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Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan was voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Matchday for Matchday 26 of the 2026 MLS season, it was announced on Monday.
NEW YORK- Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan was voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Matchday for Matchday 26 of the 2026 MLS season, it was announced on Monday.
Sullivan scored twice and added one assist in the Philadelphia Union’s 5-0 road victory over San Diego FC on Sunday night (Watch Highlights From His Performance Here ). Sullivan has at least one goal contribution in each of his last seven games, which is the longest streak by a teenager in MLS history.
The 16-year-old Homegrown has helped the Union to a 10-game unbeaten run since the FIFA World Cup break, going 8-0-2 in that stretch and rising from last in the Eastern Conference to seventh place and in an Audi MLS Cup Playoffs position. Sullivan has 17 goal contributions this season (six goals, 11 assists), which is tied for the third-most by a teenager in a season in MLS history, and only three behind Diego Fagúndez (20 in 2013) for the most.
Sullivan opened the scoring during first-half stoppage time with an outrageous backhee...