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USMNT Picks Cold-Weather Sites for Next Two Home World Cup Qualifiers

The road to the 2022 World Cup will continue through the American Midwest, as the U.S. men’s national team will stick to the center of the country and play its next two qualifiers in familiar Columbus, Ohio, and then St. Paul, Minn.

Those games on Jan. 27 against El Salvador and Feb. 2 against Honduras, respectively, will bracket a match at Canada on Jan. 30. The U.S. Soccer Federation was waiting on the Canadians to decide where to stage that middle game before confirming and announcing its home venues. At one point, Vancouver was rumored to be the site, meaning the U.