Description
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U.S. Soccer Overview
The U.S. Soccer Federation exists in service to soccer. Our aim is to ignite a national passion for the game. Because we believe that soccer is more than a sport; it is a force for good.
We understand the importance and the power of teamwork, on and off the pitch. That is why we work closely with our Federation partners and members, to inspire, support and guide every level of the game: from the grassroots to the National Teams. We want to bring soccer into every home and every community, right across America. Because we believe that soccer can transform lives like no other sport. Soccer can represent the best of U.S.
U.S. Soccer is in a period of significant growth, with ambitious plans for U.S. Soccer in the near and far future. We are, therefore, looking for dynamic servant leaders to join us on this journey: in service to soccer. Applicants must be able to demonstrate visionary leadership, analytical decision-making, professional flexibility, and an empathic management style that builds bold teams and delivers globally significant results.
Soccer Forward Overview
Soccer Forward, U.S. Soccer’s 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup legacy initiative, is dedicated to improving lives and strengthening communities through the most accessible sport in America. Soccer Forward will be partner focused and driven and staff will engage with key stakeholders in the world of soccer, such as FIFA, Concacaf, NWSL, and MLS, as well as with U.S. Soccer member organizations.
The Soccer Forward team will create innovative and thoughtful strategies on how Soccer Forward can contribute to U.S. Soccer’s sponsors, media partners and donors. The team will organize, engage, manage and develop relationships with key community and charitable partners, particularly at a national and global level.
Position Description
Soccer Forward’s mission is to grow the game and to use it as a force for good. We know we’re not doing that alone; central to our strategy and values is to showcase, incubate and scale existing best practice, to facilitate collaboration with and between the soccer ecosystem, and to role-model a collective mindset in everything we do. To enable this approach, it’s essential that we nurture and manage relationships with the soccer community with positive intent, creativity, and effective coordination.
The post holder will be responsible for developing relationships with community partners, spotting opportunities for collaboration with and between community partners, supporting crowd sourcing of best practice, and helping to ensure Soccer Forward’s relationships with community partners are well coordinated, productive, and equitable for everyone involved. The role will span our Soccer Everywhere for Everyone initiative, and the Kang Women’s Institute (KWI).
Primary Responsibilities
- Help to cultivate and manage relationships with community organizations across the soccer ecosystem, working to understand their interests, needs, what they can offer to the wider movement, and opportunities to collaborate.
- Manage a community partner database to support the Soccer Forward team to coordinate conversations and collaborations with community partners, helping ensure joined up working and effective communication.
- Research new tools and resources from across the soccer ecosystem that can be showcased on the Soccer Forward Resource Hub and our range of Toolkits. Support communication with potential contributors to develop an equitable sense of partnership and to secure contributions.
- Write content for the Resource Hub and Toolkits that helps users engage with the resources and apply them in their context.
- Support coordination between KWI and SEFE programming to help ensure we maximise the value of our output, and our relationships with the wider community.
- Help drive engagement with the Resource Hub and Toolkits, alongside colleagues in the MarComms and Product Teams, developing strategies to ensure resources are being used.
- Help establish feedback loops with the soccer ecosystem to support us to continually develop our programs to meet needs, and to support storytelling and monitoring, evaluation and learning.
- Support colleagues across the broader Soccer Forward team to constantly be alert to potential collaboration with community partners, helping to champion our belief in collective working.
- General writing and administrative support for the KWI and wider SF team, as required.
- NB: Soccer Forward is a dynamic organization working at a fast pace. Candidates should be open to the responsibilities listed here evolving as new programs and opportunities emerge.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Relationship development capability, supported by excellent written and verbal communication
- Empathetic and responsive to a wide range of partner types and contexts
- Able to spot opportunities for collaboration and to join the dots between different programs and partners
- Strong writing skills, able to draft content for publication
- Confident creating and managing partner database
- Collaborative, responsive and entrepreneurial within a team setting
- General knowledge of soccer
- Capable of working in fast-paced and demanding environments
- Must be able to connect “micro” details to the “macro” vision and mission
- Proficient experience with Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook)
Desired Qualifications
- Understanding of the soccer ecosystem in the USA
- Experience of soccer for good or broader sport for development work and organizations.
