Northern Ireland to play March friendly against USA in Belfast

Stuart Dallas will hope to be involved for Northern Ireland against the USA

Northern Ireland are to play the USA for the first time in a friendly in Belfast.

The match, at Windsor Park, will take place on Sunday, 28 March with an 18:00 BST kick-off.

It will be sandwiched between two World Cup qualifiers for Ian Baraclough's side - in Italy on 25 March and against Bulgaria in Belfast on 31 March.

The USA will use the game as a warm-up for several competitive matches later this year.

These will include the Concacaf Nations League finals in June, the Concacaf Gold Cup the following month and World Cup qualifiers in the autumn.

The USA, coached by Gregg Berhalter, are 22nd in the Fifa rankings, with Northern Ireland 45th.