First Team Sports Science Intern

FC Cincinnati•Cincinnati, OH

9d•Onsite

About The Position

This internship offers the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in a professional soccer organization. The intern will assist staff supporting FC Cincinnati and FCC2 players and will be based at the Mercy Health Training Center in Milford, Ohio. The schedule is flexible, averaging four days per week, mainly from 9 a.m. to 2 or 3 p.m. The position is hourly paid, and college credit is available if required. The internship is allotted for the 2027 MLS Sprint Season, which runs from February through April. Continued employment during the 2027–2028 season may be possible based on organizational needs and individual performance.

Requirements

Be enrolled in an undergraduate or higher Exercise Science program, or have just completed one.
Have experience maintaining databases and working with athlete monitoring systems.
Have knowledge of sports science, strength and conditioning, and data science principles.
Be proficient in common sports science technologies and software, including GPS systems and VALD equipment.
Be willing to learn and receive feedback.
Have a creative, dynamic, and enthusiastic personality.
Have excellent organizational and time-management skills.
Be able to communicate information clearly to a range of audiences.
Be able to collaborate successfully as part of a multidisciplinary team to solve performance problems.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with data visualization tools and coding, such as Tableau, R, Python, and SQL.

Responsibilities

Assist the Director of Sports Science with collecting, storing, and analyzing player data, and provide effective feedback to key stakeholders.
Apply data-driven methodologies to evaluate athlete performance.
Support 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.
Use various 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.