Diego Luna is in the spotlight after scoring three goals in two playoff games for the USMNT in the Gold Cup. The 21-year-old Real Salt Lake star has come a long way to earn a starting spot in the national team's most important tournament of the year.

Diego Luna has soared up the USMNT depth chart thanks to several big goals during the Gold Cup. Yet the Mexican-American playmaker is taking it all in stride and is excited for his first encounter with El Tri in Sunday's final.

It was not Diego Luna's first time with the U.S. men's national team but the abridged version of the story arc begins with an elbow to the face. In the first half of the USMNT's 3-0 win over Costa Rica last winter,