BRITS React to Why CAVAN SULLIVAN is called AMERICAN LIONEL MESSI 😱

[@OhWord3]

i hate when people try to say young players are “the next _____”

[@itslife1399]

it's all click bait tbh. even if it is remotely true. it don't matter. you know who messi is and that'll get them clicks

[@I_Am_L_3]

Lazy analysis skills

[@Whatdoyouwant904]

Same it’s unfair to the kid, the kid can’t even get his learners permit yet and he’s already got massive expectations.

[@invisible408]

i love it

[@sd_pjwal]

From the US side of the pond. It's just a new and quite brilliant thing to see our youth developing in this beautiful game. We our a century behind at least, but it's great to see the US start to do something right in this sport. Btw, while this game has never been popular in the professional sense....that is changing rapidly and....soccer has been the #1 youth sport for the last 50 years in the US.

[@lucasmilligan5615]

Cavan’s older brother Quinn is also one of the Unions best players

[@jordegales]

so far if i'm not wrong, it was around (officially) 25-30 players who were called *the next messi*.

[@lebogaleromelwe]

Yup absolutely spot on. Ridiculous!

[@Adam-fq5lu]

Yeah its really cringe. I hope people can leave him alone and allow him to develop you know. Not every young talent can be the future GOAT.

[@AdamGee8]

Yeah but for America we’ve really only had 1 “gonna be the greatest ever” type and that was Freddy Adu at 14 years old as well, and it did not end well.. but think we’ve learned a ton since our academies, coaching and scouting have come a long way from 20 years ago when it happened to Freddy. Does say something man city have already agreed to buy him for 5 mill at 18 but the chances of him ever playing for the are still slim.

[@jordegales]

@@AdamGee8 The media should leave the young promises alone and not put that tag "the next Messi", one of those "next" was also bought by Man City in 2020, and in 6 months they sent him on loan (without playigng a single match), never returned to the team and today they are selling him, never adapted to the level. Barcelona had "the next Messi", coming from their academy, and they sold him (he played a few matches). Diablito Echeverri (River Plate) was bought two months ago by Man City, Barcelona and Chelsea wanted him too. And also the media said "the next Messi" a lot of pressure for young players from the last 8-9 years.

[@spellofoblivion313]

It happens in every industry with literally every famous person ever lmao

[@ricopo3522]

People aren't calling him that other than in click-bait headlines.

[@AdamGee8]

No more captain americas dear god 😂 can we be even slightly original here guys.

[@prudenceisaac-ojo3190]

This kid is really good

[@douglasseebergh536]

Come to chester pa and see him play in person.

[@johanregalado69]

I lost count of how many new Messi I have heard...

[@matthewgenyas4454]

Scorpion assist is nice

[@markballard9942]

Cavan's mother's father was German. That's how he got the German passport.

[@johnzubil2875]

Yes, the US will take over soccer one day. Don't be sad, embrace it. 😘😘😘

[@thomasopp9104]

The Freddy Adu comparisons are way off-base, in my view. We didn't even have academies when Freddy Adu came up, and Adu was deliberately hyped by MLS itself as a marketing ploy. The state of the game in the US today is totally unrecognizable from what it was in the early 2000s. Cavan Sullivan has a very clear, progressive path to high levels of soccer/football, from the youth team to the Union senior team to one of CFG's subsidiary clubs to, potentially, Man City itself, and Cavan Sullivan has a whole team around him. He'll blow Freddy Adu out of the water, even if he never plays a minute for Man City

[@Pinkpanther100x]

Was Adu the kid with the fake birth certificate he was actually 4 years older parents come from Nigeria 😂

[@michaelpeli2429]

I'm hoping we will one day get our own world class player, but it does feel like they are rushing him a bit. He's barely played for the Union II team. I guess in theory he will be able to practice with better players and coaches on the senior reserve roster.

[@nanettecormier8513]

I worry about players this young who are still growing. He has to be managed so that he doesn't burn out.

[@blakerh]

I am still waiting for the next Jordan.

