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Diego Luna

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144 total appearances

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Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

make my move to USL to get the opportunity to play and showcase myself there to make sure that I am good enough, I can showcase myself here and then move up the ranks from there.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

Exactly. Yeah. So that's the thing, you know, with, with, you know, of course not putting any, any hate on, on anything, but like when you go to MLS next pro, you're going to be playing against, you know, Academy players or, or, you know, guys that, that, you know, aren't, aren't young, young kids.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

Exactly. Yeah. So that's the thing, you know, with, with, you know, of course not putting any, any hate on, on anything, but like when you go to MLS next pro, you're going to be playing against, you know, Academy players or, or, you know, guys that, that, you know, aren't, aren't young, young kids.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

Exactly. Yeah. So that's the thing, you know, with, with, you know, of course not putting any, any hate on, on anything, but like when you go to MLS next pro, you're going to be playing against, you know, Academy players or, or, you know, guys that, that, you know, aren't, aren't young, young kids.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

But when you go into USL championship, that's, you know, that's a division of grown men, retired, you know, good pros. And, and, you know, if you're a young, a young player, like I was, Going into that environment, you're still competing against, you know, faster, stronger guys. And you're proving yourself and you still have something to prove there.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

But when you go into USL championship, that's, you know, that's a division of grown men, retired, you know, good pros. And, and, you know, if you're a young, a young player, like I was, Going into that environment, you're still competing against, you know, faster, stronger guys. And you're proving yourself and you still have something to prove there.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

But when you go into USL championship, that's, you know, that's a division of grown men, retired, you know, good pros. And, and, you know, if you're a young, a young player, like I was, Going into that environment, you're still competing against, you know, faster, stronger guys. And you're proving yourself and you still have something to prove there.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

And once you perform there, you know, you can showcase yourself. And like I did, show everybody that you, you know, you're ready for the next level.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

And once you perform there, you know, you can showcase yourself. And like I did, show everybody that you, you know, you're ready for the next level.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

And once you perform there, you know, you can showcase yourself. And like I did, show everybody that you, you know, you're ready for the next level.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

Yeah. I'm a kid that didn't really come from much. My family worked really hard to give me what they could and provide me with everything that I'm extremely grateful for. So I think for me, it was always fighting for what I wanted, needing to prove myself. And at any level, and even on the soccer side, I never played my age. I was always playing...

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

Yeah. I'm a kid that didn't really come from much. My family worked really hard to give me what they could and provide me with everything that I'm extremely grateful for. So I think for me, it was always fighting for what I wanted, needing to prove myself. And at any level, and even on the soccer side, I never played my age. I was always playing...

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

Yeah. I'm a kid that didn't really come from much. My family worked really hard to give me what they could and provide me with everything that I'm extremely grateful for. So I think for me, it was always fighting for what I wanted, needing to prove myself. And at any level, and even on the soccer side, I never played my age. I was always playing...

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

five years up two years up three years up you know it was never you know me playing against kids my age or my size it was always bigger faster stronger so for me it was just always gotta like I gotta do I gotta prove myself you know I'm not here just because You know, and, and, you know, taking it back, you know, my, my brother and my dad were my coaches.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

five years up two years up three years up you know it was never you know me playing against kids my age or my size it was always bigger faster stronger so for me it was just always gotta like I gotta do I gotta prove myself you know I'm not here just because You know, and, and, you know, taking it back, you know, my, my brother and my dad were my coaches.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

five years up two years up three years up you know it was never you know me playing against kids my age or my size it was always bigger faster stronger so for me it was just always gotta like I gotta do I gotta prove myself you know I'm not here just because You know, and, and, you know, taking it back, you know, my, my brother and my dad were my coaches.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

They would put me, bring me up on the, on the, on the older teams and put me on the bench. He's like, you're not, you're not proving yourself. You're not, you know, you're not, you're not playing well. You're not doing what you need to be doing. So no matter if it was my family, they were going to sit me on the bench and be like, you're not doing good enough.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

They would put me, bring me up on the, on the, on the older teams and put me on the bench. He's like, you're not, you're not proving yourself. You're not, you know, you're not, you're not playing well. You're not doing what you need to be doing. So no matter if it was my family, they were going to sit me on the bench and be like, you're not doing good enough.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

They would put me, bring me up on the, on the, on the older teams and put me on the bench. He's like, you're not, you're not proving yourself. You're not, you know, you're not, you're not playing well. You're not doing what you need to be doing. So no matter if it was my family, they were going to sit me on the bench and be like, you're not doing good enough.

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard
Diego Luna lives the dream, Crystal Palace finally lifts a trophy and its MLS Rivalry Week

So I think it just came from the way I was raised and kind of the family that has given me everything and worked hard to put me where I'm at. And I just, you know, picked up on that to provide, to make sure that I'm doing the best to showcase myself. Yeah.