For once, homegrown Sounders striker Jordan Morris wasn’t hanging with his best soccer friend.
Morris leaned on midfielder Cristian Roldan, the former Huskies star, quite a bit during a hectic rookie season that culminated with the highest of personal and team accomplishments. About the only time the pair didn’t prove inseparable was during their abbreviated offseason, when Morris vacationed in Costa Rica with his parents and Roldan headed to his Los Angeles area home.
Last week, when Morris was done with his January training with the U.S. men’s national team in Carson, Calif., he popped back home to Mercer Island for a day to attend a local sports gala.