English for Football Phrase: Week 41 – To Score a Brace

Each week we explain a soccer phrase or cliché on our weekly languagecaster podcast. You can find many more examples by going to our football clichés here.

To score a brace

This week’s English for football phrase is to score a brace. A brace means two of the same thing and comes from hunting – a brace of guns might be two pistols, a brace of birds would be two birds that had been shot for food. In football, you can score a brace, two goals (We use this phrase to describe one player scoring two goals – they scored a brace). If you score three goals, it is known as a hat-trick. On the last day of the (2010) Premier League season, Didier Drogba scored a hat-trick while his strike partner, Anelka, scored a brace for Chelsea.

Embed from Getty Images

You might also hear the phrase ‘to hit a brace‘; ‘to bag a brace‘ or ‘to notch a brace‘ which all mean the same thing – the same player scoring twice.

Example: Delphine Cascarino scored a brace in the international friendly football match between France Women v Denmark Women in 2019.

Example: Sergiño Dest is the first American player to score a brace in La Liga (En. As.com, 21 March 2021)

Check out our glossary of footballing phrases here. And if you have any suggestions or comments then contact us at admin@languagecaster.com

Learn English Through Football
Learn English Through Football
languagecaster.com

Free football language podcast for learners of English brought to you by Damian and Damon. Interviews, match reviews, predictions all with full language support for football fans around the world who wish to improve their English language skills.

Hosted by
grell

I was born and brought up near Chester in the north west of England. I have always loved playing and talking about sport, especially football!
Google | Facebook | Twitter | Mail | Website

Join the discussion

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

1 comment
  • Hi languagecaster team, can you explain how “would” works in your sentence?
    This week’s English for football phrase is to score a brace. A brace means two of the same thing and comes from hunting – a brace of guns might be two pistols, a brace of birds would be two birds that had been shot for food.

BEpisode 56