nolando 739 Posted January 5 (edited) 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 by nolando 7 ImYourKeeper, Addona, Shway and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maccaliam 298 Posted January 5 Sounds like a very impressive individual. Hopefully he gets drafted somewhere that helps him to fulfill his potential. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grizzly 2,788 Posted January 5 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/ 2 Zem and Addona reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bison44 2,923 Posted January 5 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. 1 shamrock reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SthMelbRed 25 Posted January 5 Does anybody know if he always plays with the massive knee brace? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shway 1,251 Posted January 5 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shway 1,251 Posted January 5 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keegan 3,713 Posted January 5 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. 1 Bison44 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kent 3,205 Posted January 5 Ives Galarcep put him first overall in his mock draft. https://sbisoccer.com/2019/01/the-sbi-2019-mls-mock-draft-version-1-0 2 nolando and Norrin Radd reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blackdude 119 Posted January 5 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. 1 Keegan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keegan 3,713 Posted January 5 (edited) @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 by Keegan 2 romurra and Northvansteve reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blackdude 119 Posted January 5 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. 1 red card reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grizzly 2,788 Posted January 5 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1996 772 Posted January 5 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. 3 Keegan, romurra and Corazon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corazon 493 Posted January 6 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. 2 Olympique_de_Marseille and A_Gagne reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vince193 1,172 Posted January 6 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. 2 Corazon and hamiltonfan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chad_Impact 736 Posted January 6 3rd overall in Doyle's mock draft https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/01/03/armchair-analyst-2019-mock-superdraft-v1-0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
section114row20 14 Posted January 12 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazlo_80 79 Posted January 12 Tricky spot for him to land. They have a bunch of attacking options. Wishing him all the best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keegan 3,713 Posted February 17 https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/new-england-revolution/revolution-tajon-buchanan-louisville/ Impressing for NE in preseason. 6 Grizzly, Shway, jpg75 and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpg75 5 Posted February 17 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. 1 Grizzly reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grizzly 2,788 Posted February 17 3 hours ago, jpg75 said: Nice cross for the assist. Nice ball control too before taking the cross. 2 jpg75 and Keegan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KW519 494 Posted March 2 On the bench for New England 2 johnyb and Dominic94 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davey_twelve 42 Posted March 11 Didn't catch the game but he played for the final 10 minutes this weekend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shamrock 1,526 Posted March 11 (edited) 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 by shamrock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
