U.S. Soccer announced Wednesday that the United States national team will face New Zealand in an international friendly on Oct. 11 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.
The match will be the USMNT’s final tuneup before likely beginning the Hexagonal stage for 2018 World Cup qualifying. The USMNT currently sit in second place in Group C with games remaining against St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Sept. 2) and Trinidad and Tobago (Sept. 6).
New Zealand and the United States last played in 2003 in an exhibition leading into the Confederations Cup. New Zealand are currently ranked No.