Dalkeith to LA pays off for Porteous with Scotland recall

"It's some place. It's good. I stay in Pasadena. So a little bit outside the temptation zone, as I call it. I stay pretty close to the practice facility as I can't be doing with the traffic every day when I'm in and out to training."

The smile on his face, the tan on his skin and the use of the phrase "practice facility" all lend themselves to a man loving life and adapting fully to his situation.

His last Scotland cap came against Greece in March 2025 and the 27-year-old is now determined to notch up many more appearances for his country for the man who's recalled him, Sebastien Pocognoli, following an injury to Swansea City's Stephen Welsh.