Harry Shipp

Harrison "Harry" Shipp (born November 7, 1991) is a former American soccer player who last played as a midfielder for Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer.

Harry Shipp
Personal information
Full name Harrison Shipp[1]
Date of birth (1991-11-07) November 7, 1991
Place of birth Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2010 Chicago Fire
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 84 (23)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Chicago Fire Premier 12 (4)
2014–2015 Chicago Fire 66 (10)
2016 Montreal Impact 27 (2)
2017–2020 Seattle Sounders FC 64 (10)
2017–2018 → Seattle Sounders FC 2 (loan) 4 (0)
Total 180 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 16, 2020

Early life and college

Shipp was born in Lake Forest, Illinois, and attended Lake Forest High School. He played club soccer for the official youth soccer club of the Chicago Fire, The Chicago Fire Juniors North. Following high school, Shipp attended the University of Notre Dame and played four seasons there, scoring 23 goals and tallying 24 assists in 83 matches.[1] He finished his collegiate career by helping lead Notre Dame to their first ever NCAA College Cup appearance and victory. Following the 2013 season, he was nominated for the prestigious MAC-Hermann Trophy, but eventually lost out to University of Maryland striker Patrick Mullins.[2] Shipp did, however, win the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year award.

Club career

Throughout Notre Dame's college cup run, there was much discussion whether Shipp would be eligible for the MLS Superdraft, or could be signed to a homegrown contract by the Chicago Fire. After the Fire made a homegrown claim for his signature, some MLS clubs requested for the league to verify whether he was classified as a homegrown talent.[3] After MLS confirmed his status as a homegrown player, the Fire signed Shipp to a homegrown deal, making him the third in the club's history after Victor Pineda and Kellen Gulley.[4] He made his first appearance for Chicago by playing the full 90 minutes in an away match against Portland Timbers on March 16, 2014. On May 11, 2014, Shipp scored his first goal and his first professional hat trick for the Fire in a 5–4 away victory at New York Red Bulls.[5] On June 7, 2014, Shipp scored two goals at Toyota Park in a losing effort against Seattle Sounders FC in which the final score was 3–2.

On February 13, 2016, Shipp was traded to Montreal Impact for general allocation and targeted allocation money.[6]

On December 22, 2016, Montreal traded Shipp to newly crowned MLS Cup champion Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for allocation money.[7] Shipp made his Sounders debut on March 11, 2017, when he started against his former team in a 2–2 draw against Montreal.[8] Shipp scored his first Sounders goal in a 3–1 win over New York on March 19, 2017, redirecting a shot by Joevin Jones into the goal.[9] He won a MLS Cup with Seattle in 2019 and was part of the team's midfield rotation during the regular season and playoffs. On June 16, 2020, Shipp announced his retirement from professional soccer to pursue an MBA at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. He had been accepted to the program during the league's suspension for the COVID-19 pandemic but halted his announcement while serving as a team representative for the MLS is Back Tournament.[10][11]

Career statistics
As of June 2020[12]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup[lower-alpha 1]ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chicago Fire2014MLS33710—347
201533340373
Chicago total661050—7110
Montreal Impact2016MLS27210—2[lower-alpha 2]0302
Seattle Sounders FC2017182103[lower-alpha 2]0222
2018193213[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 2]0254
201925510—00265
202020—0[lower-alpha 3]00020
Seattle total64104130407511
Seattle Sounders FC 2 (loan)2018USL40—40
Career totals16122101306018023
  1. Appearances in the Canadian Championship and U.S. Open Cup.
  2. Appearances in the MLS Cup playoffs.
  3. Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League.

Honors

Club
Seattle Sounders FC

Individual
  • NCAA Division I Championship 2013
  • ACC Offensive Player of the Year 2013[14]
  • First team All-America selection
  • Finalist for both the MAC Hermann Trophy and the Senior CLASS Award
  • Most Outstanding Offensive Player at the NCAA Championship
  • Capital One Academic All-American of the Year for Men's Soccer
  • NSCAA Scholar-All-America Player of the Year
  • ACC Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year award

Family and personal life

Shipp is the oldest of four children born to his parents, Terry and Kathleen. His younger brother, Michael, played soccer with him at Notre Dame. At the end of 2016, Shipp proposed to his long-time girlfriend Maria Kosse, whom he met while at Notre Dame.

References
  1. "RELEASE: Chicago Fire Soccer Club Signs Harrison Shipp as Homegrown Player". chicagofirefc.com. Chicago Fire. January 9, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. "Mullins, Brian, named 2013 Hermann Trophy winners". sbisoccer.com. Soccer By Ives. January 11, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  3. "Homegrown Harrison Shipp says joining Fire first team is "dream come true"". chicagofirefc.com. Chicago Fire. January 9, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  4. "Fire sign Notre Dame's Harrison Shipp to Homegrown deal – Chicago Fire Confidential". chicagonow.com. Chicago Now. January 9, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  5. "New York RB vs. Chicago Fire". soccerway.com. Soccerway. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  6. "Chicago Fire trade Harry Shipp to Montreal Impact". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. February 13, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  7. Sounders FC Staff (December 22, 2017). "Seattle Sounders acquire midfielder Harry Shipp from Montreal Impact in exchange for allocation money". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  8. Sounders FC Communications (March 11, 2017). "Sounders FC secures late 2-2 draw on the road with Montreal Impact at Olympic Stadium". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  9. Sounders FC Communications (March 19, 2017). "Sounders FC runs past Red Bulls with 3-1 win in 2017 home-opener". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  10. Evans, Jayda (July 3, 2020). "Sounders leave for MLS tournament in Florida, but some fans wish they had stayed home". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  11. "Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Harry Shipp announces retirement from soccer, will pursue MBA". MLSsoccer.com. June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  12. "Harry Shipp". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  13. "Seattle Sounders are 2019 MLS Cup champions: Rave Green win second MLS title". Major League Soccer. November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  14. "Harrison Shipp | Chicago Fire". Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

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