- Development of resource hub and toolkit-type projects which seek to share best practice and build capacity
- Spanish language
U.S. Soccer offers a comprehensive compensation package, casual work environment, an inclusive culture, and an atmosphere for professional development.
U.S. Soccer is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, military status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected under the law. This policy applies to all our employment practices within our organization. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA, veterans, parents, and persons with disabilities to apply.
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In order to be considered for this role, after clicking "Apply Now" above and being redirected, you must fully complete the application process on the follow-up screen.
U.S. Soccer Overview
The U.S. Soccer Federation exists in service to soccer. Our aim is to ignite a national passion for the game. Because we believe that soccer is more than a sport; it is a force for good.
We understand the importance and the power of teamwork, on and off the pitch. That is why we work closely with our Federation partners and members, to inspire, support and guide every level of the game: from the grassroots to the National Teams. We want to bring soccer into every home and every community, right across America. Because we believe that soccer can transform lives like no other sport. Soccer can represent the best of U.S.
U.S. Soccer is in a period of significant growth, with ambitious plans for U.S. Soccer in the near and far future. We are, therefore, looking for dynamic servant leaders to join us on this journey: in service to soccer. Applicants must be able to demonstrate visionary leadership, analytical decision-making, professional flexibility, and an empathic management style that builds bold teams and delivers globally significant results.
Department Overview
The Integrated Performance Support (IPS) department serves as the Federation’s performance function providing a unified, multidisciplinary approach that advances player availability, readiness, and competitive advantage on the global stage.
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Player Movement Modeling & Applied Analytics
- Develop advanced models of player movement within a soccer-specific and competition-driven context.
- Translate 2D tracking and event data into tactical and interaction-based performance insights.
- Advance the Federation’s capabilities in 3D skeletal tracking and spatial modeling of player interactions.
- Model off-ball movement, defensive contribution, possession value, and contextual performance metrics.
- Integrate biomechanics and physics principles to enhance the interpretation of human movement patterns.
Integrated Performance Collaboration
- Partner with technical staff to contextualize movement data within tactical frameworks and game models.
- Collaborate with Sports Science and Performance staff to integrate tracking insights into load monitoring and readiness strategies.
- Work alongside Performance Medicine to support injury risk modeling, return-to-play benchmarks, and injury mitigation frameworks.
- Contribute to cross-disciplinary case management and shared performance planning processes.
Data Engineering & Productionization
- Work closely with Data Engineering to design storage solutions for 3D skeletal tracking data and deploy scalable, production-ready models on large and complex datasets.
- Ensure data integrity, reproducibility, and performance reliability within high-stakes competitive environments.
- Support centralized performance data integration across National Team programs.
Performance Innovation & Research
- Support internal and external research initiatives in collaboration with the Performance Innovation team.
- Contribute to applied research that advances competitive advantage and global best practice.
- Continuously explore new methodologies in player tracking, spatial modeling, and performance analytics.
- Benchmark analytical approaches against leading international federations and elite sport environments.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline.
- Significant experience working with large-scale datasets, particularly those involving human or object movement in dynamic environments.
- Demonstrated experience modeling, estimating, and analyzing movement trajectories.
- Advanced proficiency in data science programming languages such as Python or R.
- Advanced capability in querying, building, and optimizing SQL-based databases.
- Experience working within cloud-based data architecture environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, Databricks).
- Proven ability to train, validate, and deploy machine learning models in production environments.
- Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions, influence stakeholders, and drive high-quality outcomes.
- Ability to execute with precision under pressure in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
- Must be able to connect “micro” details to the “macro” vision and mission.
