Mark Sherrod

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Mark Sherrod
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-08-13) August 13, 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2009–2013 Memphis Tigers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 Chattanooga FC 12 (3)
2012–2013 Portland Timbers U23s 24 (11)
2014 Houston Dynamo 9 (2)
2015–2016 San Jose Earthquakes 6 (0)
2015 → Sacramento Republic (loan) 5 (1)
2016 → Sacramento Republic (loan) 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 29, 2016

Mark Sherrod (born August 13, 1990) is a former American professional soccer player who played as a forward in Major League Soccer.

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Career

Early career

Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Sherrod played high-school soccer at Carter High School where he scored 172 goals during his time there with 63 goals coming his final season at the school. [1] It was during that final season that Sherrod also won the Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year award. [1] He then went on to attend the University of Memphis where he played college soccer for the Memphis Tigers. [2] During the summers, Mark spent 2011 playing with Chattanooga FC [3] and 2012 and 2013 with Portland Timbers U23s.

Professional

On January 16, 2014, it was announced that Sherrod had been drafted by the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer in the second-round of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft. [4] He then made his professional debut for the Dynamo on March 8, 2014, against the New England Revolution. He came on in the 90th minute for Will Bruin as the Dynamo won 4–0. [5]

On May 11, 2014, Sherrod make his first career start and scored his first MLS goals, scoring twice against Real Salt Lake. Sherrod went on to start the next three games for the Dynamo before having his promising rookie season come to a close with a torn ACL on May 21, 2014. [6]

At the conclusion of the 2014 MLS season, Sherrod was left unprotected by Houston for the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft and he was selected by Orlando City SC. The following day Sherrod was traded to San Jose Earthquakes for a second-round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. [7]

Sherrod started two games with the San Jose Earthquakes in 2015, and did not appear in any games with the team in 2016 after suffering another left knee injury. [8]

Mark retired at the age of 26 before the 2017 season due to recurring knee injuries. [9] Upon retiring from his professional soccer career, Mark entered the world of tech SaaS sales.[ citation needed ]

Career statistics

As of July 7, 2014 [10] [11] [12]
ClubSeasonLeagueMLS CupU.S. Open Cup CONCACAF Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Memphis Tigers 2010 NCAA D-1 174——0000174
Memphis Tigers 2011 NCAA D-1 1819——00001819
Memphis Tigers 2012 NCAA D-1 1812——00001812
Portland Timbers U23s 2012 PDL 1610——00001610
Memphis Tigers 2013 NCAA D-1 187——00001817
Portland Timbers U23s 2013 PDL 81——000081
Houston Dynamo 2014 MLS 92——000092
San Jose Earthquakes 2015 MLS 60——200080
Career total1045500000010455

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sherrod gets Gatorade state player of year". Knox News. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ "In the News: Tigers' Mark Sherrod on All-AAC soccer team". Commercial Appeal. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Shout "Timber" for Sherrod | Chattanooga Football Club". Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ Willis, Richard (January 16, 2014). "Dynamo Draft Picks: #32, Mark Sherrod". Dynamo Theory. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Houston vs. New England". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ Ortiz, Jose de Jesus. "Dynamo's Sherrod lost for season with torn ACL". blog.chron.com. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Orlando City Trade Mark Sherrod for 2015 SuperDraft Pick | Orlando City".
  8. ↑ "Carter to retire MLS player Mark Sherrod's soccer jersey". KnoxNews.com. December 16, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Who's in and who's out for San Jose Earthquakes this year". The Mercury News. March 3, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  10. ↑ Mark Sherrod at Soccerway
  11. ↑ "Portland Timbers U-23 Stats". Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Mark Sherrod Memphis Tigers Profile". Memphis Tigers.


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