How can I get this function to fire off last?

Question

In the following code, there are two buttons on the stage- "button1" and "button2". 
I want to get the buttons to change frames and THEN have the "playerChange" function fire off.
Currently, the "playerChange" function fires first. Moving the function  either renders the code inoperable or
returns error messages.
function buttonChange (e:MouseEvent)
{if    
                (e.target.currentFrame == "frame1" )
         if (e.target==button1) (playerChange)
                 (e.target.gotoAndStop(player.currentFrame + 1)) 
           else{player.gotoAndStop(player.currentFrame)
          if (e.target==button2)  (playerChange) 
                (e.target.gotoAndStop(player.currentFrame + 1))
          else{player2.gotoAndStop(player2.currentFrame)
button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,buttonChange );
button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,buttonChange);
Note:this is an abridged version of the code. The code I'm actually using uses 20 buttons and about 8 conditionals for each button, so e.target is more convenient than writing a command for each button.