It’s been bad. Really bad. Toronto FC has been beyond awful this year and it’s incredibly frustrating for anyone who cares/cared about the club.
But, how bad has it been in an historic context? Find out below the jump as CSN lists the worst 25 seasons in MLS history.
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1 - 1999 – New York – 0.468 points per game
2 - 2001 – Tampa Bay – 0.518
3 - 2005 – Chivas -- 0.5625
4 - 1999 – Kansas City – 0.625
4 - 2005 – RSL – 0.625
6 - 2009 - NYRB – 0.7
6 - 2012 - Toronto FC – 0.7
8 - 2010 - DC United – 0.73
9 - 2003 - Dallas – 0.766
10 - 1999 – New England - 0.8125
11 - 2011 - New England – 0.82
11 - 2011 - Vancouver – 0.82
12 - 2007 - Toronto FC – 0.83
13 - 2001 – Colorado – 0.884
14 - 2007 -- RSL – 0.9
14 - 2012 – Chivas – 0.9
14 - 2000 – San Jose – 0.9
14 - 1999 – Miami – 0.9
14 - 1998 – New England – 0.9
14 - 1996 – Colorado – 0.9
20 - 2010 - Chivas – 0.93
21 - 2000 – DC United – 0.9375
21 - 1997 – San Jose – 0.9375
23 - 2012 – New England – 0.94
24 - 2011 -- Toronto FC - 0.97
24 - 2012 – Portland – 0.97
So, pretty bad. If you put stock in the MLS 1.0/2.0 distinctions Toronto’s 2012 season is either tied for worst in 2.0 with New York’s 2009 mess, or only behind the two expansion sides of 2005 (depending on when you believe MLS 2.0 started).
Regardless, terrible. The only “positive” is that it can’t get worse. Even if Toronto fails to get a point the rest of the way it will drop to 0.64 points per game, which would still rank it as sixth worst, albeit no longer tied with New York.
If locust fills the sky and TFC runs off three straight wins it will finish with 0.91 points per game, “good” enough for 20th worst all-time.
However, it’s not just the single season that has so many TFC fans ready to give it all up. It’s the more damaging fact that Toronto has now clinched a place on a very infamous list. It has become just the second club to go back-to-back years with less than one point per game.
New England did it in 1998 and 1999 and might do it again this year, but Toronto’s 0.84 ppg record since 2011 is the worst two-year run in MLS history.
Worst team in the world? No, but in MLS…