I'm sorry, but if you consider this:
to be a "free header" I will gladly continue to wear rose coloured glasses. I will bear the burden of balancing out against those who seem incapable of allowing themselves any TFC related joy.
Look, Red Bulls carried the play, of course they did. And they had other good sequences. But that's all they were... good sequences.
Not good chances. The whole point of playing defensive counter football is to frustrate the other team, allowing them possession but denying them opportunities. That is a perfect description of the game. If you disagree with this you are free to go through
WhoScored's match commentary alongside the full MLS Live replay and examine every shot attempt the Red Bulls mustered as I just did. But I will save you the effort: they had two good chances, Sam's shot over the bar and BWP's run into the box ending in Grella putting it wide. On every other attempt, the shot was either so far out it was not a threat, or TFC had a significant defensive presence on the shooter, forcing a shot off-target (this even applies to Grella's chance... I have no doubt BWP would have waltzed in and slotted the ball home on that move with last year's back line).
I'm not sure why praise for Vanney seems to bother you so, or why you would need to wait 10 more games before agreeing that he got it right for this one match alone... he devised a game plan suited to the opponent and situation and the team executed it well. Nobody is giving him a lifetime contract just yet.