The recent notoriety that the Mexican-American player Diego Luna has generated, as a midfielder for the United States national team, has given rise to countless stories like the most recent one where the native of Sunnyvale, California, supposedly accepted that he would like to play for América.

This statement became relevant in the early days of the game when the team of the barra de las stars will seek to maintain their dominance over Mexico in the Gold Cup final, where the Californian player, but with American roots, only thinks about beating the national team where his parents were born.

For that reason, when asked about the option of playing for America, Luna stated that: “For me and my family it would be good and a great challenge to play for America,” after this player has assumed command of the North American team in the absence of AC Milan star Christian Pulisic.

Luna is aware that nothing has been easy in his career, that he even had to work hard at Paso Locomotive FC, a team that plays in the USL Championship, the second division of soccer in the country and where the player with Hispanic roots played 43 games and scored 13 goals before joining Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer in 2022.

From that year on, Diego assumed a leading role that allowed him to play 98 games and score 23 goals that allowed him to be called up for the United States and in the absence of several experienced players he took on a leading role under Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino.

The two goals against Guatemala

For now, Diego Luna gained more notoriety after his performance in the quarterfinals against Guatemala, where he scored a double that gave Uncle Sam's team a 2-1 victory over the surprising Guatemalans in the first 15 minutes of authentic fury from the North American team.

Diego Luna's first goal came after finding a ball that goalkeeper Kenderson Navarro had left adrift. The number 10 sent the ball into the back of the net with a left-footed shot, and the second came in the 15th minute when he again wet his weapons with the goal that seemed decisive, but in the end the Guatemalans could not send the match into overtime to avoid defeat.

The match against Mexico will be incredible.

Regarding the match against Mexico, the USMNT midfielder said: It will be an incredible match, simply because it is the national team of my parents' country, but I am here playing for the United States, the country where I was born, and I give it my all. I have great respect for Mexico and it will be a very exciting match, especially for me and my family, I have concluded.