Kofin Duniya na Maza FIFA 2026, wanda Amurka, Mexiko, da Kanada suke maraba da shi tare, ya sake tada wata tambaya ta dadewa: shin kwallon kafa na iya ƙarshe daidaita kanta a matsayin wasanni na talakawa a cikin ƙasa da NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, da NHL suka yi mulki tsawon lokaci?

Ƙasa da ke sannu a hankali buɗe zuci ga kwallon kafa

Shirin More than the Score na BBC World Service yana binciken wannan sauyi a sabon kashi da Lee James ke gabatarwa. Shirin yana bin diddigin yadda kwallon kafa ta ci gaba a hankali a Amurka tun lokacin da ƙasar ta fara karɓar Kofin Duniya na Maza a 1994, yana jera mahimman matakai da suka kawo wasan zuwa halinsa na yanzu.

Tawagar mata ta ƙasa ta tsaya tsayin daka a matsayin fitila tsawon lokaci, ta kafa kanta a matsayin babbar ƙarfi ta duniya da 'yan ƙalilan ne daga cikin tawagogi na ƙasa za su iya daidaita ta. A bangaren maza, canjin nan mai yaɗuwa na Lionel Messi zuwa Inter Miami ya hura sabon rai cikin Major League Soccer, yana jan hankalin mutane zuwa ga gasar gida da ta dage shekaru da yawa don samun shahara a tsakanin talakawa.

Shiga hannu na Trump yana ƙara wani sabon mataki

Kashin shirin kuma yana binciken rawar da Shugaba Trump ke takawa wajen tsara tattaunawar jama'a game da gasar — wani abin da ya ƙara wani yanayin siyasa mai ɗorewa ga abin da a riga shi shine babban taron wasanni a duniya.

Lee James yana magana da mutane daban-daban da suka rayu cikin haɓakar kwallon kafa a ƙasar. Alan Rothenberg, tsohon shugaban ƙungiyar kwallon kafa ta Amurka, wanda ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kawo Kofin Duniya na 1994 zuwa ƙasar Amurka, yana tunani kan nisa da wasan ya yi. Ƴan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Amurka Eric Wynalda da Heather O'Reilly suna raba ra'ayoyinsu kan ci gaban wasan a matakin fitattu da na talakawa.

Dan Courtemanche, mataimakin shugaban MLS, yana magana game da buri masu faɗaɗawa na gasar, yayin da Son Heung-Min, kyaftin din South Korea — wanda ya yi canjin shahara daga Premier League ta Ingila zuwa MLS — yana ba da ra'ayin ɗan wasa kan abin da kwallon kafa ta Amurka yanzu ke bayarwa ga hazikan mataki na duniya.

Tawagogi 48, ƙasashe uku, gasar guda ɗaya

Tare da tawagogi 48 suna fafatawa a cikin ƙasashe uku, Kofin Duniya na Maza FIFA 2026 shine mafi girma a tarihi. More than the Score yana alkawarin wuce sakamakon wasan da jadawalin, yana binciken sabon tawagogi, fitattun taurari, da al'adun magoya baya da ke tsara gasar ta hanyoyin da adadi kaɗai ba za su iya kama ba.

Sabbin kashine na More than the Score suna samuwa a BBC World Service da duk inda kuke sauraron podcasts na BBC.