Drew Ferguson is a Canadian former

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player. He was born in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada on November 9, 1957.

Early life

He began playing soccer when he was five years old with the Powell River Lions. 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. 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.

Club career

Ferguson received initial attention during the 1977 Canada Games where he scored in the final championship game. He started his

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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. 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

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, Cleveland Force, New York Cosmos, Chicago Sting, and Cleveland Crunch. During this time, he was named MVP three times.

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

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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

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match against the United States in Torrance, California.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

Managerial career

Ferguson served as the head coach and general manager for the

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of the

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in 1991, He currently serves as the coach for the Canadian Para soccer team.

References

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