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Harry Shipp announces retirement from MLS

After seven years with the Chicago Fire, Montreal Impact and Seattle Sounders, Lake Forest’s Harry Shipp is retiring from Major League Soccer.

“This was not an easy decision because of all the amazing people at the Sounders, but I am excited to take this next step in my life,” said Shipp in a Sounders release. “I am grateful that I was I was able to live out my childhood dreams. I grew up going to MLS games, was part of an MLS Academy in its infancy, and then got the opportunity to play for three clubs all over the continent.