Tajon Buchanan

[nolando 1,367]

Ontario product and former Syracuse striker projected by some to go top in the MLS Draft. Worth his own page I figure.  

Has a great back story, I like the sound of him already: http://dailyorange.com/2018/11/unorthodox-way-syracuse-acquired-tajon-buchanan-best-striker/

Edited January 5, 2019 by nolando

[maccaliam 441]

Sounds like a very impressive individual. Hopefully he gets drafted somewhere that helps him to fulfill his potential. 

[Grizzly 2,792]

The good thing is he is only 19 and foregoing his last two years of college unlike a lot of the college players who waste some key years of development playing in college. If he can get picked by a team with a good development system he could develop into a good player. His age is probably why the mock drafts are picking him everywhere from 1st to not in the 1st round. He may have the most potential but is probably not a pick that will help a team right away.

http://dailyorange.com/2019/01/tajon-buchanan-reportedly-forgo-final-2-years-su-declare-mls-superdraft/

[Bison44 5,950]

Hope he goes to a team with a USL affiliate.  If he doesnt catch on early I'd hate to see him ride the bench all year and get 100min.  Better to get a full season of USL 1 under his belt in that case.  

[SthMelbRed 1,530]

Does anybody know if he always plays with the massive knee brace?

[Shway 2,945]

9 hours ago, Bison44 said:

Hope he goes to a team with a USL affiliate.  If he doesnt catch on early I'd hate to see him ride the bench all year and get 100min.  Better to get a full season of USL 1 under his belt in that case.  

You do mean, USL Championship right? Playing in USL 1,you might aswell stay in college. 

[Shway 2,945]

4 hours ago, SthMelbRed said:

Does anybody know if he always plays with the massive knee brace?

Googled his images, and it doesn't appear so. 

If he did need to play with those big ass ACL braces... It could be detrimental in regards to a physical. 

[Keegan 3,718]

I noticed in the mock drafts they talked about how the other top 3 guys were US U20 guys but only one made the latest squad but no mention that we have never called up Buchanan... definitely could have helped our u20s I’m confident in saying without even seeing him.

[Kent 5,086]

Ives Galarcep put him first overall in his mock draft.

https://sbisoccer.com/2019/01/the-sbi-2019-mls-mock-draft-version-1-0

[Blackdude 615]

5 hours ago, Keegan said:

I noticed in the mock drafts they talked about how the other top 3 guys were US U20 guys but only one made the latest squad but no mention that we have never called up Buchanan... definitely could have helped our u20s I’m confident in saying without even seeing him.

Scouting is not something done overnight. You do it over a certain amount of time. Buchanan was not playing soccer 3 years ago in Colorado and you couldn't really get highlights off him. It's not like he was a dominant freshman. I agree that he had a good season, but  preliminary squads are named what 45 days before. You know how many games Buchanan had played for Syracuse  in 2018 by mid September? 4. 

They knew about Larin because he was playing here. And the other who were playing and living in the US the Beckie, Constant and co had  some videos from every year before. You couldn't do the same for Buchanan. 

Would he have been better? Maybe, but it's not like someone who had scored 7 career goals in NCAA in  22 matches screams call him up. 

[Keegan 3,718]

@Blackdude while I admit he wasn’t a Larin type prospect he didn’t just become a GA top pick in the last 3 months.  He’s been a well known player in NCAA since his debut.. obviously it’s not easy but guys who are projected top 3 picks should get a look.  Part of the problem is we have zero camps - the roster was basically named based off the Toulon tournament and domestic pros so if you had no prior involvement with Canada you were out of luck sadly. 

The handling of our u20 team was a disaster and it showed.  If we weren’t going to call our top u20s then there needed to be more evaluation.  Our rivals probably think we’re so odd having all this talent and somehow losing to St Kitts. 

Edited January 5, 2019 by Keegan

[Blackdude 615]

6 minutes ago, Keegan said:

@Blackdude while I admit he wasn’t a Larin type prospect he didn’t just become a GA top pick in the last 3 months.  He’s been a well known player in NCAA since his debut.. obviously it’s not easy but guys who are projected top 3 picks should get a look.  Part of the problem is we have zero camps - the roster was basically named based off the Toulon tournament and domestic pros so if you had no prior involvement with Canada you were out of luck sadly. 

