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‘I’m pretty sure I didn’t imagine it’: the little-known trio of high schoolers who made USMNT history

Photo: The Guardian Sport

What happened

The idea of 16-year-olds like Cavan Sullivan playing for the USMNT was once unfathomable – until Mike Slivinski, Mark Jonas and Nelson Vargas appeared in a 1991 friendly If 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan takes the field for the US men’s national team in the coming days, he will join a list of youngest-ever US players that has no shortage of recognizable names. At the top is onetime phenom (turned cautionary tale) Freddy…

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