Toronto FC goes into Saturday’s home game against DC United as the worst team in Major League Soccer, winless, pointless and conceding the most goals.

The Reds 0-7-0 start equals Kansas City’s record in 1999 for the league futility mark to begin a season. Given that the MLS settled ties back then with a shootout — and a pair of the Wizards losses in that woeful run were draws after 90 minutes — you could argue Toronto’s 2012 start is truly the worst.

An eighth straight season-opening loss Saturday (4:30 p.m., Sportsnet) at BMO Field against Dwayne De Rosario, TFC’s former captain and the club’s all-time leading scorer, would end any argument.

But where does this TFC team rank compared to other sorry performances from Toronto sports teams? Here’s a refresher on some other bad seasons.

• Maple Leafs (1984-85) — In the worst performance of the woeful reign of owner Harold Ballard, the Leafs went 20-52-8 to finish dead-last in the 21-team NHL. Despite having captain Rick Vaive and Bill Derlago up front and Borje Salming and Al Iafrate on defence, the team’s 48-point total remains the lowest since amassing 45 in the 1945-46 season when the schedule was just 50 games long.

The only redeeming element of the season was that finishing last gave the Leafs the first pick in the 1985 NHL entry draft, which they used to select Saskatoon Blades defenceman Wendel Clark, who went on to be a star.

• Raptors (1997-98) — It was just the third season in Raptors history but, at 16-66, the team’s .195 winning percentage remains their worst on record. The highlight, or more accurately, the lowlight, was a 1-19 start. During the season, Damon Stoudamire, the team’s first-ever draft pick ahead of their inaugural 1995-96 campaign, was traded along with Walt Williams and Carlos Rogers to the Portland for Kenny Anderson, Alvin Williams, Gary Trent, two first-round draft picks, a second-round draft pick and cash. As bad as they were, they didn’t finish last in the NBA as that distinction went to the 11-71 Denver Nuggets.

Toronto picked fourth overall in the 1998 draft, selecting Antawn Jamison but then dealt him to Golden State for fifth overall pick Vince Carter, who helped the Raptors set attendance records and become a playoff team.

• Toronto Blue Jays (1979) — The Jays struggled mightily in their first two seasons of Major League Baseball but reached a new low in their third. They finished 53-109 for a .327 winning percentage and 50.5 games behind Baltimore, eventual losers to Pittsburgh in the World Series. Though they got off to a much worse start in the strike-interrupted 1981 season, this remains the Jays’ worst in terms of winning percentage and games back.

It was not, however, a total disaster as shortstop Alfredo Griffin shared the American League rookie of the year award and Dave Stieb, who became the second-winningest pitcher of the 1980s, made his debut.

• Toronto Argonauts (1981): Despite a lineup that included quarterback Condredge Holloway, runningback Cedric Minter and wide receiver Terry Greer the Boatmen finished with a CFL-worst 2-14 record. But in 1982, the Argos hired Bob O’Billovich as head coach and with the run-and-shoot offence, Holloway was the league’s most outstanding player and the team made it all the way to the Grey Cup, before losing to Edmonton.

• University of Toronto Blues (2001-2007) — A last-minute field goal in the 2008 season-opener on Sept. 1, 2008 gave the U of T Varsity Blues an 18-17 win over the Waterloo Warriors to snap a Canadian record 49-game losing streak. The Blue won their second game of the year two weeks later.

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• York Yeomen (1988-1995) — The York University football team set a new Canadian university record by losing 47 straight games, which was three short of the mark for ineptitude in all of North America at the time. But the Yeomen not only beat the University of Windsor 18-8 to end the streak early in the 1995 season but went on to finish the year at a respectable 4-4.

For more on Toronto FC’s futile season so far, read the Saturday Star