Cavan Sullivan Achieves the Inevitable, Becoming Youngest Goalscorer in USMNT History The 17-year-old is the present and the future of the Stars and Stripes. Sports Illustrated · Oct 4
‘I’m pretty sure I didn’t imagine it’: the little-known trio of high schoolers who made USMNT history The idea of 16-year-olds like Cavan Sullivan playing for the US senior team was once unfathomable – until three teenagers appeared in a 1991 friendly The Guardian - US · Sep 26
USMNT Legend Tim Howard Explains Why America Is So Obsessed With Cavan Sullivan The 16-year-old soccer phenom is taking over the nation. Sports Illustrated · Sep 21
How Can Cavan Sullivan Avoid Suffering the Fate of Fallen USMNT Prodigy Freddy Adu? The 16-year-old winger is taking over soccer in North America...perhaps too rapidly. Sports Illustrated · Sep 18
USMNT to call up 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan for upcoming friendlies Sullivan has scored six goals and added eight assists for Philadelphia since MLS restarted after the World Cup The Guardian - US · Sep 16
Watching Cavan Sullivan, excitement is tempered by memories of hypetrains past The 16-year-old Union star isn’t the first wunderkind to be feted by the American soccersphere The Guardian - US · Sep 16
Is 16-Year-Old Cavan Sullivan Already Ready for Man City? The wonder kid, who is set to join the Premier League powerhouse when he turns 18, is tearing up MLS and could be ready for a bigger stage. Sports Illustrated · Sep 6
This week’s soccer questions: can anyone keep pace with Arsenal and are Manchester United doomed? We look at the start of Arsenal’s Premier League title defense, Carrick’s mounting problems in Manchester and US teen star Cavan Sullivan living up to the hype The Guardian - US · Aug 28
'Arsenal wonderkid can be England's answer to Lamine Yamal' Freddy Adu makes huge Gunners teen claim Freddy Adu has given his thoughts on how Max Dowman can be for England what Lamine Yamal is to Spain FourFourTwo · Jul 11
‘He Wasn’t Ready’—MLS Commissioner Admits Mistakes with U.S. Soccer Prodigy Freddy Adu Now the second youngest player to ever play in MLS, Adu never amounted to the career many had imagined for him in his early years. Sports Illustrated · Apr 11
‘A Far Dream’—MLS Teen-Phenom Cavan Sullivan Reveals Lofty USMNT Goal The 16-year-old is still searching for his first goal contribution in MLS play. Sports Illustrated · Jan 10
'If you’re going on holiday with an older woman, make sure it’s your mother!’ Legendary wonderkid Freddy Adu offers Lamine Yamal advice on how not to get derailed by media attention The American once dubbed 'the next Pele', has been impressed by Yamal's talents, but warns of the potential pitfalls ahead FourFourTwo · Aug 26, 2025
Gio Reyna Borussia Dortmund to Rangers transfer floated 'Do wonders for him' - Gio Reyna to Rangers transfer floated by US icon. The National (Scotland) · Aug 13, 2025
‘A Lot of Hype’—Man City Prospect Cavan Sullivan Makes More MLS History Philadelphia Union head coach Bradley Carnell had a word of warning for the 15-year-old record breaker. Sports Illustrated · Jul 6, 2025
Sports Illustrated · Jul 1, 2025 Worst Soccer Players of All Time: Ranking the Top 15 From overhyped transfers to unforgettable blunders, these are the 15 worst soccer players of all time. A list of epic flops remembered for all the wrong reasons.
The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025 Vaibhav Suryavanshi: Cricket’s 14-year-old prodigy must beware the cautionary tales of sport’s starlets The teenager made a remarkable century in the IPL – but young sporting stars can struggle in the spotlight
Sports Illustrated · Feb 5, 2025 Who Is the Youngest MLS Player? The Top 10 and How They Performed From Alphonso Davies to Freddy Adu and Cavan Sullivan, Major League Soccer has a long tradition of giving young players their professional debuts.
FourFourTwo · Jul 26, 2024 Footballers who broke records as youngsters A look at some of the youngest players to make their mark and break records across the football world...
The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2024 A matured MLS can foster US prodigy Cavan Sullivan where it failed Freddy Adu The 14-year-old Philadelphian marked for Man City stardom has broken Freddy Adu’s ‘youngest ever’ MLS record, re-igniting age-old debates of how young is too young
FourFourTwo · Jul 19, 2024 Who is Cavan Sullivan? The record-breaking MLS 14-year-old with Manchester City move already agreed Youngster Cavan Sullivan has been highly-rated for years and smashed a 20-year record when making his MLS debut
Sports Illustrated · Jul 18, 2024 MLS's Cavan Sullivan Becomes Youngest to Play in Major North American Sports League The Philadelphia Union prodigy broke a 20-year-old record.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 18, 2024 Teenager Cavan Sullivan makes historic MLS debut, is congratulated by Freddy Adu Cavan Sullivan is the youngest player in MLS history.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024 The world’s best male footballer doesn’t play for Madrid, but he was born there In today’s Football Daily: An ode to Rodri
Top News · Jul 18, 2024 14-Year-Old Cavan Sullivan Becomes Youngest MLS Player Ever Fourteen-year-old Cavan Sullivan makes history as youngest player in MLS, showcasing talent and potential.
The Guardian - US · Jul 18, 2024 Philadelphia’s Cavan Sullivan, 14, breaks Freddy Adu’s youngest MLS player mark Cavan Sullivan became the youngest player to appear in an MLS match as Philadelphia won 5-1 over New England on Wednesday night