Harrison "Harry" Shipp (born November 7, 1991) is a former American

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player who last played as a midfielder for

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Early life and college

Shipp was born in

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, 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

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and played four seasons there, scoring 23 goals and tallying 24 assists in 83 matches. He finished his collegiate career by helping lead Notre Dame to their first ever

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appearance and victory. Following the 2013 season, he was nominated for the prestigious MAC-Hermann Trophy, but eventually lost out to

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striker Patrick Mullins. Shipp did, however, win the 2013

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award.

Club career

Throughout Notre Dame's college cup run, there was much discussion whether Shipp would be eligible for the

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, 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. 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

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. He made his first appearance for Chicago by playing the full 90 minutes in an away match against

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on March 16, 2014. On May 11, 2014, Shipp scored his first goal and his first professional

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for the Fire in a 5–4 away victory at

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. On June 7, 2014, Shipp scored two goals at Toyota Park in a losing effort against

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. On December 22, 2016, Montreal traded Shipp to newly crowned

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champion

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

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. Shipp scored his first Sounders goal in a 3–1 win over

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on March 19, 2017, redirecting a shot by Joevin Jones into the goal. On June 16, 2020, Shipp announced his retirement from professional soccer to pursue an MBA at

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Career statistics

Honors

Club

;Seattle Sounders FC *

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Individual

* NCAA Division I Championship

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* 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

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

External links

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Notre Dame Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shipp, Harry 1991 births Living people All-American men's college soccer players American soccer players Association football forwards Chicago Fire FC players Chicago Fire U-23 players Homegrown Players (MLS) Major League Soccer players CF Montréal players NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player winners Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer players Seattle Sounders FC players Tacoma Defiance players Soccer players from Illinois Sportspeople from Lake Forest, Illinois USL Championship players USL League Two players