USA still has to cut their host sites to 10

KC pairs well with Edmonton

Orlando gets the ax since Miami will certainly get it.

How so? There aren't direct flights (unlike Denver).

That could change obviously, but KC's airport is inferior to most all of the other options.

Major changes coming to MCI

Which may dramatically increase air activities.

Also, I suspect we will see Denver and KC selected. The hearland won't be shut out.

Are they going to fix that awful security setup? *

Completely new terminal

Will replace the current terminals.

MCI was state if the art when it opened. And then a short while later screening was mandated. And then the hub and spoke model came to dominate the airline industry post deregulation.

TWA consolidated operations in STL due to the horrible setup in MCI.

As Carson and Carvey said, "I did not know that." *

And as McMahon and Hartman said

I very much doubt Maryland will get 2 sites

That means a choice between Landover and Baltimore -- although it's possible Washington DC will have a new football stadium by 2026, and therefore could host. Here are my best guesses at the cuts:

Baltimore
Orlando (don't need 2 Florida cities)
Nashville (Atlanta is close enough)
Houston (Arlington is close enough)
Denver (not as big on soccer as some cities)
Philadelphia (could lose out in crowded NE corridor)
Cincinnati (I think they'll keep one Midwestern city, and KC seems a tad more likely)

Attendance was ^ in Denver than Seattle for 2013 Gold Cup

Both cities had the same group. Also, DIA is better for overseas and NA connections (particularly Mexico) than a good number of others.

I'd like the following:

New York City
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
San Francisco
Miami
Seattle
Denver
2 of Boston/Philadelphia/Washington, D.C.

Click here for link at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_CONCACAF_Gold_Cup

The difference was only 1,646

The Seattle matches were on a Thursday night (5:30 and 8 pm PT), while the Denver matches were on Sunday (1:30 and 4 pm MT).

However, I think your suggested group of 10 is reasonable, even though you have no Midwestern cities. Some of the cuts will be more difficult than others.

There were variables in favor of each location.

Mexico v Canada was arguably a more interesting match to El Tri's fans in Seattle than Mexico v Martinique was to El Tri's fans in Denver. Having been at the matches in Denver that day, I'm certain there were more Canadian fans in Seattle as well (although admittedly likely fewer than would have attended if the match was on a weekend).

The broader point I was trying to make was that Denver's interest in international soccer relative to Seattle's (or other cities' for that matter) shouldn't be measured solely (or even predominately) by interest in their respective MLS clubs.