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Jordan Morris will be staying stateside to continue his professional career after signing with the Seattle Sounders and turning down the Bundesliga offers.
“MLS proponents leaped at the opportunity to trumpet this as a major win for the American league, more evidence that MLS is becoming a growing power in world soccer. When young players are turning down the Bundesliga for MLS, it shows how great MLS is becoming, right? Normally, I’d say yes, this is a good win for MLS. It shows how far the league has come that players aren’t instantly dismissing it over a top European league. But at the same time: This isn’t a typical situation, and Jordan Morris isn’t a typical young man.”
Nate Scott, USA Today (
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Sorry guys you are terribly mistaken. The USNMT did not play down to their opponents. T&T is young skilled and hungry. When Mexico played them there was no mistaking the result as a fluke. Had people watch that game they would have realized that the USNMT was out but didn't know it.
Really… He chose the MLS over the bundes League.
he is not that good. if you arent signed by a euro club by 20, you arent going to be world class
Neither.
excellent point you ship your best players overseas to play in foreign leagues…MLS style and quality of play will never get to Euro leagues.
But i did not really see him in the Copa America
Nagbe and Giyoshi Zardes is good though
should have gone to the Eridivisie he's not quite up to Bundesliga standards and is more like a Jozy Altidore who can get hot and get cold. when he's cold he's ice cold and when he's hot he can't miss
Jordan should have went to Germany..different level of footballing culture than here in the usa
christian pulisic
Stop piling on Adu. He had more than his share of times he showed he was the best American on the field. He should've never been bouncing all over the world. The system failed him.
He made the right choice. If a mid level or higher ranked team gave him an offer I wouldn't be so sure. The way I see it is, If you are a professional US player good enough to play over seas you either choose selfishly and play with the best to better yourself as much as you can… or sacrifice your max potential for the chance to have MLS grow and encourage more home youth talent. It's gotta be tough to choose.
True,and I want to be the next big thing!!!!
He's really the next Jozy Altidore from what I've see.
4:16 "Get some experience over seas" how would this be possible if he wouldn't be receiving first team time?? The way to grow as a player is to get mins on the field… simply wouldn't have been possible if he made the move to the Bundesliga. The kid is 21 years old, last thing I would want to see is another promising U.S talent go abroad and fail. I was thrilled to see him stay in the states and be consistently getting first team time. Good for Jordan as an individual, and the league as a whole!
Good analysis guys. I agree with what Francis said about homegrown talent needing to stay in the US. One thing you guys didn't talk about though is the MLS bringing talent over from Europe, South America, and even Asia into the US. Even if the MLS weren't bringing super-elite, top-tier players from overseas to play in the US, the gulf that exists in the talent level between the MLS and European leagues is wide enough that you could bring quality prospects, good players, average players, and wise, seasoned vets who are past their prime, over from Europe to play in the US. If this was done consistently, maybe even in cooperation with US Soccer, it would raise the ceiling of the skill level of players in the US and make the US more competitive on the international stage in those big important competitions. I see it happening with other sports in other countries. That would also help to get over that barrier that you both brought up about soccer not being one of the major sports that kids want to play when they grow up. I don't know what other people think. I agree with what you guys said but I also think that US Soccer and MLS need to work together to import talent from abroad and make a more competitive, serious, and sustainable program. I wonder what you guys think about this.
I feel Morris was put in an unfair position by Klinsmann, who called him to the national team as a novelty in friendly games, and end up scoring a couple of flukey goals, hence creating an unjustified hype. Fyi Juan Agudelo did the same thing when he was 19, and look where he is now. Even though Morris has looked HORRIBLE for the sounders imo he's an ok player with some upside. A raw prospect that some day could be a very good MLS striker. THAT'S IT. Calm your tits everybody this guy will not be the USMNT savior by himself.
Dempsey and Howard started in the MLS then moved overseas, so your point of MLS being crap is mute because these players started here. Jordan Green hasn't proved himself yet, I wish there was more to say about him because it looks good on the ball.
The guy on the right is the soul embodiment of why American football will not become a top product. You can hear it in his voice. He's completely given up and accepted that MLS will never become a top level league. It's disgusting. Jordan Morris made a good decision in starting his career in MLS. He was offered a contract with a team deep in the relegation zone, any footballer with half a brain wouldn't take that contract. You don't become a superstar by immediately immersing yourself in the highest level possible. That's not how it works. You have to take it a step at a time. That's what happened with Freddy Adu. He rushed himself and ended up crashing and burning. The American product has so much potential. We've seen it through people like the earlier mentioned Freddy Adu, Jozy Altidore, Julian Green, Christian Pulisic, etc. This guy thinks that once we have a player with potential, that we have to send him to Europe and establish ourselves as a serious product.
What team in Germany would he have went to ?
MLS is already a massive feeder for the USMNT, I don't know why this guy on the right talks as if the league were irrelevant. He speaks of European leagues as being at a different level and to grow as a player you must play against better opponents, well a jump from College to MLS is exactly that. Plus playing time is a key factor in development, and at this point, minutes are easier to come by while stateside.
Let's talk if/when he starts playing for a top European team
I am 14 years-old and the interest in soccer from my generation in America has never been seen before. Within the next 10-20 years watch out for USA becoming contenders on the international level.