Soccer Data Analyst: Turn Data into Winning Tactics

New England Revolution; Jeffersonville (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

New England Revolution is seeking a Soccer Data Analyst to apply advanced analytics to event, tracking, physical, and performance data. You will develop models, visualizations, and tools to inform coaching, scouting, and player recruitment, collaborating with a cross-functional Analytics team.

The role emphasizes building dashboards, validating data pipelines, and communicating insights to both technical and non-technical staff to advance strategic goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, or related quantitative field.
• Master's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Analytics, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze soccer event, tracking, physical, and performance data to identify trends and insights for match prep, opponent analysis, player development, and post-match reviews.
• Design, validate, and improve diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive models for coaching strategies, player evaluation, and scouting.
• Develop interactive dashboards and reports to support recruitment, roster construction, and strategic planning.
• Collaborate with Analytics Department and cross-functional teams to explore research initiatives using event, tracking, and performance data.
• Maintain and optimize analytical code, data pipelines, and data science products using Python, R, SQL, and other technologies with good coding practices.
• Validate and cleanse data sources, support data governance and data quality initiatives.
• Present findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating analyses into actionable insights.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Predictive modeling

Machine learning

Python

Excel

SQL

R language

Tableau

Power BI

Data visualization

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics/ Economics/ Mathematics/ CS/ Data Science

Master's degree in Data Science/ Statistics/ CS/ Analytics

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Git

SQL databases

Job description

New England Revolution is seeking a Soccer Data Analyst to apply advanced analytics to event, tracking, physical, and performance data. You will develop models, visualizations, and tools to inform coaching, scouting, and player recruitment, collaborating with a cross-functional Analytics team.

The role emphasizes building dashboards, validating data pipelines, and communicating insights to both technical and non-technical staff to advance strategic goals.