‘I was upset for him’: how Real Salt Lake reacted to Diego Luna’s USMNT exclusion

Luna and Zavier Gozo’s World Cup dreams ended with a Friday email from US SoccerReal Salt Lake coach Pablo Mastroeni was in disbelief. The US roster for the World Cup would include neither his team’s star playmaker Diego Luna nor their head-turning youngster, Zavier Gozo. While the uncapped Gozo was a late long shot to make the squad, Luna seemed a near-lock given his importance to the national team throughout 2025.Mastroeni knows the magnitude of these moments. As a player, he was the proverbia...