The USMNT’s kids are thriving, and ‘they have a bit of swag to them’

The post-World Cup youth movement has paid off with historic plays that, for the moment, feel natural, sustainable and needed From the outside, a moment like the one Cavan Sullivan produced Saturday seemed to be pulled directly from dreamland.

Turns out, it pretty much was. “I was amazed. I was excited,” the 17-year-old said of learning he’d start for the US men’s national team against Mexico, in what would become a 3-0 win. “I texted my…