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Quinn Sullivan (soccer)

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Quinn Sullivan
Personal information
Full name Quinn Krippendorff Sullivan[1]
Date of birth (2004-03-27) March 27, 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Philadelphia Union
Number 33
Youth career
2016–2019 Philadelphia Union
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Philadelphia Union II 24 (3)
2021– Philadelphia Union 85 (8)
International career‡
2021–2023 United States U20 19 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 20, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 4, 2023

Quinn Krippendorff Sullivan (born March 27, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union.[3]

Club career

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Sullivan began his youth career at Fishtown A.C. and then transferred to the Philadelphia Union academy where he attended the prestigious YSC Academy School. He made his professional debut at the age of 16 years old with the club's reserve team, Philadelphia Union II, on July 18, 2020, against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. He came on as a substitute in the second half.[4]

Sullivan officially signed for the first team on November 12, 2020, as a homegrown player alongside childhood teammate Brandan Craig. Sullivan's contract began as a rostered player for the 2021 season.[5][6] His first minutes for the Union were late-game substitutions during the Union's first CONCACAF Champions League campaign.[7] Sullivan made his first league start for the Union on June 26 against Chicago Fire, where he scored his first goal to equalize the match at 1–1.[7] His first professional goal for the Union earned Goal of the Week honors, and he subsequently added another GOTW.[8]

International career

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Sullivan has represented the United States under-20 team in 19 occasions.

Overall he has scored 10 goals in those appearances and added five assists. In the lead up to the CONCACAF Championship he scored a hat trick as a substitute in a come from behind win over River Plate's reserve team and added another goal in a 2–2 tie versus the Argentina U20's.

In CONCACAF U20 group play, Quinn scored a hat trick in a 3–0 win against Cuba to finish top of the group. He also scored a brace (2 goals) against Nicaragua in the quarterfinals and another goal against the host team, Honduras, in the semifinal. He has tallied three assists and a drawn pk in tournament play as well.

Personal life

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Sullivan comes from a soccer family: his father, Brendan, played for five clubs over a six-year professional career in the A-League. Prior to that, Brendan Sullivan was an All-Ivy selection at University of Pennsylvania and starred at St. Joseph's Prep in Philadelphia. He then went on to coach at his alma mater. Quinn's mother, Heike, played Division I soccer and captained the University of Pennsylvania women's team.[9][10] Quinn's younger brother Cavan is a U.S. youth international who also plays for Philadelphia Union.[11] His two other brothers, the younger twins Declan and Ronan, are also youth soccer players, with both currently attending YSC Academy and playing for MLS NEXT affiliate FC DELCO.[12]

His cousin is Chris Albright, an American international who played two seasons for the Union, and his grandfather is Larry Sullivan, who served as the head coach at Villanova from 1991 to 2007.[9][13] Sullivan's uncle, Bryan Sullivan, was a Division I goalkeeper at Philadelphia Textile and was also on the coaching staff at Villanova.[14]

His maternal grandmother is Bangladeshi and his maternal grandfather is Klaus Krippendorff.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played September 28, 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Philadelphia Union II 2020 USL 9 0 — — — 9 0
2022 MLS Next Pro 11 3 — — — 11 3
2023 MLS Next Pro 4 0 — — — 4 0
Total 24 3 — — — 24 3
Philadelphia Union 2021 MLS 21 2 — 3[a] 0 — 24 2
2022 MLS 17 1 1 0 — — 18 1
2023 MLS 22 2 — 6[a] 0 8[b] 0 36 2
2024 MLS 31 3 — 4[a] 1 4[c] 1 39 5
Total 91 8 1 0 13 1 12 1 117 10
Career total 115 11 1 0 13 1 12 1 141 13
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions Cup
  2. ^ Five appearances in Leagues Cup, three appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup

Honors

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Philadelphia Union

United States U20

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Squad List – FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023: USA" (PDF). FIFA. May 18, 2023. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 19, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Quinn Sullivan". Philadelphia Union. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "Quinn Sullivan | Philadelphia Union profile". philadelphiaunion.com. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Philadelphia Union II 0–6 Pittsburgh Riverhounds". Soccerway.
  5. ^ "Philadelphia Union Sign Academy Products Brandan Craig and Quinn Sullivan To Homegrown Player Contracts". philadelphiaunion.com. November 12, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  6. ^ Jonathan Tannenwald (November 12, 2020). "Union academy players Brandan Craig, Quinn Sullivan sign MLS deals to start in 2021". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  7. ^ a b Jonathan Tannenwald (July 2, 2021). "Quinn Sullivan's bicycle-kick goal in his first MLS start was a dream moment for one of Philly soccer's most famous families". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  8. ^ "Philadelphia Union homegrown Quinn Sullivan wins AT&T Goal of the Week for Week 10". MLSsoccer.com. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Quinn Sullivan is a 15-year-old ninth grader who plays center-mid for the Academy U-15s..." YSC Academy. Facebook. May 3, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  10. ^ "Brendan Sullivan at SoccerStats.us". SoccerStats.us. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  11. ^ "Curtin: Philadelphia Union Academy's Cavan Sullivan can become a "household name"". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  12. ^ "Off The Pitch | Philadelphia is home". Philadelphia Union. December 27, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  13. ^ "SOCCER: From Villanova to the Rock – Council Rock North Coach Larry Sullivan has made the adjustment". thereporteronline. December 1, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  14. ^ "Brendan Sullivan Joins Men's Soccer Staff". Villanova Wildcats. Villanova University. August 3, 2000. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  15. ^ "Meet the Sullivans, America's next big soccer family". Backheeled. May 17, 2023.
  16. ^ Quinn Sullivan at Soccerway
  17. ^ Sigal, Jonathan (November 5, 2022). "Hollywood ending! LAFC win legendary MLS Cup 2022 over Philadelphia Union". Major League Soccer. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
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