At the age of 14 years and 293 days, Philadelphia Union homegrown midfielder Cavan Sullivan made his major league debut on Wednesday night, making history as the youngest player to do so for a North American major league sports team.
The previous record holder, Freddy Adu, who made his debut for D.C. at the age of 14 years and 306 days, is surpassed by Sullivan’s historic appearance. unified on April 3, 2004. Sullivan made his official Major League Soccer debut on Wednesday against the New England Revolution, coming off the bench in the 85th minute with Philadelphia ahead. After that, the Union defeated the Revolution 5-1, with a goal from Quinn Sullivan, his older brother.
