Backpedaling furiously like Deion Sanders.
Smacking his hands across the front of his uniform like a man aflame.
Cackling madly, shaking his famous blond curls and cautioning his teammates not to come any closer.
That's how Kenni Valderrama's dad celebrated his first goal of the Fusion's inaugural Major League Soccer season. It also happened to be the clincher in the 90th minute if Saturday's wild win over the New York/New Jersey MetroStars.
"I think," said Kenni, a fourth-grader at Westchester Elementary in Coral Springs, "that was the best one yet."
Ten thousand sun-scorched souls at Lockhart Stadium voiced their approval. A national ABC television audience took note as well as Carlos Valderrama ended an MLS scoring drought that stretched back to June 21, 1997, an incredible span of 30 matches.
The frizzy-haired one was playing his first MLS game in nearly a month. His assist is the 89th minute set up Diego Serna's go-ahead goal. This was vintage Valderrama.
Afterward everyone wanted to know about that voodoo-soaked celebration. What the heck was that?
"To take away all the bad vibes from myself," a grinning Valderrama said through an interpreter, "for not scoring in so long."
Did it have a name?
"Luckiness," came the midfielder's reply. "It was the Dance of Luckiness."
The breakaway goal, controversial and disputed by the favored MetroStars, was lucky. But you got the sense Valderrama's boogie had a larger meaning.
Saturday's 4 p.m. kickoff coincided with the MLS trade deadline. The mere sight of Valderrama on the field for the pregame introduction meant one thing. After all the rumors and weeks of discord, the Fusion's most (only?) marketable player was staying put.
For the final six weeks of this season, at least.
He came within an eyelash of banishment to the New England Revolution, his disappointment in the midseason dismissal of coach Cacho Cordoba leading to an ugly showdown with new coach Ivo Wortmann and a $10,000 fine from the league office.
No suitable deal could be worked out, though, and Valderrama eventually patched things up with Wortmann. He likes South Florida. His wife and three boys like it here. With another year plus an option left on his MLS contract, he has pledged to make things work.
"I plan to end my career here," said the three-time Colombian World Cupper, who turns 37 next month. "Today I felt a lot more love for the team than I've felt in a while."
The renewed sparks were mutual.
"He really wants to win," Fusion defender Leo Cullen said. "I don't think people saw that at the beginning of the year, but we want him to lead us."
Saturday, Valderrama led. He settled Carlos Parra down after an early mistake. He repeatedly set up shots with deft passes, including a no-look, back-heel job in the second half that left onlookers agape. He even hustled back to play a little defense. (That was truly shocking.)
"He's one of the great figures in soccer's history," said Fusion General Manager Leandro Stillitano, clearly pleased to still have No, 10 on his side.
The Fusion (11-12) went 2-1 in the star's absence, but there's no doubt the club is better off with him.
"We were missing that creativity, that something different that helps you win a game," Cullen said. "Valderrama gives us that split second difference, that something spectacular. Even if he only does that once or twice a game, that's something that we need."
And the Dance of Luckiness? That's not too shabby either.