CHICAGO --
The United States men's national team will scrimmage Belgium on June 12 in a closed-door game in Sao Paulo leading to the World Cup.
The United States Soccer Federation said Friday the scrimmage will not count as an international match.
The Americans plan to announce their 30-man preliminary roster Monday, two days before they start training in Stanford, California. They play exhibitions against Azerbaijan on May 27 at San Francisco; Turkey on June 1 at Harrison, New Jersey; and Nigeria on June 7 at Jacksonville, Florida.
They travel the following day to their camp in Sao Paulo. At the World Cup they play Ghana on June 16 at Natal, face Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal six days later in the Amazon rain forest city of Manaus and close the group stage against Germany on June 26 at Recife.
Belgium plays Algeria on June 17, Russia five days later and Korea Republic on June 26.
Boasting a squad including 10 Barclays Premier League players, Belgium overpowered a United States team to a decisive 4-2 win in an international friendly last year in Cleveland.
While the Americans had some nice moments, the Belgians controlled the game from the outset. Klinsmann said it was a good learning experience for his squad to play against one of the world's best teams.
''This is why we want to play teams like Belgium and like Germany and like Russia.'' Klinsmann said after the match, ''because there is so much that you can read from those games and there is so much you can see. Obviously, you want to win them. But I would rather play Belgium 10 more times than El Salvador 100 times because that is when you learn."
