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Portland Timbers prove strangely oversensitive to brilliant LA Galaxy video

When memes matter more than they should


The Portland Timbers beat rivals LA Galaxy 1–0 on Sunday. Galaxy defender Jelle Van Damme was sent off in the first half after getting booked twice in three minutes when Diego Chara took a dive, avoiding Van Damme’s outstretched leg. Van Damme was not happy about this, so he tweeted a photo of people diving to express his position on the matter.

The next day, the Galaxy shared a trippy (pun intended) and spectacular video of Chara’s dive.

The Timbers were not happy about this.

What a strange and petty reaction. Not only did the Galaxy have higher attendance than the Timbers last season (with a few thousand more in capacity), but why respond at all? And if you really must, just reply with video of the perfectly executed goal that the Timbers scored before the sending off.

Remember, the Timbers won this match. It should be LA that comes out of this looking salty, but now it’s Portland. Even Twitter beefs don’t make sense in MLS.


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MLS Cup final starts with a goalkeeping howler inside 30 seconds

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That look when an opponent hits both posts and misses in a shootout

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The Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City concluded their playoff game with an MLS record 22-shot penalty shootout that ended with Portland’s keeper scoring and Kansas City’s keeper missing. But that was just the finale.

Before that, each side had four misses, but none were more incredible than Saad Abdul-Salaam’s, which hit both posts and stayed out.

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Clint Dempsey sent off after tossing and tearing up the ref’s book during crazy US Open Cup match

Fierce rivals Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers met in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup and the resulting match surpassed anything anyone could have dreamed up. Read more