{"id":894853,"date":"2026-03-27T05:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/aidan-morris-never-hides-from-anything-kim-hellberg\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T05:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:24:26","slug":"aidan-morris-never-hides-from-anything-kim-hellberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/aidan-morris-never-hides-from-anything-kim-hellberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Aidan Morris \u201cnever hides from anything\u201d \u2013 Kim Hellberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n\t\t<main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-751256\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Aidan Morris\u2019 return to full fitness and being a key cog in Middlesbrough\u2019s midfield has certainly helped the club in its promotion quest. <\/p>\n<p>Morris has started in each of Middlesbrough\u2019s last 12 matches in all competitions as Kim Hellberg\u2019s squad remain in the top-two of the EFL Championship. The American midfielder overcame a one-month absence last fall, picking up where he left off as a consistent starter for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Middlesbrough are riding high in 2026, winning seven league matches in comparison to only losing twice in Championship play. Hellberg has been a positive hire for Boro, winning 11 of his 19 matches in charge since taking over for Rob Edwards in late-November. <\/p>\n<p>Morris\u2019 continued run of strong performances have been noticeable to Hellberg, leading to the Swedish manager\u2019s latest bit of praise for the 24-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has impressed me with the way he\u2019s always brave on the ball and always wants the ball,\u201d Hellberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfc.co.uk\/news\/2026\/march\/05\/kim-hellberg-pre-match-media--queens-park--rangers--a-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Thursday in his prematch press conference<\/a>. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter where we play, he\u2019ll never hide from anything. I love that ambition of a player to always be brave. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s brave in never hiding, always trying to help his friends and always trying to find solutions,\u201d Hellberg added. \u201cThen his pressing ability and his ability to move all over the place connected with always wanting to be brave and playing the ball is a very good combination which suits the way I\u2019m wanting to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With 31 appearances under his belt already this season, Morris is on pace to set a new career-high in a single season as Boro push to earn promotion back to the English Premier League. <\/p>\n<p>A strong second half of the season to date also has Morris in line for a potential U.S. men\u2019s national team call up later this month for international friendlies against Portugal and Belgium. <\/p>\n<p>Should Middlesbrough finish the job and seal a spot into the top-flight, Morris will be among those credited for a stellar job well done in his second campaign abroad. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/main>\n\t<\/div>\n<p> Larry Henry Jr<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sbisoccer.com\/2026\/03\/aidan-morris-never-hides-from-anything-kim-hellberg\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aidan Morris\u2019 return to full fitness and being a key cog in Middlesbrough\u2019s midfield has certainly helped the club in its promotion quest. Morris has started in each of Middlesbrough\u2019s last 12 matches in all competitions as Kim Hellberg\u2019s squad remain in the top-two of the EFL Championship. The American midfielder overcame a one-month absence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":894854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109082,4348],"tags":[109081,13899],"class_list":{"0":"post-894853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aidan","8":"category-morris","9":"tag-aidan","10":"tag-morris"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}