It's bound that kids growing up idolizing the same player. Philadelphia fans idolized Donovan McNabb, Allen Iverson, Jeremy Roenick or Curt Schilling. But it's rare for three players growing up in different parts of the world to adore the same player, and even more so that player is in a league in a different country.
But that's the case for Union goalkeepers Andre Blake, John McCarthy and Jake McGuire. All of them have the same favorite player: Edwin Van Der Sar.
"His build was very similar to mine," Blake said of Van Der Sar. "I just admired he kept everything simple and the way he played.