MLS week 28 review: Craziness out west and more

MLS week 28 shook up the Western Conference in unexpected ways, but the Vancouver Whitecaps stay top.

MLS week 28 was a week of golazos and Josef Martinez. Kekuta Manneh notched a screamer for Columbus against his former club; Blerim Dzemaili ripped a beautiful volley to put Montreal ahead of Minnesota, until Abu Danladi returned the favor with a top-shelf winner in the dying seconds; Tommy MacNamara, MLS’s golazo king, netted one in Colorado; and Jefferson Savarino won it for RSL with a howitzer on his left foot. Martinez, meanwhile, scored six goals in two games to please fantasy owners and put himself in historic company.

On a broader level, week 28 saw significant shake-up in the Western…