MONTREAL — Sounders midfielder Harry Shipp wasn’t much of a fit last year during his lone season with this city’s Montreal Impact.
But Shipp on Friday likely felt more at home during a workout on the bouncy, uneven Olympic Stadium turf than any of his Sounders teammates. The artificial surface is over a concrete floor that makes it one of the hardest in Major League Soccer and could pose interesting challenges Saturday when the Sounders play their second regular season game.
“It’s different when you’re (playing) here, I think you think of it as kind of an advantage,” Shipp said.