2024-07-20 01:38:40
The eyes and face have the impression of youth. He has not yet passed the stage of adolescence. Meanwhile, Cavan Sullivan has made history. He made his debut at the highest level of the professional league at the age of 14. He is the youngest athlete in the history of American Major League sports.
The Philadelphia Union’s match was against New England in the US Major League Soccer (MLS) on Wednesday (July 17). Sullivan made history as a substitute in this match. At the age of 14 years and 294 days, he broke the record of D.C. United’s Freddy Edu (14 years and 306 days).
Sullivan now holds the record for the youngest player to hit the field since 1970 in all major American majors. And the youngest athlete in a sport other than football is Andrew Bynum of the Los Angeles Lakers, who took the court in 2005 at the age of 18 years and 6 days.
Since 1988, Sullivan is now the youngest footballer in the world’s five major leagues. The previous record was held by Arsenal’s Ethan Noaneri. He entered the field in 2022 at 15 years and 181 days. Philadelphia defeated New England 5-1 in Sullivan’s career match.
Interestingly, his elder brother 20-year-old Quinn Sullivan also played in the same team in the same match. After taking the field, Sullivan made the first pass to his older brother. Sullivan’s family history reveals that his father, uncle, were all footballers. Grandfather was a football coach.