With nose fractured or intact, with hair bleached blonde or hat backward, Luna has become the humble, gritty, tattooed, mustachioed face of the national team's rebuild.

The United States won all five games leading into the finals, needing penalties to win its quarterfinal before hanging on against Guatemala to reach the finals. It's star player, Diego Luna, formerly played for the El Paso Locomotive in 2021. Mexico won its group with two wins and a tie, then beat Saudi Arabia and Honduras to make the finals.