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A case of mistaken identity on Twitter got soccer fans in Ottawa riled up on Sunday.

A soccer support group — @CapitalUltras — directed a tweet toward Jeff Hunt on the weekend. Problem was the tweet was sent to an account (jeffhun88689032) which didn’t belong to the Atlético Ottawa partner (his Twitter handle is @JeffHuntOT).

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Confusion aside, the “other” Hunt account has since been deleted and Hunt, who hadn’t tweeted since 2017, promises to up his Twitter game (he does have 3,128 followers).

“Some people were trying to tweet at me — there was some frustration boiling over and I became aware of it,” said Hunt. “People were tweeting at me to ask questions and then getting frustrated that I wasn’t responding. It was kind of funny. I reached out to a number of people and said, ‘Look, no hard feelings … I understand the passion and the frustration. Here is my real Twitter account.’ People were concerned about the overall lack of communication. I’m making a commitment to be more engaged in the social media world and try to be responsive to fans who are passionate and curious. I will take fans like that all day long. If you have emotional fans, sometimes the emotions go two ways, it’s not always going to be positive.”