Dom Dwyer
Dwyer with Orlando City in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Dominic James Dwyer | ||
| Date of birth | 30 July 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Cuckfield, England | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Sporting Kansas City | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2006 | Norwich City | ||
| 2007–2008 | Staines Town | ||
| 2008–2009 | King's Lynn | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Tyler Junior College | 42 | (52) |
| 2011 | South Florida Bulls | 21 | (16) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012– | Sporting Kansas City | 113 | (52) |
| 2013 | → Orlando City (loan) | 13 | (15) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 October 2016. |
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Dominic "Dom" Dwyer (born 30 July 1990) is an English footballer who plays for American club Sporting Kansas City as a forward. Dwyer won the MLS Cup with the club in 2013.
Born in Cuckfield, West Sussex, Dwyer spent his youth with Norwich City, and King's Lynn Community Football, an elite program affiliated with a few professional clubs in England. He studied at the College of West Anglia from 2006 to 2008. During this time, he broke his right foot three times and as a consequence was told by doctors that he would never be physically capable of playing at a professional level. From there, he was given an opportunity by scout Joe McLaughlin of Soccer Icon USA to get a sports scholarship to study for a college degree in America, Dwyer has said that he accepted the offer to get a free degree and that at the time he had given up on the dream of a football career.
Dwyer moved from England to attend Tyler Junior College in Texas, where he won two national championships and was the national junior college player of the year after scoring 37 goals as a sophomore. After two years at Tyler, he made the move to the University of South Florida, where he played in 2011.
On 12 January 2012, Dwyer was selected No. 16 overall in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft by Sporting Kansas City. He was first included for a professional game on 25 March, remaining an unused substitute in a 2–1 win over FC Dallas at Sporting Park. He made his debut on 29 May in a 3–2 win over Orlando City in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup third round, playing the first half before being replaced by C.J. Sapong; his team went on to win the tournament, although he played no further part in their run. Dwyer made his MLS debut against Toronto FC on 2 September, replacing Sapong for the final four minutes of a 2–1 home win for his only appearance of the regular season; on 4 November, he made another substitute appearance in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs against the Houston Dynamo, a 2–0 away defeat.
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