Drew Ferguson (soccer)

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Drew Ferguson
Personal information
Full name Andrew William Ferguson
Date of birth (1957-11-09) November 9, 1957 (age 65)
Place of birth Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder/Defender
Youth career
Powell River Lions
Leeds United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 (0)
1979–1982 Edmonton Drillers 80 (4)
1980–1982 Edmonton Drillers (indoor) 33 (32)
1982 Burton Albion
1982–1983 Buffalo Stallions (indoor) 36 (11)
1983–1984 Cleveland Force (indoor) 44 (20)
1984–1985 New York Cosmos (indoor) 24 (6)
1985–1986 Chicago Sting (indoor) 38 (7)
1987 Edmonton Brick Men 20 (0)
1988–1990 Hamilton Steelers 45 (3)
1989–1990 Cleveland Crunch (indoor) 12 (0)
1990 Ottawa Intrepid 6 (0)
1990–1991 Kitchener Spirit/Kickers 26 (3)
International career‡
1985–1991 Canada 10 (1)
Managerial career
1990 Ottawa Intrepid
1991 Kitchener Kickers
2004– Canada Para team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2009

Drew Ferguson is a Canadian former soccer player. He was born in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada on November 9, 1957.

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Early life

He began playing soccer when he was five years old with the Powell River Lions. [1] He also excelled in track and field, setting a record running the fastest mile for a 10-year-old in the world at 5:33.34. [2] When he was 15, he participated in a soccer camp, where Jack Charlton was a guest coach, who brought him to train with Leeds United, and lived with him. [2]

Club career

Ferguson received initial attention during the 1977 Canada Games where he scored in the final championship game. He started his North American Soccer League career with a single appearance for the Vancouver Whitecaps in 1978, but went on to appear in 80 games for the Edmonton Drillers from 1979 to 1982. [3]

Over his 13 year career, Ferguson would go on to play for in Canada, the United States and England, playing for the Vancouver Whitecaps, Edmonton Drillers, Burton Albion, Hamilton Steelers, Kitchener Spirit/Kickers and indoor soccer with Buffalo Stallions, Cleveland Force, New York Cosmos, Chicago Sting, and Cleveland Crunch. [2] [4] [5] During this time, he was named MVP three times. [2]

International career

Ferguson did not make his first appearance for the Canadian national soccer team until he was 27 years old in a 2–1 win over Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain in 1985. He made six appearances in friendly matches in 1985 but was not recalled again until 1989. His final cap came in a 0–2 defeat in a March 1991 North American Nations Cup match against the United States in Torrance, California. [6]

International goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 April 1989 Tórshavn, Faroe IslandsFlag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 1–01–0 Friendly match

Managerial career

Ferguson served as the head coach and general manager for the Kitchener Spirit of the Canadian Soccer League in 1991, [7] [8]

He currently serves as the coach for the Canadian Para soccer team. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Drew Ferguson profile". Canadian Soccer Association .
  2. 1 2 3 4 Donnelly, Sara (May 24, 2019). "Drew Ferguson named to Powell River Sports Hall of Fame". Powell River Peak.
  3. ↑ NASL Jerseys: Drew Ferguson Retrieved on 14 February 2009
  4. ↑ "Drew Ferguson Division I and Indoor Stats". Stats Crew.
  5. ↑ "Drew Ferguson Division II and III Stats". Stats Crew.
  6. ↑ "Drew Ferguson". www.canadasoccer.com. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ Kitchener/Waterloo Record: Kickers, coach play waiting game Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine 25 September 1991
  8. ↑ "Kitchener Spirit/Kickers". CSL Memories.
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