No one said it would be easy.
As the Red Bulls continue their grueling road trip, a matchup with Columbus Crew SC gave New York a chance to quickly bounce back from their defeat at Real Salt Lake.
All things told, a road point on short rest should feel like a positive result, but another late goal changed the feeling of it all.
With one point from their last two, the boys head back home for another short stay before trekking down I-95 to take on the Philadelphia Union in US Open Cup play on Wednesday night.