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By Brigde Staff Writer -- Matthew Martz

The Bakersfield Brigade closed out the 2009 regular season with back-to-back road losses to the BYU Cougars and the Ogden Outlaws.

The Brigade (2-11-3) finished the season in last place in the Premiere Development Leagues Southwest Division.

The first match of the road trip resulted in a 3-0 loss on Friday, July 17 against the BYU Cougars (7-5-3).

The Cougars first goal came at the 42-minute mark when midfielder Curtis Graham slipped past the Bakersfield defenders and crossed the ball to forward Steve Fellows, who finished it off with a header into the net, giving BYU a 1-0 advantage.

The second half began with a Cougars offensive attack that lead to the games second goal at minute 51 when midfielder Richie Bindrup shot a ball into the net from 28 yards out.

Forward Brady Marshall scored the games final goal on a through ball from midfielder Jordan Cushman, slamming it home, capping the scoring at 3-0.

After Friday nights loss the Brigade took a short bus ride north to face off against the Ogden Outlaws the following evening for the first and only time this year.

The struggling Outlaws (4-11-1) who came into the match just one point ahead of the Brigade and only averaging 1.2 goals per game, gunned down the Brigade 6-0.
The Outlaws first goal came just 18 minutes into the match when forward Andy Cornia corralled a loose ball of the toe of a Brigade defender and found the back of the net, giving Ogden a 1-0 lead.

Ogden got their second goal of the match just five minutes later when midfielder Sunghyun Kim tucked one in off his own rebound, before defender Gabe Causse added one more in the final minute of the first half.

Leading 3-0, the Outlaws scored three more in the second half of play when midfielder Mike Hodgen shot a laser into the upper corner of the net from 25-yards out, followed by back-to-back goals from midfielder Joe Hickman at the 73 and 76-minute mark, solidifying a 6-0 win for Ogden.

This years leading scorers for the Brigade were Adan Arteaga (3 G, 6 PTS), Ken Taylor (2 G, 1 A, 5 PTS), Kyle Holland (2 G, 4PTS), and Wes Feighner (2 G, 1 A, 5 PTS).

Keeper Steve Trojanowski finished the year with a 1.20 GAA, with one clean sheet.

The Brigade will return to action in May 2010.

For more information, including ticket information for the 2010 season contact the Brigade Corporate office at 410 KICK (4625) or by visiting www.bakersfieldbrigade.com.