| Intro | Footballer | ||||
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| From | United States of America | ||||
| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 7 November 1991, Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.A. | ||||
| Age: | 28 years | ||||
| Star sign | Scorpio | ||||
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Harrison “Harry” Shipp (born November 7, 1991) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.
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 scoring 23 goals and tallying 24 assists in 83 matches. 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. Shipp did, however, win the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Year
Family and Personal Life
Harry is the oldest of four children born to his parents, Terry and Kathleen. Harry’s younger brother, Michael, played soccer with him at Notre Dame and will begin medical school next year. His sister Abby attended the University of Denver and now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. His sister Sammy is a senior at Vanderbilt University and will be working in Washington, DC after graduation.
At the end of 2016, Harry proposed to his long-time girlfriend Maria Kosse. They met at Notre Dame and they are now excited to move to Seattle and begin the next chapter of their life together.
Playing career
Club
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 classed as a homegrown talent.
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. He made his first appearance for Chicago Fire playing 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 Chicago Fire in a 5–4 away victory at Red Bull New York. On June 7, 2014, Shipp scored two goals at Toyota Park in a losing effort against the Seattle Sounders in which the final score was 3–2 Seattle.
On February 13, 2016, Shipp was traded to Montreal Impact for general allocation and targeted allocation money.
On December 22, 2016, Montreal traded Shipp to newly crowned MLS Cup Champion Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for allocation money. Shipp made his Sounders debut on March 11, 2017, when he started against his former team in a 2-2 draw against Montreal. 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.
Career Statistics
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | Continental Cup | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Chicago Fire | 2014 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 7 |
| 2015 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 8 | |
| Chicago Fire total | 66 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 10 | 15 | |
| Montreal Impact | 2016 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 3 |
| Montreal Impact total | 27 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 3 | |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Seattle Sounders FC total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 95 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 13 | 18 | |
Stats accurate as of March 20, 2017
Honors
Individual
- NCAA Division I Championship 2013
- ACC Offensive Player of the Year 2013
- 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