Future Watch: Luis Diaz Soccer Cards, Columbus Crew – Recently, the Columbus Crew beat the Seattle Sounders 3-0 to win MLS Cup. One player who impacted the Crew’s run throughout the playoffs is young winger Luis Diaz. The 22-year old Costa Rican had two assists in the playoffs, including one in the final match.
Late in the final, Diaz received a ball just inside the offensive half on the right wing. He blew past the left back of Seattle and raced into the box. Instead of reacting too quickly, Diaz showed patience in letting the play and his teammates’ runs develop. That allowed Lucas Zelarayan to settle into space and wait for the ball. Diaz obliged with a fantastic cutback and a perfectly weighted pass right to the foot of Zelarayan, who buried the Crew’s final goal to seal the win. It was a class play all the way around for the Crew winger.
You can check out the full-game footage below:
Diaz came to MLS and Columbus in July of 2019. He transferred in from Herediano as a Young Designated Player. Last season, in 13 appearances he had two goals and four assists. In 2020, he added three assists to his stat sheet.
Diaz has plenty of potential and some things to still work on in his game, but the skills are there. He can play a really clean ball to his teammates and knows how to split defenses open with fantastic touch on his passes. We witnessed that on an assist versus Nashville earlier in the postseason.
Diaz strikes the ball well with his right foot and is willing to shoot from distance. He does need to develop more consistency in finding the back of the net. Diaz did not score a goal in 2020 despite taking 31 shots, with 13 of those being on goal; but he puts himself into good spots and can be expected to be a threat to score in the future.
Rookie cards of Diaz can be found in 2020 Topps MLS.
Future Watch: Luis Diaz Soccer Cards, Columbus Crew – Stats
| Playing Time | Performance | Per 90 Minutes | Expected | Per 90 Minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Squad | Country | Comp | LgRank | MP | Starts | Min | Gls | Ast | PK | PKatt | CrdY | CrdR | Gls | Ast | G+A | G-PK | G+A-PK | xG | npxG | xA | xG | xA | xG+xA | npxG | npxG+xA | Matches |
| 2019 | 20 | Columbus | us USA | 1. MLS | 20th | 13 | 9 | 796 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.57 | 0.23 | 0.57 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.10 | 0.35 | Matches |
| 2020 | 21 | Columbus | us USA | 1. MLS | 3rd | 21 | 14 | 1,172 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.45 | 0.24 | 0.45 | Matches |
| 2 Seasons | 1 Club | 1 League | 34 | 23 | 1,968 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.37 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.41 | 0.18 | 0.41 | ||||
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