Unresponsive Matchmaking

For the last two days I've been having matchmaking issues with the client. The issues have to do with responsiveness:

1. When I create a game lobby the client can be unresponsive.
2. When I select my positions sometimes I get an incorrect error message (such as when I go to start the game it tells me I don't have positions selected when I do).
3. When I click "Find Match" the queue time doesn't start running.

Ultimately, I am always able to get into a game but often have to recreate the lobby and go through the process several times. It seems like there is quite a big of lag in terms of my selections and the server/client realizing them. However, there is no difference in my ping or the responsiveness once I am in a game - this is a client only issue.

EDIT: This tends to happen the most for my first game. Not sure what that means.