It took five exhibition matches and one regular-season game, but FC Buffalo has discovered a style of play that suits their strengths and rattles opponents. The perk? At least seven matches remain for fans to enjoy this entertaining brand of soccer.

FC Buffalo welcomed rival Erie to All-High Stadium on Friday and then tormented the Commodores for 90 minutes, handing them their first loss of the National Premier Soccer League season with relentless energy, pressure and ball-winning.

The Wolves' victory, a 2-0 final, could have approached FC Buffalo's 5-0 thumping of Syracuse with more clinical finishing. The chances certainly were there.

"[We used] the exact same style of play, exact same tactics, everything about it was the same [as against Syracuse]," said FC Buffalo man of the match Kieran Toland. "The first 10 minutes, we said, 'We don't stop running, we get the ball back, we don't stop pressuring them' - and I think we pretty much did that for 90 minutes almost."

"We want to go, we want to attack with speed, create turnovers," echoed head coach Frank Butcher. "We've been doing a really good job at it. It's hard to stop speed. When we're playing that controlled and that fast, it's going to be really difficult to stop us."