I think a year ago many supporters would have waived him goodbye but he has improved so much that without him the squad would be very weak.
Some posters on Fb were talking about this. McBride was the first who went on to have a successful career with Fulham. He played 9 games for NE scoring once. Unfortunately, his loan time with NE was curtailed because of a blood clot in & had to have a rib removed as well. NE offered 1.6m dollars for him but MLS wanted more.
Jordan Morris from Seattle Sounders. Jordan Perry Morris (born October 26, 1994) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer, and the United States national team. He grew up on Mercer Island, Washington, and joined the Sounders youth academy before playing college soccer at Stanford University. Morris won the Hermann Trophy in his senior season at Stanford and was called up to the United States national team, scoring in a friendly against Mexico. He signed for Seattle's senior team in 2016 as a Homegrown Player following a trial with Werder Bremen.
Perhaps now Morris, Barkhuisen and Maquire? With DJ, Browne, Pearson and Rafferty, Bauer, Davies, Earl, Rudd?