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For Sounders forward Jordan Morris, diabetes has shaped him into the player he is today

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It’s an annoyance, the Mercer Island native will allow. Another complication in a year that could have used fewer of them, for sure. And yet in some ways, what might seem like a drawback has actually aided in his leap to the professional level.

Jordan Morris can’t escape, no matter how much he’d sometimes like to.

Reminders are incessant. Every five minutes, from early in the morning until late at night, the Sounders rookie feels an all-too-familiar buzz in his pocket.

Every five minutes, the glucose monitor on his hip sends a blood-sugar update to his phone.