Paxten Aaronson extends contract with Frankfurt through 2027-28, loaned to Utrecht for 2024-25
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Paxten Aaronson Extends Contract with Frankfurt Through 2027-28, Loaned to Utrecht for 2024-25
American midfielder Paxten Aaronson has extended his contract with Eintracht Frankfurt through the 2027-28 season and will be loaned to Utrecht in the Netherlands for the 2024-25 season.
Aaronson, who turns 21 in August, made his debut with Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union in 2021 and joined Frankfurt in January 2023. He made seven Bundesliga appearances in the second half of the 2022-23 season and seven in the first half of 2023-24, with just one start.
He was loaned to Vitesse in the Netherlands on February 1 for the remainder of the past season, where he scored four goals in 14 Eredivisie appearances, all of them starts. He has 22 appearances for Frankfurt in all competitions.
Aaronson has one senior appearance for the U.S., in a January 2023 friendly against Colombia. He was part of the recent training camp of the under-23 team preparing for the Olympics.
“The loan move to Vitesse Arnhem and the playing time he’s had there has given him a boost, as we hoped,” Frankfurt sporting director Timmo Hardung said in a statement. “For him, it’s now important that he sticks at it and continues to play regularly. In Utrecht, he has a good environment and a good club, where he can take the next step in his development.”
Aaronson’s brother, 23-year-old Brenden, is a U.S. national team regular and spent last season on loan from Leeds to Union Berlin.
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American midfielder Paxten Aaronson has extended his contract with Eintracht Frankfurt through the 2027-28 season and will be loaned to Utrecht in the Netherlands for the 2024-25 season.
Aaronson, who turns 21 in August, made his debut with Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union in 2021 and joined Frankfurt in January 2023. He made seven Bundesliga appearances in the second half of the 2022-23 season and seven in the first half of 2023-24, with just one start.
He was loaned to Vitesse in the Netherlands on February 1 for the remainder of the past season, where he scored four goals in 14 Eredivisie appearances, all of them starts. He has 22 appearances for Frankfurt in all competitions.
Aaronson has one senior appearance for the U.S., in a January 2023 friendly against Colombia. He was part of the recent training camp of the under-23 team preparing for the Olympics.
“The loan move to Vitesse Arnhem and the playing time he’s had there has given him a boost, as we hoped,” Frankfurt sporting director Timmo Hardung said in a statement. “For him, it’s now important that he sticks at it and continues to play regularly. In Utrecht, he has a good environment and a good club, where he can take the next step in his development.”
Aaronson’s brother, 23-year-old Brenden, is a U.S. national team regular and spent last season on loan from Leeds to Union Berlin.
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PARIS (AP) — Two-time French Open doubles champion Caroline Garcia was selected for the France tennis team for the Paris Olympics on Friday, but her frequent partner Kristina Mladenovic was not.
Garcia and Mladenovic won at Roland Garros — the Olympic venue next month — in 2016 and 2022. Their most recent Grand Slam appearance was at the Australian Open, where they reached the quarterfinals. They haven’t played together on the tour since February.
Mladenovic, a former doubles No. 1, has slipped to No. 55. She has nine Grand Slam doubles titles, including four French.
Garcia played only singles at Roland Garros this month and bowed out in the second round.
She will play the Olympic doubles with Diane Parry. Also in the women’s team are Clara Burel and .
Edouard Roger-Vaselin, who won the French Open this month, will join Fabien Reboul in the men’s doubles.
Gael Monfils was picked for his fourth Olympics. The 37-year-old Monfils previously reached the quarterfinals at Beijing in 2008 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Also on the men’s team are Ugo Humbert, Arthur Fils, and Corentin Moutet.
The Olympic tennis starts on July 27.
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