Brenden Aaronson says the examples set by the likes of Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie have been “huge” for him as he prepares to make the step from MLS to Europe.
The highly-rated 19-year-old midfielder is set to leave the Philadelphia Union in January, signing for Jesse Marsch’s Red Bull Salzburg in Austria.
With the likes of Pulisic, McKennie, Giovanni Reyna and Barcelona’s new signing Sergino Dest set to make an impact at the very highest level in the Champions League this season, young Americans like Aaronson have role models to look up to.