Diego Rossi

2018 (Los Angeles Football Club) 

• Started 30 of 32 regular season appearances, scoring 12 goals and adding seven assists (total minutes played 2,608). 

• Scored Club’s first-ever goal on the 11th minute in 1-0 victory at the Seattle Sounders on March 4.  

• Tallied first five-point-game in MLS since 2008 in a 5-1 win at Real Salt Lake on March 10. 

• Ended season as the Club’s top scorer across all competitions, with 17 goals and 10 assists. 

• Finished Top 3 in MLS’s “22 Under 22”.  

• Started Club’s first ever MLS Cup playoff match, a 3 – 2 loss to Real Salt Lake on November 1, adding three shots on goal.  

• Started four of four US Open Cup appearances and added five goals and one assist. 

• Scored a hat trick in the US Open Cup semi-final loss to the Houston Dynamo on August 8. 

2016-17 (Peñarol, Uruguayan Primera División):  

• Appeared in 42 matches, scoring 11 goals with 11 assists, logging 2,580 total minutes played across all competitions.  

• Winner of the Uruguayan Primera División Championship for the second time.                                                              

 2015-16 (Peñarol, Uruguayan Primera División):  

• Made his First Team regular season debut in April, 2016.  

• Appeared in nine matches, scoring two goals in all competitions.  

• Winner of the Uruguayan Primera División Championship. 

INTERNATIONAL 

• Played for the Uruguay Under-17 and Under-20 National Teams, scoring 10 goals for Uruguay in 39 appearances while helping Uruguay win the U-20 South American Championship. 

PERSONAL 

• Entered the CA Peñarol youth system at 12-years old and led the U-17 club to the league title. 

• Favorite sport other than soccer is basketball. 

• Favorite video game is FIFA.  

• Favorite musical artist is Ozuna.  

• Favorite place in LA is Santa Monica.  

• Follow Diego on Instagram @diegorossi9.