{"id":410730,"date":"2024-07-09T12:01:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T12:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=410730"},"modified":"2024-07-09T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T12:04:33","slug":"watch-american-soccers-14-year-old-phenom-cavan-sullivan-scores-first-professional-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=410730","title":{"rendered":"Watch: American soccer&#039;s 14-year old phenom, Cavan Sullivan, scores first professional goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The future of United States soccer registered his first professional goal over the weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philadelphiaunion.com\/players\/cavan-sullivan\/\">Cavan Sullivan<\/a>, a 14-year-old midfielder who is with the Philadelphia Union, broke onto the scorer&#8217;s sheet with a nice individual effort.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan&#8217;s goal came for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlsnextpro.com\/clubs\/philadelphia-union-ii\/\">Philadelphia Union II<\/a>, who play in MLS Next Pro. He has reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-nz\/sports\/football\/who-is-cavan-sullivan-14-year-old-usa-wonderkid-heading-to-man-city-after-development-with-philadelphia-union\/ar-BB1kv1sm?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">signed with Manchester City<\/a> in the English Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>As can be expected from a wunderkind, Sullivan is technically proficient. Confident on the ball, he is a sharp passer and a good finisher.<\/p>\n<p>In early June, he made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philadelphiaunion.com\/players\/cavan-sullivan\/match-log\/\">his first start for the Philadelphia Union II<\/a>, the developmental arm of the MLS club. The Union have one of the best academy system&#8217;s in North America, with Sullivan projected to be the next impact player to come up through the system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/09\/sport\/philadelphia-union-cavan-sullivan-soccer\/index.html\">He signed with the Union on May 9<\/a>. He is also a member of the United States U15 National Team.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the goal from Sullivan, a well-taken effort with some individual class:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cavan\u2019s making his mark in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLSNEXTPRO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MLSNEXTPRO<\/a>. <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/2611.png\" alt=\"\u2611\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<p>14-year-old Cavan Sullivan scored his first professional goal for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilaUnionII?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PhilaUnionII<\/a> in style. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AJIxE6nfw4\">pic.twitter.com\/AJIxE6nfw4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS\/status\/1809966029906342226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sullivan now has a goal and an assist on the season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The future of United States soccer registered his first professional goal over the weekend. Cavan Sullivan, a 14-year-old midfielder who is (&#8230;)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410730"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410732,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410730\/revisions\/410732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}