When Cavan Sullivan stepped onto the pitch for the first time in MLS at 14 years and 293 days old in 2024, expectations were sky-high. He followed in the footsteps of Alphonso Davies and Obed Vargas among the league’s young talents in the preceding decade, with hopes that he could make an immediate impact.
Two years on, that impact hasn’t come. The now 16-year-old has established himself as a regular in MLS Next Pro with Philadelphia Union II and is still bound to join Manchester City once he turns 18, but his rise has not been as meteoric as predicted.
