An naɗa Ismail Elfath, alkalin ƙwallon ƙafa ɗan Amurka wanda aka haife shi a Maroko, don jagoranci wasan farko na Rukuni F tsakanin Netherlands da Japan a AT&T; Stadium a gasar cin Kofin Duniya 2026.

Elfath yana kawo gogewa mai yawa zuwa wannan aikin muhimmanci. Ya fara aikinsa na hukunci a MLS shekaru sama da 15 da suka wuce, kuma ya lashe kyautar Alkalin Shekara a wannan gasa sau biyu cikin shekaru shida da suka gabata. Ya kuma kasance a gasar cin Kofin Duniya 2022, inda ya jagoranci wasan Japan da Croatia a zagaye na 16, kuma ya zama alkalin huɗu a wasan karshe na tarihi tsakanin Argentina da France.

Ƙungiyar mataimaka daga Amurka gaba ɗaya

Corey Parker da Kyle Atkins za su goyi bayan Elfath a layin mataimaka, suna kammala ƙungiyar alkalai ta Amurkawa gaba ɗaya a wannan wasan.

Katia Itzel Garcia, alkaliyar Mexiko wadda ta fi aiki a Liga MX da kwallon mata na kasa da kasa, ita za ta karɓi nauyin alkalin huɗu. Garcia tana da tarihi mai ƙarfi, da ta yi aikin alkali a Wasannin Olimpik na Bazara 2024, Kofin Duniya na Mata 2023, da kuma CONCACAF W Gold Cup 2024. Sandra Ramirez, wadda ita ma 'yar ƙasar Mexiko ce, ta zama mataimakiyar alkali ta taimako.

Ƙungiyar VAR don Netherlands da Japan

Armando Villarreal, wani alkalin MLS ɗan Amurka, yana jagorantar aikin Video Assistant Referee a wannan wasan. Villarreal ya kasance wani ɓangare na tsarin VAR a gasar cin Kofin Duniya 2022 da kuma Kofin Duniya na Mata 2023.

Rodolphu Toski, alkalin Brazil wanda ke aiki a Serie A ta ƙasarsa kuma an jera shi a FIFA tun 2017, yana hidimtarsa a matsayin mataimakin VAR. Alkalin Poland Tomasz Kwiatkowski ya kammala ƙungiyar alkalai uku masu kula da allon duba.