World Cup, soccer and world power

Another reason soccer is a fascinating sport: Ghana eliminated US, compare the statistics between both countries:

	Ghana	US
GDP:	U$2,100	U$ 37,600
Population(in millions):	20.47	290.34
Average Age (in years):	19.8	35.8
Life expectancy at birth (in years):	56.53	77.14
Number of Internet users (in 2002):	200,000	165.75 million

It is in the playing field that things get leverage...
Although all the efforts from US to make it a big business, you just need people to play soccer (you can always make a ball with old newspaper and a old sock...).