Shekaru talatin kafin Amurka ta shirya karbar bakuncin Gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA 2026 tare da wasu ƙasashe, wata gasar da aka yi a ƙasar Amurka ta canza alaƙar ƙasar da ƙwallon ƙafa a hankali.

Gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA ta 1994 ta zo ƙasar da ƙwallon ƙafa bai kasance a cikinta, mafi kyau, fiye da wasan da kaɗan ne ke sha'awar sa. Jama'ar Amurka sun fi sanin baseball da football ta Amurka fiye da yankin hukunci da tarkon waje. Duk da haka, gasar ba ta tsira kawai a wannan ƙasar da ba a sani ba — ta bunƙasa.

Yawan masu kallo na tarihi da al'umma mai farkawa

Fitowar 1994 ta kafa tarihin yawan masu kallo da ya tsaya tsawon shekaru da yawa, tare da filayen wasa cike daga Stanford zuwa Rose Bowl, suna nuna sha'awa ga wasan duniya wanda kaɗan daga cikin masana suka yi tsammani. Gasar ta jawo masu sha'awa daga kowane lungu na duniya, tana mai da filayen wasa na Amurka wuraren cike da launuka da hayaniya.

Ƙungiyar ƙasa ta Amurka, tana hawa mataki na Kofin Duniya a ƙasarsu a karon farko tun 1950, ta yi fiye da yadda ake tsammani. Isa zagaye na 16 ya jan hankalin jama'ar gida waɗanda ba su taɓa kula da wasan a matakin ƙwarewa ba.

Ababen more rayuwa da suka biyo baya

Watakila gādon da ya fi dawwama na 1994 ya kasance na cibiyoyi. An kafa Major League Soccer ne a matsayin amsa kai tsaye ga wata sharaɗin FIFA da aka ɗaure da haƙƙin masaukin baki — kuma ta fara a 1996, tana ba wa ƙasar ƙungiyar ƙwararru ta matakin farko a karon farko cikin tsawon lokaci.

Wannan ƙungiya ta girma a hankali a cikin shekaru masu yawa da suka wuce, tana faɗaɗa kasancewarta daga bakin tekun ɗaya zuwa wancan, tana jawo taurari na duniya, kuma tana sanya al'adun ƙwallon ƙafa a cikin biranen da suka kasance na wasannin waje dabam kawai. Wasan na tushe ya fashe a layi ɗaya, tare da adadin matasa masu shiga yana ƙaruwa sosai a duk cikin shekarun 1990 da kuma bayan haka.

Daga mai karbar baki zuwa mai karbar baki tare

Yanzu, Amurka za ta karbi bakuncin Gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA 2026 tare da Kanada da Mexico — gasar da ake tsammani za ta zama mafi girma a tarihin gasa, mai tare da biranen masaukin baki 16 kuma ta ƙunshi tsarin ƙungiyoyi 48 a karo na farko.

Hanyar daga 1994 zuwa 2026 ba haɗari ba ne. Sakamakon tsararraki guda na zuba jari, ci gaba, da canjin al'ada ne wanda gasar ta asali ta taimaka wajen kunna shi. Ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka — wanda a da ake ɗaukansa a matsayin son zuciya na wucin gadi — yanzu yana jan hankalin gaske a duniya baki ɗaya, kuma ƙasar da ta taɓa karba bakuncin saboda tilas tana dawowa kan matakin da manufa.

Ga masu sha'awa na Afirka da 'yan wasa da suke goyon bayansu waɗanda ke fafatawa a Turai da wurare daban-daban, fitowar 2026 tana alƙawarin zama Kofin Duniya mafi faɗi kuma mai ƙwarewa — kuma asalinsa yana koma baya zuwa wata rana mai rana a Amurka sama da shekaru talatin da suka wuce.