Paxten Aaronson is officially a member of the Philadelphia Union now with his first team contract kicking in on the first day of the year along with Jack McGlynn, Nathan Harriel, Brandan Craig and Quinn Sullivan.
The 17-year-old from Medford, N.J. joins the same day his older brother, Brenden Aaronson, officially joins Red Bull Salzburg in Austria.
Paxten recently discussed his preparation for his first season on the first team in an interview on the Keeping It Simple podcast and mentioned that he had a training stint in Germany with Werder Bremen in October.
“I thought I played well,” he said.