Diego Luna

Diego Angel Luna (born September 7, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake and the United States national team.

Early life Luna was born in Sunnyvale, California to Mexican parents from the state of Michoacan. Luna began playing organized soccer at age 5 with the Palo Alto Soccer Club.

Club career Luna joined the youth setup at Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes in 2015. With the Earthquakes, Luna participated in various tournaments, including the Dallas Cup and Generation Adidas Cup.

El Paso Locomotive On April 5, 2021, Luna signed a professional contract with USL Championship club El Paso Locomotive. Following the match, as well as the second against Rio Grande Valley Toros, Locomotive head coach Mark Lowry said, "He has the mentality to go to the very top and we’re gonna help him do that."

Luna scored his first professional goal for El Paso on June 3, the winning goal in a 1–0 road victory over Austin Bold. He headed in a crossed ball from Macauley King in the 56th minute to give his side all three points.

International career Luna has received call-ups to camps with the US under-14, under-17, and under-20 youth national teams.

After declining to join as an alternate for the US Olympic team that was set to participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Luna confirmed on July 23, 2024, that he had not ruled out filing a one-time switch to FIFA switching his allegiance with Mexico's Mexican Football Federation.

On January 6, 2025, Luna was called up by Mauricio Pochettino for training camp and friendlies against Venezuela and Costa Rica. During the first half of the match against Costa Rica, Luna was elbowed in the face by a Costa Rican player and had his nose broken, but despite this Luna returned to the field to play through until halftime after having cotton shoved up his nostrils and changing to a fresh jersey after the previous had been bloodied. Luna provided an assist to Brian White's opening goal before going to the hospital for treatment after halftime, and in an interview following the end of the match which the United States won 3–0, Pochettino praised Luna's character and said that he had "big balls".

On June 5, Luna was selected by Pochettino to represent the United States in the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, He scored his first international goal for the senior team on June 29 when he scored the first goal of a 2–2 draw against Costa Rica in the quarter-finals, helping the United States to the penalty shoot-out which they won 4–3. On July 2, USMNT defeated Guatemala 2–1, with Luna scoring in the 4th and 15th minutes to mark his first international brace. The USMNT would go on to lose 2–1 in the final against Mexico.

Career statistics Club

International

Scores and results list United States goal tally first. + List of international goals scored by Diego Luna No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 June 29, 2025 U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, United States 1–1 2–2 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2 July 2, 2025 Energizer Park, St. Louis, United States1–0 2–1 3 2–0 4 November 18, 2025 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States 4–0 5–1 Friendly

Honors United States U20 CONCACAF U-20 Championship: 2022

Individual Revelations Cup Top Scorer: 2022 (shared) MLS Young Player of the Year: 2024 MLS All-Star: 2024, 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2025