US midfielder Brenden Aaronson gets time off from World Cup training for wedding

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