<p>American midfielder Brandon Aaronson had his first two-goal game for Red Bull Salzburg in a 3-1 win at Sturm Graz on Sunday that moved his team to the verge of its eighth straight Austrian Bundesliga title.</p>
<p>Aaronson, a 20-year-old from Medford, New Jersey, has five goals in 17 league matches for Salzburg and six in all competitions since he transferred from Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia in January.</p>
<p>He put Salzburg ahead in the 20th minute when he chipped goalkeeper Jörg Siebenhandl with his left foot from 6 yards from a pass by Mërgim Berisha.</p>
<p>Otar Kiteishvili tied the score in the 56th, and Aaronson put Salzburg back ahead in the 78th with a 23-yard right-foot shot. Zlatko Junuzović added the final goal in the 83rd.</p>
<p>Salzburg has a nine-point lead over second-place Rapid Vienna with three games left.</p>
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