Poor Harry Shipp can’t even get his own family to come see him play in his hometown.
Saturday’s road game in Chicago against the Fire marks the second time in as many years that midfielder Shipp will return there to play his former team. But while Shipp, who grew up in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forrest, Ill., will be playing in front of friends, the relatives will be AWOL.
“My sister’s graduating from Vanderbilt this weekend so my whole family is going to be out of town,” he said. “So, they’re not going to be there, but I have a whole bunch of friends that are coming.