Scott Uderitz

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Scott Uderitz

| full_name =

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|5|17}}

| birth_place = Edmonds, Washington, United States

| height = 5 ft 10 in

| position = Midfielder

| collegeyears1 = 1989–1992

| college1 = UNLV Rebels

| years1 = 1993–1994

| years2 = 1995

| years3 = 1996–1999

| years4 = 1998

| clubs1 = Cleveland Crunch (indoor)

| clubs2 = Las Vegas Dustdevils (indoor)

| clubs3 = Kansas City Wizards

| clubs4 = → MLS Pro 40 (loan)

| caps1 = 14

| caps2 = 23

| caps3 = 52

| caps4 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 7

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 = 0

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Scott Uderitz (born May 17, 1970, in Edmonds, Washington) is a retired American soccer midfielder who played one season in the National Professional Soccer League, one in the Continental Indoor Soccer League, and three in Major League Soccer.

Uderitz attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he played on the men's soccer team from 1989 to 1992. In 1993, he signed with the Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League. He played fourteen games with the Crunch.[http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl94.txt NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL REPORT -- 1993-1994] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029060250/http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl94.txt |date=2008-10-29 }} He then spent the 1995 summer indoor season with the Las Vegas Dustdevils in the Continental Indoor Soccer League, scoring seven goals in 23 games.{{cite news |last=Luder |first=Bob |date=July 10, 1996 |title=Uderitz plays role of bulldog |page=D1 |work=The Kansas City Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92411411/uderitz-plays-role-of-bulldog/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=January 12, 2022}}

In February 1996, the Kansas City Wiz selected Uderitz in the seventh round (66th overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played 28 games in 1996,{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} but lost the entire 1997 season after tearing the medial collateral ligament in his right knee.{{cite news |last=Luder |first=Bob |date=February 6, 1998 |title=Wizards look loaded heading into season |page=D3 |work=The Kansas City Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92470251/wizards-look-loaded-heading-into-season/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=January 12, 2022}} He returned in 1998, starting 18 games out of 22 played. He then only played two games in 1999 before retiring from playing professionally.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Following his retirement, Uderitz returned to Snohomish, Washington, and coached several youth soccer teams in the area for Snohomish United.{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=Nick |date=April 16, 2018 |title=Snohomish United makes it free to play high-level youth soccer |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/snohomish-united-makes-it-free-to-play-high-level-youth-soccer/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=January 12, 2022}} His son Hal played for the Seattle University Redhawks and was selected in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft by Seattle Sounders FC. His younger son Beckham plays for the Seattle Sounders FC Academy.{{cite news |last=Oshan |first=Jeremiah |date=January 11, 2022 |title=Sounders trade top pick, select locals |url=https://www.sounderatheart.com/2022/1/11/22879241/seattle-sounders-mls-superdraft-2022-trade-top-pick-select-locals |work=Sounder At Heart |publisher=SB Nation |accessdate=January 12, 2022}}