{"id":2411,"date":"2025-12-28T20:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2025-12-28T20:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:48:53","slug":"usas-brenden-aaronson-earns-man-of-the-match-in-leeds-1-1-draw-vs-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=2411","title":{"rendered":"USA&#039;s Brenden Aaronson Earns Man of the Match in Leeds&#039; 1-1 Draw vs. Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-746446fd>United States men&#8217;s national team forward Brenden Aaronson was Man of the Match for his performance in Leeds United&#8217;s 1-1 draw against Sunderland in the Premier League on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-746446fd>Aaronson set up striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin&#8217;s equalizer in the 47th minute. Aaronson now has three assists in his last seven matches for Leeds, which is as many as he had in his first 46 matches for the English club, per OptaJack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-746446fd>Meanwhile, Calvert-Lewin has eight goals in the league, more than any other English player. By staying injury-free and being on the hottest streak as a professional, Calvert-Lewin is making a convincing case to be Harry Kane\u2019s back-up for England for the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico next summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-746446fd>Simon Adingra gave Sunderland the lead in the 28th minute by running onto a clever pass behind the full back by Granit Xhaka and bending a right-foot shot inside the far post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-746446fd>It was a match between two promoted teams, with seventh-place Sunderland faring the better so far this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-746446fd>Leeds is, though, now on a five-match unbeaten run and has moved seven points clear of the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-746446fd><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-746446fd><i>Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? <\/i><i><u>Create or log in to your FOX Sports account<\/u><\/i><i>, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY United States men&#8217;s national team forward Brenden Aaronson was Man of the Match for his performance in Leeds United&#8217;s 1-1 draw against Sunderland in the Premier League on Sunday. Aaronson set up striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin&#8217;s equalizer in the 47th minute. Aaronson now has three assists in his last seven matches for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}