It wasn’t long ago that Jordan Morris showed up wide-eyed and shy at his first United States national team camp, surrounded by the likes of Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley, Jozy Altidore and other generational names that had become symbolic with the U.S. crest. But at the 2018 January camp, things are nearly unrecognizable.
Of the 30 players that U.S. national team caretaker Dave Sarachan called to Los Angeles ahead of a Jan. 28 friendly against Bosnia and Herzogovina, Morris, just 23 years old, is one of the veterans. Only Gyasi Zardes and Juan Agudelo have more caps than Morris’ 24, and neither one came close to the significant impact that Morris had in 2017.