Elias Zurita

Montag, 08. Juni 1964

Elias Zurita (born June 8, 1964), is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Zurita grew up in Englewood, New Jersey and graduated from Dwight Morrow High School. 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. In his junior and senior seasons, he scored 48 and 62 goals respectively as he led his team to consecutive state championship and garnered All State honors for himself. He attended Southern Connecticut State University, where he was a 1985 First Team NCAA Division II All American soccer player. In 1982, Zurita and his team mates finished runners-up in the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship.