This afternoon, the U.S. men鈥檚 soccer team at the FIFA World Cup. Led by 国产吃瓜黑料鈥檚 July cover guy, Clint Dempsey, Team USA has sent the nation into . If this exuberance could be distilled into one superfan, that fan would probably look something like Mike D鈥橝mico鈥檚 alter ego, Teddy Goalsevelt.
D鈥橝mico, 31, is a and longtime soccer enthusiast. Part of a fan group called the American Outlaws, D鈥橝mico traveled to Brazil to support Dempsey and company while attending matches dressed as the original Rough Rider himself, Teddy Roosevelt.听
Had things gone differently, D鈥橝mico would have remained another anonymous, if flamboyantly costumed fan, but after ESPN cameras showed him celebrating Jermaine Jones鈥檚 spectacular strike against Portugal on June 22, Goalsevelt became an instant celebrity.
鈥淚鈥檓 just the lucky schmuck they cut to when he was losing his mind on ESPN,鈥 D鈥橝mico .