Canberra high school student Shaun Burke has a chance to join Sydney FC after impressing the A-League giants with a 20-minute cameo in Wednesday night's friendly match against Canberra FC.

The 16-year-old goalkeeper confessed he had butterflies in his stomach as he prepared to share a field with Alex Brosque, Nicky Carle and Bernie Ibini but will now have a chance of playing alongside them after catching the attention of Sydney's goalkeeper coach, Zeljko Kalac.

Impressive: Canberra teenager Shaun Burke is set for a trial with Sydney FC. Credit:Melissa Adams

Burke, standing at 1.88 metres, was immediately noticed by Kalac, and a number of fine saves late in the game had the former AC Milan shot stopper asking Sydney and Canberra FC for permission to take Burke back up the Hume Highway to the Sky Blues' training field at Macquarie University.

So impressed was Kalac in the young goalkeeper that he personally invited Burke to undertake a two-week trial with the Sky Blues with a view to joining their National Youth League team. Burke was eating dinner with the rest of his teammates when he received a tap on the shoulder from the giant frame of the former Socceroo goalkeeper. Canberra's coach Andy Bernal would often say to him "you never know who is watching you", and those words are ringing in his ear as he's still struggling to come to terms with the invitation that arrived from one of Australia's greatest goalkeepers.