World Cup All Stars, founded by Elaine Pascale and Joelle Antico, is home to the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2017, and 2019 USASF Cheerleading Worlds champions in the Large Senior All Girl division, the World Cup Shooting Stars. In the International Junior All Girl division, the World Cup Starlites are the 2007 and 2008 World Champions. World Cup was founded in 1994 in Freehold, New Jersey by owner Elaine Pascale and her daughter Joelle Antico. World Cup is one of the most respected all-star programs in the U.S.
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 Antico 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.
World Cup All Stars officially began in 1994. The first team formed was the Shooting Stars. In 1995 World Cup won its very first national championship. 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 2015 IASF Cheerleading Worlds in the Large Senior All Girl division and earning the bronze in the International Junior 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 Cheerleading Worlds. One of their other well known teams is the Twinkles. They are a youth level 5 team composed of girls ages 8–12 who compete many of the same advanced stunt and tumbling skills as the teams composed of much older athletes. This team has won the NCA National Championship five times recently, in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2017. Both in 2012 and 2014, Twinkles finished the season undefeated. Starlites won NCA in 2011, 2014, and 2015. Cosmic Rays won NCA in 2012. The Shooting Stars have won NCA eight times in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2016. World Cup has had multiple teams competing in the Cheerleading Worlds for years. In 2014, they have received 4 full paid bids to attend Worlds, one for each of their Worlds eligible teams. World Cup didn't win any world Championships from 2009-2014, though Shooting Stars still medaled in Large Senior each year. In 2015 Shooting Stars won World Cup's 6th and the team's 4th World Championship title in 6 years in the Large Senior All Girl Level 5 division! This broke a tie the team held with Cheer Extreme Allstars Senior Elite for winning the most times in the division; previously both held 3 titles respectively. In 2014 World Cup Allstars acquired two Pennsylvania based cheer gyms, Keystone Extreme and Rocket Elite, that will henceforth be known as World Cup Genesis and World Cup Phoenix respectively. Both gyms will have Worlds teams this 2014-2015 season.
In 2008, American Cheerleader Magazine ranked World Cup the 2nd "Top All Star Program" in the country.
World Championship Placements 2006-2024 2006 Place Division Shooting Stars 4th Large Senior All Girl Odyssey 6th Small Senior Coed 2007 Place Division Starlites 1st International Junior All Girl Shooting Stars 1st Large Senior All Girl Odyssey 5th Small Senior Coed 2008 Place Division Starlites 1st International Junior All Girl Shooting Stars 1st Large Senior All Girl Odyssey 3rd Large Senior Limited Coed 2009 Place Division Starlites 3rd International Junior All Girl Shooting Stars 1st Large Senior All Girl Odyssey Large Senior Limited Coed 2010 Place Division Starlites 2nd International Junior All Girl Shooting Stars 2nd Large Senior All Girl Odyssey Large Senior Limited Coed 2011 Place Division Shooting Stars 2nd Large Senior All Girl Odyssey 7th Large Senior Limited Coed Suns 17th Small Senior All Girl 2012 Place Division Shooting Stars 3rd Large Senior All Girl Odyssey 7th Medium Senior Coed Suns 4th Medium Senior All Girl 2013 Place Division Shooting Stars 3rd Large Senior All Girl Odyssey 9th Medium Senior Coed Suns 19th Small Senior All Girl 2014 Place Division Shooting Stars 2nd Large Senior All Girl Odyssey 5th Medium Senior Coed Suns 5th Medium Senior All Girl Omni 8th Small Senior Coed 2015 Place Division Shooting Stars 1st Large Senior All Girl Odyssey 7th Medium Senior Coed Zenith 16th Medium Senior All Girl Omni 30th Small Senior Coed Suns 7th Small Senior All Girl Blackout 16th (P) Small Senior All Girl 2016 Place Division Shooting Stars 4th Large Senior All Girl Odyssey 14th Medium Senior Coed Zenith 19th (SF) Medium Senior All Girl Omni 14 (SF) Small Senior Coed Suns 18th (SF) Small Senior All Girl Blackout 18th (P) Small Senior All Girl 2017 Place Division