David Lara is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the USL A-League.In 1998, Lara graduated from Benet Academy in Lisle, Illinois. He was 1997 Illinois All State in soccer. Lara attended Bradley University, playing eighty games from 1998 to 2001. In 2002, he turned professional with the Milwaukee Rampage of the USL A-League. In 2000, Lara played for the Chicago Sockers as they won the USL Premier Development League title.