The hype train, the incessant media attention, the blinding spotlight. The current life of Cavan Sullivan is one we’ve seen before.
The 16-year-old wonder kid has completely taken over Major League Soccer this summer, even pushing soccer legend Lionel Messi down the pecking order in terms of the league’s most eye-catching headlines. Sullivan, who has racked up five goals and four assists in the last seven consecutive matches for the Philadelphia Union, is being heralded not only as a burgeoning star of the game, but more significantly, a generational legend in the making.
