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- ↑ "Player Bio: Iris Mora". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ↑ "Olympic Women's Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Squad List: Mexico (MEX)". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ Iris Mora – FIFA competition record (archived)
