U.S. Women’s Soccer Team honored in ticker-tape parade

I love the US national team. More than 56 tons of debris were collected from city streets after the 1999 Yankees World Series win.

Steinem smirked when asked about the importance of these young girls seeing the team honored in such grandiose fashion.

There have been 205 previous ticker-tape parades in New York City, with the most recent occurring in 2012 to honor the New York Giants after the team won Super Bowl XLVI. She was a local heroine who grew up in Queens.

The fact that this is the first women’s sports team to be honored in this way was not lost on people in the crowd.

As the Women’s World Cup piques the world’s interest in women’s soccer, the pay gap between men and women on the pitch is also garnering increased attention. Again, there would be no ticker-tape parade.

“It’s going to be magical”, Mayor Bill de Blasio said about the parade, according to NBC.

New York City is hosting a ticker-tape parade for the USWNT.

“It’s about time, isn’t it?” he said.

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“This will absolutely go down as one of, if not the best, things I’ve ever been a part of”, Wambach said.

Rapinoe was joined at the top of the the main float with coach Jill Ellis and hat-trick hero Carli Lloyd. “It’s rare that everything works to exactly what you hoped and you planned to do, because a lot of times, you’re changing your plan around”.

“It’s huge”, midfielder and World Cup MVP Carli Lloyd told Andrea Mitchell in an interview that aired Friday on msnbc.

The three-time World Cup champs celebrated in style, along with thousands of fans who were fortunate enough to see their heroes. She said that squad’s win motivated her as she headed off for her first year at LSU. “It’s great for her self-esteem”. “Already an awesome crowd”.

All 23 players from the team – none of whom are from New York City, though four hail from nearby New Jersey – are riding on four of 12 floats.

Inside the gates of the City Hall ceremony, the Gotham Girls Football Club, a U-16 travel team in New York, swarmed around in their yellow jerseys.

Eyewitness News was there for all the excitement.

City Hall will honor them with a special ceremony before 3,500 people following the ticker-tape celebration.

The cost is reportedly $2 million, with $450,000 coming from private donations and the rest paid for by the city.