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Canadian soccer reacts to Canada’s Olympic qualifying opening win

If you didn’t already know, Tajon Buchanan is a talented footballer.

The New England Revolution winger’s first-half brace sent Canadian soccer into a frenzy Friday, with the Canadians beating El Salvador 2-0 in their Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying tournament opener. The 22-year-old was playing in his first match for the Canadian national side at any level and, within 30-odd minutes, had secured a dream debut and eventually, all three points.

Next up for coach Mauro Biello and the Canadians is a date with Haiti (Monday 6pm ET, OneSoccer) who fell 3-0 to Honduras in their group stage opener after a handful of players and coaches were unable to fulfill COVID-19 protocol Friday.

Here’s how Canadian soccer social media reacted to the result.


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