Academy Way

Player to Watch: Erik Palmer-Brown

Sporting Kansas City Academy defender Erik Palmer-Brown, currently with the United States Under-15 National Team in Carson, Calif., was included on Top Drawer Soccer's Top 20 Players to Watch in the USSFDA season this year. Says the site...


D Erik Palmer-Brown, Sporting Kansas City (No. 58, 2015)

Despite his youthfulness, the Sporting defender already has experience with the MLS Reserve League. The 6’2 defender is one of the more promising prospects to pass through the Kansas City academy in recent years. This season will be telling though with very tough competition in the U18 age group of the Frontier Division.


TDS ranks Erik, a Lee's Summit resident, as the No. 58 player nationally and No. 2 player in the Heartland region among those in the Class of 2015. He played 20 minutes in Sporting Kansas City's Reserve League match against Colorado in June, marking his second appearance on the roster for Sporting KC in Reserve League action after dressing in May against FC Dallas.