Currently plies his trade for Sporting Kansas. Looks like he might be joining us in the MLS off season with an option to make it permanent.
I know this has already been mentioned on the rumours page but seeing as he is the only player we seem to be linked to currently I thought he deserved his own thread.
Not seen much of him TBH but pretty active on Twitter by all accounts.
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David Beckham cavorted across a confetti-strewn pitch with a Union Jack a year ago after claiming American soccer’s greatest prize with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Last Saturday in Kansas City another English footballer donned a St George’s Cross that flapped like a superhero’s cape as he celebrated winning Major League Soccer’s championship.
While Beckham cracked America via Hollywood, Dom Dwyer’s Stateside success owes much to the place famous as the home of Disney’s Magic Kingdom. A prolific loan spell at minor-league Orlando City last summer earned the 23-year-old from Cuckfield in West Sussex a spot in Sporting Kansas City’s starting line-up.
Dwyer scored the goal against Houston Dynamo on Nov 23 that put his team through to the MLS Cup final and played the first 72 minutes on Saturday as Kansas City beat Real Salt Lake on penalties to lift the trophy.
This American dream was born from an English nightmare. A small and sharp forward, Dwyer was released by Norwich City's youth set-up and advised by a doctor to retire after suffering a series of foot injuries. After a trial arranged by a company called Soccer Icon he won an athletic scholarship to a college in small-town Texas.
Dwyer was prolific for the Tyler Apaches and switched to a university in Florida. Then he was selected by Kansas City in the first round of the 2012 SuperDraft, the process by which MLS franchises choose the top graduates.
Lots already discussed about him on that thread.
@Ddwyer14: Disappointed not to complete a short term loan, Unfortunate timing of the takeover at the club made us run out of time to complete deal.
@Ddwyer14: See you next year #cafc boys
credit to DD for the way he has conducted himself.