Drew Ferguson (soccer)

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

Drew Ferguson
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-11-09) November 9, 1957
Place of birth Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
Position(s) midfielder or defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 (0)
1979–1982 Edmonton Drillers 80 (4)
1982–1983 Buffalo Stallions 36 (11)
1983–1984 Cleveland Force 44 (20)
1984–1985 New York Cosmos 24 (6)
1985–1986 Chicago Sting 38 (7)
1987–1989 Hamilton Steelers
1989–1990 Cleveland Crunch 12 (0)
National team‡
1985–1991 Canada 10 (1)
Teams managed
1990–1991 Kitchener Spirit
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 June 2009
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2009

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.[1]

Ferguson would go on to play for such teams as the Hamilton Steelers of the Canadian Soccer League and the Cleveland Force/Cleveland Crunch of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

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.[2]

International goals
Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 April 1989Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands1–01–0Friendly match

Managerial career

Since retiring as a player, Ferguson has served as the head coach for the Kitchener Spirit of the Canadian Soccer League from 1990 to 1991,[3] and for Canada's Cerebral Palsy (CP-ISRA) 7-a-side squad at the 2005 and 2007 World Championship.[2]

References
  1. NASL Jerseys: Drew Ferguson Retrieved on 14 February 2009
  2. "Drew Ferguson". www.canadasoccer.com. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  3. Kitchener/Waterloo Record: Kickers, coach play waiting game 25 September 1991
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