Over the course of his nearly five years with the Seattle Sounders, there have been several trademark Clint Dempsey celebrations. Among them: “the Jump,” “the Salute,” “the Silencer,” “the Can’t See Me” and “the Titanic.”
Our favorite, though, is when he does personalized handshakes with whomever he combines on a goal. Best we can tell, this started at least as far back as 2012 when longtime friend and teammate Eddie Johnson set him up for a go-ahead goal against Guatemala in a World Cup qualifier.
What’s so great about this celebration is that he seems to have personalized one with virtually everyone on the Sounders roster, from fellow Designated Players to rarely used guys off the bench who have little chance of actually scoring.