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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Jun 16, 2022 15:50:16 GMT -5
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Jun 16, 2022 16:25:06 GMT -5
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 16, 2022 16:46:22 GMT -5
The East Region, and final group to be announced on Thursday: Toronto (BMO Field, which will need expanding); Boston (Gillette Stadium in Foxborough); Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field); Miami (Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens); and New York/New Jersey's MetLife Stadium.
The Central Region in its entirety: Kansas City (Arrowhead Stadum); Dallas (AT&T); Atlanta (Mercedes Benz Stadium); Houston (NRG Stadium); and then the second two Mexican cities, Monterrey (Estadio BBVA) and Mexico City (the venerable Estadio Azteca).
The Western Region will be made up of the following cities: Vancouver; Seattle, San Francisco (actually Santa Clara, Calif.); Los Angeles (SoFi Stadium in Inglewood); and Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 16, 2022 16:46:47 GMT -5
The final tally of the cities that didn’t make the cut: Cincinnati; Denver; Nashville; Orlando; Pasadena, Calif.; Washington, D.C./Baltimore; Edmonton.
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Post by DunwoodySoccerDad on Jun 17, 2022 7:53:15 GMT -5
The final tally of the cities that didn’t make the cut: Cincinnati; Denver; Nashville; Orlando; Pasadena, Calif.; Washington, D.C./Baltimore; Edmonton. Looking at that list, it tells me that if you built a soccer-specific stadium for your MLS team, your SOL to host a World Cup match. |
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Post by oraclesfriend on Jun 17, 2022 8:03:32 GMT -5
The final tally of the cities that didn’t make the cut: Cincinnati; Denver; Nashville; Orlando; Pasadena, Calif.; Washington, D.C./Baltimore; Edmonton. Looking at that list, it tells me that if you built a soccer-specific stadium for your MLS team, your SOL to host a World Cup match. Too small? Seems like it would be good for some teams though. |
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 17, 2022 8:07:07 GMT -5
Can’t have a World Cup game in a 25,000 seat stadium. The interesting part was the number of domes and artificial turf fields, which will all have to temporarily change to grass.
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Post by DunwoodySoccerDad on Jun 17, 2022 8:38:02 GMT -5
Looking at that list, it tells me that if you built a soccer-specific stadium for your MLS team, your SOL to host a World Cup match. Too small? Seems like it would be good for some teams though. Yeah as mightydawg pointed out, they're way too small for WC matches. I was just pointing out how it must suck for those cities to have actually built a soccer-specific stadium but miss out on hosting a WC match. Some of those cities have hosted USMNT matches in the past while Atlanta is always skipped over. |
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Post by mightydawg on Jun 17, 2022 16:08:13 GMT -5
Too small? Seems like it would be good for some teams though. Yeah as mightydawg pointed out, they're way too small for WC matches. I was just pointing out how it must suck for those cities to have actually built a soccer-specific stadium but miss out on hosting a WC match. Some of those cities have hosted USMNT matches in the past while Atlanta is always skipped over. Atlanta is skipped over for USMNT matches because Mercedes is not grass and it would not make sense to bring in grass for a one off match. |
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