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What do President Theodore Roosevelt, the World Cup and Richmond have in common?

It turns out that Mike D'Amico, the soccer fan dressed as Theodore Roosevelt who has become a sensation at this year's World Cup in Brazil, is an alum of Virginia Commonwealth University's Brandcenter.

D'Amico's visage has been all over social media since ESPN's telecast of the U.S. team's match against Portugal and inspiring the moniker "Teddy Goalsevelt."

D'Amico, who now works as a creative director at a Chicago advertising firm, said he chose to dress as the 26th president because the costume makes it easier to energize fellow soccer fans.

"I do it because it gets people fired up here," he told Yahoo Sports. "I led the march here and people were like 'Yeah, Teddy Roosevelt!' It gets people involved.