Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington DC are the cities that the USOC will consider at its next Board meeting  following the withdrawal earlier this week of New York City and Philadelphia.

"We want to bid," Probst told Sports Business Daily.

"We'd like to bid.

"We are going through a process where we're meeting with an undetermined number of cities.

"We have gone through round one, and we're going through another round now. 

"At a Board meeting on June 10 in Boston, we will probably get it down to two or three cities. 

"Those cities won't be made public."

The USOC is trying to streamline the system for choosing a candidate with cities having previously spent up to $10 million (£6 million/€7 million) to win the right to bid.

The last time the USOC selected a city was in 2007 when they chose Chicago ahead of Los Angeles to bid for the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics after the other shortlisted candidate, San Francisco, withdrew because of problems of building a new stadium.

The shortlist had been whittled down from an initial list of five candidates, which also included Houston and Philadelphia.

Chicago's bid eventually ended in embarrassment in 2009 when they were eliminated in the first round by the International Olympic Committee, who awarded the Games to Rio de Janeiro. 

"We are going to try to manage this process so no one's feelings get hurt or no one is spending too much money on a bid," Probst told Sports Business Daily.

Chicago were chosen by the USOC to bid for the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics but were eliminated in the first round of voting by the IOC at its Session in Copenhagen in 2009
©Getty Images

The US has not hosted the Summer Olympics since Atlanta 1996.

Besides Chicago for 2016, New York City also bid unsuccessfully for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics which were awarded to London. 

Probst is confident that a bid for 2024 will be more of a serious candidate than either of those two cities were. 

"We have to believe we have a pretty significant chance of winning that competition," he said. 

"It has to be as close to perfect as possible, but I think there is a feeling that the Games have to come back to the United States."

A final decision on which city to choose is expected to be announced by the end of the year.

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected]


Related stories
May 2014: Philadelphia joins New York City and drops 2024 Olympic and Paralympic bid
May 2014: New York City Mayor rules out bid for 2024 Olympics and Paralympics
May 2014: New York Governor Cuomo "considering 2024 Olympic bid"
April 2014: USOC to whittle down 2024 Olympic bidding cities in June
April 2014: Los Angeles 2024 promise "canvas to paint winning American bid" on as publish plans