David Poreba says it is "surreal" to be playing alongside Robert Lewandowski at the Chicago Fire.

Lewandowski has made a fantastic start to life at Chicago and scored their winner in a 2-1 victory over Orlando City last time out.

The Fire have now won six games in a row in all competitions, with Lewandowski playing a crucial role.

Next up for Chicago is a trip to face the New York Red Bulls in MLS.

And Poreba, a Polish-American, is relishing the chance to work alongside one of his heroes.

"Honestly, it's surreal," Poreba said of playing with Lewandowski.

"It shows you that life can have surprises. At the end of the day, I'm just super grateful because, after all I've been through as well, it's an amazing, amazing moment for me.

"It's crazy. You go from looking up to this guy your whole life, and now you're friends and team-mates with him. It's amazing, and I only have good things to say about him.

"Everyone knows him as a fantastic footballer, but people should know that he's an amazing person.

"That's where it starts. I'm just truly grateful to have a relationship with him."

The Fire's run has seen them move into third place in MLS' Eastern Conference, and they go into the weekend just four points behind second-place Inter Miami.

"The vibes are great," Puso Dithejane said.

"Every player wants to work and wants to win, so our mentality is the same. That's why we go into games, and we want to win.

"We told ourselves we have a lot of games coming, and we have to win all those games. It's all in the mind. Our mentality has to be right going into a game, and we have to go to win."

PLAYERS TO WATCH

New York Red Bulls – Jorge Ruvalcaba

Ruvalcaba leads the Red Bulls in shots this regular season with 49, while team-mates Julian Hall, Emil Forsberg and Cade Cowell have also recorded at least 35 shots in 2026.

The Red Bulls are the only MLS team with four players with 35 or more shots this season.

Chicago Fire – Robert Lewandowski

Lewandowski scored his fourth goal for the Fire across all competitions with his match-winning penalty on Wednesday against Orlando.

The Pole scored his first goal for Chicago on August 1, and the Fire have won all six of their matches since that date.

MATCH PREDICTION: DRAW

The first meeting of the season between these teams was a 3-1 road win for the Red Bulls.

The only consecutive wins by either team over the other in the 20 meetings in all competitions since 2017 came as a pair of Fire wins in August 2021.

Wednesday's 1-0 loss to Nashville SC was the fourth time this season the Red Bulls have suffered a shutout loss at home.

Excluding shoot-out losses, the only season in which the club has had more shutout losses at home in the regular season was 1996 (five).

Chicago's six-match run is their longest winning streak in competitive matches since a six-game streak in June-July 2001.

OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

New York Red Bulls – 39.4%

Draw – 26.6%

Chicago Fire – 34%