Pups Save the Soccer Game/Trivia

*The U.S. airing date of this episode and its sister episode is the same as the Japan airing date but its a difference of 5 years.
*In the U.S., this along with "Pups Save a Lucky Collar" are the first episode(s) to air in 2016.
*This was the first episode to be written by Hugh Duffy.
*This is the second sports-related episode, with the first being "Pups Save a Basketball Game".
*A clip from this episode can be seen on TV on The Jim Gaffigan Show episode "No Good Deed: Part 1".
*Alex misinterprets soccer and football as he instead of kicking the ball into the goal (as is the rule in soccer), he threw the ball into the goal with his hands (which is only done in American football by quarterbacks or Goalkeepers in soccer to throw the ball using their hands) and even shouted "TOUCHDOWN" (which is like the shout of goal, only it is unique to American football).
*Either the KCC doesn't know all the soccer rules, or it was one of Mayor Humdinger's cheating plan, but the KCC team has switched the goalkeeper spot 4 times, with 3 different GKs
**At the starting line-up, it is seen to be Cat Rocky at the GK spot, Rubble scored his first goal against him (KCC 0-1 PAW)
**Moments before Rubble's 2nd goal, we saw that KCC's keeper is now Cat Zuma. Rubble scored against him (KCC 2-2 PAW)
**A bit after Cat Chase fake dive, Skye assisted Rubble to score his 3rd goal against Cat Rubble (KCC 3-3 PAW)
**Lastly, Marshall scored the winning goal against Cat Rocky (KCC 3-4 PAW)
*Marshall made an own goal in the match, which helped the KCC to equalize (KCC 1-1 PAW)
*This is the second time Rubble gets injured in a sports episode and gets better later.
*Both teams tags throughout all the soccer game scenes are off.
*In the U.S., the episode is called "Pups Save the Soccer Game", but in the UK, the episode is called Pups Save the Football Game, which is true since Britain is the founding nation of the sport.
**The entire episode refers to the game Football in British, Soccer in Americas. 
*The entire soccer game is a reference to the Puppy bowl game after the Super Bowl game.
**The difference is Puppy Bowl in real life is a game based on Gridiron. 
*This and its sister episode are the first pair in which a character (Marshall) appears on both title cards in an eleven minute episode.
*In the briefing scene, Ryder assigned Rocky to put one of the posts of the KCC goal, then to be in the PAW goal post. However, the briefing screen shows that Rocky is in the KCC goal except the PAW one opposite of him.
*When aired in the UK and Ireland, Hugh Duffy’s writer credit is a bit different than in the U.S. title card.
**"Pups Save a Trash-dinger"has a similar error.
***Coincidentally both episodes have two titles: one in the U.S., and another in the UK.
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