Well known from his debut? He wasn't in the top 100 midseason but sure he got to 20th by the end of the year. I don't think that screams to me as well known since his debut. I do agree that the fact that we have had zero camps didn't help him, but even if we did, I'm not even sure that he would have gotten a look because he was hard to rate because he had holes in his youth career.

[Grizzly 2,792]

12 hours ago, SthMelbRed said:

Does anybody know if he always plays with the massive knee brace?

One of the articles said that he had a knee injury earlier in the year and played with the brace. I would assume that he no longer plays with it.

[1996 772]

7 hours ago, Keegan said:

I noticed in the mock drafts they talked about how the other top 3 guys were US U20 guys but only one made the latest squad but no mention that we have never called up Buchanan... definitely could have helped our u20s I’m confident in saying without even seeing him.

Well you would think that a guy who is probably going to go pretty high in the MLS draft should have at the very least got  a look for the last Canadian U20 team that failed miserably. It’s not like this guy just got good at the last minute. So nobody pointed this guy out to the CSA ? Once again and I’ve stated this many times on these boards in many posts, that Canada with our miserable results in men’s soccer be it in men’s U17, 20 and our full national team does not have the luxury in missing players like this who have talent. But this has been going on for years with our beloved CSA , I remember a certain Eddy Berdusco who at the time was one of the leading scores one season of our last attempt at a professional soccer league in Canada the old CSL that lasted from the 1980’s to the early 1990’s , he was of age to get picked for I think it was the Under 23 men’s Olympic team at the time ,but for some unknown reason was not picked to play on the Olympic men’s U23 team even though he was of age. Instead a few players not even playing in the CSL or anywhere were picked over him an incredible omission at the time for a guy who was scoring goals in out national professional league at the time.

[Corazon 1,511]

17 hours ago, 1996 said:

Well you would think that a guy who is probably going to go pretty high in the MLS draft should have at the very least got  a look for the last Canadian U20 team that failed miserably. It’s not like this guy just got good at the last minute. So nobody pointed this guy out to the CSA ? Once again and I’ve stated this many times on these boards in many posts, that Canada with our miserable results in men’s soccer be it in men’s U17, 20 and our full national team does not have the luxury in missing players like this who have talent. But this has been going on for years with our beloved CSA , I remember a certain Eddy Berdusco who at the time was one of the leading scores one season of our last attempt at a professional soccer league in Canada the old CSL that lasted from the 1980’s to the early 1990’s , he was of age to get picked for I think it was the Under 23 men’s Olympic team at the time ,but for some unknown reason was not picked to play on the Olympic men’s U23 team even though he was of age. Instead a few players not even playing in the CSL or anywhere were picked over him an incredible omission at the time for a guy who was scoring goals in out national professional league at the time.

It seems very hard to make a Canadian men's youth team if you don't play for Toronto FC, Montreal Impact, Vancouver Whitecaps or Unattached FC.

[Vince193 1,177]

35 minutes ago, Corazon said:

It seems very hard to make a Canadian men's youth team if you don't play for Toronto FC, Montreal Impact, Vancouver Whitecaps or Unattached FC.

We also barely run camps.

[Chad_Impact 1,241]

3rd overall in Doyle's mock draft 

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/01/03/armchair-analyst-2019-mock-superdraft-v1-0

[section114row20 14]

Worth a bump.

Draft 9th overall by New England in the Superdraft.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/01/11/revolutions-superdraft-pick-tajon-buchanan-culmination-long-journey

[lazlo_80 262]

Tricky spot for him to land. They have a bunch of attacking options. Wishing him all the best.

[Keegan 3,718]

https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/new-england-revolution/revolution-tajon-buchanan-louisville/

Impressing for NE in preseason.

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45 minutes ago, Keegan said:

https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/new-england-revolution/revolution-tajon-buchanan-louisville/

Impressing for NE in preseason.

Nice cross for the assist.

[Grizzly 2,792]

3 hours ago, jpg75 said:

Nice cross for the assist.

Nice ball control too before taking the cross.

[KW519 532]

On the bench for New England

[davey_twelve 80]

Didn't catch the game but he played for the final 10 minutes this weekend.

[shamrock 1,899]

Without a USL team I don't think NER is a good place for young prospects like him (or Wright for that matter). He was subbed in as third attacking option, so he'll probably have to be content with just a few minutes here and there this season. Very hard to make a case for yourself like that (unless you're David). 

Edited March 11, 2019 by shamrock