Morris has yet to find the net in five appearances with his new team — seven, if you factor in CONCACAF Champions League. But that sample size is still minuscule by MLS standards.
If Sounders rookie Jordan Morris thinks he has gotten a rude welcome into MLS, he should’ve heard the invectives screamed into Brad Evans’ ear by new teammate Marc Burch during his first practice with the Columbus Crew in 2007.
“Burch yelled at me to put some … pace on the ball,” Evans said, describing language unfit to print. “That was my first eye-opening experience about life in MLS.