FIFA World Cup 2026™ ta sake tsara wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a Arewacin Amurka ta hanyoyi da za su yi tasiri ga ƙarnuka masu zuwa. Adadin masu halartar wasannin, rikodin masu kallo, da ƙaurin launi a cikin birane 16 na ƙungiyoyin wasa sun haɗu don samar da gasar da ba a taba gani ba a duniyar wasanni ko duniya baki ɗaya.

Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya taƙaita yanayin bayan Spain ta yi nasara akan Argentina a wasan karshe a New York New Jersey Stadium, ranar Lahadi, 19 Yuli 2026.

"Wannan Kofin Duniya bai karya duk rikodi masu yiwuwa kawai ba, ya farfashe su. Ya lalata kowace rikodi,"

Tushen da aka kafa a 1994

Yawancin kimar karɓuwar wannan lokacin bazara ya koma ga FIFA World Cup USA 1994™. Wannan gasar, wadda aka gudanar a cikin al'ummar da wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwararru bai yi zama ba tukuna, ta jawo jimlar masu kallo sama da miliyan 3.5 a cikin wasanni 52 — rikodi da ya tsaya na tsawon shekaru 32 har FIFA World Cup 2026™ ta farfashe shi da masu sha'awa miliyan 6.8 a wasanni 104.

Bugu na 1994 ya zo tare da yanayi: Amurka ta buƙaci kafa ƙwararrun ƙungiyoyin farko. Wannan alkawari ya haifar da haihuwar Major League Soccer (MLS), wanda ya fara bayan shekaru biyu da ƙungiyoyi 10 kawai. A yau, MLS tana da ƙungiyoyi 30, tana ɗaukar wasu daga cikin manyan sunaye a wasanni — ciki har da Lionel Messi da Antoine Griezmann — kuma matsakaicin halartarsa yakan kasance a cikin manyan ligi 10 na cikin gida a duniya.

"Ba za mu kasance a nan yau ba idan ba da Kofin Duniya na 1994 ba," in ji Kwamishna na MLS Don Garber, wanda ya jagoranci ƙungiyar tun 1999. "Kuma ba za mu iya nuna duniya yawan sha'awa da ƙarfin zuciyar ƙasarmu game da wasan duniya ba idan ba da samun wannan Kofin Duniya a 2018 ba."

Dala wanda aka gina daga farko

Tsarin ƙwallon ƙafa da ya girma kusa da MLS yana da girma mai ban mamaki. Amurka yanzu tana ɗaukar raka'a ta biyu na ƙungiyoyi 25 a cikin USL Championship, ƙungiyoyi biyu na matakin uku a MLS Next Pro da USL League One, da kewaye biyu na ƙwararrun mata: National Women's Soccer League da USL Super League. Canada, kuwa, ta ƙaddamar da Canadian Premier League mai ƙungiyoyi 8 a 2019 da Northern Super League ta mata mai ƙungiyoyi 6 a 2025, tare da ƙungiyoyin MLS a Montréal, Toronto, da Vancouver.

Ci gaban a fagen wasa ya yi daidai da bunƙasar tsari. Ƙungiyar ƙasar maza ta Amurka ta kai zagayen 16 a karo na huɗu cikin FIFA World Cup biyar na ƙarshe. Ci gaban Canada ya fi ban mamaki — ƙasar ta haura mataki 90 a jerin FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking tun 2017 kuma yanzu tana matsayi na 30. A FIFA World Cup 2026™, Canada ta samu maki nata na farko, nasara nata ta farko, da shiganta ta farko a zagayen 16.

Kayan aiki da al'adu

Shugaban Concacaf da Mataimakin Shugaban Majalisar FIFA Victor Montagliani, wanda ya fito daga Vancouver, Canada, ya yabi ababen more rayuwa da MLS ta taimaka wajen gina su. "Idan ba da MLS ba, ba za mu sami yawancin ababen more rayuwa da ƙungiyoyin suka yi amfani da su a nan ba," in ji shi. "Idan ya zo ga bangaren kayan aiki — kasuwanci, ababen more rayuwa — Ina tsammanin wataƙila mun kasance a gaba a duniya a ciki, kamar yadda za a iya gani ta wannan FIFA World Cup."

Amma Montagliani ya mai da hankali a gaba. "Abin da na yi imani mun gani a nan shi ne ci gaba, amma haƙiƙa, saurin abin da na yi imani shine kan gaba masu zuwa a gare mu a Arewacin Amurka — juyin al'adun wasan ƙwallon ƙafa yana ƙaruwa zuwa matakin gaba," in ji shi. Ya jaddada cewa ɓangare mai yawa na masu kallo na cikin gida a Canada, Amurka, da Mexico matasa ne — masu sauraro waɗanda za su ɗauki tunani na FIFA World Cup 2026™ har tsawon rayuwarsu.

Idan 1994 ta gina tubalin ƙwallon ƙafa na Arewacin Amurka, 2026 ta kama zukata da tunani na nahiyar gaba ɗaya. Iri da aka shuka shekaru talatin da suka wuce ya girma zuwa wani abu mai ban mamaki — kuma kowane alamar tana nuna mafi kyau har yanzu za ya zo.