[@Santooby]

he has a game tonight in minneapolis

[@CHARLAAYYY]

​@@SantoobyI'm from Phoenix and I have to agree with you on that one

[@marvelfan7720]

LeBron > Kobe > Jordan

[@cjboyer4355]

@@marvelfan7720tell me you never watched Jordan without telling me…

[@LuisCarlin-bk4ly]

@@marvelfan7720good joke, kid.

[@I_Am_L_3]

As an american, not one american can ever claim to the be next messi until we put forth at least a wayne rooney or Zinedine zadane or henry or someone else considered great. Ffs what a ridiculous concept....we dont have 1 of the top 100 scorers in history but well claim to have the future #1...gtfo.

[@mariowilliams9206]

Well football has only been relevant for about 35 to 40 years all these other countries have been playing for over a hundred years we have some catching up to do yes but stop making it seem like were complete dog shit no one likes self hating soccer snub

[@markballard9942]

My understanding is that with add-ons, they are getting Cavan for about five million pounds.

[@loganhill6601]

Just made his MLS debut to be the youngest ever to do so and didnt look lost I think it was mostly publicity but still not bad

[@bernardmayles6564]

I hate when too much is expected from young players. We seen it with Freddie Adu. Is it AI doing the voice over because it sounds very artificial

[@areguapiri]

We "saw"...

[@RogerCh888]

People need to chill, Manchester city buy a lot of players, they don't all pan out. This guy is very young. Let's evaluate him when he earns it.

[@CertainlyCeramic]

He's 14 guys leave him alone. This could be another freddy adu for all we know.

[@didier_777]

Stop comparing him to Freddy Adu, Adu was never that good and he was playing against MLS players that were terrible. This kid is actually 14 and he's already able to compete in MLS games.

[@nyr14]

Welcome to the USA, where all of our sports have “generational talents” every single year 😂😂

[@SheepDogg-ki1gp]

We call him Captain America

[@griffinburns9238]

News team through around nicknames and titles way too much. No one calls him captain America. Captain America goes to the Captain of the USMNT Captain. But as a Philly union fan Cavan is a lot of fun to watch.

[@griffinburns9238]

*Throw

[@AdamGee8]

Wayyy too damn much pressure was put on Adu, they called him the savior of USA soccer and had I’m on David Letterman at 14.. didn’t end well he went overseas, eventually back to mls to actually coming off bench in mls think he’s played in USL usa second division recently he’s 34

[@didier_777]

It wasn't the pressure he just wasn't good.

[@cha202]

As an MLS fanboy, who the fuck has called him that?

[@JonHop1]

And tbh, Cavan doesnt even look THAT good... I mean, he is clearly a talented kid, but, I for one doesnt see any similarities with a 15 year old Messi. If you ever watched 15 year old Messi at Barca's youth Academy, he was running circles around grown men and Barca's main team during practices. Messi is the RARE case where you can just know he is a superstar above all others.

[@hez859]

​@JonHop1 tbf Sullivan has been playing with grown men as well. I like this kid because his football iq and first touch along with passes are pretty top notch. But I don't know anyone calling him the next Messi other than "jornalists" trying to click bait

[@peterrutkowski8172]

Pulisic was promoted just as much as this kid. Remember the 60 minutes special on Pulisic.

[@hez859]

Yeah but tbf he's absolutely Ballin for AC Milan at the moment

[@EB-bl6cc]

@@hez859 agreed. It's too early to call pulisic a flop when he is showing real promise atm

[@zechariahahl-k9n]

@@EB-bl6cc lol

[@toebarrtalks]

haha yes.. "allegedly"

[@brosciencegutfeelings7058]

Why would there be something in his contract for Man City if he’s signed by The Union? Make it make sense plz..

[@210FOX]

Idk the exact rule, but basically it’s against the rules for a player to move abroad to play professionally until they’re a certain age. You see it all the time with Brazilian youngsters, they play for their club till 17/18 then they can move abroad

[@Adam-fq5lu]

Man City signed him, but he can't go to England to join a club until he is 18. He might go to Europe to join a club on loan between his 16th and 18th birthday if it is determined he has "outgrown the MLS". Regardless he will officially join City when he is 18.

