Harry Shipp was a part of the 2016 Montreal Impact side that fell to Toronto FC in the 2016 Eastern Conference Championship and came up just short of taking on the Seattle Sounders for MLS Cup. Now, though, little remains from that Montreal team.
Only nine players on the Impact’s current roster were there just 16 months ago. Only six of the top 18 players in minutes played are still around. Shipp is in Seattle. Didier Drogba joined Phoenix Rising. Laurent Ciman was traded to LAFC. Patrice Bernie retired.
Montreal even had several players join in 2017 only to leave after a year, most notably Blerim Du017eemaili, who returned to Bologna in Serie A, and Ballou Tabla, who transferred to Barcelona B.