Beyond The 11

About Beyond The 11

Beyond the 11 Podcast Conversations That Change the Game. The Best 11 Minutes in Sport and Business. Beyond the 11 is where the world’s leading minds in sport, business, leadership, investment, innovation, and entrepreneurship come together for powerful conversations that inspire action. Hosted by Shaun Anthony-Harris, Global Sporting Director at ID11™, and Kevin Meredith, Innovation obsessor. Each episode delivers high-impact current-event insights in just 11 minutes — designed for busy leaders, athletes, executives, coaches, investors, and change-makers who want to stay ahead of the game. From elite performance and football/Soccer to leadership, technology, finance, media, and global sport. Beyond the 11 explores the ideas, stories, and strategies shaping the future of sport and business. Whether you’re building a club, leading an organization, investing in the sports industry, or pursuing excellence in your own career, these conversations will challenge your thinking and expand your perspective. Presented by ID11™ and the ScoreUSA Foundation. Recorded on the campus of Chapman University at the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics. Because the most important conversations happen Beyond the 11.

Publisher

SGP and ID11 Media

Category

business · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Aug 2026

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Oct 2026

   EPISODE 9 - Build Beyond Your Career with Misha Sher

   Misha Sher, founder of OneofNotMany and former Global Head of Sport, Entertainment and Culture at WPP Media, on why every athlete should think about themselves the way great brands think about their business. There's an extended conversation with Misha on YouTube, The Full 11. Search "Beyond the 11". SHOW NOTES 00:00 Misha Sher joins Beyond the 11 01:20 Tom Byer's question for Misha 02:27 Why the athlete sits at the centre of sport's value 05:12 Building your own brand inside a team sport 06:29 The single biggest driver of women's football 06:58 What an Ali Riley platform looks like 08:19 Why the Women's World Cup build-up starts now 10:18 Live in reality, not the convenience of fantasy 11:46 "We need 25 Trinity Rodmans" 12:32 Purpose after the playing career 13:37 Athletes are becoming companies 14:10 Misha's question for our next guest In this episode: - Coca-Cola, Kylian Mbappé, and what an athlete can learn from the brands that last for decades - What an Ali Riley platform looks like five years from now, and why the players will drive the growth of the women's game - Why the build-up to the Women's World Cup in Brazil has to start now, and why the game needs 25 Trinity Rodmans Misha leaves a question for our next guest: What are you building today that will still matter when the thing you're currently known for is gone? There's an extended conversation with Misha on YouTube, The Full 11. Search "Beyond the 11". If someone in your world should hear this one, send it to them. Follow ID11 on Instagram: @sgp_id11 Follow Misha's work: @oneofnotmany_ Beyond the 11 is an ID11 production, presented with the ScoreUSA Foundation. Recorded at the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics, Chapman University. Conversations that change the game.

2. 

   20 Oct 2026

   EPISODE 8 - Football Starts at Home with Tom Byer

   EXTENTED VERSION AVAILABLE HERE : https://youtu.be/X7UGDuDRQkk (https://youtu.be/X7UGDuDRQkk) Tom Byer, the American coach who has spent more than four decades in Japanese football, on why the US has a development problem, not a talent identification problem. In this episode: - Tom's answer to Steve Sampson's question on who should lead talent identification in the US - Why a five dollar ball in the backyard does what academies spend millions trying to do - The two to five age window federations overlook, and why rec soccer is where the fix starts 00:00 A five dollar ball vs a million dollar academy 00:28 Tom Byer, four decades in Japanese football 02:08 Steve Sampson's question: who should lead talent ID? 02:35 Development over identification: Japan vs the US 04:09 Football starts at home: the three phases 05:45 Occam's razor and the backyard ball 07:32 Rec soccer and the two to five window 08:58 Selling it to parents as child development 10:38 Where's the money in a ball at age two? 11:48 Tom's question for our next guest Tom's question for our next guest: what's the one thing you could do in your community right now that wouldn't cost a penny and would have the biggest impact? If someone in your world should hear this one, send it to them. Follow ID11 on Instagram: @sgp_id11 Beyond the 11 is an ID11 production, presented with the ScoreUSA Foundation. Recorded at the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics, Chapman University. Conversations that change the game.

3. 

