I've noticed something odd. In every other sport (hockey, baseball, American football, rugby, etc.), when a member of the team scores a goal, he is immediately congratulated by his team mates, and the scorer actually moves TOWARDS his team mates to recieve their congratulations.I never see that in soccer (aka football). Whenever a guy scores a goal, he immediately runs AWAY from his team mates. In fact, if they're close to him, and try to congratulate him he will actually shove them away, almost as if to say, "Get the f**k away from me... I scored, not you."Why is that?I understand what a lot of you are saying: they run to take the adulation of the crowd... but I guess I don't understand why they would want that more than the congratulations of their teammates, since it was their teammates who made the goal possible, not the crowd. Sure it's great the crowd is cheering, but no player can score a goal on his own. Without his teammates he never would have scored at all. I guess to me it seems arrogant to run to stand before the crowd and say, "heap your adulation upon me" rather than run towards your mates and say, "you guys made my goal possible."Meh... maybe its just me.

Sorry i dont agree.just look at the champions league games last night as evidence. Rooney must have shook every players hand..Although i do know what your on about.depends on the player i suppose.some have goal celebrations worked out and thats their main worry!

Score a goal and take the adulation from your supporters. What's wrong with that? Goals don't fly in every 2 minutes like the other sports you mentioned so it means more in football. I know what I'm trying to say but I'm not really getting my point across so I'll just shut up.