The San Jose Earthquakes on Monday announced that assistant coach Benjamin Galindo has regained consciousness and is speaking with family members nearly two weeks after suffering a cerebral stroke and being placed in a medically induced coma.
The 59-year-old Galindo is in his second season with the MLS’s Quakes. He had been placed in a coma on May 28 following brain surgery after suffering the stroke. In a Tweet on Monday, the team said Galindo was “awake, alert and speaking to family.”
In a statement released Monday, the team wrote that “Benjamin woke up from his medically induced coma on Sunday morning.