Mark Village

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 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 FC Cincinnati
Number 17
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 23, 2018

Mark Village (born November 25, 1991) is a Canadian soccer goalkeeper. He currently plays for FC Cincinnati in the United Soccer League.

Early life

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]

Career

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]

On November 21, 2017, Village transferred across the USL by signing with FC Cincinnati.[5] This is 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] Village generally plays as FC Cincinnati's second backup goalkeeper, as Evan Newton usually starts and Spencer Richey is usually the substitute keeper.

References

  1. ↑ "Mark Village". UFV Cascades. University of the Fraser Valley. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  2. 1 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.
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