# Scott Uderitz
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{{short description|American soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Scott Uderitz
| full_name =
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|5|17}}
| birth_place = [Edmonds, Washington](/source/Edmonds%2C_Washington), United States
| height = 5 ft 10 in
| position = [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder)
| collegeyears1 = 1989–1992
| college1 = [UNLV Rebels](/source/UNLV_Rebels)
| years1 = 1993–1994
| years2 = 1995
| years3 = 1996–1999
| years4 = 1998
| clubs1 = [Cleveland Crunch](/source/Cleveland_Crunch) ''(indoor)''
| clubs2 = [Las Vegas Dustdevils](/source/Las_Vegas_Dustdevils) ''(indoor)''
| clubs3 = [Kansas City Wizards](/source/Kansas_City_Wizards)
| clubs4 = → [MLS Pro 40](/source/MLS_Pro_40) (loan)
| caps1 = 14
| caps2 = 23
| caps3 = 52
| caps4 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 7
| goals3 = 2
| goals4 = 0
}}
'''Scott Uderitz''' (born May 17, 1970, in [Edmonds, Washington](/source/Edmonds%2C_Washington)) is a retired American [soccer](/source/soccer) [midfielder](/source/midfielder) who played one season in the [National Professional Soccer League](/source/NPSL_II), one in the [Continental Indoor Soccer League](/source/Continental_Indoor_Soccer_League), and three in [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer).
Uderitz attended the [University of Nevada, Las Vegas](/source/University_of_Nevada%2C_Las_Vegas) where he played on the men's soccer team from 1989 to 1992. In 1993, he signed with the [Cleveland Crunch](/source/Cleveland_Crunch) of the [National Professional Soccer League](/source/NPSL_II). 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](/source/Las_Vegas_Dustdevils) in the [Continental Indoor Soccer League](/source/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](/source/The_Kansas_City_Star) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92411411/uderitz-plays-role-of-bulldog/ |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |accessdate=January 12, 2022}}]
In February 1996, the [Kansas City Wiz](/source/Kansas_City_Wiz) selected Uderitz in the seventh round (66th overall) in the [1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft](/source/1996_MLS_Inaugural_Player_Draft).[{{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](/source/Snohomish%2C_Washington), and coached several youth soccer teams in the area for [Snohomish United](/source/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](/source/The_Everett_Herald) |accessdate=January 12, 2022}}] His son [Hal](/source/Hal_Uderitz) played for the [Seattle University Redhawks](/source/Seattle_Redhawks_men's_soccer) and was selected in the [2022 MLS SuperDraft](/source/2022_MLS_SuperDraft) by [Seattle Sounders FC](/source/Seattle_Sounders_FC). His younger son [Beckham](/source/Beckham_Uderitz) plays for the [Seattle Sounders FC Academy](/source/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](/source/SB_Nation) |accessdate=January 12, 2022 |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129051621/https://www.sounderatheart.com/2022/1/11/22879241/seattle-sounders-mls-superdraft-2022-trade-top-pick-select-locals |url-status=dead }}]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{MLS player|scott-uderitz}}
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Category:1970 births
Category:Living people
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Cleveland Crunch players
Category:Continental Indoor Soccer League players
Category:Sporting Kansas City players
Category:Las Vegas Dustdevils players
Category:National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
Category:UNLV Rebels men's soccer players
Category:Sportspeople from Edmonds, Washington
Category:Soccer players from Snohomish County, Washington
Category:Major League Soccer players
Category:MLS Pro-40 players
Category:A-League (1995–2004) players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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