this was in a bbc article on scotland's qualification
the venues are already known if you draw in to these groups
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Group A: Guadalajara, Monterrey, Mexico City (Mexico), Atlanta (US)
Group B: Toronto, Vancouver (Canada), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle (US)
Group 😄 Atlanta, Boston, Miami, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia (US)
Group 😧 Vancouver (Canada), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle (US)
Group E: Toronto (Canada), Houston, Kansas, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia (US)
Group F: Monterrey (Mexico), Dallas, Houston, Kansas (US)
Group G: Vancouver (Canada), Los Angeles, Seattle (US)
Group H: Guadalajara (Mexico), Atlanta, Houston, Miami (US)
Group I: Toronto (Canada), Boston, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia (US)
Group J: Dallas, Kansas, San Francisco (US)
Group K: Guadalajara, Mexico City (Mexico), Atlanta, Houston, Miami (USA)
Group L: Toronto (Canada), Dallas, New York/New Jersey, Boston, Philadelphia (USA)
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groups entirely in the us: C, J
groups requiring us/canada crossings: B, D, E, G, I, L
groups requiring us/mexico crossings: A, F, H, K
ths us must be in group B given we open on the 2nd day of the tournament and our match days are preset:
lax/sofi 12 june
SEVEN DAYS OFF
sea/lumen 19 june
SIX DAYS OFF
lax/sofi 25 june
with 12 groups the era of 3 matches in 10 days is over - in korea we played all 3 group games in 9 days with 5 and 4 days between portugal/korea and korea/poland