Editor’s note: This story appears in our November-December 2020 magazine. You can subscribe to the print edition, or digital, here.
Tajon Buchanan punctuated his slow and steady rise with one highlight-reel moment in the thick of the New England Revolution’s chase for their second straight MLS Cup Playoff berth.
The second-year forward from Brampton, Ont., collected a tidy Matt Polster pass out of midfield and embarked on a driving, diagonal run toward goal in the final 10 minutes of an eventual 2-1 defeat to the Philadelphia Union on Oct. 19 at Gillette Stadium.