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{{location dec|38.894246|-76.974332}}
{{Information
|Description=Photo of Bryan Arguez taken by me at RFK Auxilary Field, Washington, DC during a Major League Soccer (MLS) Reserve match between D.C. United and Houston Dynamo.
|Source=self-made
|Date=2007-mm-dd
|Author= [[User:Xsmith|]]
}}
[[Category:Soccer players from the United States|Arguez, Bryan]]
[[Category:1989 births|Arguez, Bryan]]

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— <small>The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:uname|uname]] ([[User talk:uname|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/uname|contribs]]) date </small>

—- Xsmith (talk•contribs) 01:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

: —- ~~~ <small>([[User talk:Xsmith|talk]]•[[Special:Contributions/Xsmith|contribs]])</small> ~~~~~

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==See also==
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]]

==References==
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==External links==
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Citations

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| author=Doe, John
| coauthors= 
| title=Title 
| url=http://www.example.com 
| work=example.com
| accessmonthday=1 June
| accessyear=2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="anchorName"/>

List of Policies

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Soccer Infobox

{{Football player infobox| playername= Brian Carroll
| image = [[Image:BrianCarroll.jpg]]
| fullname = Brian Michael Carroll
| nickname = 
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1981|7|20}} 
| cityofbirth = [[Springfield, Virginia|Springfield]], [[Virginia|VA]] 
| countryofbirth = <BR>[[United States]]
| currentclub  = [[D.C. United]]
| clubnumber = 16
| position = [[Striker]][[Midfielder]][[Defender (football)|Defender]][[Goalkeeper (football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears = 
| youthclubs = 
| years = 2003- <br>
| clubs = [[D.C. United]] <br>
| caps(goals) = 82 (1)
| nationalyears = 2005-
| nationalteam = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = 4 (0)
| pcupdate = ~~~~~
| ntupdate = ~~~~~
}}

Persondata

Wikipedia:Persondata

<!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] -->
{{Persondata
|NAME=Magellan, Ferdinand
|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Magalhães, Fernão de (Portuguese); Magallanes, Fernando de (Spanish)
|SHORT DESCRIPTION=Sea explorer
|DATE OF BIRTH=Spring [[1480]]
|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Sabrosa]], [[Portugal]]
|DATE OF DEATH=[[April 27]], [[1521]]
|PLACE OF DEATH=[[Mactan Island]], [[Cebu]], [[Philippines]]
}}

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