VANCOUVER—Toronto FC was guilty of letting opponents reduced to 10 men off the hook far too often last season.
At least for one afternoon, they bucked that trend against a Canadian rival.
Victor Vazquez and Jozy Altidore scored in the second half after Whitecaps midfielder Brek Shea was shown a red card as Toronto beat Vancouver 2-0 on Saturday for its first victory of 2017.
A scrappy match was turned on its head in the 70th minute when Shea was given a yellow for a foul on Nick Hagglund before saying something to referee Ismail Elfath to immediately earn a second booking and a sending off.