Jordan Morris swears he didn’t have flu

Legends are tricky things. The best ones are at least rooted in fact. There are, of course, others that are so loosely moored in reality that they do a disservice. But the reason we call them “legends” and not “history” is at least partly because there’s an assumption that they aren’t entirely true.

We’re only a few days removed from Jordan Morris’ so-called “flu game” performance that effectively clinched the Seattle Sounders’ spot in their first-ever MLS Cup final, so it’s obviously impossible to know how much of what happened will become any sort of sporting legend.

Before I get too far ahead of myself a quick recap is probably in order: Morris got sick a couple days before the game,…