Brenden Aaronson moves past USMNT snub to help Leeds United defeat Millwall and stay atop English Championship

U.S. international Brenden Aaronson and Leeds United defeated Millwall 2-0 on Wednesday, retaining their spot atop the English Championship.

The American played all 90 minutes, putting on a brilliant midfield performance to secure all three points. A third-minute own-goal from Millwall's Jake Cooper opened the scoring before Ao Tanaka put the match to bed with an 85th-minute dagger.

With the win, Leeds sit on 79 points in first place, while second place Sheffield trail them by two points while all 24 teams are now level on games played with 37.

The 24-year-old midfielder was recently omitted from Mauricio Pochettino's March CONCACAF Nations League squad for the USMNT. The Argentine manager claimed that Aaronson was a victim of a small squad selection, but was adamant he's still someone that the national team is watching.

"I think we have too many players for only one position and this was a possibility to provide balance," Pochettino said in a press conference.. "When you have 23 players to call in a competition for two games in a short space of time, balance is important. It's only really 20 players because you have three keepers, of course. We talk about [Brenden], but we can talk about many other players and we are disappointed we cannot call all of them. In our mind, Brenden is still a player that we consider so highly, but he'll have to wait until the next one."

Leeds fell to Millwall just over a month ago in the FA Cup, being shocked 2-0 at home at Elland Road.

The Whites return to Championship action on Saturday against QPR. They'll look for another three points to secure their hold at the top of the Championship.