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Tajon Buchanan... speaks English... his mother Geraldeen Taylor was born in JAM (she grew up in Brampton)... he was eight years old when he started playing soccer at Brampton YSC...
represented Canada at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022... Concacaf champion (first place in 2021-22 Concacaf Final Round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers)... won a Concacaf Silver Medal with Canada (2022-23 Nations League)... Concacaf semifinalist (2021)... represented Canada at one CONMEBOL Copa América (fourth place at USA 2024)...
in USA with New England Revolution, an MLS Supporters’ Shield winner (2021)... in Belgium with Club Brugge KV, a Championnat de Belgique winner (2021-22) and Supercoupe de Belgique winner (2022)... in Italy with Inter Milan, a Supercoppa Italiana winner (2024)...
part of the Canada Soccer team that met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on 15 November 2021 ahead of their FIFA World Cup Qualifiers match one day later in Edmonton (a surprise visit by the Prime Minister at a training session)...
said Buchanan in 2021, “that’s my mentality: to keep wanting to get better as a player, to keep pushing myself no matter what team I was on, whether that was Syracuse or coming here (to New England) as a rookie and then just taking another step forward last year in my second season and obviously another bigger step this year. Just having the mentality to keep pushing myself and trying and be the best player and person I could possibly be”... said Bruce Arena of New England Revolution in 2021, “Tajon has grown tremendously during his time in New England and has earned this opportunity to prove himself (with Club Brugge KV) at the highest levels in Europe with this Champions League club”...
wrote on Instagram after he was named to Canada’s squad for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, “never let someone tell you that you can’t do something…honoured to be representing Canada at the 2022 FIFA World Cup”...
was selected to represented Canada at the 2020 Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship, but the tournament was postponed until 2021... represented Canada at 2021 Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying in Mexico...
he was 22 years old when he made his debut for Canada on 5 June 2021... represented Canada at the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup... he scored his first international “A” goal for Canada on 29 July 2021 in Houston, TX, USA (Concacaf Gold Cup semifinals against Mexico)… helped Canada finish first in 2021-22 Concacaf / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (Canada qualified for Qatar 2022)... represented Canada at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022...