Cavan Sullivan Interview - March 2025

What does it mean to be a part of the first team at such a young age

Do you ever reflect on that? I mean, it's definitely an honor. I've gotten used to it at this point in the least arrogant way

I think I'm performing well. I'm proving myself every day. And, yeah, I'm ready

I'm ready to rock on the field. No, I'm not going to lie. I saw you train yesterday, bro

You looking ready. I can't lie, bro. You got some good touches in there, bro. Yeah, yeah. I was solid yesterday

Today I got some cool plays in there. A make. I'm not going to say on who, but, yeah, I've been showing my confidence a little bit more

So let me ask you something, man. Obviously, 15 years old, you're a pro, bro. When did you start to figure out, like, yo, like, I'm ahead of my peers a little bit

I got something going on here. Yeah, I mean, I always played two years up

So when I was at the GA Cup, so thankful to be a part of a team that went far in that last year

But I was there three years total, and it's a great opportunity

All the German scouts, some Spanish teams, all of Europe comes over and watches

So when I first started getting recognition in that aspect, I felt that that was when I sort of envisioned that, like, okay

this could happen sooner rather than later. Oh, for sure, brother. So it was GA Cup where you kind of really started to show your stuff

Yeah. Okay, I like that, bro. What was it like letting the cameras in on your life bro You know what I saying you on Apple TV people looking at all the action in your life your family You got so many brothers But what it like just you know just having so many people just looking inside your life It could be kind of overwhelming Yeah for sure

It's something you got to get used to, especially when it's a documentary film crew at your at your crib

So I did have to get used to it. But box to box, the people produced the show did a really good job at

not stayed out of the way, but like make it as natural as possible. And then, I mean

they also like ate lunch at my house and we, we grew a bond. It's like we met them, um, years ago

and, and, and it was, it was two days with them. So, um, great people and, uh, even better, uh

videography. Oh, for sure, brother. I like your, I liked your opinions in there. See

your pops in there too. I love y'all relationship as well, man. Who are your role models when we

Talk about, you know, your father, your family. Who are some other people you look up to as well? I always say my mom and dad

My mom off the field, just, you know, the person she is, how kind she is

how respectful and how she helps me every day. I want to be just like her and treat people the way she does

And in terms of on the pitch, I got to go with my dad. He's taught me everything I know

Oh, for sure. And, yo, we got to talk about pressure, brother, because playing 15 years old

with pros is not easy physically, emotionally, mentally. Bro do you feel pressure No I not feeling the pressure I know it there but once I step within these white lines it sort of all fades away

I love that, man. Do you feel like football is just like your comfort space? Like that's the place you come to to just think clearly and just put your head into your game

Yeah, I think I speak for a lot of people when saying that, yeah, it is my escape from everything else

and it's a calming zone. And last but not least, man, we've seen the Apple Doc

We've seen how competitive you get with your siblings. Do you and Quinn ever have beef, you know, training with each other

Do you guys get at it for real? Yeah, yeah, I'm not going to lie. In the offseason, we had to end the whole 2v2 session

because we understood that it wasn't going to get safe from then on

There was a little bit of fighting going on. So, I mean, that's life. That's the game. um we're cool after that uh an hour later we were chilling all laughing hanging out so

it's only something you you joke about um later in the moment it is real and we do want to win

but uh yeah i mean it happens that's life so wait in that 2v2 session tell me what happened

give me the breakdown what's going on so the time prior quinn told me like i mean i'm gonna say this

in a nicer way. Get out of the net. Stop being like a goalie. Like, there's no goalie

It's small-sided, right? Yeah. And it wasn even that deep I was in front of the net and I blocked one of his shots So then the next day or it was probably two days later he blocked one of my shots

So I yelled at him, and he was like, blah, blah, blah. You're always complaining

You're always doing that. And so my brother Ronan and I, we sat back in the goal on one play to be petty

and he smashed the ball at us. And we got into a fight

And then, yeah, we just dipped after that. So we still got our workout in, but yeah, that's what happened

Listen, man, that's brotherly love, though. Y'all got to get at each other from time to time, bro

Come on now. Last but not least, man, where is Kevin Sullivan going to be in five years

Like you look at your career where you are now, 20 years old, where do you want to be? Where do you want to like talk about the level, like manifest it

I mean, yeah, I want to be a Ballon d'Or contender. I want to win it

I want to be the best player in the world. I've already mentioned how I dream of being in the 2026 World Cup

So five years from now, that will be the 2031. So that as well

I know it's not in my home country, but I would like to be participating in that. Yeah, to all you people out there, I dream big

If you think it's, you know, too much of a pipe dream, I don't really care

I can dream all I want, and I'm going to keep chasing those. And listen, man, you know, just coming to the academy, coming back, seeing your progress, bro

I'm always proud of you, and I want to see you accomplish all the things you said, brother. So love man and we're excited to see you this season my boy

Thank you man. Appreciate you my boy