SEATTLE — Some narratives are just so obvious that you can’t help but write about them. When a local-kid-turned-good-then-kinda-bad-then-seriously-hurt scores a brace in his first game at home in about 18 months, that definitely qualifies.
But the story of Jordan Morris’ star performance wasn’t just about a player who suffered a season-ending knee injury and was playing his first competitive game in more than a year. This was also the story of a player whose star power had diminished greatly over the past couple years.
It seems like a lifetime ago now, but it was as recently as early 2017 that Morris was being hailed as the Next Great American Hope.