The Philadelphia Union are a playoff caliber team. It's true. The league's most valuable player (official or not), two of the most exciting young offensive prospects in MLS, An endless supply of young, talented midfielders, a driven coach, and an assistant coach who made his name as a player development guru.

In the present day, you don't see much variation when it comes to formations. Most clubs play the same formations, of course all with their own little tweaks. The 3-man defense is becoming a dying breed, with many tacticians preferring a back 4. In Italy, currently there are three teams that play with a 3-man defense: Gian Piero Gasperini's Genoa, who play a 3-4-3; Pasquale Marino's Udinese, who play a 3-4-3; and Walter Mazzarri's Napoli, who play a 3-5-2.

This could be a controversial one especially as everything Rafael van der Vaart touches turns to gold. Within 10 weeks of signing for us he's become a cult hero. In fact cult is probably not strong enough, he's simply a hero in N17.

His vision, movement, finishing, passing, creativity and pure unadulterated will to win has seen him score 7 goals in just 11 games.