Drew Ferguson (soccer)

Drew Ferguson
Personal information
Date of birth	November 9, 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
Position(s)	midfielder or defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978	Vancouver Whitecaps
1979–1982	Edmonton Drillers
1982–1983	Buffalo Stallions
1983–1984	Cleveland Force
1984–1985	New York Cosmos
1985–1986	Chicago Sting
1987–1989	Hamilton Steelers
1989–1990	Cleveland Crunch
International career‡
1985–1991	Canada
Managerial career
1990–1991	Kitchener Spirit
	*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 former Canadian soccer player. He was born in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada on November 9, 1957.

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 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]

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 April 1989	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	1–0	1–0	Friendly match

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