- Soccer was named for his markings and his fondness for toy soccer balls.
- Soccer also appeared in commercials for Nike, and for popular dog food brands such as Mighty Dog and Chuck Wagon.
- Soccer liked to eat dry dog food and skinless grilled chicken.
- Soccer died from natural causes in 2001, at the age of 13. He was buried at Kaptan's ranch.
- Soccer was chosen out of 100 dogs for the role of Wishbone, because he was the most expressive.
- Soccer was the primary dog actor for Wishbone, but stunt doubles were also used: Slugger and Shiner helped with stunts, and Phoebe did the swimming. Bear appeared in public photographs.
- Soccer was born somewhere in Connecticut in 1988. He had a brother named Muta.
- In July 1988, a 2-month-old Soccer was adopted by Jackie Martin Kaptan.
- Soccer lived with Kaptan on a 2-acre ranch in Princeton, Texas, where the production of Wishbone was partially filmed.
- Despite all of this, Soccer was capable of doing backflips and dunking his head in the water to retrieve objects.
- Jackie Martin may also be found in credits as Jackie Kaptan and Jackie Martin Kaptan.
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