Soccer Sports Science Intern — Flexible Hours, Data-Driven

Fussball Club Cincinnati LLC (\"FC Cincinnati\"); Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

FCC Welcome gifts

Resume/profile reviews

Stadium tour (TQL) and MHTC

Discount team store merchandise

Volunteer opportunities

Job shadow opportunities

Paid hourly and/or college credit

Job summary

FC Cincinnati is offering a First Team Sports Science Intern role based at the Mercy Health Training Center in Milford, Ohio. The position provides hands-on experience supporting FCC and FCC2 players from February through April 2027, with potential continuation based on performance.

Flexible schedule, ~4 days/week, typically 9am–2pm/3pm, and hourly pay with college credit options. Responsibilities include data collection, analysis, workload monitoring, and feedback to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in an Exercise Science undergraduate or higher program or just completed.
• Experience maintaining databases and working with athlete monitoring systems.
• Knowledge of sports science, strength and conditioning and data science principles.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools and coding (Tableau, R, Python, SQL).
• Proficiency in common sports science technologies and software (GPS systems & VALD equipment).

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Sports Science with the collection, storage and analysis of player data and provide effective feedback to key stakeholders
• Apply data driven methodologies to evaluate athlete performance.
• Support the club-wide monitoring strategies by tracking individual player data and helping manage workloads to mitigate injury risk and optimize player health, well-being and readiness
• Utilize a variety of technologies to quantify internal and external training load and assess player responses to training
• Conduct in-house projects to evaluate the effectiveness of performance interventions

Skills

Data analysis

Athlete monitoring

Communication

Team collaboration

Tableau

Python

R

SQL

Education

Exercise Science undergrad or higher

Tools

GPS systems

VALD equipment

Job description

FC Cincinnati is offering a First Team Sports Science Intern role based at the Mercy Health Training Center in Milford, Ohio. The position provides hands-on experience supporting FCC and FCC2 players from February through April 2027, with potential continuation based on performance.

Flexible schedule, ~4 days/week, typically 9am–2pm/3pm, and hourly pay with college credit options. Responsibilities include data collection, analysis, workload monitoring, and feedback to stakeholders.