Grew up on the South Coast of Massachusetts in a Portuguese community and soccer has always been a big part of his life. Played his preferred position as a midfielder for many years proudly representing Dartmouth, MA playing for DYSA and Dartmouth High School. Later went on to coach the U8 team at DYSA.

When he is not playing or coaching soccer, he is probably watching his favorite team Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Professionally, Dercy works for a software company based in Washington D.C.