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- ↑ "PRO Support Staff Roster". PROreferees.com. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Match Report". FIFAworldcup.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004.
- ↑ "U.S. Soccer and FIFA Referee Sandra Hunt Officiates Final Game of Illustrious Career". United States Soccer Federation. October 22, 2004. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
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