Uma das primeiras fotos de Abel Xavier, ao serviço das selecções nacionais, salvo erro em 1987,
no Estádio Nacional, integrando a equipa que viria a sagrar-se campeã da Europa sub/16. Abel é o
último da direita em pé e Luís Figo, o quarto em pé a contar da esquerda.
Uma das últimas selecções que integrou, em Abril de 2002, em Alvalade, antes de um
Portugal/Brasil.
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Just-Football 19 December @ 02:01 PM EDT
The end of a decade. It doesn't really mean anything does it? Do people actually still bother to
organise decades into smart, distinctive categories with catch-all phrases like the 'swinging 60s'
anymore? If they do I've no idea how the noughties will be remembered; an abundance of
technological advancements and some pretty major international crises, any got a witty adjective to
capture the mood?
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Mike Marsh, Barry Venison, Rigobert Song, Abel Xavier, Harry Kewell, Milan Baros ve Graeme Souness.
Hepsinin ortak özelliği futbolcu ya da antrenör olarak Galatasaray'da görev yapmaları değil
sadece. İlginç olan ortak noktaları kırmızı formalarını Sami Yen'e gelmeden önce Anfield
Road'da da giymiş olmaları.
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Após a discussão bastante mediatizada do chamado "Caso Paula", houve um jogador, Carlos
Secretário, que ficou bastante afectado por essa questão. Na selecção, ou mesmo no seu clube,
sempre que tocava na bola, alguns adeptos assobiavam-no. Estávamos em 1999 e íamos receber a
Hungria, no Estádio da Luz, necessitando de vencer por 3-o para nos qualificarmos para o Euro
2000.
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The last time Don Garber sounded so satisfied in an interview, it was when the nation's sports
commissioners were hauled before Congress to mealymouth about steroids. Garber told anyone who
would listen how clean MLS was. (This was before Abel Xavier was signed, and before Conway and
Parke were caught.
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FIFA's Under-20 World Cup starts on September 24th from Egypt, the third time the tournament's been
held on African soil.
Can one of the African countries involved make their way into the final?
Today, friend and football expert Tom Legg dissects the African team's prospects.
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Galaxy 3 Dallas 6
Jeff Cunningham and FC Dallas were flying Saturday at Home Depot Center. (AP Photos).
An aberration? Or something we should have seen coming given the Galaxy's 11 ties and eight one
goal victories? The Galaxy have spent the season operating on a knife edge and on Saturday that
facade collapsed spectacularly.
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Auto Golazo 21 August @ 02:07 PM EDT
Si haci como lo leen, para el agrado de Adrian Mutu, Abel Xavier y muchos mas parece que hay una
barra en La Paz, Bolivia llamada Route 36 donde un mesero te sirve cocaina con toda normalidad,
como si fueran papas fritas. Desafortunadamente no pude encontrar el articulo en castellano.
Buuu!
-theoriginalwinger-
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On the 9th April 2002, a particularly catastrophic tactical decision by Gerard Houllier robbed
Liverpool FC of the chance to participate in what would undoubtedly have been the game of the
century.
On the night in question, Liverpool faced Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League quarter-final
second leg.
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The Offside 26 July @ 06:07 PM EDT
Some news to read as you wonder if this is the first time a streaking pitch invader has been
nutmegged. (Not to mention how the players can just keep playing): (Spotted on 101 Great Goals)
Born Again: How the deep-lying midfielder position is reviving careers (SoccerLens) Sometimes the
only way to respond to MLS refereeing is [.
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MLS Rumors 20 July @ 01:11 AM EDT
Il Tupilo Nero was Ruud Gullit's Nickname While Playing For AC Milan
In our last installment we looked at the arrival of a controversial figure, the former Portuguese
international Abel Xavier. Now in our fifth and final excerpt from Grant Wahl's excellent book "The
Beckham Experiment" we look at Xavier or "X"'s exit from the Californian club.
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Grant Wahl's The Beckham Experiment is an incredible behind the scenes look at Beckham - the brand,
MLS - the struggling US soccer league - and is a tale of footie adventure in the US recounted
through Wahl's amazing unprecedented access to players, coaches, staff, and handlers.
Wahl is in the locker rooms, on the field, in the hotel room lobbies, at dinners, at parties- you
name it - but his work is more than just an inside look at Beckham's brief stay in the US.
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MLS Rumors 16 July @ 07:43 PM EDT
As the the world witness the return of Brand Beckham to MLS and Circus to the LA Galaxy in the 2009
"Summer of Scorn" tour.
In our fourth but non-sequential installment of excerpts this week from Grant Wahl's well done book
"The Beckham Experiment" we continue to find funny or juicy outtakes by looking at Portuguese
defender, the ever colorful Abel Xavier's introduction to the Galaxy.
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Galaxy games on the Fourth of July are one of Southern California's newest Independence Day
traditions (if that makes any sort of sense) and I have been to virtually all of them since the
first game in 1996, a 1-0 loss to the New England Revolution before almost 63,000 at the Rose
Bowl.
Games in Pasadena used to be something of an endurance test for fans.
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Du Nord 19 May @ 04:50 PM EDT
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I am pretty excited, because in the mail yesterday I got my copy of the brand new album by Sunn
O))). It is called Monoliths And Dimensions. Their level of sub sonic heaviness may just sooth my
wounded soul right now, like a white hot salve.
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"I can dream, can't I?" [Man City fan, spotted over @ Dirty Tackle]
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Who Ate All the Pies, a Premier League blog I edited for a couple of years in UK, is back in
business, I'm delighted to say. So please check it out, bookmark it etc. - it's more puerile than
the stuff I do for BigSoccer.
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MLS Rumors 11 March @ 03:13 PM EDT
"Hey remember me?"
Could the famed Portuguese defender shocking hair styles be headed back to MLS to play for the Red
and White side of LA?
As weird as that sounds, maybe.
According to Dentro Del Rebano the official CD Chivas USA blog he is training with the team:
"Abel Xavier, a Portuguese defender of who was with the LA Galaxy last season, joined
preseason camp on Monday".
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The Offside 25 January @ 01:35 PM EDT
Yesterday we asked you to tell us which footballers these horrible horrible hairstyles belonged to.
Sadly, no one got all ten correct - though several people came very very close. Answers below...
Hair#1 Taribo West Hair#2 Arjen Robben Hair#3 Marouane Chamakh Hair#4 Jason Lee Read the cautionary
tale of Jason Lee's hair here Hair#5 Freddie Ljungberg Hair#6 Abel Xavier Hair#7 Sir Bobby Charlton
Hair#8 Rio Ferdinand Hair#9 Djibril Cissé Hair#10 Jermain Defoe
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