Kyawawan wasannin Lionel Messi don Argentina a wannan Gasar Duniya ba wai kawai yana jagorantar kasarsa zuwa taken ne — har ma yana inganta hawan MLS, a cewar tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwararren mai tsaron baya Greg Garza.

Messi, wanda yake buga ƙwallon ƙafa na kulob ɗinsa tare da Inter Miami, ya ci kwallaye bakwai yayin da Argentina ta ci gaba zuwa zagayen karshe na 16. Wadannan wasannin kuma sun ɗaukaka shi zuwa sama na jerin masu zura kwallaye na duk lokacin Gasar Duniya, da kwallaye 20 a duk cikin tarihin wasanninsa na gasa.

Matasa na alaƙar MLS

Garza yana ganin cewa haskoki na duniya da aka dasa kan Messi suna ɗauke da nauyi na gaske na kasuwanci ga gasar Amurka. Yana magana ta musamman da FourFourTwo, ya ce: "Lionel Messi wakiltar MLS kuma yana buga wa ƙungiyar ƙasar Argentina a Gasar Duniya abu ne da ba a iya gaskata shi."

"Ina ganin idan kai yaro ne ƙarami, ba za ka taɓa iya tunanin kallo YouTube a karon farko ka kuma yi tunanin cewa wannan mutumin zai taɓa buga a wannan gasar, wakiltar wannan alama a cikin Gasar Duniya."

Messi ɗaya ne daga cikin ɗaliban MLS 45 masu aiki da aka zaɓa don wannan Gasar Duniya — lamba da Garza ya bayyana a matsayin muhimmin alamar nasara ga gasar da ke murnar cikawarta shekaru 30.

"Har zuwa ɗalibi na 45, har yanzu yana da dama mai ban mamaki ga waɗannan mutane don kasancewa a wannan matsayi na wakiltar kulob ɗinsu, ƙasarsu, da al'ummarsu," Garza ya ƙara da cewa. "Kuma ina ganin hakan shi ne mafi kyawun ɓangare ga magoya baya — ganin ƴan wasan da suke kallo mako bayan mako suna gane cewa suna buga a mafi girman mataki a duniya."

Shekaru talatin na ci gaba

An kafa MLS a shekara ta 1996, shekaru biyu bayan USA 94, kuma tare da Arewacin Amurka tana haɗin gwiwar shirya gasar a yanzu, Garza yana ganin wannan lokacin a matsayin lokaci mai mahimmanci da ke ayyana makomar gasar.

"Mafi girman manufa a gare mu duka shi ne kawai samun idanu da yawa akan dandamalin ƙwallon ƙafa a wannan ƙasar a yau," in ji shi. "Gasar Duniya za ta ci gaba da ƙirƙirar wannan tabin zuciya kuma tana jan masu kallo da yawa zuwa wannan gasar da zarar gasa ta ƙare."

Garza, wanda ya shahara a Atlanta United da Cincinnati, ya kuma nuna bambancin MLS a matsayin wata ƙarfin gwiwa, yana lura cewa ƙasashe sama da 80 ana wakiltar su a cikin jerin sunayen gasar.

"MLS ɗaya ce daga cikin gasa mafi bambanci a duk duniya," in ji shi. "Damar da wannan gasar ta ƙirƙira ga mutane da yawa don kallo daga ko'ina cikin duniya ta ƙirƙiri babban ci gaba a cikin shekaru talatin da suka wuce."

Ya kuma yabi dogon fagen gani na shugaban gasar Don Garber, yana cewa alkawuran da aka yi shekarun da suka wuce game da kawo wata Gasar Duniya kan ƙasar Amurka — da kuma inda MLS za ta kasance a lokacin — an tabbatar da su. "Na tabbata da yawa da yawa da da za su ce: 'A'a, ka hauka, ba za ta faru ba,' amma yanzu za ka iya kawai kalloa ka ce 'mun gaya muku.'"