Steve Clarke and Scotland squad jet off to America for World Cup

Steve Clarke and the Scotland squad have taken off for the World Cup in North America.

The Scots are on their way stateside two weeks before the Tartan Army descends on Boston for the opening group game against Haiti.

Fans gathered on the tarmac at Glasgow Airport to see the players off for a first World Cup since 1998, with bagpipers playing the team onto the plane.

The Scotland squad departs for Florida SNS Group

After Haiti, Scotland will then take on Morocco also at the Gillette Stadium outside of Boston before squaring off with Brazil in Miami.

Steve Clarke’s men warmed up with a friendly win over Curacao on Saturday, but sadly lost midfielder Billy Gilmour to a knee injury.

He has been replaced by Tyler Fletcher, the son of former Scotland captain Darren, in the squad after being handed his international debut.

The Scots will train at the state-of-the-art facility home to Charlotte FC in North Carolina before the game against the Haitians.

But first, they head to Florida before the Scots will play a final warm-up game against Bolivia at the Sports Illustrated Stadium in New Jersey on Saturday.