Feature Friday: The Family Business

"That was an incredible feeling. Coming here as a freshman and playing in a big game and scoring a goal is really hard to describe. It was a great moment." Tyler Mitchiner not only scored a goal in the first match of his college career, but he did so against service academy rival Air Force during a 3-1 victory by the Black Knights on Aug. 26 at Clinton Field. Mitchiner's goal was Army's third of the game, and second in a 1:04 period, and all but sealed the season-opening victory over Air Force. More than 600 fans in attendance watched as Mitchiner found the back of the net off a failed clearing attempt and raced to the sideline, where he was embraced by his teammates. Watching the live video stream of the action was Tyler's father, Sean, who couldn't have been more proud of his son's debut. "I saw Tyler in his first game as a plebe do something that I didn't do in four years of my career, and that's score against Air Force. That was unbelievable, you talk about a proud papa moment. I couldn't do that in four years and he did it in his first game as a freshman!" Read More