Major League Soccer announced the finalists for its next two expansion slots Wednesday. Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville, and Sacramento were chosen among the 12 ownership groups to submit expansion applications earlier this year.
The four finalists will make their formal presentations to league commissioner Don Garber and the Expansion Committee in New York on Dec. 6, with a decision expected by the year’s end.
While only Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville, and Sacramento are being considered for the next coupling of expansion teams, the other eight to submit applications (Charlotte, Indianapolis, Phoenix, Raleigh/Durham, St. Louis, San Antonio, San Diego, and Tampa Bay/St.