The New York Cosmos will play the Cuban national team in June in Havana, becoming the first American professional team to play on the island in 16 years and the first since the United States government announced that it would restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba in December.

Cosmos officials would not comment on the game, which was announced erroneously this weekend on several Cuban websites as scheduled for April 2. In fact, the game will be played on June 2 and will feature a full-strength Cuban national team that will be preparing for July’s Concacaf Gold Cup, the biennial regional championship for North and Central America and the Caribbean.

A formal announcement of the match is expected soon, perhaps as early as this week.

The game will take place during a break in the Cosmos’ regular schedule in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of American men’s pro soccer.

The Cosmos are a particularly attractive first opponent for Cuba because of their strong global brand and because they have the former Spain World Cup stars Raúl and Marcos Senna as well as several players from Central and South America.