Jodi-Ann Robinson (born 17 April 1989) is a former

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who played as a

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. Born in Jamaica to Jamaican parents, she moved to Canada at age 8. She was naturalised there and subsequently opted to play internationally for the Canada women's national team. She represented Canada at two

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editions (

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and

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) and the

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Playing career

On January 11, 2013, Robinson joined the

Western New York Flash The Western New York Flash (WNY Flash) was an American soccer club based in Elma, New York that competed in the United Women's Soccer league. They have won league championships in four different leagues: the USL W-League in 2010, Women's Profess ...

as part of the

NWSL Player Allocation The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) federation players were players whose salaries for playing in the NWSL were paid for by their respective national federations from 2013 to 2021. American federation players were contracted to the United Sta ...

for the inaugural season of the

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...

References

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Western New York Flash player profile

West Florida player profile

1989 births Living people Naturalized citizens of Canada Canadian women's soccer players Soccer people from British Columbia People from Richmond, British Columbia Women's association football midfielders USL W-League (1995–2015) players Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) players West Florida Argonauts women's soccer players National Women's Soccer League players Western New York Flash players Kvarnsvedens IK players Toppserien players Røa IL players Canada women's international soccer players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players of Canada Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Black Canadian women's soccer players People from Saint Ann Parish Jamaican emigrants to Canada 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Canada-women-footy-bio-stub