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Jordan Morris
Personal information
Full name Jordan Morris
Date of birth (1994-10-26) October 26, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Seattle, Washington, United States
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Stanford Cardinal
Number 13
Youth career
2009–2012 Eastside FC
2012–2013 Seattle Sounders FC
2013– Stanford Cardinal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Seattle Sounders FC U-23 4 (1)
International career‡
2013 United States U20 3 (1)
2014– United States U23 8 (4)
2014– United States 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 29, 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 11, 2015

Jordan Morris (born October 26, 1994) is an American soccer player who currently plays college soccer at Stanford University.

Career

Youth, College and Amateur

Morris began his youth career with Eastside FC where he played from 2009 to 2012 before joining the Sounders FC youth academy for one season.[1] On February 6, 2012, Morris signed a letter of intent to play college soccer at Stanford University.[2][3]

In his freshman year with the Cardinal, Morris appeared in all 21 matches and led all Pac-12 freshman with seven assists and 19 points and tied for the lead with six goals and helped lead his team to their first NCAA Tournament since 2009[4] where they would eventually fall 1-0 to #2 seed Washington in the Round of 16.[5] He went on to be named first team All-Pac-12 that year.[6]

Morris also spent time with Seattle Sounders FC U-23 in the USL Premier Development League.[7]

International

On May 22, 2013, Morris was one of 22 players named to the U.S. under-20 squad for the Toulon Tournament where he made three appearances.[8] He also made an appearances for the U.S. under-23 national team on August 6, 2014 and scored in a 5-1 win over Barbados.[9]

On August 28, 2014, Morris received his first senior call up to the U.S. men's national team for the friendly against Czech Republic on September 3, making him the first college player to be called into squad since Chris Albright was called up in 1999 while he was still playing at the University of Virginia.[10][11] However, he was left on the bench.

On November 18, 2014, Morris made his international debut in a 4-1 defeat to Ireland.[12]

On April 15, 2015 he scored his first U.S. men's national team goal against Mexico in an international friendly.[13]

International goals

Score and result list United States goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 15 April 2015 Alamodome, San Antonio, United States  Mexico 1–0 2–0 Friendly [1]

Personal life

Morris was born in Seattle, Washington to Michael and Leslie Morris; his father, Dr. Michael Morris is the Chief Medical Director of Seattle Sounders FC.[14] he has three siblings named Christopher, Julian and Talia.[15] He attended Mercer Island High School.


Honors

Individual

References

  1. ^ Clark, Dave (21 September 2012). "Morris leaves H.S. as midfielder, joins academy as forward". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Eight Sounders FC Academy Players Commit to Colleges". SoundersFC.com. Sounders FC Public Relations. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  3. ^ Fann, Joe (7 February 2012). "Interview: Jordan Morris - Sounders FC Academy". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Stanford Will Dance". GoStanford.com. Stanford Athletics. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Late Goal Ends Campaign". GoStanford.com. Stanford Athletics. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Eight Named All-Pac-12". GoStanford.com. Stanford Athletics. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  7. ^ "2014 Seattle Sounders FC U-23 stats". USLsoccer.com. United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Tab Ramos Names 22-Player U-20 MNT Roster for Toulon Tournament from May 28-June 8 in France". USsoccer.com. U.S. Soccer. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  9. ^ "U.S. U-23s Post 5-1 Victory Against Bahamas First Team". USsoccer.com. U.S. Soccer. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  10. ^ Pentz, Matt (28 August 2014). "Jordan Morris, a Sounders academy product, called up to national team". SeattleTimes.com. The Seattle Times. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  11. ^ Prince-Wright, Joe. "Who is Jordan Morris? College player gets US national team call up for friendly". NBCsports.com. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  12. ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/01/02/usmnt-seattle-sounders-academy-prospect-jordan-morris-opts-return-stanford
  13. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/04/15/sports/soccer/ap-soc-mexico-us.html?_r=0
  14. ^ "DR. MICHAEL MORRIS-TEAM STAFF-SOUNDERS FC FRONT OFFICE". soundersfc.com. Seattle Sounders FC. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  15. ^ "Jordan Morris Bio". Stanford University. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  16. ^ http://pac-12.com/article/2014/11/20/pac-12-announces-mens-soccer-all-conference-honors
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