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(AP) \u2014 American midfielder Brenden Aaronson had a good excuse to miss the U.S. national team. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">world cup<\/span> Friday team training session &#8211; he was going to get married.<\/p>\n<p>The Leeds midfielder will marry his long-term girlfriend Milana Dambra, the daughter of St Joseph&#8217;s University men&#8217;s football coach Don Dambra.<\/p>\n<p>Aaronson, who is also on the U.S. 2022 World Cup squad, left camp after Thursday&#8217;s session and was scheduled to return in time for Saturday&#8217;s training.<\/p>\n<p>Aaronson, 25, plays for Leeds in the Premier League. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Famous American soccer family from Medford, New Jersey<\/span>. His older brother, Paxten, plays for Major League Soccer&#8217;s Colorado Rapids, and his younger sister, Jaden, played at Villanova as a freshman last fall. Their father, Rusty, is the athletic director at Real Football Academy in Medford.<\/p>\n<p>american team <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Granted star Christian Pulisic<\/span> He missed training to attend Hershey High School&#8217;s prom at the Hershey Hotel in Pennsylvania on May 27, 2016, and was scheduled to return the next day for the Copa America match against Bolivia in Kansas City, Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP World Cup: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/fifa-world-cup<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brenden-aaronson-wedding-world-cup-e7ff08e340613b6a8b73e8cbb928d99d\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) \u2014 American midfielder Brenden Aaronson had a good excuse to miss the U.S. national team. world cup Friday team training session &#8211; he was going to get married. 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