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.
[2] In February 1996, the Kansas City Wiz selected Uderitz in the seventh round (66th overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft.
[2] He played 28 games in 1996,[citation needed] but lost the entire 1997 season after tearing the medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
His younger son Beckham plays for the Seattle Sounders FC Academy.