Diego Luna Soccer: 18 caps put Real Salt Lake midfielder in focus

Diego Luna soccer is in the frame for less than a month before the FIFA World Cup 2026, with the Real Salt Lake midfielder described as the most obvious U.S. Men’s National Team choice among the players discussed. A knee injury kept him out of the March call-up window, and that absence is the sharpest wrinkle in his rise.

Diego Luna and the March window

Luna still had four goals and three assists despite missing the first chunk of the season. He has 18 caps, with four goals and four assists for the senior national team, a resume that kept him at the center of the roster discussion even after the injury interruption.

The weekend at Allianz Field was the last chance for aspiring national team players to impress before coaches made final roster decisions. That put every touch under a brighter lens, especially for a player whose club minutes and national-team record already separate him from most of the names being weighed.

Real Salt Lake options

Real Salt Lake had more than one player in the conversation. Zavier Gozo, 19 years old, had six goals and four assists this season, giving the club another young attacking option in the mix.

Juan Manuel Sanabria added a different kind of case. He made his senior national team debut on October 1, 2025, scored three days later in a win over Uzbekistan, and has five caps with Uruguay’s senior national team along with 88 caps across its youth teams. Marcelo Bielsa also called him in during the March 2026 window.

For Luna, the issue was not whether he belonged in the conversation. It was whether the knee injury and the lost March window left enough time for his club form and senior national team record to carry him through the final cut.