Behind the scenes of @Midnight, a late-night Comedy Central show that ran from 2013-2017, a research staff monitored the internet to find trends that would make their way on the show. One day, a name began trending on Twitter which happened to be the name of one of their colleagues.<\/p>\n
When a name trends on Twitter, you assume that person died, smiledJordan Morris, a comedy writer based in LA. The staff would screenshot name and ask if Im OK. As it turns out, there was a soccer player named Jordan Morris, too.<\/p>\n
While he was amused by the shared name, there was a little bit of concern for the non-pro athlete Morris. After all, he was the one who had the @Jordan_Morris Twitter handle, while the Sounders star has had @JMOSmooth13 since his college days at Stanford.<\/p>\n
Im aware that sports Twitter can be toxic, said Morris, who has co-hosted a weekly podcast, Jordan Jesse Go!for 13 years. Any time someone mistakes me from him online, its a positive thing. I have seriously never encountered online trolling because of the mix-up.<\/p>\n
In fact, Morris has even joined in on the fun. When the soccer-playing Morris scored two goals in his return from injury last March, Morris quote tweeted Sounders FCs Twitter account with a life update of his recent trip to Target.<\/p>\n
For someone who doesnt consider himself much of a sports fan, Morris has enjoyed the following along his namesakes career. He admits to watching YouTube videos to get know what the soccer-playing Jordan Morrislikehe seems to be a nice guy and a hometown hero.<\/p>\n
While many of us will never know whats like to hear our name associated with a broadcasters goal call, Morris has taken full advantage of his unique circumstance.<\/p>\n
Its cool to hear a sports announcer yell JORDAN MORRIS and the crowd go wild, Morris laughed. Its a weird moment of dissonance that feels like a dream.<\/p>\n
One of Morris friends is actress Alison Becker, who shares a name with Liverpools star goalkeeper, Alisson Becker. She has a jersey of her name twin and now Jordan Morris does, too.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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