 In 1938 , the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol became affiliates of FIFA . Once again the El Salvador national football team participated in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games , hosted in Panama , which were won by Mexico with Costa Rica in second place . El Salvador won two games and lost three out of the five played . A match for third place between Colombia and El Salvador was scheduled but was cancelled due to the bad physical state of the players . El Salvador finished in fourth place by goal difference . 
