BALTIMORE -- Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber said he is convinced that no U.S. Soccer staff member is attempting to convince forward Jordan Morris to sign overseas instead of with MLS.
Morris has long been a target of the Seattle Sounders, who have reportedly offered the former Stanford junior the richest homegrown contract in MLS history.
"We very much want to sign Jordan," Garber said. "I know that the Sounders are really focused on it. We're very hopeful of bringing him into the league, and representing this new generation of great American players."
But Morris is currently on trial at Bundesliga side Werder Bremen, a stint that was arranged by U.