Union Berlin leaning on US midfielder Brenden Aaronson for Champions League experience

Union Berlin is looking to a fresh-faced kid from Medford, New Jersey, for experience as it embarks on its first-ever Champions League season. United States midfielder Brenden Aaronson will be one of the few players in Union’s squad to have played in Europe’s biggest and most important club competition when it starts in September. The 22-year-old Aaronson joined Union on loan from relegated Leeds in the offseason. He has already been asked by teammates about the competition. He says, "I told them how special it is and stuff like that.” Aaronson helped Austrian team Salzburg qualify for the 2021-22 Champions League, where it surprised many by reaching the knockout stages. It's a feat Union is hoping to emulate.