Epitome of class, the Ross Barron goal

Awesome! Sounds like a great kid to be around.

here is the video of the Goal!!

That's really awesome. I'm glad Ross got to experience that. His excitement after his goal explains everything about his character.

Many families know the unbelievable shock and amazement that their child has just scored their first goal in a situation were you never thought it would happen or a player making an epic defensive play or for a goalie, the outstretched tap that saved a game. For families and friends of challenged kids that overcame just to get on the field of play it must be mind boggling to see that child succeed in such a way that the players from both teams aknowledge their accomplishments on the field. Ross, what a goal, you are the man. Congratulations to everybody involved.

I am hanging up my screen name, but I had to add my two cents here. This is great. My oldest sister had downs. I always thought she was very special and I always felt a sense of responsibility for her. But after I had the priviledge of becoming a parent myself, I gained even more respect for my parents as well the parents of other special needs children. All parents want their kids to succeed, but parents of special needs kids have to adapt to a different type of success that most of us could probably never imagine. For Ross to have been able to enjoy this type of success and for so many to have benefitted from sharing the experience is truly wonderful. He is obviously a special person and my hat is off to him and his mom for sharing more detail about Ross with the soccer community. For the coaches and players involved, you have done yourself proud. My primary concern for every one of my kid's coaches was that they have a positive impact on the children they coach, Pineville/LHS coaches I think you have set the bar high in this case. I am impressed.

Had tears in my eyes watching that goal. Nice shot Ross! 20 years from now most of those kids will be parents themselves. As they are kicking the ball around with their own kids they may not remember much about the soccer games they played in high school. I'll bet however, most will remember that goal by Ross. What a great act of kindness by everyone involved!!

Touching to see the video...Great to see a Lafayette squad show good sportmanship...good luck to the Lions the rest of the playoffs. That is a good way to earn more respect that you already have.

Class act lions

Wow. Such class from Lafayette. I really hope the lions can get back to the finals and pickup where they left off last year.