Zurita grew up in Englewood, New Jersey and graduated from Dwight Morrow High School.
[1] He was a three-year varsity letterman with the boys' soccer team, but lost most of his sophomore season after breaking his arm early in the year.
He attended Southern Connecticut State University, where he was a 1985 First Team NCAA Division II All American soccer player.
[2] In 1982, Zurita and his team mates finished runners-up in the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship.
In 1986, he moved to the Chicago Sting before finishing his career with the Cleveland Force during the 1987-1988 MISL season.