[@paulfrancis9129]

When City are in League 2

[@user-df5kr3ld4r]

Man City's Future Star

[@nofxkidssss]

CAAPTIAN AMERICA!!!!

[@zeromega4541]

You have to do Why America sucks at football by Zealand.

[@wuxiagamescentral]

Seconded

[@jettrodgers7821]

Y’all sold the best player to ever come out of City’s Academy to Chelsea.

[@churn_diesel]

No one will ever be the next Messi

[@Ask-a-Rocket-Scientist]

Next Messi is too heavy a burden for anyone but Messi.

[@guyconger]

I hope he doesn't Freddy Adu

[@wuxiagamescentral]

If Cavan can be as good as Pulisic I'll be happy. We don't need a Messi we need 15 Pulisic level players

[@I_Am_L_3]

That dumb. Id take 1 messi over 100 pulisic's

[@hez859]

​@FullMetalAttackTitan9tailsHero wow and your comment is also dumb lmao

[@AnsonTimothy]

@wuxiagamecentral that’s facts. Pulisic is on the verge of world class. If we can have a full squad and 5 subs at pulisics level I would love that

[@AnsonTimothy]

@@I_Am_L_3dude we saw Messi struggle for trophies at the international level for YEARS because he didn’t have many enough world class players around him. Wouldn’t you rather have a world class team led by a star like pulisic?

[@I_Am_L_3]

@AnsonTheJosephOBriennumber1Fan pulisic vs messi has nothing to do w the team surrounding them. i simply said messi was at least twice the player pulisic will ever be. You dont get to choose your teammates...all u can do is do the best you can and messi carries every squad he was ever on other than barcelona during his first few seasons...and he still managed to shine on the best team ever compiled.

[@Zitolos]

For the record, no one calls him captain America lol most people are terrified he'll become a diva lol

[@vicp1990]

⏳

[@lalorodriguez9999]

How many times I heard that . just watch hi is going to be good . never and I said never no body will be like messi not even close to Pele neymar Ronaldinho

[@Jesus_christ_is_Lord_7]

Everything that lad does works incredible against youth players pros won’t have a bar of that shit. Kid is never gonna be 1/15th of Messi. Just watching what Messi did in LA Masia is better than 99.9% of pros. This kid might go pro that’s it.

[@hez859]

Ofc you're probably British lol how about we find out first. BTW no one calls him the next Messi except for people looking for clicks

[@Jesus_christ_is_Lord_7]

@@hez859 nah mate not “British” 😂 I’ll let the ratio of these so called wonder kids speak for its self 99.9% don’t do nothing. Kids Lamine yamal are the ones ye need to watch, don’t go noticed and boom there tearing up pro’s at ages 16-19 years old. The gap from beating youth players to pros is about 1 million miles in difference.

[@joeldiaz3245]

The next messi will come from poverty like every other GOAT

[@0ompaLoompa]

Young Messi would have double the amount of goals and assists than old, real life Messi has in the Baby Football League called MLS.

[@ntimeproductions]

Baby Football League? MSL is not even close to as old as the European Leagues and it is still 12th on the list of top leagues. US has dominated in the most wide array of sports in the world and Football is next on the list. If you know anything about the history of the sport in the US then you would know why the development came to a halt in the 1930's. Even then the US placed third in the 1930 World Cup.

[@0ompaLoompa]

@@ntimeproductions your national team shows zero improvements. The national team reflects the state of the league first of all. Where are your Top Talents? One every 10years? Where are your strikers who score double digit goals in European top leagues? You have a long way to go, like I said, you are still in Baby shoes. Maybe you should check out which teams weren't there at the WC 1930. No European top team was there. None. Because the World Cup was in Baby shoes

[@ntimeproductions]

@@0ompaLoompa LOL, it took France until 1998 to win their first World Cup. And they were in the first World Cup in 1930. Also, I told you to know your history before commenting. After the 1930 World Cup all the teams and leagues were disbanded due to the Great Depression at the time. The sport lost its popularity and no development was made in the sport for decades. It is only now that MLS has youth academies to truely develop players. And saying that leagues equals best players and national teams is simply not true. South America leagues are not even ranked higher than MLS. And I know you will say that is because their players play in Europe. That is true but they have to be developed first and be good enough in their respective countries. You can be disrespectful all you want but I have always seen the best way to shut up a trash talker is by winning. That day in both MLS and the US World Cup team is coming.

