Thursday’s press conference carried all the traditional trappings of a high-profile player unveiling.

Paxten Aaronson fielded half an hour’s worth of probing questions from a room of reporters, repeatedly expressing both his excitement about his new club and the difficult decision of a big move, away from Eintracht Frankfurt and across international borders. The leaders flanking him on the dais emphasized how thrilled they were to have successfully recruited the US international – even though the achievement reportedly cost them somewhere north of $7 million, smashing their club’s transfer record – extolling his resume, skill set and character.

“If you ever become a coach, you'd be on the hunt, searching around the globe for a guy like you,” said his new manager Chris Armas, “that pla

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