By Charles Hamaker
Seattle, WA - In another crushing blow for Jordan Morris, in the latter half of his career, the Seattle Sounders FC forward is seemingly done for the remainder of the 2026 campaign.
Morris suffered a quad injury during the club’s Decision Day clash against LAFC at Lumen Field back on Saturday, November 7th, and was forced to exit in just the 23rd minute. During his post-match availability, Schmetzer stated that he didn’t have an update on Morris but that the injury “wasn’t good.”
At training on Tuesday, Schmetzer stated that Morris could miss “anywhere from four to eight weeks,” while also mentioning that the club is getting another set of eyes on his MRI. In his comments about Morris’ injury, Schmetzer said that the Sounders have gone back into their own injury history, including when club legend Osvaldo Alonso suffered a quad injury, in order to see how they can best help Jordan in his rehab.
“They’re going all the way back because we’re just trying to dig up everything we can to make sure we get a good diagnosis, to get a good starting point on Jordan’s rehab. I’d like to have him back for the playoffs. If there’s any way, shape, or form, I’d like to do it.”
Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Jordan Morris is seen during the club’s 1-1 draw against CF Montréal on October 17th, 2026, at Lumen Field. (Photos by Eric Hiller for Circling Seattle Sports)
It’s difficult to see a homegrown player in Morris continue to deal with injuries, something that’s taken so much time away from him during his career with both the Sounders and his time with Swansea City.
While Schmetzer is getting his hopes up that Jordan could make the shorter side of the diagnosis for this quad injury, doing so would mean that Seattle has reached the Western Conference finals, which is being very optimistic. In addition to not fully knowing what the rehab could look like for Morris, the Sounders could face a very tough matchup against Cascadia rivals Vancouver if they win their Wild Card round match against Real Salt Lake. The Western Conference finals are set to take place on December 11th or 12th, and again, that’s just if Seattle can make it that far and if Morris is able to get through his rehab on the quicker side.
It’s been tough sledding for Morris the last two years with injury, dealing with three separate injuries during the 2025 campaign, with this quad injury marking his third injury here in 2026. Jordan had been able to remain somewhat free of injury during the 2022-24 seasons after suffering from a few different ailments before then, including tearing his ACL just four matches into a loan with EFL Championship side Swansea City. Going back further, Morris suffered an ACL tear during a February 22nd, 2018, CONCACAF Champions League match against Santa Tecla.
In 2025, Morris played around 1,300 minutes because of those aforementioned separate injuries, and now, this season, with this third injury, Jordan will play just about 1,600 minutes.
Morris had been playing on the wings for the Sounders since the club acquired star striker Dejan Joveljić from Sporting KC, and his ability to hold up play often looked solid when he was focusing on that. Much has been made of Jordan’s play in Seattle, largely because he’s playing on a designated player contract and because of the unfortunate injuries that he’s suffered, his numbers don’t back up the contract that he’s playing on.
In some additional injury news, the Sounders could be getting two key defenders back from injury, as it appears that right back Alex Roldan and centerback Yeimar Gómez Andrade could return for Seattle’s Wild Card match. Schmetzer told media in attendance at training that both defenders are a week to ten days out from returning, which could have them coming back for the playoff match on November 19th against Real Salt Lake at Lumen Field. Schmetzer stated that the two are “very close,” which could be a big boost to Seattle’s backline.
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