EPB and US in Kansas City June 5 at Children’s Mercy Park
“You’ve got to focus on now to get to that point you want to be.”
That was then Sporting Kansas City prospect Erik Palmer-Brown’s philosophy seven years ago, when he was 18 years old. The quote was in a 2015 article from OZY.com by Kevin Fixler titled “Erik Palmer-Brown: Soccer Phenom.”
The article title was stereotypical, yet typical of journalistic “spin” or even “click bait.” The career story that followed was, and is, much more grounded. Just like Palmer-Brown’s mindset at 18.