Minnesota United FC will play English Premier League club Bournemouth in an international friendly soccer match July 20 at the National Sports Center in Blaine, United announced Wednesday.

“To have an EPL team, which is the No. 1 league in the world right now, come to the Twin Cities and play against us, I think it’s quite an honor and really special,” United sporting director Manny Lagos told the Pioneer Press.

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Bournemouth is among a handful of Premier League teams playing preseason matches in the U.S. this summer. Arsenal, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Stoke City, Swansea City and West Ham United are also scheduled to have matches in the U.S.

Chelsea will play AC Milan, of Italy’s Serie A, in the first sporting event at the Vikings’ new U.S. Bank Stadium on Aug. 3.

United teased out a clue of which side they will play in a tweet Wednesday morning, playing off the Bournemouth nickname, the Cherries:

United will host Bournemouth during the USA Cup international youth soccer tournament, an event with more than 16,000 youth players from 18 countries.

United’s match against Bournmouth will be the second competition for the Loons this summer against an international foe and the second time in club history they’ll play a Premier League side. In 2014, United beat Swansea City, a Welsh side, 2-0 before a then-franchise-record crowd of 9,064 at NSC.

“Word is getting out that we put on good events and play competitive games against teams that are looking for competitive international matches,” Lagos said.

Saturday, United hosted the first soccer match at Target Field, the home of the Twins, losing 4-2 to Club Leon of Mexico before an a new record-high announced crowd of 18,505.

“To me, it was many years of dreaming in the making,” Lagos said. “I love that stadium. I think the Twins have done a great job of building one of the better baseball stadiums in the country. The sight lines are amazing. I’m in the sport of soccer and to partner with them to make that game happen was incredibly special.”

United will fit the Bournemouth friendly in the middle of their fall North American Soccer League season schedule. They will play Indy Eleven on July 16 and the Fort Lauderdale Strikers on July 23. The Loons open the fall season against the Carolina RailHawks at 7 p.m. Saturday in Blaine.