One goal can go a long way.
Victor Vazquez’s first for Toronto FC, a header after tidy set-up work from Jozy Altidore and Raheem Edwards, earned the Reds their first win of the 2017 season.
But it also meant more; it made a success of the three-game road trip to start the campaign, it rewarded the new signing for an excellent cameo from the substitutes’ bench and banished the memory of Toronto’s woeful record against 10 men last year.
If anyone had forgotten - or just buried it in the back of their mind - Toronto spent 207 minutes playing with the opposition a man (or two) down in 2016.