FedEx Field hosted a friendly between El Salvador and Argentina on Saturday afternoon, and after what happened before the match, someone might be out of a job in the near future.
When El Salvador’s national anthem was about to be played, fans and players alike were ready to sing along, except for one problem: The anthem that was heard over the stadium’s speakers wasn’t theirs! Believe it or not, it was the national anthem of the Isle of Man, according to Dan Steinberg of The Washington Post.
Check out the reaction from the El Salvadoran players, who weren’t happy about it.
Fans were even more upset about the gaffe, and they took to Twitter to weigh in.
@FedExFieldEvent Why did you play a different national anthem when it was El Salvador’s turn. That was so #disrespectful #bigtimefailure
— Nate out loud (@IrahetaNate) March 28, 2015
@FedExFieldEvent you guys should publicly apologize to all @LaSelecta_ESA, their fans and all #Salvadoreans living in the MD area — Nate out loud (@IrahetaNate) March 28, 2015
@FedExFieldEvent You just played the wrong National Anthem. Fool!!!!
— Q (@Center_Q) March 28, 2015
Watching #ArgentinaVsElSalvador at #fedexfield and I have no idea what anthem was playing but it wasn’t El Salvador’s and fans are pissed — JoeGlo (@JoeGlo1) March 28, 2015
How embarrassing for a country like USA to play wrong anthem for El Salvador! Showing their ignorance #ARGvsSAL
— bigolo187 (@bigolo187) March 28, 2015
Argentina went on to win the match, 2-0.