Jordan Morris will be out four to eight weeks with the quad injury he picked up on Decision Day, Seattle Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer said Tuesday. The playoff bracket makes that timeline harsh. The Western Conference final is on Dec. 11 or 12, so even if Morris lands at the short end of the estimate, Seattle have to win two playoff series without him before he could play again this year.
Twenty-three minutes against LAFC
Morris left Saturday's 2-1 win over LAFC at Lumen Field in the 23rd minute, and Jesús Ferreira replaced him. The result still got Seattle into the playoffs and earned them a home Western Conference Wild Card game against Real Salt Lake on Thursday, Nov. 19 (10 p.m. ET, Apple TV). The winner gets Vancouver in a best-of-three series.
"I know that's a big thing," Schmetzer said of the diagnosis, adding that the club is "getting another set of eyes on the MRI." He also said the Sounders are going back through their own injury history to plan the rehab. "I'd like to have him for the playoffs. I'd love to do it if there's any way, shape or form."
A third injury in 2026
This is Morris' third injury of the year, according to Sounder at Heart, and he'll finish just short of 1,600 minutes. Three separate injuries limited him to about 1,300 minutes in 2025, after three mostly healthy seasons from 2022 to 2024. He had three goals and four assists in 25 regular-season appearances, 17 of them starts.
Since Seattle acquired striker Dejan Joveljić from Sporting Kansas City, Morris had mostly played on the wing. Ferreira is the most direct replacement, with Albert Rusnák, who leads the team with 16 assists, still running the attack.
There was better news at the back. Schmetzer said right back Alex Roldan (calf) and center back Yeimar Gómez Andrade (hamstring) are a week to 10 days away, which would put both in line for Salt Lake. "They're very close," he said. If the Sounders get through that game and Vancouver, Morris' window opens. If not, his season ended 23 minutes into Decision Day.
