Craig Levein suffered his heaviest defeat as Scotland manager as the United States cruised to a 5-1 win in a friendly in Jacksonville.
Landon Donovan helped himself to a hat-trick and Michael Bradley and Jermaine Jones grabbed a goal apiece, with an own goal from Geoff Cameron doing little to ease what was a humiliating night for the Scots.
The hosts sit 19 places above Scotland in the FIFA World Rankings but the gulf between the two nations appeared far greater.
The result proved to be ample reward for the 44,438 fans who contributed to a record-breaking crowd for a friendly in the state of Florida.
Donovan - making his 139th appearance - took advantage of sloppy defending by Phil Bardsley to lash high into the net just inside the six-yard box after seeing an initial effort blocked by Allan McGregor.
The Americans continued to pile on the pressure and they were celebrating again with 11 minutes on the clock when Jones found Bradley in plenty of space and he unleashed an unstoppable shot from 30 yards that left the goalkeeper with no chance.
However, the Scots hauled themselves back into the match when they pulled a goal back four minutes later.
Phillips found Bardsley and he picked out Miller with a long cross to the back post and the Cardiff forward's header was bundled into his own net by Cameron.
The USA were hungry for more goals and were denied by the woodwork four minutes after the restart when Donovan's effort crashed off the post.
Terrence Boyd pounced on the rebound but dragged his shot wide of target.
Jones was the provider again on the hour , this time supplying the pass from the right for Donovan to coolly slot past McGregor from 10 yards.
There was worse to come for Scotland when Donovan grabbed his hat-trick five minutes later with an effort that came off the inside of the post and into the back of the net, beyond the grasp of McGregor.
Donovan then turned provider with a lovely cross for Jones to bullet a header past the Scotland goalkeeper and make it 5-1 with 20 minutes to go.
