Dom Dwyer

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Dom Dwyer
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Dom Dwyer (2013)
Personnel
Surname Dominic James Dwyer
birthday July 30, 1990
place of birth Cuckfield ,  England
size 176 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
1999-2006 Norwich City
2009 King's Lynn FC
2009-2010 Tyler Apaches
2011 South Florida Bulls
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2012-2017 Sporting Kansas City 128 (58)
2013 →  Orlando City  (loan) 12 (13)
2017– Orlando City 38 (17)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2017– United States 4 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 6, 2018

2 As of December 6, 2018

Dominic James Dwyer (born July 30, 1990 in Cuckfield , England , United Kingdom ) is an English -American football player .

He is since 2017 when Major League Soccer - franchise Orlando City under contract. In 2013 Dwyer won the MLS Cup with Sporting Kansas City .

Career

Youth and college

Dwyer played in the youth of Norwich City and King's Lynn FC. From 2006 to 2008 he attended the College of West Anglia in King's Lynn . During this time he broke his right foot three times in a row, so that he was attested that he could never become a professional footballer. With this in mind, the former Chelsea FC player Joe McLaughlin, who worked as a scout for the organization Soccer Icon USA, gave him the chance to study in the USA on a sports scholarship. Dwyer accepted the offer and was given fully paid college education, having given up the idea of ​​a professional career in football by that time.

In 2009 he moved to the United States and attended Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas . With the school team, he won two national championships and was named the best junior college player in the United States after scoring 37 goals in one season in 2010. In 2011 he moved to the University of South Florida and played college soccer there .

Sporting Kansas City

Despite all of his doctors' earlier statements, he was selected by Sporting Kansas City in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft on January 12, 2012. Thus began his career as a professional footballer. Dwyer made his debut on May 29, 2012 in the Cup game against Orlando City . After the 2012 season, in which he completed one game in the regular season and one in the play-offs, he was loaned to Orlando City in the USL Pro for the 2013 season. There he scored 15 goals in 13 games and was brought back by Sporting on June 27, 2013. On August 3, 2013, the striker scored his first goal in the MLS. Since then he has played more regularly. On November 23, 2013 Dwyer scored the winning goal in the game against Houston Dynamo , so Sporting Kansas City could win the Eastern Conference Final and moved into the game for the MLS Cup . On December 6, 2013, the team won the final against Real Salt Lake City 7-6 on penalties.

In the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2015 , which Sporting Kansas City won for the third time, Dwyer was top scorer with five goals together with teammate Krisztián Németh .

Orlando City

In July 2017, Dwyer moved to Orlando City .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/10/01/long-shot-white-house-visit-marks-proud-milestone-sporting-kc-striker-usmnt-
  2. ↑ College Soccer Professor: World's top youth academies deepen recruiting pool - Goal.com
  3. ↑ Sporting selects Dom Dwyer with 16th pick - KansasCity.com
  4. ↑ Steve Brisendine: Dom Dwyer's record-breaking loan to Orlando City ends as Sporting Kansas City recall striker . Major League Soccer.
  5. ↑ Sporting Kansas City 2, New York Red Bulls 3 | MLS Match Recap . Major League Soccer.
  6. ↑ Orlando City SC Acquires Dom Dwyer from Sporting Kansas City. orlandocitysc.com, July 25, 2017, accessed July 27, 2017 .

Web links

  • Dom Dwyer in the database of weltfussball.de
  • Dom Dwyer in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)


personal data
SURNAME Dwyer, Dom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dwyer, Dominic James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuckfield , England