Orlando Perez
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| Orlando Perez | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Orlando Perez | |
| Date of birth | July 12, 1977 | |
| Place of birth | Pomona, CA, United States | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | defender | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999 2000-02 2002 2002-04 2005-07 |
Orange County Zodiac MetroStars D.C. United Chicago Fire Chivas USA |
44 (0) 8 (0) 56 (2) 30 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Orlando Perez (born July 12, 1977 in Pomona, California) is an American-Puerto Rican soccer defender, who is currently without a club, having been waived by Chivas USA of Major League Soccer.
Perez never played college soccer, but he was drafted twice in MLS, both times by coach Octavio Zambrano. The first came in the first round of the 1999 MLS Supplemental Draft, when Zambrano was with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Perez failed to make the team and played with A-League's Orange County Zodiac. With Zambrano moving to the MetroStars in 2000, he plucked Perez again, this time in the fourth round of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft.
Perez would spend the next two and a half seasons with the Metros, a part-time player his first, a starter at left back his second. Zambrano dealt him midway through the third, to D.C. United with Petter Villegas for Mark Lisi and Craig Ziadie. Perez then became only one of two players in MLS history (Winston Griffiths is the other) to play for three teams in one season as DC traded him the Chicago Fire for a draft pick after only eight games. Perez has been in-and-out of the Fire lineup since. He has scored two goals in six years in MLS. Perez was taken by Chivas in the 2004 MLS Expansion Draft. He was waived at the end of the 2007 season.
