[washingtonismoney]

The track record of US players going at a young age into the top European leagues is not a good one, viz. Bradly, Donovan, Altidore, Howard (who was handed the GK job at Man United on a platter and dropped the platter...).  Unless Jordan can get into a team where the manager and the GM see him as a potential Galactico, he is better to stay in the MLS and look to a jump to the big leagues and the big bucks after he has proven himself in NA (viz. McGuire, Keller, Dempsey, etc.).

Bit of a strange argument to include Howard, who's made a strong (probably stronger than Keller or Friedel) career at Everton. Or, for that matter, Bradley, who was successful at most stops before getting mired as (effectively) a "12th man" at AS Roma. (Bradley later got paid way more money by MLS than any European team would pay him.) So both of those are, in my mind, unambiguous success stories.

Altidore is a mixed story. Donovan's the greatest U.S. player ever. All four are millionaires several times over. If these are the cautionary stories then Morris should probably go.

The real cautionary stories are the ones no one knows about.

[washingtonismoney]

The track record of US players going at a young age into the top European leagues is not a good one, viz. Bradly, Donovan, Altidore, Howard (who was handed the GK job at Man United on a platter and dropped the platter...).  Unless Jordan can get into a team where the manager and the GM see him as a potential Galactico, he is better to stay in the MLS and look to a jump to the big leagues and the big bucks after he has proven himself in NA (viz. McGuire, Keller, Dempsey, etc.).

Bit of a strange argument to include Howard, who's made a strong (probably stronger than Keller or Friedel) career at Everton. Or, for that matter, Bradley, who was successful at most stops before getting mired as (effectively) a "12th man" at AS Roma. (Bradley later got paid way more money by MLS than any European team would pay him.) So both of those are, in my mind, unambiguous success stories.

Altidore is a mixed story. Donovan's the greatest U.S. player ever. All four are millionaires several times over. If these are the cautionary stories then Morris should probably go.

The real cautionary stories are the ones no one knows about.