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Why Jordan Morris chose Major League Soccer over the Bundesliga

Just one day after Werder Bremen revealed that it had offered a contract to U.S. national team striker Jordan Morris, the club announced Tuesday that the former Stanford University standout wouldn't be signing with them.

"Following intense talks, the player made clear that he currently sees his future in America," club CEO Thomas Eichin told the Bundesliga team's website.

There has been no official word yet from Morris or the Seattle Sounders, the MLS club that owns his rights; a Sounders spokesman told ESPN FC on Tuesday afternoon that there was "nothing new to report.