Cavan Sullivan wants to change how the world sees American soccer after earning first USMNT call-up

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Cavan Sullivan has a much bigger ambition than simply becoming the next young American player to succeed in Europe. The 16-year-old wants to transform the way people think about soccer players developed in the United States.Sullivan believes American talent can be crafty, skillful and entertaining not only athletic or physically strong. His confidence and creativity have made him one of the most exciting young players in MLS.

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00:00I don't like how you think of an American player, you think of hard work, grit, athleticism.

00:06I think we can kind of like change that and move towards this guy's crafty, he's skillful, he has flair,

00:12he's fun to watch.

00:16You get the ball in space, you're one-me-one with the guy, go at him. Like if you fail,

00:20go at him again.

00:21In here, Indiana Vasilev on the move, has Sullivan going for goal, works it across, Kevin Sullivan, oh, what an

00:28exquisite finish!

00:29My dad and myself talk about it like all the time, treat it more of like a playground where I

00:34can still put things to the test and experiment with my moves and I want to incorporate that into the

00:40games as well.

00:41Oh my, the Sullivan story continues!

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