OGDEN — In the last road game of the 2011 PDL season the Ogden Outlaws (2-9-4) defeated the BYU (3-8-4) Cougars, 2-1 on Saturday night. It is the first Outlaws victory in Ogden versus the Cougars and third win in 22 games against BYU.
"Overall I felt we had the better run of play and we certainly had the chances," said BYU head coach, Chris Watkins. "All the credit in the world to their keeper (Devin Zimmerman) who had a couple of amazing saves."
The Cougars and Outlaws played a physical game for the first half an hour before BYU struck first with a goal by Oregon State transfer, David Gates in the 29th minute. It was Gates' second goal of the year.
"David Gates continues to be a nice threat for us and had a great goal today," said Watkins.
However, late in the first half the Outlaws got the equalizer in the 44th minute as Outlaw forward, Elias Hatungimana, chipped the ball over BYU goalkeeper, Cory Cosgrave.
In the second half BYU put Ogden on its heels but didn't finish any shots. The game winning goal came in the 67th minute when former Cougar, Josh Patino knocked in a cross off a free kick to make it 2-1 Ogden.
The win gave the Outlaws their second victory of the season and was the fourth game played against BYU in 2011.
BYU was 9-0-1 versus the Outlaws in Ogden going into the contest and after the loss the overall series record is 16-3-3.