RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond Kickers will host Swansea City A.F.C. of the Premier League on Saturday night in an international exhibition, presented by Chick-fil-A, at City Stadium. The Swans arrival in Richmond marks the third consecutive year the Kickers will play host to a Premier League team, with the excitement around the club building after a pair of good league results in the past week has boosted the Kickers' playoff hopes.

“We are delighted to host the world's greatest sports league at City Stadium on Saturday,” said Leigh Cowlishaw, Richmond Kickers Director of Soccer. “Swansea City have an inspired history and tradition with a truly remarkable story over the last decade, establishing themselves as one of the top teams in the English Premier League. The atmosphere at City Stadium is guaranteed to be electric and we look forward to having this high profile exhibition highlight RVA’s Summer of Soccer.”

Following a week long training camp in Washington, D.C., the prestigious match in Richmond concludes Swansea’s two-game U.S. preseason tour, which also included 4-0 win against the Charlotte Independence earlier this week. The 2016-17 Premier League season begins on August 13.

The East Coast tour marks the third time the club have traveled to America for preseason, having visited Colorado and California in 2012 before returning to Chicago, Milwaukee and Minnesota two years ago. Both tours helped prepare the Swans for hugely successful seasons, with the club lifting the Capital One Cup in 2013 while a record-breaking campaign was sealed in 2015.

Established in 1912, the Welsh club based in Swansea, South Wales, battled for many years in the lower divisions before making a historic climb from near bankruptcy in the Fourth Division to the Premier League in 2011, becoming the first Welsh team to play in the top flight since the league was established in 1992. Swansea celebrated its greatest success to date by winning the Capital One Cup in 2013 with a record-breaking 5-0 victory over Bradford City, claiming the club’s first major trophy and qualifying for the 2013-14 UEFA Europa League. Most recently, Swansea finished the 2015-16 season in 12th place in the Premier League standings with a 12-15-11 record and 47 points.

Saturday’s historic match marks the third consecutive season that a team from England’s top flight will appear in Virginia following exhibitions against Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion in 2014 and 2015, respectively, in front of a combined 14,632 fans at City Stadium.