This week Brendan chat's with another product of Darmstadt, Germany and a young football journeyman; Leang Valenzuela. We talk growing up and learning the game from Youtube videos and google searches. We discuss the difference between chasing the dream abroad and going to college in the United States, and what we both believe are some of the pivotal factors that have allowed us to have success so far in our careers. Tell us about your dream: https://form.jotform.com/203216109448148 Subscribe to the Show: https://linktr.ee/inthe11 Follow Leang: https://www.instagram.com/leangvalenzuela/

This week Brendan is giving you what he deems to be the one secret to success, what has allowed him to play at the levels he has and what he hopes will propel him to his professional dreams. We also begin the Tell Us About Your Dream segment! If you want to get involved and have your story be read on the podcast then click that link below and you could be on a future episode! Your Dream: https://form.jotform.com/203216109448148 Subscribe to the Show: https://linktr.ee/inthe11 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthe11pod/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@inthe11pod

This week in the 11 Brendan chats with the co-founder of Beestera Soccer training one of the premier supplemental training companies in the United States. Brendan and James discuss growing up in England and being a part of a professional academy. The decision to step out of his comfort zone and come to the United States to continue his soccer career and academic career. We also discuss having entrepreneurial pursuits, the highs and lows of running and creating a business and brand. James relays the importance of supplemental training and how what him and his company does is changing the game of supplemental training. Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthe11pod/ Email the show: [email protected] Subscribe to the podcast and the video podcast: https://linktr.ee/inthe11 Tell us about your dream: https://form.jotform.com/203216109448148

I am often asked, why don't you try and play for teams in the United States? Why don't you come back home and make your dream happen here? This week's episode I break it down why I choose to try and take my talents abroad and my opinion on the professional soccer scene in both the United States and globally. Check out the Podcast on YouTube and Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIKaXh28XlDY-NaJEuCPJw?view_as=subscriber Email the show: [email protected] Follow the show: https://www.instagram.com/inthe11pod/

Khedive is in the 11 with us this week to share his story of pursuing a professional football contract. From being at one of the best NCAA Divsion 1 programs in the United States, to experiencing racism in Italy, to walking up to club chairmen in Scotland asking for trials. Khedive bears all and discusses the importance of sacrifice, of taking risks and of enormous amounts of hard work and how maybe, just maybe that will be enough to land the pro contract we dream of. Check out the pod on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIKaXh28XlDY-NaJEuCPJw?view_as=subscriber Follow the Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthe11pod/ Follow the host on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendan_griffiths10/ Follow Khedive!: https://www.instagram.com/khedivemcintosh/ Email the show: [email protected]

Brendan sits down with a college teammate, roommate and friend Mike Buscemi from the Philadelphia days of Chestnut Hill College. They get into life of college soccer and junior college soccer, swapping stories and memories as they go. Additionally they discuss their early taste of coaching at the collegiate level at a young age and how that has shaped their respect and admiration for the game. Check out the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIKaXh28XlDY-NaJEuCPJw?view_as=subscriber Check out the Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthe11pod/ Follow the Host on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendan_griffiths10/ Email the show: [email protected]

A special guest is in the 11 this week; Mark Dillon CEO, Founder and Coach at the Talent Projekt in Ochtrup, Germany. Brendan has chat's with Mark about chasing the professional soccer dream and how Germany can be a great incubator for American talent. They chat differences between the game in the United States and Europe and how the future seems brighter than ever for the national pool in the United States. Mark is becoming a pioneer in fostering a new way of developing elite level American talent. This is certainly one you won't want to miss. Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIKaXh28XlDY-NaJEuCPJw?view_as=subscriber Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthe11pod/ Follow the host on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendan_griffiths10/ Email the show: [email protected] Check out the Talent Projekt!: http://www.talentprojekt.com/

Brendan gives us the training regiment he follows when he is an offseason and how he has trained while in quarantine. From gym programs to technical training sessions and everything in between. Brendan demonstrates how any footballer can bring their game to the next level. Check the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIKaXh28XlDY-NaJEuCPJw?view_as=subscriber Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthe11pod/ Follow Brendan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendan_griffiths10/ Email the show: [email protected]

Covid-19 has been the main character in nearly every persons life for the past few months, and everyone has been affected in some way by the pandemic and state of quarantine. This weeks episode Brendan lays out how specifically the pandemic changed his course by keeping him from going to Germany and forcing him to rethink his plans and goals of chasing his professional soccer dream. This is one you won't want to miss! Check out the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIKaXh28XlDY-NaJEuCPJw?view_as=subscriber Follow the Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthe11pod/ Follow Brendan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendan_griffiths10/ Email the show: [email protected]

This weeks episode lays out the blueprint of how a young player looking for an opportunity to break into the football world to do so. Brendan explains some of the ways he has obtained team opportunities or trial opportunities thus far in his career. He shares the pros and cons, the highs and lows of many different methods to search for a team. Upholding the theme of the podcast, this is honest and real, an informative episode that shows the audience behind the curtain of the journey to become a pro. Check out the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTIKaXh28XlDY-NaJEuCPJw?view_as=subscriber Follow the all new podcast Instagram page! https://www.instagram.com/inthe11pod/ Follow Brendan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brendan_griffiths10/ Email the show: [email protected]