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. 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. 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. 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. 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. FC Cincinnati. On November 21, 2017, Village transferred across the  USL by signing with FC Cincinnati. 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. Pacific FC. Village joined Pacific FC of the Canadian Premier League on January 21, 2019. 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. On November 4, 2019 the club announced it would not be offering Village a contract for the following  season. After becoming the club's goalkeeping coach in 2020, he occasionally served as the team's backup goalkeeper in emergency situations in 2020 and 2021. Coaching career. 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. Honours. Club. Pacific FC