Walters and Clarke may miss US trip

The Republic of Ireland will be without a number of players by the time they set off New York on Wednesday ahead of their matches against Costa Rica and Portugal.

Jon Walters and Ciaran Clark are battling illness and injury respectively, while it has been announced by the FAI John O’Shea, Seamus Coleman and Damien Delaney will not make the trip following talks with manager Martin O’Neill.