him", Stuber said of the Polish forward, who before Saturday's breakout hadn't scored since March 26, during the 3-1 season-opening win at San Jose.

"I have always trust in Patryk. Right now, we can see how important he is for us."

Klimala himself was, understandably, thrilled to get his name back on the scoresheet.

"I’m happy, it’s good to be back. It’s good to score a goal again, two goals."

Klimala and company will try for their first home W of the season next Saturday agains the Portland Timbers (7 pm ET | MLS LIVE on ESPN+).

While success has been a little harder to come by at Red Bull Arena, Long is adamant that this team is a force to be reckoned with - and they have a historic streak to prove it.

"It’s tough to win on the road," he said. "I know that teams aren’t thinking that it’s an easy win when we come into the building. The squad is feeling good right now."