Darmstadt is … not good. It doesn’t have any superstars. And it’s not even from a major city (the population is roughly 150,000).

The Associated Press postulated Wednesday that Obama likely followed the club because of American international Terrence Boyd, who has played sparingly for the U.S. men’s national team. It’s unclear, however, what further connection the 26-year-old striker and the 44th president of the United States share except for being American.

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Regardless, it doesn’t appear that Darmstadt cares why it became European soccer’s chosen one when it comes to Obama’s roughly 631,000 Twitter followers. The team took no time in taking advantage of the revelation Wednesday, when it tweeted to Obama to invite him to a game.

The message, of course, came via Boyd, who scored his first-ever Bundesliga goal against Bundesliga powerhouse Dortmund during Darmstadt’s 2-1 upset Saturday.

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“We’ve heard that you follow us as the only European soccer club on Twitter. It’s a huge honor for us at Darmstadt 98,” Boyd says in a video message the club tweeted to Obama on Wednesday. “Now that you’ve got a little more time for yourself, we’d like to invite you to a game of The Lillien (the club’s nickname) at the Böllenfalltor [stadium].”

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Boyd then holds up a personalized jersey featuring the number 98, representative of the year 1898 when the club was founded, and Obama’s name.

“We’ve got the fitting jersey for you, as well,” Boyd says. “So see you at the Bölle.”

Obama, who spent time last week learning to kitesurf, has yet to respond.

That Obama only follows one European soccer club, as discovered by a local radio station in the area of Germany where Darmstadt plays, according to Deutsche Welle, is a surprise. The former president is a fan of the beautiful game, even referring to himself once as a “soccer dad” and giving a shout-out to Barcelona star Lionel Messi.

“I have watched my share of games over the years,” Obama said while welcoming the 2010 MLS champion Colorado Rapids to the White House, and when the team presented him with a personalized No. 10 jersey, which the team’s best player generally wears, Obama joked, “Me and Messi.”