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.

In 1976, Brcic graduated from Bishop DuBourg High School in St. Louis, Missouri where he played on the school's soccer team.^{[citation needed]} He has been inducted into the school's Hall of Fame.^{[citation needed]} After high school, Brcic attended St. Louis University where he played a single season of college soccer.^{[citation needed]}

In 1977, he left the university to sign with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.^{[citation needed]} Brcic remained a back-up with the Cosmos through the 1979 season.^{[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.^{[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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]} Brcic did not play again for the senior team until 1984.^{[citation needed]} That year he was the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.^{[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.^{[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.^{[citation needed]}

By this time Brcic was ending his outdoor professional career and had embarked on his indoor years.^{[citation needed]} He gained his first indoor soccer experience during the 1981–1982 NASL indoor season.^{[citation needed]} He played fourteen games for the Cosmos as they finished with the league's second worst record.^{[citation needed]} Brcic and the Cosmos did much better in the second NASL indoor season, which didn't take place until 1983–1984.^{[citation needed]} He started twenty-six games as New York made it to the championship game before falling to the San Diego Sockers.^{[citation needed]} The next year, the Cosmos entered the Major Indoor Soccer League.^{[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.^{[citation needed]} Brcic began the season with the Cosmos, but when they collapsed, he moved to the Wichita Wings.^{[citation needed]} At the end of the season, he moved again to the Pittsburgh Spirit for the 1985–1986 season.^{[citation needed]} Although the Spirit finished in the bottom of the standings, Brcic was selected to the first team All MISL list.^{[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.^{[citation needed]}

Since retiring from playing, Brcic graduated from Maryville University in 1996 has run soccer camps and is President of Soccer Master.^{[citation needed]} He resides in St. Louis with his wife Cindy and two children Emily and Alex.^{[citation needed]}