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Claim Text: Larry Sullivan primarily played baseball.
Simplified Text: Larry Sullivan primarily played baseball.
Confidence Score: 0.900
Claim Maker: The author
Context Type: News Article
Subject Tags: Sports Biography
UUID: 498c6cf9-1cfe-4d19-91ee-f8d8c80a5d14
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Created: September 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM (2 weeks ago)
Last Updated: September 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM (2 weeks ago)

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Everyone has a Cavan Sullivan story. Some involve volleys in diapers or “outrageous” tricks, others bicycle kicks on the beach at age 6. The fables used to spread by word of mouth on the parched fields of Northeast Philadelphia. Now they’re sweeping through American soccer as Sullivan, 16, slices through MLS. They paint a portrait of a prodigy propelled by supernatural talent, one who’ll soon grace the U.S. men’s national team.

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Illustration Eamonn Dalton The Athletic Photos Sullivan family Orlando Ramirez Getty ImagesEveryone has a Cavan Sullivan story Some involve volleys in diapers or outrageous tricks others bicycle ki...

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Simplified: Larry Sullivan, the eldest of nine children, was raised by an Irish Catholic family in Kensington, a North Philadelphia enclave.

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Simplified: Brendan Sullivan stated that his entire family became "infected by" the sport of soccer.

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Simplified: Cavan Sullivan stated, "I want to be the best ever."

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MLS has Sullivan listed with six goals and 11 assists because the league counts secondary, or hockey assists, as an assist. 1.000

Simplified: MLS lists Cavan Sullivan with 11 assists because the league counts secondary assists.

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Simplified: Cavan Sullivan still lives with his parents in a spacious house in Norristown, a suburb of Philadelphia.

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