- Proficient experience with Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook).
- Willingness and availability to work non-traditional hours, including evenings and weekends, as required in elite sport environments.
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Physics or a related quantitative field, or strong applied foundation in physical modeling principles.
- Strong understanding of soccer performance and the broader U.S. soccer landscape.
- Experience working within a professional sporting organization or sports technology company.
- Experience working with optical or tracking-based player movement datasets.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with coaching staff and translating complex analytical outputs into concise, actionable insights.
- Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage data collection, planning, and cross-functional coordination.
- Coaching and/or playing experience in soccer preferred.
- Bilingual proficiency (Spanish or additional languages preferred).
- Working knowledge of U.S. Soccer’s mission, technical framework, and performance objectives.
U.S. Soccer offers a comprehensive compensation package, casual work environment, an inclusive culture, and an atmosphere for professional development.
U.S. Soccer is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, military status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected under the law. This policy applies to all our employment practices within our organization. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA, veterans, parents, and persons with disabilities to apply.
Maintenance Technician -- National Training Center (NTC)
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Atlanta · GA
Entry-level
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In order to be considered for this role, after clicking "Apply Now" above and being redirected, you must fully complete the application process on the follow-up screen.
U.S. Soccer Overview
The U.S. Soccer Federation exists in service to soccer. Our aim is to ignite a national passion for the game. Because we believe that soccer is more than a sport; it is a force for good.
We understand the importance and the power of teamwork, on and off the pitch. That is why we work closely with our Federation partners and members, to inspire, support and guide every level of the game: from the grassroots to the National Teams. We want to bring soccer into every home and every community, right across America. Because we believe that soccer can transform lives like no other sport. Soccer can represent the best of U.S.
U.S. Soccer is in a period of significant growth, with ambitious plans for U.S. Soccer in the near and far future. We are, therefore, looking for dynamic servant leaders to join us on this journey: in service to soccer. Applicants must be able to demonstrate visionary leadership, analytical decision-making, professional flexibility, and an empathic management style that builds bold teams and delivers globally significant results.
Position Description
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Primary Responsibilities
Building Systems & Technical Operations
- Perform hands-on operation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, lighting, and building automation systems.
- Monitor system performance to ensure reliability, efficiency, and occupant comfort.
- Respond to and resolve system issues, alarms, and failures in a timely and professional manner.
Preventive Maintenance & Reliability
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- Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, inspections, and repairs.
- Identify recurring issues and recommend corrective actions or capital improvements.
- Support asset lifecycle planning by tracking equipment condition, warranty status, and replacement timelines.
Compliance, Safety & Documentation
- Support compliance with applicable codes, regulations, and inspection requirements.
- Perform and document routine testing of critical systems.
- Maintain system documentation, manuals, drawings, warranties, and service records.
- Assist with audits, inspections, warranty claims, and corrective actions.
Vendor & Contractor Oversight
- Coordinate and collaborate with vendors and contractors.
- Ensure work is completed safely, on schedule, and in accordance with scope and warranty requirements.
Event & Operations Support
- Support facility readiness for events, training camps, meetings, and activations.
- Provide on-site technical support during events.
- Coordinate with Hospitality, Security, IT, and other departments.
Other Duties
- Support special projects, system upgrades, warranty transitions, and operational initiatives.
- Assist the Facility Engineer with standards and workflows.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in building engineering or facilities maintenance.
- Strong hands-on experience with HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems.
- Strong documentation and communication skills.
- Must be able to connect “micro” details to the “macro” vision and mission.
- Proficient experience with Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook).
- Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Ability to perform general manual labor and lift 50 lbs.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in sports facilities or large campuses.
- Technical certifications related to HVAC, plumbing, or electrical equipment.
- Familiarity with CMMS and building automation systems.
- Multilingual skills (Spanish preferred).
- Passion for soccer.
