Oct. 22, 2008

Carissa Youker is the top scorer for Navy's playoff-bound soccer team. Her father, Jim, is a retired Army colonel who attends her games.

Friday night, when Navy plays at West Point, for whom will Jim Youker be rooting?

"I'll be there in the stands with a goat on my shirt," he said.

Blood trumps an Army hitch, said Youker, of Annapolis.

"I've got to [cheer] Navy. I mean, jeez, they're paying for my daughter's education - and they have an outstanding team," he said.

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