Rawar Philadelphia a matsayin garin mai masaukin baki na FIFA World Cup 2026 ta ƙare a ranar Independence Day tare da gasar Round of 16 mai ban sha'awa, inda Kylian Mbappé ya kwace fenariti mai mahimmanci ya kawo wa ƙarshe ta 1-0 ga France a kan Paraguay, yana kai su zuwa kusa-kusa na gasar.

Wannan burin yana ɗauke da mahimmin tarihi — shi ne burin 150 na France a tarihin FIFA World Cup, yana mai da su ƙasa ta huɗu kawai ta kai wannan alamar bayan Brazil, Germany, da Argentina.

Gari da ya karɓi wasanni shida na tarihi

Philadelphia Stadium ya karɓi wasanni shida da jimlar a cikin gasar, tare da matsakaicin taron masu kallo 68,316 a kowane wasa. Ƙasashe goma daga ƙungiyoyi biyar na duniya sun ziyarci garin Pennsylvania, wanda ya mai da shi ɗaya daga cikin wuraren masaukin da suka fi bambancin gasar.

Bugun 2026 ya kasance karo na uku da Philadelphia Stadium ya karɓi gasar FIFA, bayan wasanni huɗu a FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 — wanda ya haɗa da cin United States Nigeria 5-0 — da kuma wasanni takwas a FIFA Club World Cup 2025.

Lokutan tarihi na Mbappé a Philadelphia

Wannan gari yana da muhimmiyar matsayi a tarihin Mbappé. Da wuri a cikin gasar, ya buga wasansa na 100 na ƙasa da ƙasa don France a wannan filin wasa, yana zura kwallaye na 59 da 60 na ƙasa da ƙasa a cikin nasarar 3-0 akan Iraq a Ƙungiya I. Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya kasance can ya shaidi wannan lamari.

Infantino kuma ya kasance a benci yayin da Brazil ta kayar da Haiti 3-0, da kuma yayin da Côte d'Ivoire ta ci Curaçao 2-0 — sakamakon da ya tabbatar da shiga Ivorians zuwa zagaye na Round of 16 a karon farko a tarihinsu.

Tarihin ƙididdigewa da nasarorin farko a matakin ƙungiyoyi

Philadelphia ta kasance wurin yin tarihi da dama a lokacin matakin ƙungiyoyi. Yan Diomande ya zama ɗan wasan ƙarami mafi ƙanƙanta — da matashi na farko — da ya wakilci Côte d'Ivoire a wasan FIFA World Cup, bayan ya buga cikakkun mintoci 90 a cikin nasararsu ta 1-0 akan Ecuador.

A wasan Ƙungiya L tsakanin Croatia da Ghana, kwalliyar daidaito da Derrick Luckassen ya zura don Ghana ta zama kwalliya ta 200 a gasar. Croatia a ƙarshe ta yi nasara 2-1.

Gado mai ɗorewa bayan filin wasa

Tasirin FIFA World Cup a Philadelphia ya wuce filin wasa. A matsayin ɓangare na shirin gado na gasar, FIFA ta haɗa aiki tare da makarantun yankin Pennsylvania. Bayan shirin Soccer for Success inda horarwa daga U.S. Soccer Foundation suka horar da malamai 284 na kiwon lafiya da ilimin jiki daga makarantu 222, an ƙaddamar da wani sabon shiri a wannan shekara tare da kulob din Major League Soccer, Philadelphia Union.

Wannan shiri yana da niyyar ba wa malamai da ɗaliban makarantar firamare kayan aiki, albarkatu, da ƙwarewa da ake bukata don haɓaka sha'awa ta gaske ga ƙwallon ƙafa, tare da manufar dogon lokaci ta bunƙasa wasan a duk yankin.

Ko da yake wasannin hukuma a Philadelphia sun ƙare, FIFA Fan Festival a Lemon Hill a cikin Fairmont Park yana ci gaba da buɗe wa jama'a ba tare da kuɗi ba har zuwa 19 Yuli, inda ƙofofin suna buɗewa awa ɗaya kafin wasan farko na kowace rana.