Mark Village

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Mark Village
Village warming up with FC Cincinnati in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-11-25) November 25, 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Abbotsford Mariners
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 UFV Cascades 46 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Fraser Valley Mariners 15 (0)
2015–2017 Whitecaps FC 2 1 (0)
2018 FC Cincinnati 0 (0)
2019 Pacific FC 16 (0)
2020–2022 Pacific FC 0 (0)
Total 32 (0)
Managerial career
2020–2022 Pacific FC (goalkeepers)
2023– Vancouver FC (goalkeepers)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 4, 2022

Mark Village (born November 25, 1991) is a Canadian soccer coach and former player who currently serves as the goalkeepers coach for Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League.

Early life

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Village played youth soccer with the Abbotsford Mariners.[1] He began playing goalkeeper at age 10.[2]

University career

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In 2009, he began attending the University of the Fraser Valley, where he played for the men's soccer team in 2011.[3][4] In his first season in 2011, Village started seven matches and recorded one shutout on September 9 against Trinity Western.[3] In 2012, he was named to the 2012 Canada West All-Star team.[5] In 2012, he was named UFV MVP and helped them win a bronze medal in 2013.[6] He holds several of UFV's Canada West-era goalkeeping records, including most wins (16), shutouts (11), minutes played (4,194), games played (46) and save percentage (.726).[4]

Club career

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In 2012, he played with the Fraser Valley Mariners in the Premier Development League.[7] That season, he started 15 games and led the league in saves with 103, and recorded a season high 11 saves in the final match of the season against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC U23.[8]

In March 2015, after first going on trial,[9] he signed a professional contract with USL club Whitecaps FC 2.[10][11] In March 2017, he extended his contract with the club.[8][12] Village made his professional debut for Whitecaps 2 on October 7, 2017, against the Real Monarchs, during which he made a 5th minute diving save to deny a goal attempt by Daniel Haber,[13] which was later selected as the USL Fans' Choice Save of the Month for October 2017.[14]

In November 2017, Village moved to fellow USL club FC Cincinnati for the 2018 season.[15][16]

In January 2019, Village joined Pacific FC of the Canadian Premier League.[17][18][19] 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.[20] On November 4, 2019 the club announced it would not be offering Village a contract for the following season.[21] After becoming the club's goalkeeping coach in 2020, he occasionally served as the team's backup goalkeeper in emergency situations from 2020 to 2022.[22]

Coaching career

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On February 28, 2020, Village announced his retirement from professional soccer, and that he would be remaining with Pacific as the club's goalkeeper coach under new manager Pa-Modou Kah.[23][24][25] With Pacific, he won the 2021 CPL Championship.[26] He departed the club after the 2022 season.[27]

In December 2022, it was announced that he would join Vancouver FC, as their goalkeepers coach for the 2023 season.[28]

References

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  1. ^ Dailey, Christopher (October 2, 2019). "Interview #21- Mark Village". The Sports Court Blog.
  2. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (September 10, 2019). "Goalkeeper Mark Village key to Pacific FC's late push". Times Colonist.
  3. ^ a b "Mark Village Whitecaps profile". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  4. ^ a b Kinvig, Dan (April 23, 2019). "Alumni Spotlight: Village primed for Canadian Premier League launch". UFV Cascades.
  5. ^ Russell, Anne (November 2, 2012). "Cascade soccer's Mark Village named to the 2012 Canada West All-Star team". UFV Today.
  6. ^ Broadbent, Vanessa (April 1, 2015). "UFV Cascades' Mark Village signs with Whitecaps FC2". The Cascade.
  7. ^ "Mariners set sail on new PDL soccer season". Abbotsford News. May 22, 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Whitecaps FC 2 re-sign goalkeeper Mark Village to USL roster". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. March 17, 2017. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017.
  9. ^ "'Keep the dream going': Mark Village intent on making most of opportunity with Pacific FC". Canadian Premier League. January 23, 2019.
  10. ^ "WFC2 Add Two Local Players and Spanish International". Our Sports Central. March 25, 2015.
  11. ^ "UFV goalkeeper going pro with the Whitecaps". Abbotsford News. March 26, 2015.
  12. ^ "WFC2 Re-Signs Goalkeeper Village". USL Championship. March 17, 2017.
  13. ^ "Vote For Village For USL Save Of The Year". FC Cincinnati. November 30, 2017.
  14. ^ "Village Nabs Fans' Choice Save of the Month". United Soccer League. October 23, 2017.
  15. ^ Kimura, Fumi (November 21, 2017). "FCC Adds Seymore, Village, Cicerone". FC Cincinnati.
  16. ^ Hatch, Charlie (November 21, 2017). "FC Cincinnati signs four, including a goalkeeper and two former Alan Koch players". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
  17. ^ "Pacific Football Club Adds Goalkeeper Village, Midfielder Verhoeven to Growing Roster". Pacific FC. January 21, 2019. Archived from the original on January 21, 2019.
  18. ^ "Pacific FC add Verhoeven and Village, continue streak of B.C. signings". Canadian Premier League. January 21, 2019.
  19. ^ "Academy graduate Noah Verhoeven and goalkeeper Mark Village join Pacific FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 21, 2019.
  20. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (April 28, 2019). "Pacific FC rides purple wave to first-ever victory". Times Colonist.
  21. ^ "Pacific FC Announce First Roster Moves". Pacific FC. November 4, 2019. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019.
  22. ^ Longo, Jack (March 10, 2022). "2022 Coaching Staff – Mark Village and Armando Sá". Pacific FC.
  23. ^ "Pacific FC's Mark Village retires; named goalkeeper coach". Canadian Premier League. February 28, 2020. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020.
  24. ^ Jacques, John (February 29, 2020). "Pacific FC Adds Mark Village As Goalkeeper Coach". Northern Tribune.
  25. ^ Bauman, Martin (April 2, 2020). "Pacific FC's Mark Village finds new lease on life as team's goalkeeping coach". Canadian Premier League.
  26. ^ Longo, Jack (November 22, 2022). "Thank You, Mark Village!". Pacific FC.
  27. ^ Jacques, John (November 22, 2022). "Pacific Announces Mark Village Exit". Northern Tribune.
  28. ^ "Niall Thompson, Mark Village join Vancouver FC coaching staff". Canadian Premier League. December 16, 2022.
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