Greenock Morton
Which team did David Brcic play for from 1978 to 1979?
David Brcic David Joseph Brcic ( born January 21 , 1958 ) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally 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 mens national soccer team . Youth career . In 1976 , Brcic graduated from Bishop DuBourg High School in St . Louis , Missouri where he played on the schools soccer team . He has been inducted into the schools Hall of Fame . After high school , Brcic attended St . Louis University where he played a single season of college soccer . Outdoor soccer . In 1977 , he left the university to sign with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League . Brcic remained a back-up with the Cosmos through the 1979 season . Through that year , he had played only eight games in goal . During the 1978-79 off-season , the Cosmos loaned Brcic to Greenock Morton of the Scottish First Division , then the top league in Scotland . After injuries hit Greenock Mortons 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 . Brcic returned to the Cosmos for the 1980 season and remained with the team until it folded during the 1984-1985 indoor season . 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 . Brcic did not play again for the senior team until 1984 . That year he was the starting goalkeeper for the U.S . team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics . 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 . 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 . Indoor Soccer . By this time Brcic was ending his outdoor professional career and had embarked on his indoor years . He gained his first indoor soccer experience during the 1981-1982 NASL indoor season . He played fourteen games for the Cosmos as they finished with the leagues second worst record . Brcic and the Cosmos did much better in the second NASL indoor season , which didnt take place until 1983-1984 . He started twenty-six games as New York made it to the championship game before falling to the San Diego Sockers . The next year , the Cosmos entered the Major Indoor Soccer League . 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 . Brcic began the season with the Cosmos , but when they collapsed , he moved to the Wichita Wings . At the end of the season , he moved again to the Pittsburgh Spirit for the 1985-1986 season . Although the Spirit finished in the bottom of the standings , Brcic was selected to the first team All MISL list . For the 1986-1987 season , he was with his fourth team in three seasons , the Los Angeles Lazers . Once again , he found himself with a struggling team . Brcic also played with the Kansas City Comets and St . Louis Storm . Since retiring from playing , Brcic graduated from Maryville University in 1996 has run soccer camps and is President of Soccer Master . He resides in St . Louis with his wife Cindy and two children Emily and Alex . External links . - MISL stats - NASL/MISL stats