Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber will be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in October, it was announced Thursday morning.

Garber, who has been commissioner of the league since 1999, was voted in 2016. He had wanted to be inducted when the new Hall of Fame in Frisco, Texas was finished. The Hall will have its grand opening during Hall of Fame weekend Oct. 20-21.

Saturday, Oct. 20 will feature the Hall of Fame induction ceremony followed by a performance by the Grammy Award-winning band, Imagine Dragons, presented by Budweiser. On Sunday, Oct. 21, FC Dallas will host Sporting Kansas City in the National Soccer Hall of Fame Game.

NSHOF officials said on Twitter that there will be five announcements about the Class of 2018.

The schedule of Thursday’s announcements:

* Inductee 1 — 9 a.m. ET

* Inductee 2 — 11 a.m. ET

* Inductee 3 — 1 p.m. ET

* Inductee 4 — 2 p.m. ET

* Inductee 5 — 5 p.m. ET

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.