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.