Mansfield sign former US international striker Dwyer

Dom Dwyer last featured in MLS for Atlanta

Mansfield Town have signed former United States striker Dom Dwyer until the end of the season.

The 34-year-old England-born forward, who came through the academy at Norwich City as a schoolboy before moving his career across the Atlantic, moves to the League One side as a free agent having been released by the Oakland Roots in the United Soccer League - which is the second-tier of US football.

Dwyer has spent the majority of his career playing Major League Soccer with Sporting Kansas City and Orlando City - a club he joined for a then league-record deal of £1.2m in 2017.

He has scored 120 goals in 303 club appearances across his career, and claimed two goals in four international appearances for the US.

Dwyer joins a Stags side whose frontline has been hit hard by injury in recent weeks, with Lee Gregory, Rhys Oates and Jordan Rhodes all out.

"Dominic is an experienced striker, an ex-international, and with us needing a goal at the moment we're delighted that he's joined us for the last 12 games of the season," Stags boss Nigel Clough told the club website.

Meanwhile, the future involvement of Lucas Akins remains unclear after the forward pleaded guilty to causing the death of a cyclist.

The 36-year-old admitted causing the death of cyclist Adrian Daniel by careless or inconsiderate driving, at a hearing at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday.

Akins is due to be sentenced on 24 April but did start in Tuesday's draw with Wigan Athletic.