soccer terms

If you’ve watched any Premier League or professional games, you’ll notice that most of the passing is angled. Typically, players will step forward or back to avoid receiving the ball in a straight line. A ‘square pass’ is a direct-line pass that goes from side to side, usually played along the ground. It’s a relatively […]

If you’ve landed here, you might have just heard the term “OG” in soccer and are wondering what it means. OG stands for “Own Goal,” which is when a player accidentally scores a goal for the opposing team. In another scenario, OG stands for Original Gangsta but not here.  An example of an own goal […]

In soccer, GD stands for “goal difference,” which is a metric used to determine a team’s performance in a season. It is calculated by subtracting the number of goals a team has conceded from the number of goals they have scored. Goal Difference = Goals For – Goals Against Goal Difference is an important statistic […]

If you’re an American, you probably refer to the sport that involves kicking a ball into the back of the goal as ‘soccer’. But, the same sport is called ‘football’ in almost every other place in the world. So, why do Americans call it soccer? The answer lies in the history of the sport and […]

Do you want to learn how to say different soccer positions in Spanish? Maybe you are in a Spanish-speaking community or you have some teammates that love to speak Spanish on the pitch. There’s no denying that soccer is a global sport. In fact, it’s the most popular sport in the world. The more global […]

Why is a soccer field called a pitch? A pitch simply refers to the playing field. It actually came from playing soccer on cricket fields, which they play on a “pitch”. You might be a new spectator to the sport of soccer or a long-time fan already but you have always accepted the naming convention […]

What is a brace in soccer? A “brace” is when a player scores two goals in a single game. Following a brace is a hat trick where a player scores three goals. It does not matter which half of the soccer game the two goals are scored at. Two goals equals a brace in soccer. […]