FC Dallas defender Reggie Cannon lashed out at fans who booed as his teammates and Nashville SC players knelt during the national anthem ahead of their Wednesday night matchup.

Cannon told reporters he was baffled that fans in Toyota Stadium – the home of FC Dallas – were booing as players knelt in protest of racial injustice and police brutality.

I think it was absolutely disgusting,” Cannon said, according to MLSSoccer.com.

Millions of other people support this cause and we discussed with every other team and the league what we’re going to do and we’ve got fans booing us in our own stadium.

The national anthem was being played because fans were back in attendance for the first time since the league shut down over the coronavirus pandemic.

national team member, said Nashville and the league were informed that players were going to kneel whether the anthem was played or not.

Cannon said the reaction was upsetting.

“Ryan Hollingshead, the first thing he said to me after we got up from the knee he said 'I'm sorry.' I’m sorry for our fans because we had someone chanting 'USA' when they don’t understand what keeling means, they don’t understand why we’re kneeling,'" Cannon continued, "they can’t see the reason, they just think we’re the ignorant ones and it’s incredibly frustrating.