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England have explored the option of "following the games" with temporary bases during the knockout stages
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Senior football correspondent
England are set to be based at the Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City for this year's World Cup campaign.
World governing body Fifa is not likely to rubber-stamp the location of each nation's training facilities until the start of February.
But the Football Association has submitted a request to stay in the Missouri city, with the state-of-the-art Swope facility nominated as their first-choice daily training base.
While Fifa is still to officially confirm each nation's chosen base, it is understood England are very likely to be allocated their preferred location.
England's Group L matches against Croatia, Ghana and Panama will be played in Arlington (Texas), Foxborough (near Boston) and East Rutherford (New Jersey) respectively.
Head coach Thomas Tuchel's team will travel to each location from their Kansas City base and then return after each game.
It remains to be seen whether England decide to remain in Missouri should they make it through the group stage.
They have explored the option of "following the games" during the knockout stages, meaning they would set up a temporary base in the vicinity of where their elimination games are played.
England will hold their pre-tournament training camp in Florida, where they will play two games before travelling to Kansas City.
