Ferguson grew up learning football from his father.  A natural athlete, his skills were noticed by every football professional he came in contact with.  He worked out with D.C. United's Super Y-League team before he enrolled in Seton Hill University, a small college close to New York City, in South Orange, New Jersey.  At Seton Hall, he focused on his studies until 2005, when he was able to join the school’s soccer squad in his senior year.  After a good season with Seton Hall, Ferguson was introduced to USL officials by his coach, Dan McCarty, in 2006.  He was soon signed with the Delaware Dynasty, a USL team in the Professional Development League. 

During his time with the Dynasty, he worked out with the USL First Division team the Charleston Battery, and this proved his ability to handle the best football in the United States.  With Delaware, Ferguson had 30 appearances in two years, and he scored a goal in 2007.  He enjoyed regular workouts with the local USL First Division team, the Real Maryland Monarchs, and in 2008 he was offered a professional contract.  With the Monarchs, he played the second highest total minutes of any of his teammates, and earned 18 appearances.  He was cited for 15 fouls, indicating a willingness to make a rough tackle.  Other teammates had twice as many fouls as that, so he was by no means serving the “enforcer” role.  Ferguson also took five shots at the goal that year.

Name:  Daryl Ferguson
Club:  Real Maryland Monarchs (United States)
Position:  Defender
Age:  23
Birth Place:  Barbados
Height:  Not Available
Appearances:  48
Joined Club:  2008
Previous Clubs:  Seton Hall University 2005, Delaware Dynasty 2006-2007
International Team:  Barbados National Football Team

Player Information:  

At the tender age of 23, Daryl Ferguson has moved from his home in the small town of Lanham, Maryland, to the ivy walls of Seton Hall University in New Jersey, to the Professional Development League (PDL) of the United Soccer Leagues (USL), to the starting line-up of the Real Maryland Monarchs, one of the USL’s top league teams in the United States.  A tall and tough defender, Ferguson was eager to play internationally.  He is the child of a Barbadian mother, while his father is from Grenada, so he contacted both Grenada and Barbados to see if he could join their teams.  The Barbados team, the Bajan Pride, answered eagerly, and Ferguson paid his own way to the island nation to tryout with them in 2008.  He ended up on the pitch for 90 minutes in each of the Pride’s qualifying matches.  The Barbados team relied heavily on counterattacking and a packed defensive scheme.  He enjoyed a 2-0 victory against Aruba and a close loss to Jamaica by a score of 1-0.  Antigua and Barbuda ended the Pride’s run with a 2-1 defeat.