Cameron Carter-Vickers scores opening goal, kickstarts dominant Celtic win in League Cup Semifinals

Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic will be playing for its first trophy of the season this December.

Celtic breezed past Aberdeen 6-0 on Saturday in the first semifinal matchup of the Scottish League Cup. Cameron Carter-Vickers scored the opening goal for the current Premiership leaders before three additional players got on the scoresheet.

Celtic will meet either Rangers or Motherwell in the tournament final on December 15 at Hampden Park.

Carter-Vickers headed home Arne Engels’ corner kick for a 1-0 lead in the 29th minute. It marked his first goal of the season in all competitions.

Kyogo Furuhashi doubled Celtic’s lead in the 32nd minute after finishing off Daizen Maeda’s pass into the back of the net.

Maeda made it 3-0 to Celtic in the 40th minute before adding to his tally in the second half.

Maeda’s second goal of the match nine minutes into the second half made it 4-0 before Nicolas Kuhn became the fourth different Celtic player to score in the match 10 minutes later. Maeda would cap his hat trick off with five minutes to play, ending a dominant performance from Celtic.

Carter-Vickers logged 64 minutes in defense, starting alongside USMNT teammate Auston Trusty. Trusty played 90 minutes as he continued to start in Celtic’s backline.

Celtic resumes UEFA Champions League play midweek at home against RB Leipzig.