Freshman Trevor Burns is not known for playing soccer at Algonquin, but more for his spot on the elite New England Revolution Academy U16 team where he plays an important role.

Burns started playing club soccer when he was 12, and he is a current starting midfielder on the Revolution Academy team. By playing on his town team a few grade levels above his own before playing club, he was able to prove his soccer abilities to the soccer community.

Burns attributes his dad Mike Burns, a former pro soccer player on the New England Revolution, as his inspiration to start the sport.

“Since my dad was so into soccer himself, I started playing it [for Southborough] when I was very young,” Burns said.

Burns looks forward to the travel and high level of play.

¨[What I am looking forward to the most are] the trips we get to go on and the other teams we get to play against from around the country,” Burns said.

The Revolution Academy typically plays at Gillette Stadium and goes up against other MLS academies and some local club teams.

Trevor has high hopes for his future in soccer.

“Hopefully I will play in college, and then I want to play in the pros,” Burns said.

According to Burns, because of all the amazing traveling, friendships, and soccer that the Revolution Academy has to offer for Burns, being prohibited from playing [soccer] for Algonquin doesn’t faze him.

English teacher John Frederick has coached for the Revolution Academy since the program started.

Although this is only Frederick’s first season coaching Burns, he has known Burns as a player and a person for many years.

“Trevor is a pleasure to coach both on and off the field,” Frederick said.

According to Frederick, Burns is always showing in his performance that he wants to improve in both academics and soccer.

“One of his greatest attributes as a player and a person is his motivation,” Frederick said.

According to Frederick, Burns is very humble and one who does not make a huge show regarding his talent, Burns shows up at practice everyday and works his hardest.

“One of his greatest attributes as a soccer player is that he thinks extraordinarily quickly on the field, and he is able to see the game faster than most players, and he plays faster [mentally and physically] than most players,” Frederick said.