The number of Americans who could locate Ghana on a map, name it’s capital and current political leader without looking them up would be rather small. The people mentioned in this piece were cheering Ghana because the participants were black.
Must be hell for them to decide who to root for at an NBA game.
Yes, you broke the code.
Addtionally, theGhana players were NOT American, and in the crowd described by this simple liberal Rooney, there were likely few people who were not bitter, America-hating mice.