If there was much doubt whether Brenden Aaronson would not be in the starting lineup against the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, Philadelphia Union head coach Jim Curtin seemed to put it to rest in his weekly press conference on Wednesday.
“He’s been a guy that as a coach you can’t take off the field,” Curtin said. “He’s dominated games in Atlanta, against Columbus and some moments against Dallas. He just has left a really big impact and kind of is proof that too much in this country we get caught up in size and physicality when really it’s soccer IQ and knowing what to do and when to do it on the field and by the way he also runs and covers more ground than anybody so you can do both.