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05/29 11:11 CDT Altar-ed plans: US midfielder gets 1-day leave from World Cup
training for his own wedding
Altar-ed plans: US midfielder gets 1-day leave from World Cup training for his
own wedding
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) --- American midfielder Brenden Aaronson had a good
excuse to miss the U.S. World Cup team's training session Friday --- he was
getting married.
The Leeds midfielder is marrying longtime girlfriend Milana D'Ambra, a daughter
of Saint Joseph's men's soccer coach Don D'Ambra.
Aaronson, also a member of the 2022 U.S. World Cup squad, left camp after
Thursday's session and was due back in time for training Saturday.
A 25-year-old with Leeds in the Premier League, Aaronson is part of a
well-known U.S. soccer family from Medford, New Jersey. His brother Paxten is
with Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids and sister Jaden played for
Villanova as a freshman last fall. Their father, Rusty, is sporting director of
Real Futbol Academy in Medford.
The U.S. team allowed star Christian Pulisic to skip training to attend his
Hershey High School prom on May 27, 2016, at the Hershey Hotel in Pennsylvania,
then return for the following day's Copa America match against Bolivia in
Kansas City, Kansas.
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