Shooting Stars 1st Large Senior All Girl Odyssey 8th Small Senior Coed Zenith 17th (SF) Medium Senior All Girl Omni 7th Medium Senior Coed Suns 9th Medium Senior All Girl Blackout 17th (SF) Small Senior All Girl +2018PlaceDivisionShooting Stars2ndLarge Senior All GirlSuns8thMedium Senior All Girl +2019PlaceDivisionShooting Stars1stLarge Senior All GirlSuns5thMedium Senior All GirlZenith7thOpen Senior All GirlOdyssey5thMedium Senior Coed +2021PlaceDivisionShooting Stars3rdLarge Senior All GirlSuns6thMedium Senior All GirlZenith10thMedium Senior All GirlOdyssey6thSmall Senior Coed +2022PlaceDivisionShooting Stars2ndLarge Senior 6Suns7thMedium Senior 6Odyssey7thSmall Senior Coed 6 +2023PlaceDivisionShooting Stars4thLarge Senior 6Odyssey6thExtra Small Senior Coed 6Omni1stU18 NT Coed 6 +2024PlaceDivisionShooting Stars3rdLarge Senior 6Odyssey9thExtra Small Senior 6Omni3rdU18 NT Coed 6NepTune11th (P)U18 NT Coed 6 P: Prelims SF: Semi-Finals Year Team Place Division2007Starlites1st place International Junior 52007Shooting Stars1st place Large Senior 2008Odyesey3rd place Large Senior Coed 2008Shooting Stars1st place Large Senior 5 2008Starlites1st place International Junior 5 2009Shooting Stars1st place Large Senior 5 2009Starlites 3rd Place International Junior 5 2010Shooting stars2nd place Large Senior 5 2010Starlites2nd place International Junior 5 2011Shooting stars2nd place Large Senior 5 2012Shooting Stars 3rd Place Large Senior 5 5 2013Shooting Stars 3rd Place Large Senior 5 5 2014Shooting stars2nd place Large Senior 5 2015Shooting Stars1st place Large Senior 5 2017Shooting Stars1st place Large Senior 52018Shooting Stars2nd placeLarge Senior 52019Shooting Stars1st placeLarge Senior 52021Shooting Stars3rd PlaceLarge Senior All Girl2022Shooting Stars2nd PlaceLarge Senior 62023Omni1st placeU18 NT Coed 62024Shooting Stars3rd PlaceLarge Senior 62024Omni3rd placeU18 NT Coed 6
Publicity World Cup All Stars has received a considerable amount of publicity, and has been in various media. They were featured in a 2004 and 2005 performance at the Career Transition for Dancers gala, 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. In 2009, the Shooting Stars were invited to act as the Glee Cheerleaders at the Glee NYC premiere party. in 2012, the World Cup Twinkles (Youth Level 5) had their own 1-hour documentary and media companion called Twinkles Chasing Perfection produced by The Star Ledger.
Teams Special Athlete Location Super Stars Freehold Sparks Kansas City Special Stars Easton Fire Scranton Level 1 Teams Division Location Starlettes Tiny 1 Olyphant Twilights Tiny Prep 1 Freehold Little Craters Tiny prep 1 Kansas City Mission jr 1 Lancaster Unknown Name Tiny 1 Easton Supernovas Small Mini 1 FreeholdGravity Youth 1 Easton Orbit Youth 1 Kansas City Luna Junior 1 Olyphant Meteors Small Youth 1 Freehold Shimmer U17 1 Kansas City Level 2 Teams Division Locationrevolution jr 2 lancaster Stardust Youth 2 Easton Milkyways Youth 2 Freehold Starbrites Junior 2.1 Freehold Moonbeams Junior 2 Freehold Eclipse Large Junior 2 Freehold Solar Flare U17 2 Kansas City Zodiac Senior 2 Olyphant Infinity Senior 2 Freehold Level 3 Teams Division Location ozone jr 3 Lancaster Little Dippers Large Youth 3 Freehold Equinox Small Junior 3 Easton Supersonics Large Junior 3 Freehold G-Force U17 3 Kansas City Omega Small Senior 3 Olyphant Electra Large Senior 3 Freehold Starstruck Large Senior 3 Freehold Aries Large Senior 3 FreeholdGemini Large Senior Coed 3 FreeholdSatellite GoldJunior prep 3.2 FreeholdSatellite Black Senior prep 3.2 Freehold
Level 4 Teams Division Location Starburst Large Junior 4 Freehold Apollo Large Senior Coed 4.2 Easton Galaxy Large Senior 4 Freehold Infinity Junior 4.2 Freehold Rockets Medium Senior Coed 4 Easton
Level 5 Teams Division Location Twinkles Youth 5 Freehold Comets Small Senior 5 Easton Cosmic Rays Black Large Senior 5 Coed FreeholdCosmic Rays Gold Small All Girl 5 Freehold
Level 6 Teams Division Location Starlites Large Junior Coed 6 Freehold Blackout Small Senior 6 Olyphant Suns Medium Senior 6 Freehold Omni U18 Non-tumble Coed 6 Freehold Zenith Medium Senior 6 Easton Odyssey Small Senior Coed 6 Freehold Shooting Stars Large Senior 6 Freehold Titans Open Non-tumble 6 Kansas City
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