NY Times · Jul 10, 2019
Women’s World Cup Victory Parade: As It Happened
The U.S. women’s soccer team was celebrated in New York with a ticker-tape parade on Wednesday after winning the Women’s World Cup final in France.The United States’ victorious women’s national soccer team rolled up Broadway on Wednesday, cheered by thousands and showered in confetti. The team, which defeated the Netherlands, 2-0, on Sunday in the Women’s World Cup final in Lyon, France, traversed the Canyon of Heroes, a stretch of Broadway from Battery Park to City Hall.
The parade is being televised on the local networks in New York; on Fox Sports 2 and ESPNU nationally; and streaming on the ESPN app. It was followed by a ceremony at City Hall hosted by Mayor Bill de Blasio.