Back in the 1950s, Ellison's high school team was struggling and, as the story goes, he drove by a park and saw kids running plays in unusual formations. (sbnation.com)
In the last few games we've played what can best be described as a variation of 5 -0-5 and Tisdale has habit of picking unusual formations. (sbnation.com)
Much of the discussion of Uruguay before the game also focused on their shape: this now unusual formation and front two of Forlan and Suarez seem to have clouded judgement on what is a fairly poor team that struggled to qualify for the tournament. (holdingmidfield.com)