NEW YORK -- San Francisco, Seattle and Miami were among six
NFL teams selected as potential home teams for a regular-season
game next year in Britain or Germany.
The other teams that could "host" the game are Buffalo, Kansas
City and New Orleans. The league also narrowed the sites for the
game Monday, eliminating Canada and Mexico for this year.
The opponent for one of the teams will be announced during Super
Bowl week, but will not necessarily be one of the five not picked
as the home team.
Last October, league owners approved a plan to play annual games
in Europe, Canada and Mexico. The league emphasized it would choose
the competitors as part of the scheduling process, not by a team
decision.
The first regular-season game outside the United States was
played in Mexico City in 2005 between the Cardinals and 49ers.
The site of next season's game is expected to be announced next
week.