Brenden Aaronson has got used to losing football matches over the past 15 months. But even by his own miserable standards, Union Berlin's recent stretch of results must be hard to take.
On Tuesday, Die Eisernen were dumped out of the DFB-Pokal by high-flying Stuttgart, a result that extended their losing streak to 11 straight games. Union have not won since August, when they pummelled Darmstadt 4-1 on Bundesliga matchday two, and their Champions League dream has quickly descended into a nightmare, with bad luck and sloppiness condemning them to three straight defeats in the group stages.
As bad as this season has been for the club, it's been even worse for Aaronson, who's failed to establish himself in the starting XI despite being billed as a marquee summer addition.