The Football Association is considering holding an England men’s training camp in Miami before the World Cup next year.
England became the first European nation to qualify for the tournament, which is being hosted in Canada, Mexico and the United States, after thrashing Latvia 5-0 on Tuesday night.
Now Thomas Tuchel, England’s head coach, and the FA are turning their attention on where to acclimatise their squad before the tournament beginning on June 11.
Miami, Florida, is a destination that is central to those discussions, with England having also stayed there before the World Cup in Brazil in 2014. The local Major League Soccer team, Inter Miami, are co-owned by former England midfielder David Beckham.
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Should they choose Miami as a pre-tournament base in June, England can expect extreme weather conditions.
According to the US National Weather Service, the average high temperature in Miami in June is 32C. June is also, on average, the wettest month of the year with 267mm of rainfall during the month. England would also likely need to contend with an average humidity of 72-74 per cent should they choose the coastal city.
England have yet to decide where they will be based during the tournament itself. That decision may be shaped by where they are allocated games in the World Cup group stage draw, which takes place in Washington on December 5. The Athletic reported in September FA representatives had visited Kansas City to scout out various sites. The Kansas Current (NWSL) facility, the Sporting Kansas City (MLS) facility and the University of Kansas are the three training sites listed on FIFA’s guide.
Tuchel has overseen a perfect qualification campaign to date, with England winning all six of their matches without conceding. Their final two fixtures are at home to Serbia on November 13 and away to Albania on November 16.
Other nations to already qualify for next summer’s tournament includes Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Iran and Colombia.
Cape Verde, Jordan and Uzbekistan have also qualified for the men’s World Cup for the first time in their respective histories.