Watching the women’s soccer stars through the Stars and Stripes.
Grand canyon for women’s soccer team
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON
With wild cheers from adoring
fans, a whirlwind of confetti,
the mayor and the governor
in tow, purple hair, tattoos and some
swigs of well-deserved bubbly, the victorious
U.S. Women’s National Team
rolled up lower Broadway’s Canyon of
Heroes Wednesday, from Battery Park
to City Hall.
The talented, spirited and inspiring
soccer squad won the Women’s World
Cup in France on Sunday, defeating the
Netherlands, 2-0. It was a repeat for the
U.S. women’s team, which also won the
World Cup in 2015.
Megan Rapinoe, the team’s leader,
won the tournament’s Golden Ball
award as its best player, and was also
the star of the parade. Rapinoe has said
the team won’t go to the White House to
meet President Trump, but will instead
visit Capitol Hill to meet with Senator
Chuck Schumer, Congressmember Alexandria
Osasio-Cortez and others.
“This is my charge to everyone: We
have to be better, we have to love more
and hate less,” Rapinoe told the crowd.
“Listen more and talk less. It is our responsibility
to make this world a better
place.”
Praising her team’s diversity, she
said, “We got pink hair and purple hair.
We got tattoos and dreadlocks. We got
white girls and black girls and everything
in between. We got straight girls
and gay girls.”
Fans along the route sported signs
for and chanted for “Equal pay!” The
U.S. Women’s National Team is paid
less than the men’s soccer team, even
though the women have had more success
— not to mention generate more
revenue for U.S. Soccer.
PHOTO BY MILO HESS
PHOTO BY MILO HESS
Megan Rapinoe, left, and teammates riding up the Canyon of Heroes with the World Cup trophy.
PHOTO BY MILO HESS
Young fans packed the parade route.
PHOTO BY MILO HESS
Another gooooaaaaal? Could it be?
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