Craig McLeish has marked his early St Mirren tenure by winning the Scottish Premiership manager of the month award for August. The Buddies picked up seven out of nine available points last month. An opening-day 2-0 win at Falkirk was followed by a 1-0 victory at home to St Johnstone before a thrilling 3-3 draw with Motherwell.
It has been an excellent week to be a St Johnstone supporter, even if the heart rate hasn't quite settled yet. If you had offered any Saints fan four points from a four-day stretch taking in a trip to Dens Park and a home clash with Hibs, they'd have bitten your hand off, swallowed it whole and asked for seconds. Let's be honest - if football was performance based, Saints were robbed of all three points against Dundee.
Matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League's league phase kicks off on Tuesday, when Texan Samuel Adeniran and Georgia product George Bello could make their UCL debuts with Austrian club LASK Linz. Villarreal, whose Alex Freeman started in LaLiga last weekend, takes on Borussia Dortmund, which named 17-year-old Mathis Albert to its Champions League roster. Atletico Madrid (Johnny Cardoso) is in action Wednesday, followed by PSV (Sergino Dest and Ricardo Pepi) on Thursday. The post Americans Abroad: 7 U.S. players in the UEFA Champions League appeared first on Soccer America.
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