Perry Kitchen Rumors & News

Abdoluie Mansally has been handed a single-game suspension for his apparent headbutt on D.C. United's Perry Kitchen, making him the first MLS player suspended for in-season action in 2013. According to an mlssoccer.com article, Mansally told reporters after a training session that he was "trying to protect himself" after Kitchen purportedly pushed him and hit him in the stomach. Video replays are not entirely clear about the altercation, but Mansally's suspension is deserved. Mansally's absence likely means Lovel Palmer will be handed a start at left back, especially as Chris Wingert i...

Let's make no mistake, Marcelo Saragosa is an important part of D.C. United coming into the 2013 season. His partnership with Perry Kitchen in the deeper part of central midfield is one of the major factors that helped shore up United's defense and allowed the Black-and-Red to keep clean sheets at the end of last season. He also acts as a leader on the field, vocally organizing the midfield and pushing players forward when necessary. All that said, and even if he's among the more attacking options among our defensive midfielders, Saragosa is limited as a central playmaker. He's got goo...

We knew he had the potential to be something special when D.C. United drafted him third overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. We knew his ceiling was really high when the Black-and-Red moved him to his favored defensive midfield position at the end of his rookie campaign. Now, going into his third professional season, Perry Kitchen could be on the verge of something big. In his sophomore season, Kitchen cemented his place in the lineup, playing and starting 32 games and logging 2804, second-most behind only Brandon McDonald. His place in the center of the park locked down for the foresee...