Major League Soccer (MLS) has announced that the cities of Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville and Sacramento will battle it out for the next two expansion slots in the North American league, reports Sport Business.

The four US cities have been named finalists for the two clubs that are scheduled to be announced later this year. Owners and officials representing the four prospective expansion markets will make formal presentations to MLS commissioner Don Garber and the League's Expansion Committee in New York on December 6.

Following these presentations, a meeting of MLS' Board of Governors on December 14 in New York will include additional discussions on expansion with ownership representatives from every MLS club. A final decision is expected soon thereafter.