   13 Oct 2026

   EPISODE 7 - America’s Best Players Are Still Unscouted | Steve Sampson

   Former USMNT head coach Steve Sampson says America has never had a talent problem. It has a scouting problem. Steve Sampson, head coach of the US Men's National Team at France 98 and later of Costa Rica, joins Shaun Harris and Kevin Meredith. - Bora Milutinović's 1994 staff, and how Steve says the path to Brazil on July 4th was set up - Why bringing the stars home for MLS in 1996 helped the league and cost his World Cup team - The 2005 Galaxy final, and the champagne that had to be moved between locker rooms - Analytics vs the eye test: you need the data, and you still need to know the person Chapters 00:00 Welcome, Steve Sampson 00:53 The one thing he'd change in US Soccer 02:43 Bora's 1994 staff 05:11 How the 1994 group was set up 06:11 1996: bringing the stars home 07:03 The 2005 Galaxy final 07:48 What's still missing 08:30 Analytics vs the eye test 10:37 A question for our next guest Presented by ID11 and the ScoreUSA Foundation. Recorded at the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics, Chapman University. Beyond the 11. Conversations that change the game. The Full 11 with Steve, including the 1984 Olympics, France 98 and Costa Rica, is on YouTube. LINK : If someone in your world should hear this one, send it to them. Follow @sgp_id11. New episodes every Tuesday.

4. 

   6 Oct 2026

   EPISODE 6+ - Pay to Play Won't Fix US Soccer. These Four Might. (BONUS EPISODE)

   Pay to play is not going to change the game in the US. Over the next four Tuesdays, four guests tell us what might. Shaun Harris and Kevin Meredith preview the Season 1 guest series: former USMNT head coach Steve Sampson, youth development pioneer Tom Byer, brand strategist Misha Sher and ESPN and Soccer America journalist Scott French. Each guest leaves a question for the next. New episodes every Tuesday from October 13. Extended conversations on YouTube at @SGP_id11. Presented by ID11 and the ScoreUSA Foundation. Recorded at the Leatherby Center, Chapman University. Show notes timestamps 00:09 Season One, Part B: Introducing the guest series 00:50 Steve Sampson: U.S. soccer history, the World Cup, and what comes next 02:26 Tom Beyer: Youth development, culture, and building technical foundations early 05:20 Misha Shear: Athlete branding, ownership, and empowerment 06:55 Scott French: Sports journalism, storytelling, and the shift from print to digital 08:30 How the four guest conversations connect 09:44 Looking ahead: Season Two and a more global view of the game

5. 

   29 Sept 2026

   EPISODE 6 - Who Fixes US Soccer?

   The best American players aren't always the ones ending up in MLS academies. Shaun Harris and Kevin Meredith on what World Cup 2026 leaves behind for the United States, Canada and Mexico. Accountability, affordability and access. Pulisic's path abroad. Donovan and Howard on pay to play. And where the World Cup hospitality money should really go. Extented version : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvkkJMjAVEs&t=192s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvkkJMjAVEs&t=192s) Want the rest of the conversation? The Full 11, our extended cut, is on YouTube. Next week: former US Men's National Team head coach Steve Sampson. Presented by ID11 and the ScoreUSA Foundation. Recorded at the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics, Chapman University. Instagram: @SGP_id11 | @id11_media

6. 

   22 Sept 2026

   EPISODE 5 - The 11 Best Players of World Cup 2026, and Who We Would Buy or Sell

   SHOW NOTES : Mbappé finished the tournament on 22 career World Cup goals. Messi finished on 21. The Messi and Ronaldo argument is over, and Shaun Harris and Kevin Meredith spend eleven minutes on what replaced it. Position by position through the best eleven players of WC26, with a verdict on each: buy, sell or hold. Spain's record defence, Argentina's silent final, Rodri leaving Manchester City for Barcelona, Mourinho's first season back at Real Madrid, and why a competent number nine now costs a hundred million. The extended cut, covering the eleven under-23 players who take over in 2030, is on YouTube only. @SGP_id11 Presented by ID11 and the ScoreUSA Foundation. Recorded at the Leatherby Center, Chapman University. @SGP_id11 · @id11_media

7. 

   15 Sept 2026

   EPISODE 4 - Past, Present, and Future of FIFA's $40+ Billion Business

   Watch the full extended version on Youtube @sgp_id11. https://youtu.be/J4rx5YCIR2A?si=Qz_ZF7ZXta6i2OYq (https://youtu.be/J4rx5YCIR2A?si=Qz_ZF7ZXta6i2OYq) This one's like a Charles Dickens story for the World Cup. Shaun Harris (Group Sporting Director, ID11) and Kevin Meredith (Innovation Engineer, Adjunct Professor at Chapman University) break down the business architecture behind the 2026 World Cup, where the money actually flows, and what comes next for FIFA and global football. From tickets to sponsorships. From match day to digital platforms. From host cities to betting operations. The business of the World Cup has fundamentally shifted, and the numbers behind it are massive. What's the biggest change in World Cup economics? #WorldCup #FIFA #SportsBusiness #FootballBusiness #Economics #2026

8. 

