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- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Barbados vs. Grenada (0:0)". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ↑ "Josh Gabriel Selected to the Grenada National Soccer Team". Alderson Broaddus University Athletics.
