Fiye da shekaru talatin sun wuce tun da Branco ya jefa bugun daga kai tsaye ya hatimce nasarar Brazil a zagayen kusa da na ƙarshe kan Netherlands a Cotton Bowl na Dallas, wanda ya zama ɗaya daga cikin muhimman abubuwan da suka faru a FIFA World Cup USA 1994. Yanzu, FIFA World Cup 2026 ta koma Arewacin Texas — kuma ta kawo tare da ita raƙuman nostalgia, ruhun al'umma, da labarai masu cike da ma'ana ga waɗanda suka rayu wannan lokaci a karo na farko.
Birnin da ya canza
Dallas da faɗin Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex ba su da kamanceceniya da yadda suka kasance a shekarar 1994. Yawan mutanen yankin ya ninka sama da ninki biyu zuwa sama da miliyan 8, kuma ƙwallon ƙafa ta yi girma tare da hakan. Ƙungiyoyin matasa, na masu son wasa, da na ƙwararru suna bunƙasa a duk yankin, kuma 'yan wasa da yawa a cikin ƙungiyar United States ta yanzu suna da alaƙa da FC Dallas, ƙungiyar MLS da aka kafa bayan gasar tarihi ta 1994.
Cotton Bowl, wanda aka bude a shekarar 1930, ta karɓi wasanni shida a shekarar 1994. Madadin ta a matsayin cibiyar birnin mai masaukin baki ita ce Dallas Stadium ta zamani tare da kayan aiki na zamani, mai tazara kusan kilomita 30 zuwa yamma. Da lokacin da gasar za ta ƙare, za ta kasance ta ƙarɓi wasanni tara na FIFA World Cup 2026 — ciki har da wasan zagaye na 16 tsakanin Portugal da Spain a ranar 6 ga Yuli da wasan ƙusa da na ƙarshe kwana takwas bayan haka.
Waɗanda suka shuka iri
Cecilia Nipp ta yi aiki a matsayin mai sa kai na ayyukan kafofin watsa labarai a Cotton Bowl a shekarar 1994. Ta dawo wannan lokacin rani, tana taimakawa a FIFA Fan Festival a Fair Park.
