Daily News | Paxten Aaronson’s USMNT debut makes a positive impression despite scoreless draw
CARSON, Calif — Paxten Aaronson carried a game ball in one arm after making his international debut against a feisty Colombian squad with a 0-0 result. He still needed to have it signed by his United States men’s national teammates, some of them World Cup contemporaries of his older brother, Brenden.
What remained on his mind once the final whistle blew were those two shot attempts that didn’t end up being goals. Although it was Aaronson’s first cap with the USMNT, he is experienced in international youth competitions, and the game against Colombia, backed by a sellout crowd at Dignity Health Sports Park vociferously urging Los Cafeteros on, had a similar intensity, despite being a low-stakes friendly match.
Despite the uncertainty at the administrative level of U.S. Soccer, which currently has no permanent USMNT coach , or general manager and a sporting director who is leaving in about two weeks for the Netherlands , the men’s team is forging onward. The January camp is yielding the highest number of debutantes in decades. The players themselves seem unfazed by the situation.
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