Red Bull Arena will host Ecuador and Nigeria for an internationally friendly on Thursday, June 2, the club announced Friday.

The international friendly will kick off at 8:30 p.m, ET.

Ecuador earned the final fourth spot for CONMEBOL in World Cup qualifying after tying Argentina, 1-1, its last qualifying match on March 29. Michael Estrada led Ecuador with six qualifying goals, tied for the sixth most. Ecuador will be preparing for the 2022 World Cup, as it has been placed in Group A alongside Qatar, Senegal and Netherlands.

Nigeria just missed out on a seventh consecutive World Cup appearance after tying Ghana, 1-1, on March 29 and missing the tournament on away goals. Ranked 30th in the FIFA rankings, the Nigerians have reached the Round of 16 in the World Cup three times, most recently in 2014. This will be the first time that both nations will play each other.

Before the match between Ecuador and Nigeria, Red Bulls II will take on San Diego Loyal for the first time in franchise history at 5 p.m.

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.