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- ↑ "Football Ferns - Line-ups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ↑ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- ↑ "Match Report: USA - New Zealand". FIFA. 12 August 2008. Archived from the original on 18 August 2008.
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