GAME #1: CITY VS MITWEST -- LANSING CITY LEADS AGAINST MITWEST BUT NARROWLY HANGS ON TO A 1 GOAL WIN. CITY LED FOR THE WHOLE GAME GOING UP BY AS MUCH AS THREE GOALS. BUT THE CONSISTENT PRESSURE OF THE MITWEST COUNTERATTACK NARROWED THE LEAD. CITY HAD TO HANG ON TO WIN IN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS AS MITWEST CONTINUED TO PRESSURE CITY'S GOAL TO THE END. MITWEST PROVED TO BE A MUCH IMPROVED SIDE FROM RECENT PERFORMANCES IN PAST LEAGUES. CITY'S JEREMY KLEPAL SCORED 5 GOALS AND HAD AN ASSIST IN A DOMINATING STANDOUT PERFORMANCE. MITWEST'S COSTA NETTED 4 FOR HIMSELF INCLUDING SOME HIGH FLYING ENTERTAINING GOALS ON THE COUNTER.
GAME #2: CITY VS WSG -- CITY HOLDS OFF WSG COMBACK IN A DRAMATIC GAME. WSG'S DIEGO BOBADILLA SHINED FOR WSG LEADING HIS TEAM TO A FANTASTIC FIRST GAME OF THE SERIES. HERNAN, TOZER AND EMILQUE OF WSG ESTABLISHED AN AGGRESIVE STYLE OF PLAY THAT NOT ONLY PUT CITY UNDER PRESSURE BUT RESULTED IN TONS OF GOAL SCORING OPPORTUNITES. CITY'S JEREMY KLEPAL SMACKED IN 4 GOALS AND PROVIDED AN ASSIST FOR CITY AND A BRACE FROM JARED WILSON-SANTOS PROVED TO MUCH FOR WSG TO HANG ON TOO. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GAME TO WATCH MOVING FORWARD. THE CONTRASTING STYLES MAKE THIS A REALLY FUN ONE TO WATCH.