Mike Barca

{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1954)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| image =

| name = Mike Barca

| fullname = Miguel Barca

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|1|30}}

| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, United States

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 1971–1974

| youthclubs1 = Fairleigh Dickinson University

| years1 = 1975

| clubs1 = Hartford Bicentennials

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1976–1978

| clubs2 = New Jersey Americans

| caps2 =

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1978–1979

| clubs3 = Cleveland Force (indoor)

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 0

}}

Miguel "Mike" Barca (born January 30, 1954) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.

Barca attended East Side High School in Newark, New Jersey and Fairleigh Dickinson University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1971 to 1974.[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/145765699/ "'Healthy Neto, New Acquisitions Strengthen Lineup of Americans"], Asbury Park Press, June 30, 1977. Accessed April 14, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Center forward Rubin Cantera and goalkeeper Mike Barca have been added to the roster.... Barca played under Schellscheidt with the North American Soccer League Hartford Bicentennials in 1975 and is a graduate of Newark East Side High School (where he played with current Americans Tino Dominguez and Telmo Pires) and Falrleigh Dickinson University (where he gained All-New Jersey-Pennsylvania-Delaware honors.)" He was a 1974 Honorable Mention (third team) All American and graduated in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics.

Barca turned professional in 1975 with the Hartford Bicentennials of the North American Soccer League. In 1977, he joined the New Jersey Americans of the American Soccer League] where he played two seasons. In 1978, he signed with the Cleveland Force of Major Indoor Soccer League. Barca retired from professional soccer in 1980. In April 1982, Monchik Weber hired Barca as a program manager. In 1984, he moved to AT&T where he held a variety of management positions over the next twenty-two years. He became an independent contractor in 2007.