Reigning Scottish Premiership champions Celtic kicked off its title defense with three points on Sunday afternoon in Glasgow.
Cameron Carter-Vickers played the full 90 minutes as Brendan Rodgers’ squad claimed a 1-0 win over St. Mirren. The American defender won five of nine duels, completed 91% of his passes, and made 10 defensive recoveries in the match.
Carter-Vickers has remained one of Rodgers’ leading defensive options this summer and that trend should continue into the bulk of the campaign. The 27-year-old teamed up with Liam Scales in the starting lineup, while fellow American Auston Trusty played the final 25 minutes off of the bench.
Celtic will now prepare for a Matchday 2 trip to Aberdeen on August 10.
In Germany, Julian Green and Johan Gomez both enjoyed league victories.
In the Netherlands, Sergino Dest scored PSV’s winning goal in the Dutch Super Cup victory over Go Ahead Eagles.
In Belgium, Griffin Yow scored his first goal of the season for Westerlo.
In Denmark, Matthew Hoppe scored his first goal in two seasons as Sonderjyske picked up three points at home.
In Mexico, Alex Zendejas assisted once in Club America’s Leagues Cup win.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
League One
Lynden Gooch started and played 80 minutes in Huddersfield Town’s 3-0 win over Leyton Orient on Saturday.
Germany
2. Bundesliga
John Tolkin started and played 90 minutes in Holstein Kiel’s 2-1 loss to Paderborn on Saturday.
John Brooks did not dress in Hertha Berlin’s 2-1 loss to Schalke on Friday.
Julian Green, Maxi Dietz started and played 90 minutes apiece in Greuther Furth’s 3-2 win over Dynamo Dresden on Sunday.
Johan Gomez came off the bench and played 31 minutes in Eintracht Braunschweig’s 1-0 win over Magdeburg on Sunday.
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd did not dress in Waldhof Mannheim’s 2-2 draw with SC Verl on Saturday.
Netherlands
Super Cup
Sergino Dest started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in PSV’s 2-1 win over Go Ahead Eagles on Sunday.
Ricardo Pepi came off the bench and played 28 minutes for PSV.
Scotland
Premiership
Cameron Carter-Vickers started and played 90 minutes in Celtic’s 1-0 win over St. Mirren on Sunday.
Auston Trusty came off the bench and played 25 minutes for Celtic.
Dante Polvara came off the bench and played 28 minutes in Aberdeen’s 2-0 loss to Hearts on Monday.
Belgium
Pro League
Griffin Yow started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 60 minutes in Westerlo’s 3-1 win over Zulte Waregem on Saturday.
Bryan Reynolds started and played 90 minutes for Westerlo.
Marlon Fossey started and played 90 minutes in Standard Liege’s 1-1 draw with Dender on Saturday.
Austria
Bundesliga
George Bello started and played 90 minutes in LASK’s 2-0 loss to Sturm Graz on Friday.
Croatia
HNL
Rokas Pukstas came off the bench and played 12 minutes in Hajduk Split’s 2-1 win over Istra on Sunday.
Switzerland
Super League
Konrad De La Fuente did not dress in Lausanne’s 2-1 loss to Thun on Sunday.
Denmark
Superliagen
Matthew Hoppe came off the bench, scored ONE GOAL, and played 30 minutes in Sonderjyske’s 3-2 win over Nordsjaelland on Sunday.
Gavin Beavers dressed but did not play in Brondby’s 2-0 loss to Viborg on Sunday.
Jonathan Amon did not dress in Vejle’s 4-0 win over Odense on Friday.
International
Leagues Cup
Alex Zendejas started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in Club America’s 8-7 penalty shootout win over Minnesota United on Saturday. The teams played out a 3-3 scoreline in regulation. Zendejas also scored with his spot kick opportunity.
Richie Ledezma started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 63 minutes in Chivas 4-2 penalty shootout win over Charlotte FC on Sunday. The teams were tied 2-2 after 90 minutes.
Cade Cowell came off the bench and played four minutes for Chivas.
Tim Weah on his way to Marseille to sign documents.
Milan Iloski is an American current5lyin Denmark. I heard during one of the Leagues Cup broadcasts that he might go to the Union, but if not, please keep us informed about his results in Denmark. He was a standout while on loan with San Diego FC earlier this summer.
Iloski did not dress for Nordsjaelland this week. All reports seem to indicate the deal with Philadelphia is in the final stages of completion.
Both Cole Campbell and Gio Reyna are traveling with Dortmund to their training camp in Austria.
They played a friendly against Lille, and as far as I could tell, Gio didn’t even dress for it.
They’ve been holding them out and for a while Gio was training individually. Cole had “food poisoning” and didn’t train with the group. That they have put both on 29 man roster for their six day training camp in Austria ahead of their final preseason friendly against Juventus next Sunday indicates no moves are imminent.
Dortmund seriously needs to take what they can get for Gio, otherwise he rots on the bench another year and leaves on a free. I’m still struggling with the logic – gee, do I want several million dollars now even if it’s not the $10M I have him “valued” at, or get nothing, ever?
If it’s not working out for a guy, SELL HIM. Their approach has baffled me for years.
They have until September 1st.
Aren’t they also losing $50,000 every week they own his rights but don’t play him. Drawing this out past this window makes no financial sense. Parma has sold three attacking players in recent weeks so perhaps Dortmund is waiting on a better offer. Or they have an unnamed suitor who is waiting to sell their player to afford BvB’s asking price.
JR,
If you really want to get nitpicky every time I try to figure out what the thinking is at BVB when it comes to Gio, it never has made sense.
At one point it seemed as if Terzic had washed his hands of Gio but other forces at BVB did not.
And ever since then its been “should he stay or should he go?” with Gio caught in the middle.
Forget about Gio for a second and think about all the talent that has come and gone just during his time there. Then you look at their trophy haul in that time period and it is pretty meager.
Something is and has been wrong for some time at BVB.
The only reason I wanted to see Gio go to the Galaxy was because he could link up with Marco Reus (and now Son) again. Someone needs to sit down with Reus, get him drunk and find out what exactly is going on with BVB. Now there is a guy who might actually know what the fuck is going on there.
V: Reyna was linked with LAFC not Rues and LAG. Son is joining LAFC not Galaxy.
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And yes BvB seems a bit scattered these days. Their fans seem pretty annoyed with the organization. A lot of complaining about the lackluster performance at CWC but they made it to the quarters so the brass would see it as a resounding success. Of course, I’m basing that on fans that are also ticked about the handling of Gio and Cole (but still German speaking). They really dislike Julian Brandt.