ACQUIRED  

Signed on December 14, 2017 as a Young Designated Player.  

CAREER MILESTONES  

MLS Young Player of the Year: 2020 

MLS Best XI: 2020 

MLS Golden Boot: 2020 

MLS Record: Youngest-Ever Golden Boot Winner (22 years old), 2020  

MLS Is Back Tournament Golden Boot: 2020 

MLS Is Back Young Player of the Tournament: 2020 

MLS Is Back Tournament Best XI: 2020 

MLS Record Most Goals By A Duo In A Season (With Carlos Vela): 2019, 50 

MLS Supporters’ Shield Winner: 2019 

MLS All Star: 2019 

MLS Team Of The Week 2018, Weeks Two and 34 (bench) ; 2019, Weeks Four (bench), Six, 27; 2020, Weeks 9, 15, 21 (bench) 

MLS Player Of The Week: 2018, Week Two; 2020, Week 9 

Earned MLS “22 Under 22” Honors: 2018 

Uruguayan Primera División Championship: 2015-16, 2016-17  

U-20 South American Championship: 2017  

PROFESSIONAL  

2020 (Los Angeles Football Club):  

• Appeared in 19 matches, all starts, logging 1,698 minutes. 
• Scored 14 goals and added four assists.  
• MLS regular season & MLS is Back Best XI, MLS regular season & MLS is Back Best Young Player, MLS regular season & MLS is Back Best Golden Boot winner. 
• At 22, became the youngest-ever MLS Golden Boot winner.  
• Earned MLS Player of the Week honors for week 9. 

2019 (Los Angeles Football Club):  

• Started 33 of 34 regular season matches, adding 16 goals and seven assists in 2,899’ minutes played.  
• Played 90’ at forward during the Club’s first ever MLS Cup Playoff win, a 5-3 victory against the LA Galaxy on October 24; tallied one goal and two assists.  
• Started and played a full 90’ for the Club’s 3-1 Western Conference Final loss against the Seattle Sounders on October 29.  
• Earned MLS Player of the Week honors in week’s four (bench), six and 27.  
• Named to 2019 MLS All-Star Game. 

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.  

• 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.  
• Finished Top 3 in MLS’s “22 Under 22”.   
• Named the MLS Player of the Week in week two.  

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  

• Called into the Senior National Team for the 2020 World Cup qualifiers.   
• Made Under-23 debut on January 20, 2020 in a victory over Paraguay in Olympic qualifiers.  
• Started six matches for the Under 23 squad in the 2020 Olympic qualifiers, adding a goal and an assist.  
• 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.