Soccer player takes field again after spring break car accident
By David Elvir
Staff Writer
Photos provided by Orlando Jerez
The entire bench stands up. Players, coaching staff, athletic trainers all applauded. All 11 Trojans in the field stop and put their hands together in admiration. The crowd cheers. Stepping onto the soccer field is number 15—Orlando Jerez.
“Ladies and gentlemen, an important substitution for the Trevecca Trojans to mention, enter to the field, Orlando Jerez. He is coming from a really bad injury he had, but now he's back on the field,” notes the game announcer.
On Oct. 14, against Ohio Dominican University with a 5-2 score on the boar, Jerez was given his first minutes after a life-altering accident, which left everybody questioning if he ever would be able to step on the on a field again.
“Throughout the whole...
