Career
Early 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. He then went on to attend the University of Memphis where he played college soccer for the Memphis Tigers. During the summers, Mark spent 2011 playing with Chattanooga Football Club 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 Master of Library Science SuperDraft.
He then made his professional debut for the Dynamo on March 8, 2014 against the New England Revolution. On May 11, 2014 Sherrod make his first career start and scored his first Master of Library Science 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 Anterior Cruciate Ligament on May 21, 2014. At the conclusion of the 2014 Master of Library Science season, Sherrod was left unprotected by Houston for the 2014 Master of Library Science Expansion Draft and he was selected by Orlando City South Carolina. The following day Sherrod was traded to San Jose Earthquakes for a second-round pick in the 2015 Master of Library Science SuperDraft.