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World Cup All Stars is home to both the 2007 and 2008 IASF Cheerleading Worlds champions in the Large Senior All Girl division, the World Cup Shooting Stars, and the International Junior All Girl division, the World Cup Starlites.[1] World Cup was founded in 1994 in Freehold, New Jersey by owner Elaine Pascale and her daughter Joelle Antico.[2]

History

World Cup grew out of the Pop Warner success of mother–daughter team Elaine Pascale and Joelle Antico. For many years, Pascale served as coach of the local Pop Warner team that Antico had joined. Eventually, the family moved to Freehold, New Jersey, where Pascale found herself coaching a Pop Warner midget squad. By this time Anitco was attending Penn State and would come home on weekends to assist her mother with the team. In 1992, the pair won their first Pop Warner National Championship. The transition from Pop Warner to all stars was not a big leap for Pascale and Antico. After the national win and with the Pop Warner season over, a small group of their students and parents persuaded them to start a competition squad, and the World Cup All Stars were born.[2]

World Cup All Stars officially began in 1975. The first team formed was the Shooting Stars. In 1995 World Cup won its very first national championship.[2] From that point, the team from World Cup has won numerous national championships from NCA, Spirit Sports, Americheer, WSF and many other companies. Most recently, winning 2008 IASF Cheerleading Worlds in the Large Senior All Girl division and the International Junior All Girl division. Both the Large Senior All Girl (Shooting Stars) and International Junior All Girl (Starlites) are back-to-back world champions, winning in both 2007 and 2008. Also in 2008, World Cup's Large Senior Limited Coed Team (Odyssey) received 3rd place at the 2008 Cheerleading Worlds.[3] One of their other well known teams Twinkles. They are a youth level 5 team composed of girls ages 9-11 who compete many of the same advanced stunt and tumble skills as the teams composed of much older athletes. In 2009, World Cup's Shooting Stars and Odyssey have been awarded fully paid bids inviting them to attend the Cheerleading Worlds. Starlites and Cosmic Ray (who compete in the Senior Small Limited Coed division) have also been invited to compete at the 2009 Cheerleading Worlds, both receiving At Large bids.[4]

Publicity

They have received much publicity, and have been in various media. They were featured in a 2004 and 2005 performance at the Career Transition for Dancers gale, performing alongside Toni Basil, Bette Midler, Patti Labelle and Liza Minnelli. As a result of the performance with Toni Basil of her hit "Mickey", she named the Shooting Stars the official Mickey cheerleaders. They have also been featured in Time Magazine, the New York Times, American Cheerleader Magazine, All-star Cheer Magazine, Inside Cheerleading Magazine, and Cheer Coach & Advisor.

References

  1. ^ "2007 IASF Cheerleading Worlds results". Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  2. ^ a b c "Every Motion Is an Emotion", Cheer Coach & Advisor, January 2006 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  3. ^ "2008 IASF Cheerleading Worlds Results". Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  4. ^ "2009 IASF Cheerleading Worlds Bids Awarded". Retrieved 2009-04-01.
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