It’s a sentence the Seattle Sounders have longed to see for years now: Stanford junior Jordan Morris is turning pro, announcing his decision Tuesday via the school’s athletic website.
That piece of news, however, comes attached with a significant caveat. Morris, the budding U.S. national team regular and Mercer Island native whose Major League Soccer rights are held by his hometown club, will join Germany’s Werder Bremen during its winter training camp, the Bundesliga club announded Tuesday.
“It’s a good opportunity for us to get to know a player better,” Werder sporting director Thomas Eichin said in the statement.