Sporting Kansas City defender Erik Palmer-Brown will captain the U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which kicks off Saturday in Korea Republic.
U-20 MNT head coach Tab Ramos named Palmer-Brown captain earlier this week, just two months after the Lee's Summit, Missouri native captained the U.S. to CONCACAF U-20 Championship glory and landed Golden Ball honors as the tournament's best player.
The U.S. is one of 24 countries competing at the U-20 World Cup and will enter Group F with Ecuador, Senegal and Saudi Arabia. The top two teams in each of the six groups — as well as the top four overall third-place teams — will advance to the Round of 16 in the tournament’s knockout stage.