Английская Википедия:David Brcic
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Infobox football biography David Joseph Brcic (born January 21, 1958) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and earned four caps with the United States men's national soccer team.
Youth career
In 1976, Brcic graduated from Bishop DuBourg High School in St. Louis, Missouri where he played on the school's soccer team.Шаблон:Citation needed He has been inducted into the school's Hall of Fame.Шаблон:Citation needed After high school, Brcic attended St. Louis University where he played a single season of college soccer.Шаблон:Citation needed
Outdoor soccer
In 1977, he left the university to sign with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.Шаблон:Citation needed Brcic remained a back-up with the Cosmos through the 1979 season.Шаблон:Citation needed Through that year, he had played only eight games in goal.[1] During the 1978–79 off-season, the Cosmos loaned Brcic to Greenock Morton of the Scottish First Division, then the top league in Scotland.Шаблон:Citation needed After injuries hit Greenock Morton's goalkeepers, the team brought Brcic into its first team where he played six league games, including a win at Aberdeen F.C. on December 20, 1978 during which Brcic stopped a penalty kick.[2] Brcic returned to the Cosmos for the 1980 season and remained with the team until it folded during the 1984–1985 indoor season.Шаблон:Citation needed
National team
Brcic did not only return to the Cosmos in 1979, he also earned his first cap with the U.S. national team when he came on for Arnie Mausser in a May 2, 1979, loss to France.Шаблон:Citation needed Brcic did not play again for the senior team until 1984.Шаблон:Citation needed That year he was the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.Шаблон:Citation needed That year, he also appeared in a May 30 scoreless draw versus Italy and a 4–0 World Cup qualifying win against the Netherlands Antilles on October 6.Шаблон:Citation needed He played one more game with the senior national team, a 2–1 World Cup qualification victory over Trinidad and Tobago on May 15, 1985.Шаблон:Citation needed
Indoor soccer
By this time Brcic was ending his outdoor professional career and had embarked on his indoor years.Шаблон:Citation needed He gained his first indoor soccer experience during the 1981–1982 NASL indoor season.Шаблон:Citation needed He played fourteen games for the Cosmos as they finished with the league's second worst record.Шаблон:Citation needed Brcic and the Cosmos did much better in the second NASL indoor season, which didn't take place until 1983–1984.Шаблон:Citation needed He started twenty-six games as New York made it to the championship game before falling to the San Diego Sockers.Шаблон:Citation needed The next year, the Cosmos entered the Major Indoor Soccer League.Шаблон:Citation needed However, they were a shell of the team they were a few years prior and folded thirty-three games into the forty-eight game season.Шаблон:Citation needed Brcic began the season with the Cosmos, but when they collapsed, he moved to the Wichita Wings.Шаблон:Citation needed At the end of the season, he moved again to the Pittsburgh Spirit for the 1985–1986 season.Шаблон:Citation needed Although the Spirit finished in the bottom of the standings, Brcic was selected to the first team All MISL list.Шаблон:Citation needed For the 1986–1987 season, he was with his fourth team in three seasons, the Los Angeles Lazers.[3] Once again, he found himself with a struggling team. Brcic also played with the Kansas City Comets and St. Louis Storm.Шаблон:Citation needed
Since retiring from playing, Brcic graduated from Maryville University in 1996 has run soccer camps and is President of Soccer Master.Шаблон:Citation needed He resides in St. Louis with his wife Cindy and two children Emily and Alex.Шаблон:Citation needed
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External links
Шаблон:1983–84 NASL Indoor All-Stars Шаблон:United States squad 1984 Summer Olympics
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