   8 Sept 2026

   EPISODE 3 - 11 CONTROVERSIES. 11 MINUTES. ONE WORLD CUP.

   The 2026 FIFA World Cup has already given us plenty to debate. From hydration breaks and VAR decisions to red cards, offside technology, refereeing decisions, political questions, and everything in between — we’re counting down the 11 biggest controversies surrounding the tournament. In this episode of Beyond the Eleven, Shaun and Kevin take a rapid-fire “Take It or Leave It” approach to the moments that had the football world talking. Which decisions were justified? Which ones crossed the line? And what could these controversies mean for the future of the game? 🎙️ Watch the 11-minute episode now. Want the full conversation, context, and debate? ▶️ Watch the extended version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/K6nvNjRcHuI (https://youtu.be/K6nvNjRcHuI) Follow ID11: 📸 Instagram: @sgp_id11 🎥 Media: @id11_media 💼 LinkedIn: ID11 ▶️ YouTube: @sgp_id11 #BeyondTheEleven #ID11 #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup2026 #Football #Soccer #VAR #FootballControversy #SportsBusiness #SportsLeadership Show Notes Shaun and Kevin count down the 11 biggest controversies surrounding the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The episode uses a “Take It or Leave It” approach to debate the decisions, incidents and issues shaping the tournament. FIFA’s Peace Prize decision and whether it crossed the organization’s own boundaries. World Cup seeding and whether FIFA’s format is successfully keeping the strongest teams apart. Mandatory hydration breaks and the balance between player welfare, tactical advantages and commercial interests. Cristiano Ronaldo’s three-match suspension and the decision to defer two matches. The attempted rescheduling of Mexico vs. England at the Estadio Azteca due to weather. VAR and semi-automated offside technology, including the Algeria/Austria and Iran/New Zealand controversies. The Sky Cam cable incident during England vs. Norway. Croatia vs. Portugal and the role of ball technology and VAR in a late-game decision. Argentina vs. Egypt and the controversial VAR review of a foul much earlier in the build-up to a goal. Argentina’s controversial red-card incident and how playing against 10 men changed the match. Balogun’s red card, the disciplinary process and the decision to issue a one-game suspension. The broader question of how technology, refereeing, discipline, commercial interests and governance are changing football. A look ahead to the next episode, focused on the business and financial side of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

9. 

   1 Sept 2026

   EPISODE 2 - The World Cup Read Back.

   FULL EPISODE NOW LIVE ON YOUTUBE : @sgp_id11 104 matches. 48 teams. Three host nations. One champion. Thirty nine days after the final whistle, Shaun Harris and Kevin Meridth take eleven minutes to break down the first 48 team World Cup: what actually happened, what it cost, and what gets left behind. In this episode: The group stage moments that stuck, from Curacao's first ever point to Cape Verde's arrival Vozinha's tournament, and how a goalkeeper turned one performance into a career change Mexico's nine points and zero goals conceded, and why the economic return may be the biggest of the three hosts Canada's first ever World Cup win, and the harder question underneath it The USA's 4-1 opener against Paraguay, and the ten changes that ended the run Africa's record group stage and why Morocco is now top of the list going into 2030 1994 versus 2026, the attendance record, and the American culture shift Best moment, biggest disappointment, and the surprise nobody predicted Next week: the 11 Controversies of WC26, counted down from eleven to one. Beyond the 11 is the conversation platform of ID11 Media. Conversations that change the game. The best 11 minutes in sport and business. Presented by ID11 and the ScoreUSA Foundation. Recorded on campus at Chapman University, Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics. Follow: @id11_media | @SGP_id11

10. 

    28 Aug 2026

    EPISODE 1 - The Big Kickoff: Why Beyond the 11 Exists

    Shaun and Kevin introduce Beyond the 11, the story behind ID11, and what is coming in season one. World Cup 2026 in the rear view, LA 2028 and the 2027 Women's World Cup ahead, and four guests who have seen the game from the inside. Eleven minutes, no filler.

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