Morris Among Washington's Best

STANFORD, Calif. – Jordan Morris, the 2015 MAC Hermann Trophy winner and current Seattle Sounders forward, was one of 18 players named to Washington Youth Soccer's All-Time Men's Team announced Thursday.
 
The organization is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016 and during the first half of the year held a public vote to determine which players the soccer community felt were the best. A panel of long-time, Washington soccer experts then helped create the best roster of 18 men that the state has produced, of which Morris is the youngest member.
 
Morris, who decided to forgo his senior season on The Farm and signed with the Seattle Sounders as a Homegrown Player in January,  was named the Most Outstanding Player at the College Cup after leading the Cardinal to the program's first NCAA title with a two-goal performance in the championship in December. Stanford routed Clemson, 4-0, extending the school's streak of at least one NCAA team championship to 40 year (an ongoing record) while earning its 108th NCAA team title and 129th overall. Morris' two goals were the first multi-goal effort for a player in a title game since 1997.
 
The Pac-12 Player of the Year, Morris had a career-high 13 goals in 18 appearances for Stanford in 2015. In his final 14 games with the Cardinal, the junior had 12 goals, three assists and 27 points. He finished fifth in the country in game-winning goals (6), fifth in goals per game (0.72), seventh in total goals (13) and 12th in points per game (1.61). He finished his three-year collegiate career with 52 starts in 54 games played, 23 goals, including nine game winners, 16 assists and 62 points.
 
The Mercer Island, Wash. native has also appeared nine times for the MNT and in November 2014 became the first active collegian to do so since 1995 when he came on in the 76th minute in a friendly against Ireland in Dublin.
 
Morris leads all MLS rookies this season with a team-high seven goals and is slated to appear in the annual Chipotle Homegrown Game during MLS All-Star Week next week. The MLS Homegrown Team team will take on the Mexico Under-20 national team in the third incarnation of the Homegrown Game on July 27 at 6 p.m. at Avaya Stadium, the home of the San Jose Earthquakes.