When the whistle rang out for the start of Philadelphia Union's contest at Inter Miami CF, Quinn Sullivan officially etched himself into club history as he became the first Union homegrown to reach 100 league appearances.
Sullivan's journey to the mark began back in 2020, when he signed as a homegrown for the club after logging 226 minutes as an Union Academy amateur with Philadelphia Union II in the USL Championship. In his first professional season, Sullivan made his MLS debut on May 1, 2021, at New York City FC and six weeks later made his first start where he scored a world-class bicycle kick in the 28th minute against Chicago Fire. The remarkable debut campaign saw Sullivan with 21 MLS appearances, four starts and his first career assist.
The midfielder from Philly kept working hard each and every training session and continued to make appearances until a breakout campaign in 2024 where he became the first Homegrown player in club history to reach double-digit assists in a single season and joined an elite group of just five players to record at least 10 assists in a season before turning 21. This group includes Real Salt Lake’s Diego Luna (12 assists), New York City FC’s Talles Magno (10 assists in 2022), Alphonso Davies (11 assists in 2018), and Landon Donovan (10 assists in 2001). On MLS Decision Day, Sullivan became the youngest player in Union history to produce at least 10 goals and 10 assists in regular season play at 20 years and 208 days old.
