Morris joined the Seattle Sounders FC youth academy for one season before starting his college career at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Morris played 21 games as a freshman at Stanford with six goals and seven assists.
Morris scored 13 goals as a junior in 2015 as Stanford won their second straight Pac-12 Championship. He scored twice in a round of 16 win in the NCAA Tournament and in the quarter-finals, he scored in the 18th minute as Stanford upset number one seed Wake Forest 2-1. Morris also scored 87 seconds into the National Championship Game and added a second goal in the 51st minute as Stanford beat Clemson 4-0.
In addition to winning the Pac-12 Player of the Year honour, Morris was named the 2015 Hermann Trophy Award winner, given to the best male player in NCAA Division I soccer.
Morris went to Germany in January 2016 and had a trial with Werder Bremen during the Bundesliga winter break. He had an assist in a friendly against Inter Baku and was offered a contract to play for the German side.
In the MLS play-offs, he scored in both legs against Colorado Rapids as Seattle advanced 3-1 on aggregate. Morris played 108 minutes in the MLS Cup final but was subbed off before the Sounders beat Toronto FC on penalty kicks to lift the trophy. Morris was named the 2016 MLS Rookie of the Year.
Morris played in just 25 games in 2017, with injuries leaving him out of the line-up twice. When he was available, he scored three goals and added one assist in 22 starts. Morris was limited to coming off the bench in the play-offs, and he played just 19 minutes in the MLS Cup final loss to Toronto FC.
Morris made a triumphant return to action with two goals against expansion side FC Cincinnati on March 2, 2019. He scored again two games later against Chicago Fire while also adding an assist. After scoring just once in 11 starts, Morris found the net against Houston and added two goals in the next game against Sporting KC. He finished the regular season with three goals in five games and tallied 10 regular season goals in 26 outings overall.
Morris scored a hat-trick as Seattle beat FC Dallas in the Western Conference quarter-finals. Seattle added another MLS Cup as they beat Toronto FC 3-1, with Morris registering one shot on goal but not scoring in 84 minutes of action. Morris was still named the MLS Comeback Player of the Year, though.
Morris got off to a great start in 2020 with a brace against Chicago in a 2-1 win. The 2020 MLS season was then shut down due to COVID-19 before resuming for the MLS Is Back tournament in July. In three group-stage games, Morris had one goal and two assists as the Sounders advanced, but they were knocked out in the round of 16.
When the regular season resumed, Morris scored twice against LAFC and produced two assists and a goal against San Jose. Morris finished with 10 goals and seven assists in 23 games, leading Seattle to the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference play-offs. Morris was named in the MLS Best XI for the first time in 2020.
He was called up to the senior USA national team for an August 28, 2014, friendly against the Czech Republic. He did not play in that game but made his debut two months later in a 4-1 loss to the Republic of Ireland. The appearance made Morris the first college player to be called up to the senior national team since 1999.
Morris attended Mercer Island High School and his father, Dr Michael Morris, is the chief medical director of the Seattle Sounders. He has three siblings, Christopher, Julian and Talia.
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