Manchester United will face Leeds United in a pre-season friendly at Dublin's Croke Park on Wednesday, 12 August. It will be the first club football fixture ever played at the stadium and the first football match of any kind since 2009.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Croke Park will host a club soccer game for the first time when Manchester United faces Leeds in a preseason friendly at Ireland's largest stadium on Aug. 12. The 82,300-capacity Dublin stadium is the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association and for many years staged only Gaelic games.

Manchester United will face Leeds United in a pre-season friendly at Ireland's largest stadium, Croke Park, which will host its first-ever club soccer game on Aug. 12.

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