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          U.S. prospects blog: Future bright for 17-year-old Erik Palmer-Brown

          Sporting KC defender Erik Palmer-Brown has been linked to Juventus. Icon Sportswire/AP Images
          • Doug McIntyre, ESPN Staff WriterMar 13, 2015, 01:00 PM ET
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              Doug McIntyre is a staff writer for ESPN The Magazine. He has covered American and international soccer since 2002.
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          Sporting Kansas City typically makes its players available for interviews on weekday mornings during the MLS season. But for almost two years now, there has been one notable exception. If a reporter wants to talk to Erik Palmer-Brown, SKC's 17-year-old man-child of a center back, then he or she must wait until closer to 4 p.m. -- after the high school senior finishes his final class of the day.