Even on a night when his own manager described him as “solid” if not spectacular, Cavan Sullivan still reached a new landmark.
By stabbing the ball into a chaotic six-yard box for Milan Iloski to bundle in, Sullivan racked up his 13th assist of the league season (the same tally as a certain Lionel Messi). Coupled with his seven top-flight strikes, Sullivan has had a direct hand in 20 MLS goals this calendar year, the joint-most any teenager has ever amassed in a single season across the competition’s 30-year existence.
