Lawrence Shankland, Scott McTominay and a Che Adams brace sealed the win in the opening 45 minutes, with Scotland's attention now turning to its opening match of the tournament against Haiti.

Scotland needed just five minutes to take the lead at Sports Illustrated Stadium in New Jersey when Andy Robertson's clipped cross to the back post was met by Shankland's towering header.

Steve Clarke's side ramped up the pressure in search of a second, and it came in the 23rd minute through McTominay, who marked his 70th appearance for Scotland with a goal when his shot squirmed under the grasp of Guillermo Viscarra and nestled into the bottom-left corner.

Adams then got himself on the scoresheet seven minutes later when he tucked Ben Gannon-Doak's teasing delivery across the face of goal into the net from close range.

The Torino striker doubled his tally on the stroke of half-time as Scotland netted four goals in the first half of an international game for the first time since 2015 against Gibraltar.

Scotland continued to pile on the pressure after the break and Shankland should have scored his second just after the hour, but he fired wide from Kieran Tierney's centre.

Ross Stewart and George Hirst both came close in the closing stages, but the damage had already been done by Scotland, which followed up a 4-1 victory over Curacao with an equally emphatic performance here.

Scotland has never gone beyond the group stages in each of its eight previous appearances at the FIFA World Cup, but after scoring eight goals in two pre-tournament matches ahead of a first outing at the finals since 1998, it may fancy its chances of rewriting history this time around.