It was a Sunday night under the lights in Windsor Stadium when the stars aligned for a fun battle of an INARIA Division All Star Team of Players with Autism from the Windsor Essex County Special Stars Soccer League who played a game of soccer against a pro soccer team named the Windsor Stars. Laughter and fun was the name of this game. It was exciting, fun and thrilling. Everyone of the 300 fans in attendance were cheering crazily and having a great time. Pat Prestia was referee of the game and was calling all kinds of crazy penalties against the Windsor Stars while laughing and having fun. The Windsor Stars Coach Steve Vagnini and his whole bench of players were laughing and yelling to me Patrick Roberts president of the Special Stars how much did i pay the referee, we all laughed.The CBC Windsor TV reporter Lisa Xing said she was leaving after about 10 minutes from start of game. She stayed for the entire game. She said she was having too much fun. Players were heard yelling excitingly this is the best day of my life and can we do this next year. Respect and compassion was the utmost with the Windsor Stars who were having so much fun as well that they were saying as they were leaving the field we got to do this every year. The game ended in a wonderful 6-6 tie. Every player got their jersey's signed by all the players. I had a player who didn't really want to play in the game before the July 28,2013 night, but turned out that he was having one of the best days of his life. They say with Autism kids that things are better with same routine, but I say push their boundaries and comfort zones so they can realize that they too can have so much fun socializing in areas they have no control of and experiencing what life has to offer. When stars align wonderful things can happen, Thank you Windsor Stars.
Patrick Roberts
President
Windsor Essex County Special Stars Soccer League
Windsor, Canada
