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Full nameDiego Ángel Luna
PositionAttacking midfielder
NationalityUSA
Age22
Date of birth7 Sept 2003
BirthplaceSunnyvale
Height173 cm
Shirt number#8
ClubReal Salt Lake
Attacking midfielderalso played FWD
28
Appearances
9
Goals
3
Assists
2367
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Real Salt Lake.

Injury-affected season

Missed 4 of Real Salt Lake's ~35 games this season through 4 injury absences (international duty). He still appeared 28 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Major League Soccer289323677.25
Leagues Cup300355.5
CONCACAF Champions League100316.7

Scout report

Rising starAttacking midfielder

D. Luna is a 22-year-old attacking midfielder at Real Salt Lake, rated 48.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 4th of 513 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer and 1199th of 2878 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been an ever-present this season (84.8% of available minutes). He brings 0.46 goal contributions per 90 (0.34 goals, 0.11 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Luna.

Judged on this season alone, Luna graded 41 — a strong campaign that ranks top 18% of the 50 attacking midfielders in the Major League Soccer, on 9 goals and 3 assists in 28 appearances (0.456 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 37 → 41). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 49, top 2% of the 50 attacking midfielders in the Major League Soccer. At 22 Luna is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 12.2 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Luna missed 4 games through injury (international duty) out of roughly 35 this season. The 28 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.

From the career report
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A career still climbing — Luna is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2023/24
Current potentialTop 2% attacking midfielders · Major League SoccerCurrent seasonTop 18% attacking midfielders · Major League Soccer9th-best attacking midfielder in the Major League Soccer4th in the Major League Soccer · potential1st-highest potential attacking midfielder in the Major League Soccer1199th-highest potential U-23 tracked
48.7
Ratingi
1st of 50 attacking midfielders
41.3
Seasoni
developing / rotation level
84.8%
Minutes
near ever-present
0.46
Goal contrib / 90
productive for the role

Output in context · Real Salt Lake finished 9th of 15 · a mid-table side

9
Goals
3
Assists
12
G+A
0.32
Goals / app

9 goals in 28 appearances (0.32 per game) for a mid-table side. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 12 goal contributions (0.43 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 84.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Final-third output. 0.46 goal contributions per 90 (0.34 goals, 0.11 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

  • Defensive numbers. Modest 1.52 defensive actions per 90 for the position.

Outlook

With a Rating of 48.7, Luna carries the 1st-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Major League Soccer (top 2%). In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.46 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 22, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.