Occhiuto attended Erie Community College where he played soccer in 1975 and 1976.
[2] In 1979, he signed with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
That fall, he moved to the Kansas City Comets before returning to the Stallions for one more season.
In 1984, he played for the Buffalo Storm of the United Soccer League.
[3] Occhiuto later played for the Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League.