Sporting KC: Top 10 Players of the Decade

By Nathan Dunn | Dec 29, 2019

Sporting KC's Graham Zusi and Matt Besler, right, celebrate with the MLS Cup after defeating Real Salt Lake in the MLS Cup Final at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Kansas City won on penalty kicks. (John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) /

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KANSAS CITY, KS – NOVEMBER 23: Dom Dwyer #14 of the Sporting KC celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal aagainst the Houston Dynamo during Leg 2 of the Eastern Conference Championship at Sporting Park on November 23, 2013 in Kansas City, Kansas. Sporting KC defeated the Houston Dynamo with a final score of 2-1. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

7. Dom Dwyer

Picked by Sporting KC 16th overall in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, Dom Dwyer made a real name for himself late in the 2013 season, when he took the reins of Claudio Bieler, who was enduring a long drought without a goal. Dwyer’s greatest moment was scoring the goal that put Sporting 2-1 up on the Houston Dynamo and into the MLS Cup final.

The English-born Dwyer ranks second on SKC’s all-time scoring record with 57 goals from 128 appearances. He also ranks third in shots on goal with 161, fourth-most total shots with 401, fifth-most fouls committed with 239, and seventh-most fouls suffered with 273.

The American international was caught offsides 108 times, which is third-most in club history, and is also tied with Preki for most game-winning goals at 13. Dwyer scored 0.51 goals per 90 minutes and 10 multi-goal games, both of which are team-leading figures. He was Sporting KC’s best goalscorer of the decade. You cannot ask for much more than that.

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