| Mark Village | |
| Birth Date: | 25 November 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada |
| Height: | 1.88 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthclubs1: | Abbotsford Mariners |
| Collegeyears1: | 2011–2014 |
| College1: | UFV Cascades |
| Collegecaps1: | 46 |
| Collegegoals1: | 0 |
| Years1: | 2012 |
| Clubs1: | Fraser Valley Mariners |
| Caps1: | 15 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018 |
| Clubs3: | FC Cincinnati |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Clubs4: | Pacific FC |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Pacific FC |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 32 |
| Totalgoals: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2020–2022 |
| Managerclubs1: | Pacific FC (goalkeepers) |
| Manageryears2: | 2023– |
| Managerclubs2: | Vancouver FC (goalkeepers) |
| Club-Update: | 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.
Village played youth soccer with the Abbotsford Mariners.[1] He began playing goalkeeper at age 10.[2]
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]
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.
In March 2015, after first going on trial,[8] he signed a professional contract with USL club Whitecaps FC 2.[9] [10] In March 2017, he extended his contract with the club.[11] [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]
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]