Attendance
- In Person
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- Monday- Friday -- occasional evenings, weekends, holidays
U.S. Soccer offers a comprehensive compensation package, casual work environment, an inclusive culture, and an atmosphere for professional development.
U.S. Soccer is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, military status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected under the law. This policy applies to all our employment practices within our organization. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA, veterans, parents, and persons with disabilities to apply.
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In order to be considered for this role, after clicking "Apply Now" above and being redirected, you must fully complete the application process on the follow-up screen.
U.S. Soccer Overview
The U.S. Soccer Federation exists in service to soccer. Our aim is to ignite a national passion for the game. Because we believe that soccer is more than a sport; it is a force for good.
We understand the importance and the power of teamwork, on and off the pitch. That is why we work closely with our Federation partners and members, to inspire, support and guide every level of the game: from the grassroots to the National Teams. We want to bring soccer into every home and every community, right across America. Because we believe that soccer can transform lives like no other sport. Soccer can represent the best of U.S.
U.S. Soccer is in a period of significant growth, with ambitious plans for U.S. Soccer in the near and far future. We are, therefore, looking for dynamic servant leaders to join us on this journey: in service to soccer. Applicants must be able to demonstrate visionary leadership, analytical decision-making, professional flexibility, and an empathic management style that builds bold teams and delivers globally significant results.
Position Description
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Primary Responsibilities
Reception & Visitor Services
- Serve as the first point of contact: greet visitors, verify appointments, assist with visitor badges, and direct guests to the appropriate staff or meeting rooms.
- Answer and route incoming calls with professionalism; manage multi-line phone system.
- Maintain an attractive, orderly reception area and keep lobby materials current.
- Manage visitor sign-in/out logs and maintain confidentiality and security protocols.
- Coordinate meeting room readiness with Office Coordinator/Facilities/IT (AV setup, seating, signage).
- Welcome tours and assist the Office Coordinator and Manager in the tour program as needed.
Front-Desk Operations & Communications
- Monitor and respond to general reception inboxes and voicemail; escalate urgent messages as needed.
- Receive, sort, and distribute mail and packages to staff in the HQ.
- Communicate with Office Coordinator to track and maintain office signage, visitor amenities, and front-desk supplies.
- Maintain key/tracking logs for conference rooms, equipment, and shared spaces.
- Support building access requests and coordinate temporary badge issuance with Security.
Administrative Support
- Manage and prioritize the General Manager’s calendar (i.e. schedule meetings, cancellations, balancing the load of each day).
- Provide clerical support: photocopying, scanning, filing, and preparing guest or meeting materials.
- Assist with simple expense reporting, purchase requests for reception supplies, and invoice routing.
- Support onboarding by preparing visitor access and coordinating first-day welcoming for new hires.
- Maintain accurate contact lists and front-desk procedure documentation.
Additional Responsibilities (as assigned)
- Provide back-up coverage for hospitality tasks during events, including check-in coordination.
- Assist with basic event guest lists, RSVP tracking, and front-of-house hospitality for small internal events.
Attendance
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- Monday – Friday
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Minimum Qualifications
- 1–3 years of reception, customer service, or administrative experience.
- Professional, welcoming demeanor with strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- General knowledge of soccer.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and remain composed in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be able to connect “micro” details to the “macro” vision and mission.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) and basic office technology.
- Demonstrated reliability, discretion, and professionalism.
Desired Qualifications
- Prior experience as a receptionist or front-of-house in corporate, sports, or hospitality environments.
- Experience with multi-line phone systems, visitor management or badge systems.
- Familiarity with basic AV setup and meeting room technology.
- Multilingual skills (Spanish preferred).
- Passion for soccer.
U.S. Soccer offers a comprehensive compensation package, casual work environment, an inclusive culture, and an atmosphere for professional development.
U.S. Soccer is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, military status, political belief, or any other characteristic protected under the law. This policy applies to all our employment practices within our organization. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA, veterans, parents, and persons with disabilities to apply.
