Los Angeles FC vs Borussia Dortmund: Probable line-ups, match stats & LIVE blog

Christian Pulisic will play for Borussia Dortmund on American soil for the first time ever when his side take on Los Angeles FC in a friendly on 22 May (4:00am+1day CEST/ 3:00am+1day BST/ 7:00pm PT).

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Dortmund lost 2-0 to Hoffenheim on the final day of the 2017/18 Bundesliga season, but scraped into the UEFA Champions League group stage ahead of Bayer Leverkusen on goal difference. BVB have since played a couple of charity games, drawing 4-4 with Zwickau and beating Herne 4-0. FIFA World Cup-bound quintet Roman Bürki, Manuel Akanji, Raphael Guerreiro, Lukasz Piszczek and Marco Reus, as well as injured defender Ömer Toprak, are not part of the 18-man squad.

Eleven matches into their debut Major League Soccer (MLS) campaign, Los Angeles occupy second place in the Western Conference. LAFC were beaten 2-1 by Portland Timbers at the weekend, but had gone six games unbeaten prior to that game. Mexico international Carlos Vela is the club's top scorer on 11 goals, and will almost certainly start. Midfielder Joao Moutinho, a UEFA EURO 2016 winner with Portugal, is another high-profile member of the squad.

Watch: Pulisic's Bundesliga Goal of the Month winner in April

Probable line-ups

Los Angeles: Miller, Jakovic, Zimmerman, Ciman - Beitashour, Kaye, Feilhaber, Harvey - Vela, Rossi, BlessingAbsentees: Lopez (broken leg), Ureña (facial surgery)Coach: Bob Bradley

Dortmund: Weidenfeller - Toljan, Sokratis, Zagadou, Schmelzer (c) - Castro, Weigl - Pulisic, Götze, Philipp - YarmolenkoAbsentees: Akanji, Bürki, Guerreiro, Piszczek, Akanji, Reus (international duty), Toprak (thigh)Coach: Peter Stöger