[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.

[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] 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] 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.