{"id":1312287,"date":"2019-07-10T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T21:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/chants-of-usa-greet-soccer-team-at-ticker-tape-parade\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T21:48:00","slug":"chants-of-usa-greet-soccer-team-at-ticker-tape-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/chants-of-usa-greet-soccer-team-at-ticker-tape-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Chants of \u2018USA!\u2019 greet soccer team at ticker tape parade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Member of the U.S. women’s soccer team, including Megan Rapinoe, rear left, and Alex Morgan, right foreground, stand on a float before being honored with a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in New York. The U.S. national team beat the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women’s World Cup title.(AP Photo\/Craig Ruttle)<\/strong>
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NEW YORK \u2014 Construction workers sounded air horns above crowds chanting \u201cUSA! USA!\u201d on Wednesday as the U.S. women\u2019s national soccer team reigned supreme once again in New York City\u2019s Canyon of Heroes.<\/p>\n

It was four years ago to the day that crowds tossed heaps of confetti to celebrate the team and its 2015 Women\u2019s World Cup title.<\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s the women of 2019\u2019s turn. The repeat champs beat the Netherlands 2-0 on Sunday to win the 2019 Women\u2019s World Cup, inspiring another ticker tape parade in lower Manhattan that will bring soccer fans together to rejoice in the historic win.<\/p>\n

The parade began at 9:30 a.m. and moved up the Canyon of Heroes, a section of Broadway in lower Manhattan. The route has long hosted ticker tape parades for world leaders, veterans and hometown sports stars.<\/p>\n

Aly Hoover, 12, of Glen Ridge, New Jersey, stood at the sidelines with a poster of the face of Alex Morgan, one of the team\u2019s stars. If she sees Morgan in the parade, she said, \u201cI\u2019m gonna scream my head off and try to get a hug.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to be like them,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Garret Prather brought his newborn son \u201cto celebrate how the American women made us proud on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

The parade is named for the long strands of ticker tape that used to be showered down from nearby office buildings. The tape has since been replaced with paper confetti, already drifting down from office buildings before Wednesday\u2019s parade started.<\/p>\n

After the parade, Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio planned to honor the team with symbolic keys to the city.<\/p>\n

The Department of Sanitation said it will have 350 workers assigned to parade cleanup with trucks, backpack blowers and brooms at their disposal.<\/p>\n

The team had already started celebrating its record fourth Women\u2019s World Cup title. After touching down at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday, players shared a toast and sang \u201cWe Are the Champions.\u201d<\/p>\n

They appeared on ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America\u201d in Times Square on Tuesday to show off their trophy and answer questions from cheering kids.<\/p>\n

Megan Rapinoe, the outspoken star who won the awards for the tournament\u2019s best player and top scorer, also appeared on CNN and MSNBC later Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Rapinoe told CNN\u2019s Anderson Cooper that Republican President Donald Trump\u2019s slogan \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d is \u201charking back to an era that wasn\u2019t great for everyone. It might\u2019ve been great for a few people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rapinoe told MSNBC\u2019s Rachel Maddow that Trump had yet to invite the women\u2019s soccer team to the White House.<\/p>\n

Trump had tweeted that he would invite the team, win or lose. Rapinoe has said she wouldn\u2019t be going to the White House. The team has accepted an invitation to visit Congress.<\/p>\n

Two of the team\u2019s 23 players are native New Yorkers. Allie Long, a midfielder from Northport, New York, posted on Twitter about returning to her home state.<\/p>\n

\u201cNEW YORK: To be back home to celebrate with you all will be an honor,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

The players have helped lead the global push for gender equality in the workplace, suing the U.S. Soccer Federation in March for gender discrimination and alleging they are paid less than the men\u2019s team. At the final whistle of the final game of the tournament in Lyon, France, fans chanted \u201cEqual Pay!\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, introduced a bill Tuesday that would bar federal funding for the men\u2019s 2026 World Cup until the U.S. Soccer Federation provides equal pay to the women\u2019s and men\u2019s teams.<\/p>\n

Prather, attending the parade with his newborn, said \u201cit\u2019s about time\u201d women are paid the same as men. \u201cIt\u2019s long overdue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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