Mark Village

Mark Village (born November 25, 1991) is a Canadian soccer coach and former player who serves as a goalkeeper coach for Pacific FC.

For the village in England, see Mark, Somerset.

Mark Village
Village warming up with FC Cincinnati in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-11-25) November 25, 1991
Place of birth Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Pacific FC (goalkeeper coach)
Youth career
2012 Fraser Valley Mariners
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 UFV Cascades
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Whitecaps FC 2 1 (0)
2018 FC Cincinnati 0 (0)
2019 Pacific FC 16 (0)
Total 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 16, 2019

Club career

Early career

Mark Village was born on November 25, 1991 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. He began his soccer career playing for the Abbotsford Mariners in 2012.[1]

Village attended University of the Fraser Valley, where he played goalkeeper for the UFV Cascades. In the 2012–13 season, he was named to the Canada West Second Team All-Star team and also named as MVP for UFV.[2]

Whitcaps FC 2

On March 25, 2015, Village signed as a free agent with Whitecaps FC 2, a United Soccer League club based in Vancouver. Whitecaps 2 re-signed Village for the 2017 season on March 17, 2017.[3]

Village made his professional debut for Whitecaps 2 on October 7, 2017, when he played the full 90 minutes of an away match against Real Monarchs. In the 5th minute, Village made a diving save to deny a goal attempt by Daniel Haber. This save was later selected as the USL Fans' Choice Save of the Month for October 2017.[4]

FC Cincinnati

On November 21, 2017, Village transferred across the USL by signing with FC Cincinnati.[5] This was Village's second time playing under FC Cincinnati head coach Alan Koch, as Koch had been the head coach of Whitecaps FC 2 from 2015 to 2016.[2]

Pacific FC

Village joined Pacific FC of the Canadian Premier League on January 21, 2019.[6] He played in Pacific's first ever game on April 28, 2019 and kept a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory over HFX Wanderers FC, the first clean sheet in league history.[7] On November 4, 2019 the club announced it would not be offering Village a contract for the following season.[8]

Coaching career

On February 28, 2020, Village announced his retirement from professional football, and that he would be remaining with Pacific as the club's goalkeeper coach under new manager Pa-Modou Kah.[9]

References
  1. "Mark Village". UFV Cascades. University of the Fraser Valley. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  2. "17 - Mark Village". FC Cincinnati. 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  3. "Whitecaps FC 2 re-sign goalkeeper Mark Village to USL roster". Vancouver Whitecaps. March 17, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  4. "Village Nabs Fans' Choice Save of the Month". USLSoccer.com. United Soccer League. October 23, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  5. Kimura, Fumi (November 21, 2017). "FCC Adds Seymore, Village, Cicerone". FC Cincinnati. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  6. "Pacific Football Club Adds Goalkeeper Village, Midfielder Verhoeven to Growing Roster". January 21, 2019.
  7. Dheensaw, Cleve. "Pacific FC rides purple wave to first-ever victory". Times Colonist. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  8. "Pacific FC Announce First Roster Moves". Pacific FC. November 4, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  9. "Pacific FC's Mark Village retires; named goalkeeper coach". Canadian Premier League. February 28, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
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