MLS Jobs — Find Open Positions Across All 30 MLS Teams
Every open MLS role from all 30 Major League Soccer clubs plus the MLS league office, aggregated into one searchable feed. Updated multiple times daily. Free to browse.
Working in Major League Soccer
MLS is the youngest of the five major North American pro leagues and the fastest growing in headcount, attendance, and franchise valuations. The league has expanded steadily over the past decade and now operates 30 clubs spanning the U.S. and Canada, with each club running an MLS Next Pro reserve team and most operating extensive academy programs. Major League Soccer also has the most distinctive roster mechanics in North American sports — a single-table salary budget combined with Designated Player exceptions, Targeted Allocation Money, and General Allocation Money — which makes soccer operations and salary-budget administration uniquely complex roles.
The 2023 league-wide partnership with Apple TV (MLS Season Pass) restructured the league's content, broadcast, and digital operations and continues to drive distinctive hiring patterns around content production, social media, and digital partnership activation. MLS hiring is more evenly distributed across the calendar than the other leagues — there's no single offseason because the regular season runs February through October with a brief winter window — but pre-season (January–February) and post-MLS Cup (December) tend to be the largest hiring waves.
Common MLS role types
- Soccer operations (analyst, coordinator, manager, director, sporting director track)
- Roster mechanics and salary-budget administration (DP / TAM / GAM management)
- Soccer analytics and R&D (analyst, data engineer, video analyst)
- Scouting (domestic, international, academy, advance)
- Player development and academy programs
- Sports science, performance, athletic training, nutrition
- Ticket sales and premium sales
- Corporate partnerships and activation
- Marketing, brand, content, social, digital (extensive given Apple TV partnership)
- Broadcasting, content production, media relations
- Match-day operations and stadium experience
- Community relations and academy outreach
- Finance, legal, HR, IT, stadium operations
How MLS clubs post jobs
MLS clubs use a fragmented mix of applicant tracking systems. The most common platforms across the 30 clubs are Workday (used by larger MLS clubs and the MLS league office), Teamwork Online (still common at several MLS franchises), Greenhouse (used by clubs with stronger tech-org structures), iCIMS, Paylocity, and ADP Workforce Now. The MLS league office runs on Workday. Several clubs that share ownership groups with NBA, NHL, or NFL teams use the parent organization's enterprise ATS.
MLS analytics, video, and sports science departments have grown rapidly with league-wide investment in soccer R&D and the Apple TV partnership's data infrastructure. Public-facing analytics openings are now reasonably consistent across clubs of all sizes. SportsCareers indexes every publicly-posted MLS role from every club's ATS into one feed.
Compensation reality
MLS compensation generally tracks the lowest of the five leagues at entry and mid level — entry-level operations and marketing roles start in the $38,000–$52,000 range. Mid-level (manager / senior associate) runs $65,000–$100,000. Director $110,000–$160,000; VP $160,000–$260,000+. The gap narrows at senior levels for the larger clubs (Atlanta, LAFC, Inter Miami, Toronto FC, Seattle). Soccer-operations roles (technical director, sporting director, head of recruitment) at the top end can match or exceed equivalent NHL or NBA roles. Sales is commission-heavy; OTE at the associate level $48,000–$72,000. Full breakdown in the salary guide.
Common questions about MLS jobs
How many MLS clubs does SportsCareers cover?
All 30 Major League Soccer clubs plus the MLS league office. Each club operates an MLS Next Pro reserve team, and most operate extensive academy programs as well.
What applicant tracking systems do MLS clubs use?
MLS clubs use a fragmented mix of ATS platforms. The most common across the 30 clubs are Workday (used by larger MLS clubs and the MLS league office), Teamwork Online (still common at several MLS franchises), Greenhouse (used by clubs with stronger tech-org structures), iCIMS, Paylocity, and ADP Workforce Now. Several clubs that share ownership groups with NBA, NHL, or NFL teams use the parent organization's enterprise ATS.
What types of roles do MLS clubs hire for?
MLS clubs hire across soccer operations, roster mechanics and salary-budget administration (Designated Player / Targeted Allocation Money / General Allocation Money management), soccer analytics and R&D, scouting (domestic, international, academy, advance), player development and academy programs, sports science, athletic training, ticket and premium sales, corporate partnerships and activation, marketing, content production (heavily shaped by the Apple TV partnership), broadcasting, and match-day operations.
When do MLS clubs hire most heavily?
MLS hiring is more evenly distributed across the calendar than the other major leagues — there's no single offseason because the regular season runs February through October with a brief winter window. Pre-season (January–February) and post-MLS Cup (December) tend to be the largest hiring waves.
What does an entry-level MLS front-office job pay?
MLS compensation generally tracks the lowest of the five major leagues at entry and mid level. Entry-level operations and marketing roles start in the $38,000–$52,000 range. Mid-level (manager / senior associate) runs $65,000–$100,000. Director $110,000–$160,000; VP $160,000–$260,000+. The gap narrows at senior levels for the larger clubs (Atlanta, LAFC, Inter Miami, Toronto FC, Seattle).