ACCRA, Ghana — The questions poured out of the official from the United States Embassy at the mere mention of a visit to Ghana’s World Cup training camp.

“Did you get to speak to the players?” she asked insistently. “Do they say they will beat us again?”

This is not an uncommon line of questioning from an American here, or elsewhere. Ghana has eliminated the United States from the past two World Cups, so many American fans let out a collective groan in December when the United States was drawn against the Black Stars — again — for this year’s tournament in Brazil.

“It’s understandable,” Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu said. “If my country had been beaten as much as we’ve beaten them, I would feel the same, too!”