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- ↑ "U.S. Soccer Archives – 1922". Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ↑ Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ( ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).
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