U.S. Women's National Team captain Megan Rapinoe cheers with the World Cup aloft as fans join her along the tickertape parade to celebrate their World Cup final win over Japan.
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Screams and a blizzard of confetti cheered the World Cup winning U.S. women's soccer players as they rolled up New York City’s “Canyon of Heroes” on Friday in the first tickertape parade honoring a women’s sports team.
According to city records, New York City has hosted 205 parades since 1886 along the Canyon of Heroes, which is located along Broadway between the Battery and City Hall.
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World Cup Final hero Carli Lloyd promised throngs of fans that the team would “continue to make you proud” in the coming years.
Abby Wambach celebrates along with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as they make their way up the Canyon of Heroes.
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Tobin Heath cheers during the tickertape parade to celebrate the U.S team’s dominant, 5-2 World Cup final win over Japan on Sunday.
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The National team drove down the parade route at points blaring Queen’s “We Are the Champions.”
In reference to the women’s national team’s inaugural ride through the Canyon of Heroes, Mayor Bill de Blasio quipped, “It’s about time, isn’t it?”
“Young women who watched that game will grow up to tell their daughters and tell their sons,” de Blasio said.
