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- ↑ Carlos Clark at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1 2 "Carlos Clark Profile". UAlbany Sports .
- ↑ "Men's Soccer's Carlos Clark Called to Join Puerto Rico Men's National Team". UAlbany Sports . Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ↑ "Men's Soccer's Carlos Clark Called to Join Puerto Rico Men's National Team". New Times Albany. 8 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
