After taking two touches on the ball, the defender ripped his effort from nearly 30 yards to find the roof of the net

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Celtic defeat Kilmarnock 5-1Cameron Carter-Vickers scores long-range effortClub atop Scottish tableFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

21 minutes into Celtic's Scottish Premiership match against Kilmarnock on Saturday, U.S. international Cameron Carter-Vickers let fly from distance, scoring a worldie of an effort from nearly 30 yards.

The central defender made it 3-0 to the with his effort, being swarmed by teammates as Celtic Park erupted with noise to celebrate the goal. His first of the regular season, Carter-Vickers helped Celtic to a 5-1 victory.

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Carter-Vickers started and played 90 minutes for the USMNT in the third-place game at the CONCACAF Nations League in March, and has been a mainstay in the program in recent years. He has made 18 appearances for the program, but has yet to score his first goal in national team colors.

For Celtic, he's made 27 appearances this season, starting 26 of them. Back in November, he scored his first goal of the 2024-25 campaign for the Scottish side, bagging in the League Cup Final Stage – though Saturday was his first of the Premiership this year.

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The take on St. Johnstone in the Scottish Cup semifinal next Sunday. They have five matches left in the campaign, as another Premiership title sits within reach as they sit first in the league table on 81 points – with second place Rangers trailing by 16, though they have a game in-hand as they've yet to play this weekend.