32 Stadiums In 27 Cities Still In Running For 2018, 2022 World Cups

The USA Bid Committee, a non-profit group serving on behalf of the US Soccer Federation and created to bring the FIFA World Cup back to the US in either 2018 or 2022, announced Thursday they have trimmed a list of 45 potential stadium locations in 38 US cities down to 32 stadiums in 27 cities as part of the US' bid to be the host country for a future event, to be decided by FIFA in December 2010. The list was previously trimmed from an original 58 stadium in 45 cities in June.

In June, the 38 cities were asked to complete a Requests For Proposal, detailing specific information on their city in areas such as tourism, climate, secuity, transportation, training sites and promotion, and return them for consideration by July 29.

Of those 38 cities, 11 were removed from consideration to be placed in the US's final bid package to be submitted to FIFA -- Birmingham, AL; Cincinnati, OH; Columbus, OH; Fayetteville, AR; Knoxville, TN; Las Vegas, NV; Minneapolis, MN; New Orleans, LA; Pittsburgh, PA; Salt Lake City, UT and San Antonio, TX.

Of the 32 stadiums remaining in the 38 cities, the average seating size of a facility is nearly 74,000.

FIFA requires host country candidates for World Cup bids provide a list of between 12-18 stadiums with seating capacity over 40,000 fans. For a particular stadium to be considered to host the Opening Match or Final Match, it must hold a minimum 80,000 fans.

In 1994, the last time the US hosted the event, it utilized stadiums in nine cities.

Here is the list of the 27 cities still in the running for selection onto the USA's bid and the stadiums that could be utilized:

Atlanta
Georgia Dome (71,250 capacity)

Baltimore
M & T Bank Stadium (71,008)

Boston
Gillette Stadium (71,693)

Charlotte
Bank of America Stadium (73,778)

Cleveland
Cleveland Browns Stadium (72,000)

Dallas
Cotton Bowl (89,000)
New Cowboys Stadium (100,000)

Denver
Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium (76,125)

Detroit
Ford Field (67,188)
Michigan Stadium (108,000)

Houston
Reliant Stadium (71,500)

Indianapolis
Lucas Oil Stadium (64,200)

Jacksonville
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium (82,000)

Kansas City
Arrowhead Stadium (77,000)

Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (93,667)
Rose Bowl (92,000+)

Miami
Land Shark Stadium (formerly Dolphins Stadium - 75,540)

Nashville
LP Field (69,143)

New York/New Jersey
New Meadowlands Stadium (82,000)

Oakland
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (63,026)

Orlando
Florida Citrus Bowl (65,916)

Philadelphia
Lincoln Financial Field (67,594)

Phoenix/Glendale
University of Phoenix Stadium (71,000)

San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium (70,500)

San Francisco
Stanford Stadium (50,500)

Seattle
Husky Stadium (72,500)
Qwest Field (67,000)

St. Louis
Edward James Dome (67,268)

Tampa
Raymond James Stadium (65,856)

Washington, DC
FedEx Field (91,704)
RFK Stadium (56,692)