WASHINGTON — Born and raised in the Ghanaian metropolis of Kumasi, Patrick Nyarko wasn't familiar with the American sports landscape until he moved stateside for his freshman year at Virginia Tech in 2005.
After embarking on a transatlantic flight to Dulles Airport near Washington and a four-hour drive through rural Virginia, he finally arrived at the Blacksburg campus and spotted Lane Stadium, the Hokies' 65,000-capacity football cathedral.
Nyarko found himself in awe — until he realized it was the wrong kind of football.
"You enter Virginia Tech and the first thing you see is a massive football stadium," Nyarko said on the Goal USA podcast.