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    Robinson the unsung hero in the Dynamo defense

    By Jeff Carlisle

    Thursday, August 10, 2006

    Despite plying his trade in the rough and tumble world of professional soccer, Houston Dynamo defender Eddie Robinson is not easily bothered. After all, Robinson is one of the more imposing central defenders in MLS. Yet as he prepared for last week's U.S. Open Cup match against the Carolina Dynamo, the Greensboro, N.C. native received a phone call from MLS executive Todd Durbin that initially jangled his nerves. "I thought '[Shoot], did I do something [bad] last week,'" Robinson recalls. " ...

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