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    Jordan Morris

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    A Washington-born forward who has been a regular for Seattle Sounders and the USMNT, Jordan Morris ventured into Europe with a loan move to Swansea City in 2021.

    Jordan Perry Morris was born in the state of Washington in 1994. He grew up on Mercer Island, which is part of the Seattle metropolitan area.
    Morris played for Eastside FC from the age of 10 to 17 with the B94 Red team. During his tenure in the U-11 to U-17 sides, they won six Washington State titles and finished third twice at the US Youth Soccer National Championships.
    Morris was named the NSCAA Washington State Player of the Year and a High School All-American in 2012.

    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 turned pro after the 2015 season instead of returning to Stanford for his senior campaign. The Seattle Sounders held his rights and his father worked for the team.

    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.

    However, on January 21, 2016, Morris turned down Werder Bremen and signed with Seattle Sounders FC. His contract was the most valuable ever given by an MLS team to a Homegrown Player at the time at $250,000 a year.

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