[@0ompaLoompa]

@@ntimeproductions south American leagues were at one point competitive with Europe. You should know that if you would know the history. Stop trying to educate me. I know football for 36 years. And wrote a paper about it. Winning? You can start arguing AFTER you won something.

[@thelnlme]

Stop calling people the next Messi we’ve seen it before the name is a curse e

[@BobbyNotBrown]

We need to pump the brakes on these young players. Not making the same mistake we did with Freddy Adu. You never know how a career will pan out.

[@gregcable3250]

Always the next Messi, Jordan, Ali, Lemieux/Gretzky, Jim Brown/Barry Sanders. Let him be the first Cavan Sullivan. One thing I noticed as a non-soccer/football follower--this kid needs to spend time in the weight room. I'm sure they'll get to that.

[@cjboyer4355]

Ehhh you need to be strong but not weight lifter strong for soccer. I’m no expert but I think you need good leg strength, contact balance, and endurance and you’ll be golden.

[@didier_777]

You guys picked the worst video, full of bad information.

[@CG68810]

The first thing he needs to do is get the hell out of the US program and go to Europe, so he learns the proper way to play. If he is going to play for the Philadelphia Union, and the MLS, he will never progress. If he is that good, he would already be starting at the Philadelphia Union. Messi went to Barcelona at the age of 13 and played for their under-14 team and progressed through their system until he was 17 and made his competitive debut. Barca has one of the best systems in football for producing young talent (La Masia). Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, and yes even Pep!). There are others in Europe as well. It will teach him the culture and toughen him up. Stating he is the "Next Lionel Messi" is not only ridiculous it is only setting him up to fail. They said the same thing about Ansu Fati and now he is an afterthought at Brighton. They're doing the same thing with Lamine Yamal, and that is not going to help him. Yes, Daz you are correct about Freddy Adu and he tanked in Europe. He was hyped as the next "Pele" and he fizzled out once he got to Europe. This kid looks like a tool anyway. Messi was never like that.

[@InternationalScoop]

that’s just not true, alphonso davies was fully developed in the mls system.And if you actually read the contract you’d know that the plan was to have him play for union until he turns 16 and then loan him out to belgium for 2 years before finally bringing him to city to play for the first team

[@cjboyer4355]

Yea I think the days of saying you HAVE to develop in Europe are dying. It’s like what they use to tell young European basketball players that they have to go to America in high school in college but in reality plenty of European NBA stars were brought up in euro clubs despite those clubs not having the talent or coaches America has.

[@hez859]

Canada made it to Copa Semis with a mostly MLS roster lol

[@CG68810]

@@hez859 Canada was lucky to make it to the semis. They are not a good team. Let's get real. This fever dream that the MLS is a legit quality league, is silly.

[@mscnhou1]

All of the USA'S better athletes don't play soccer. They play football. If they did we would already be the best. Just like our Lady's.

[@peterrutkowski8172]

Soccer players don't play football - they're too small. Messi would probably kick field goals.

[@areguapiri]

Hopefully, he won't get the nasty tattoos like Messi.

[@eltzrothm1]

Boo! I refuse to listen to an AI voice video.

[@samc1513]

Sullivan is another Freddy Adu...he'll be a bust

[@adot9300]

Why?

[@brosciencegutfeelings7058]

What’s the powerball numbers for next week Nostradamus?

[@shawnanderson6313]

You should let Manchester City know, perhaps they give you a scouting job.

[@dvwgystyle2705]

This kid is the best in theee world he's DISGUSTING