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U.S. midfielder Brenden Aaronson had a good excuse for missing the U.S. team’s World Cup training on Friday: He was getting married.
The Leeds midfielder is set to marry his long-term girlfriend Milana D’Ambra, daughter of Saint Joseph’s men’s soccer coach Don D’Ambra.
Aaronson, also a member of the United States’ 2022 World Cup team, left camp after Thursday’s session and was due to return in time to train on Saturday.
Aaronson, 25, of Leeds in the Premier League, is part of a well-known American soccer family from Medford, New Jersey. His brother Paxten is with Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids and his sister Jaden played for Villanova as a freshman last fall. His father, Rusty, is the athletic director of Real Futbol Academy in Medford.
The U.S. team allowed star Christian Pulisic to miss training to attend his Hershey High School graduation party on May 27, 2016, at the Hershey Hotel in Pennsylvania, and then return for the next day’s Copa América game against Bolivia in Kansas City, Kansas.
Information from The Associated Press.
