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- ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 1981". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ↑ NEWLY FORMED ORLANDO LIONS LOSE TO ROWDIES, 1-0, BEFORE 4,200 THE ORLANDO SENTINEL - Sunday, February 23, 1986
- ↑ SOCCER THE ORLANDO SENTINEL - Wednesday, February 11, 1987
- ↑ 1989 Orlando Lions