World Cup All Stars
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| Founded | 1994 |
| Located in | Freehold, New Jersey |
| Team colors | Gold, Black and White |
| Owner(s) | Elaine Pascale & Joelle Antico |
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| Additional coaches | Tiy Fountain Angel DeJesus Matthew Parkey |
| Championships | 2007 Lg Senior & International Junior World Champions |
| No. of teams | 25 |
World Cup All Stars is home to both the 2007 and 2008IASF 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, NJ by owner Elaine Pascale, and her daughter Joelle Antico.[2]
[edit] 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, NJ, 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 of a 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 it's very first national championship.[2] From that point, the team from World Cup have 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 Large Senior All Girl (Shooting Stars) and International Junior All Girl (Starlites) are back to back world champions from 2007 and 2008.[1]
[edit] Publicity
They have received much publicity, and have been in various media. They were feature in a 2004 & 2005 performance at the Career Transition for Dancers gale with 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 name 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.
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2007 IASF Cheerleading Worlds results. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ a b c “Every Motion Is an Emotion”, Cheer Coach & Advisor, January 2006, <http://www.cheercoachmagazine.com/articles_detail.php?recordID=102&output=article>
