MLS announced earlier that there are four finalists for the two expansion slots in 2020. With LAFC coming into the fold and Miami coming in whenever that actually happens, these cities are next in line. Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville, and Sacramento have all lined up their pitches and will make their case to MLS brass in December. Here are some grades on what the bids look like on the surface.
Cincinnati
Fans got a sense of what Cincinnati in MLS could look like when they made their US Open Cup run this summer. It wasn’t just those games either, in USL games they averaged over 21,000 fans.