Drew Ferguson... both of his parents were born in Winnipeg... grew up participating in soccer, athletics, basketball, volleyball, baseball... he was five years old when he started playing soccer for Powell River Lions... growing up, favourites included Pelé, George Best, Alan Best, Liverpool... grew up just down the street from future pro hockey player Gary Lupul... earned his Canada Soccer Coaching B Diploma in 2006...
honoured by the Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia...
career 12 international appearances across 12 years from 1980 to 1991 with Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team, including 10 international "A" appearances...
an NASL Indoor Season winner with Vancouver Whitecaps FC (1981-82)... with British Columbia, a Canada Games gold medal winner in 1977...
wrote the Vancouver Whitecaps in 1979, “an aggressive, forward-going midfield player”... wrote the Edmonton Drillers in 1981, “a will to run and strong legs enable him to cover a large area of the field and get to the ball quickly”...
he was 27 years old when he made his debut for Canada at the national A level (10 March 1985)... represented Canada at the 1991 North American Nations Cup...
served as head coach of Canada’s Para Soccer program starting in 2004... served as Canada’s coach at the 2005 CP-ISRA World Championship in New London, CT... served as Canada’s head coach when the team won a bronze medal at the Parapanamerican Games Rio 2007... served as Canada’s coach at the 2007 CP-ISRA World Championship in Rio, Brasil... served as Canada’s coach at the 2009 CP-ISRA World Championship in Netherlands... served as Canada’s coach at the 2011 CP-ISRA World Championship in Netherlands... served as Canada’s coach at the 2015 CP-ISRA World Championship in Netherlands...
