STANFORD, Calif. – One month removed from leading Stanford to the school’s first NCAA men’s soccer title, Jordan Morris was among 23 players called by U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann for the first training camp of 2016 on Wednesday afternoon.
The camp, which runs from Jan. 11-Feb. 6 in Carson, Calif. and contains a mix of Senior Team members and a host of players age-eligible for the U-23 MNT, will culminate with friendlies against Iceland on Jan. 31 and Canada on Feb. 5. Both matches will be played at StubHub Center.
On Tuesday, Morris announced plans to forgo his senior season at Stanford and embark on a professional career. He will be in St. Louis for the MAC Hermann Trophy gala on Friday before departing to join Werder Bremen for a training stint at that team’s camp in southern Turkey. Morris, a Sounders FC Academy product whose MLS rights are owned by Seattle, will join his U.S. teammates on Jan. 20 following his time with Bremen.
A MAC Hermann Trophy finalist and the Most Outstanding Player at the College Cup, Morris catapulted the Cardinal to the program’s first NCAA title with a two-goal performance in the championship at Sporting Park on Sunday, Dec. 13. Stanford routed Clemson, 4-0, extending the school’s streak of at least one NCAA team championship to 40 years, on ongoing record, while earning its 108th NCAA team title and 129th overall. Morris’ brace was the first multi-goal effort for a player in a title game since 1997.
The Pac-12 Player of the Year, Morris had a career-high 13 goals in 18 appearances for Stanford in 2015. In his final 14 games with the Cardinal, the junior had 12 goals, three assists and 27 points. He finished fifth in the country in game-winning goals (6), fifth in goals per game (0.72), seventh in total goals (13) and 12th in points per game (1.61).
Morris missed five collegiate matches this past season due to responsibilities with U.S. Soccer. He split time between the senior team, making six appearances with the MNT in 2015, while also earning 11 caps with the U-23s, scoring six goals and tallying four assists. With the USMNT, Morris scored against Mexico on April 15 and assisted on the game-winning goal against the Netherlands on June 5. His first senior cap came on Nov. 18, 2014 against Ireland in Dublin.
A Type 1 diabetic, Morris also lent his support to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s (JDRF) “T1D Looks Like Me Campaign” for National Diabetes Awareness Month (NDAM) in November.
