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Diego Luna on Choosing USMNT Over Mexico, Mental Health, & Real Salt Lake’s Big MLS Year 🇺🇸
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Diego Luna on Choosing USMNT Over Mexico, Mental Health, & Real Salt Lake’s Big MLS Year 🇺🇸
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Feb 20, 202636:463.6K views
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Shoot For The Moon w/ Diego Luna PREMIERE EPISODE! The USMNT and Real Salt Lake star joins Men in Blazers media network.
In this premiere episode, Diego Luna sits down for an unfiltered conversation about choosing the United States Men's National Team over Mexico, playing through a broken nose at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and his unconventional rise from the USL to MLS stardom. Diego also reveals how therapy and taking care of his mental health has elevated his game, what he's expecting as he kicks off a new MLS season with Real Salt Lake, and the real story behind that broken-nose USMNT game in the Gold Cup.
00:00 - Diego Luna joins Men in Blazers!
04:00 - USMNT debut and Gold Cup performance
06:39 - Praise from Pulisic, Adams, & Dempsey
10:15 - 5 yr-old Diego vs. 10 yr-olds
13:21 - move to USL & El Paso Locomotive FC
18:24 - Football & therapy
21:55 - Diego’s “grit”
24:40 - Diego Luna, the barista
28:14 - Choosing USMNT over Mexico
31:02 - New MLS season w/ Real Salt Lake
33:08 - Questions from fans!
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