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- ↑ Scotland - Championship Winning Teams 1900-1920
- ↑ "Bethlehem Champs Of United States". (2 May 1915). Philadelphia Inquirer, p.64 col.1
- ↑ U.S. Open Cup Medal Winners
- ↑ Team Will Visit Brazil; New York Times; 20 July 1919
- ↑ Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4. ().
- ↑ "The Dick, Kerr Ladies Soccer Tour, 1922". Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. Retrieved 31 December 2008.