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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Portland' Betsy Barr was named the WCC Player of the Week after leading the Portland Pilots to a 2-0 record over the weekend". wccsports.com. October 8, 2002.
- ↑ "Texas A&M eliminated from soccer tournament". 3 December 2001.
- ↑ "CNNSI.com - Soccer - US - WUSA Draft and Player Biographies - Sunday February 02, 2003 04:59 PM". February 17, 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-02-17.
- ↑ "WOMEN'S SOCCER: More WUSA players join California Storm". www.socceramerica.com.
- ↑ "Raising the Barrs / Former Giant's daughters become rivals as CyberRays host Freedom". Archived from the original on 2023-08-06.
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