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- ↑ "2018 Concacaf Women's Championship Final 20-Player Rosters" (PDF).
- 1 2 "Panama". CONCACAF Women's Championship. CONCACAF . Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ↑ "Panamá tiene sus 23 convocadas para clasificar al Mundial femenino de la FIFA". 26 June 2022.
- ↑ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA . 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- 1 2 "R. Espinosa". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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