The Seattle Sounders' pursuit of U.S. international forward Jordan Morris has finally paid off, with the Stanford University junior officially signing with the MLS club on Thursday.
The signing of Morris, 21, amounts to a massive coup for both the Sounders and MLS, given that there was also interest from overseas.
Morris is a rising talent in the U.S. player pool and a key figure for the U.S. under-23 team, which faces Colombia in a two-game playoff in March with a spot in next summer's Olympics on the line.
He has also impressed in seven appearances with the senior national team, scoring his first international goal in a 2-0 victory over Mexico last April.