Malik Tillman scored a spectacular goal for Rangers as he helped them a narrow win over Motherwell, while Cameron Carter-Vickers and Celtic decimated Hibs.
Josh Cohen and Maccabi Haifa pulled off a surprising upset over Weston McKennie and Italian powerhouse Juventus, while Malik Tillman and James Sands likely improved their stock with Rangers by missing their embarrassing loss to Liverpool.
Weston McKennie was the only American with reason to celebrate after the latest round of Champions League games, as a dismal week saw Christian Pulisic ignored, Gio Reyna and Cameron Carter-Vickers miss out, and several more on the losing end.
Most Yanks had a difficult second round of Champions League group-stage games, with James Sands seeing red in Rangers’ heavy loss at Napoli, and Gio Reyna’s promising return to Dortmund’s staring XI marred by a late Citeh come-back.
Cameron Carter-Vickers and Celtic remain undefeated in the Scottish Premiership as a dominant first half saw them easily defeat Rangers in the first Glasgow Derby of the season.
Ian Harkes and Dundee United were left humiliated as Celtic hit them hard and often to come away with a huge win, while James Sands, Malik Tillman, and Rangers were a little more merciful in their victory.
A remarkable draw for the UEFA Champions League saw the unlikely scenario of the ten participating Americans, nearly all of whom stand a strong chance to play, distributed across all eight groups in the competition.
An outstanding weekend for Americans on both sides of the Atlantic saw several players and a coach finding their way onto a variety of Team of the Week lists – with the Leeds duo of Jesse Marsch and Brenden Aaronson leading the way.
Malik Tillman was on target over the weekend as he scored Rangers’ opening goal to lead to victory over St. Johnstone, while Cameron Carter-Vickers and Celtic had no problems disposing of Kilmarnock.
