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- ↑ Sina Filifilia Sevaaetasi (21 January 2017). "Samoa's premier soccer team sets off for Tonga". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ↑ "Vaalii Faalogo: a champion of life". Oceania Football Center. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ↑ "THE CHALLENGE IS UP AND WE ARE READY, SAYS UALESI". Football Federation Samoa. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
