SEATTLE — Harry Shipp’s season has not gone how he probably hoped it would. At one point, he went about two-and-a-half months without playing. After May 27, he started twice in a 20-game span. Through it all, head coach Brian Schmetzer repeatedly sung his Shipp’s ability to continue working hard in training and help in any way he could.
As the season wore toward the end, though, Shipp saw an increase in minutes. He even started both games of the Western Conference semifinals.
His appearance in Thursday’s Western Conference final was as a late sub with the Sounders already holding a 4-0 aggregate-goal lead.