Lokacin da masu rahoto na BBC Sport suka isa Amurka domin Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026, yanayin ba shi da ƙarfi sosai. Yanzu, makonni da yawa bayan gasar ta fara, duk suna da ra'ayi ɗaya: zazzabin ƙwallon ƙafa ya iso — kuma yana yada cikin sauri.

Farautar sannu-sannu da New York Knicks suka rufe

Masu rahoto da yawa sun lura cewa Kofin Duniya ya yi wahala wajen jan hankalin jama'a a kwanakin farko. A New York, gurin New York Knicks domin kambun NBA na farko cikin shekaru 53 shi ne abin da kowa ke magana a kai. John Bennett na BBC World Service ya sauka a birnin ranar da aka buga wasan uku na karshen gasar NBA, ya kuma sami sha'awar Kofin Duniya a binne ƙarƙashin haɗin ƙwallon kwando.

Sam Harris na BBC Sport ya bayyana irin wannan ji, inda ya nuna cewa wasu biranen da ke karbar bakuncin ba su ji kamar suna da cikakken alaƙa da gasar a farkon lokacin ba. Gary Rose, yana rahoto daga Los Angeles, ya ga tuta kaɗan da allunan tallace-tallace — tallafi na yau da kullum ne, ba sha'awar gaske ba.

Liz Conway na BBC Sport tana da kyakkyawan fata tare da hankali kafin isowarta, kuma ta amince cewa yanayin da ake ciki a Mexico City a lokacin wasan buɗe ido ya kasance na musamman — inda ya taso tambayoyi game da abin da Amurka za ta iya bayarwa idan aka kwatanta.

Lokacin da abubuwa suka canza

Ga Ian Dennis na BBC Radio 5 Live, canjin ya zo a Atlanta. Bikin manyan magoya baya tare da ƙarfi a tsakiyar birnin, da jama'a daga ƙasashe da yawa suna ta haɗuwa tare, sun ba gasar damar jin wanda ta rasa. Duk da haka, ya lura cewa wasu magoya bayan Amurka da ke halarta wasannin suna tallafa wa ƙasa saboda son rai ba ɗaukar nauyi na gaske ba — wanda wani lokaci yana barin yanayin a cikin filayen wasa kadan.

Sam Harris ya sami canji nasa nesa da filayen wasa gaba ɗaya — yana liyafar tallafi tare da magoya bayan Brazil a Philadelphia da kuma kallo yayin da magoya bayan Cape Verde ke mayar da Boston zuwa bikin titi. Ya rubuta cewa: «Kofin Duniya ba shi da inganci sai ta hannun magoya bayansa. Kuna iya karbar bakuncin sa a ko'ina, amma ba tare da magoya baya suna kawo waƙoƙinsu, abincinsu, tutar ƙasarsu, da al'adunsu ba, zai rasa ransa.»

Bennett ya kama wani hoto mai ƙarfi na canjin yanayi a New York: ma'aikata da masu aiki a ofis sun tsaya a titin Greenwich Village su kalli ta taga wani mashaya shinkafar ƙarshen gasa ta Cape Verde ta 0-0 mai ban sha'awa a kan Spain.

Philadelphia a gaba

Daga cikin duk biranen da ke karbar bakuncin, Philadelphia ta fito fili. Da wasanni guda huɗu a cikin kwanaki tara kawai, birnin ya jefa kansa cikin gasar. Magoya baya sun taru a matakala kusa da mutummutumin Rocky a ranar da ta gabaci kowane wasan, suna ƙirƙirar yanayi da Bennett ya bayyana a matsayin na ban mamaki da gamsarwa.

Bikin magoya baya a Lemon Hill ya jawo kusan mutane 55,000 a rana ɗaya — mafi girman taro a kowane aiki na magoya baya a birnin da ke karbar bakunci a Amurka — a lokacin wasan ƙungiya na biyu na USA. Boston kuma ta samu yabo, inda masu rahoto har yanzu ke magana game da tasirin magoya bayan Scotland na Tartan Army, da kuma yadda magoya bayan Norway suka kafa «Viking Row» nasu kafin wasansu da France.

Amurkawa suna bayan USA

Ƙaruwar sha'awar cikin gida ta zo lokaci ɗaya da ƙungiyar maza ta United States ke ci gaba da cin nasarori a gasar. Yayin da ƙungiyar ke ci gaba da yin nasara, magoya bayan Amurka sun yi taro a bayanta — kuma, a cewar Harris, sun kuma ƙirƙiri taken da ke iya tsayawa a filayen wasaa. Alex Howell, mai rahoto na BBC Sport don England, ya yarda cewa bai yi tsammani Kofin Duniya zai sami hanya ta haye cikin kalandar wasannin Amurka mai cunkoso ba. Wannan shakka, in ji shi, ta ɓace gaba ɗaya.

Neil Johnston ya halaci wasanni takwas a New Jersey, Philadelphia, Toronto, Boston, da Miami, ya kuma ba da rahoto cewa tsoron kujeru komai bai tabbata ba. Rose, a nasa ɓangare, ya bayyana yadda mashaya, kantunan saye, da har ma cafes a bakin teku a Santa Monica ke fitar da talabijin ɗin su zuwa gefen hanya don masu wucewa su iya bibiyar wasannin.

Houston ta kasance gari ɗaya da yanayin Kofin Duniya a waje da filin wasa ya yi wuya a samu — yadda birnin ya yadu ta yanki yana sa haduwa ta babu tsammanin da yanayin gasar ya zama ƙasa da yiwuwar. Amma a sauran sassan ƙasar, hoto ya bayyana fili: Amurka ta rungumi Kofin Duniya.