Watch: LA Galaxy and Portland Timbers Fight Via Twitter Memes

Fans of Portland Timbers celebrate a goal against LA Galaxy at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland, Oregon, July 14 2012.
Fans of Portland Timbers celebrate a goal against LA Galaxy at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland, Oregon, July 14 2012. Portland beat LA Galaxy on Sunday at StubHub Field in Los Angeles. Jonathan Ferrey/Getty

Diving, or simulation, is a hot topic right now in professional football.

But it's arguably never been tackled with quite the same artistic savagery that LA Galaxy managed on Monday.

The Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise took exception to the sending off of defender Jelle Van Damme on Sunday for a challenge with Portland Timbers' Diego Char á with a 44-second video in which Char á reacts to Van Damme's challenge by flying through space and blowing up the Death Star.

are we doing this right? ☄️ #shootingstars #memes pic.twitter.com/8wds3Wnop8

— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) March 13, 2017

Portland wasn't going to take that without a response, referencing empty seats in LA Galaxy's StubHub Center.

if you can only put fans in 60% of your seats a cute meme is one way to get attention. We have video guys, too. Stay tuned...

— Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) March 13, 2017

This fight isn't over.

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