 
AS MEN PLAYERS. 
THIS IS SPECIAL COVERAGE FROM 
WCBS. 
>> Reporter: WHY ARE YOU SO 
EXCITED TO BE HERE? 
>> WE ENJOYED WATCHING THE TEAM 
ON TV. 
WE ENJOY FEELING LIKE PROUD. 
>> Reporter: AND YOUR FAVORITE 
PLAYER, WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT 
HER? 
>> SHE'S A REALLY GOOD DEFENDER 
AND NEVER GIVES UP. 
IF SHE LOSES THE BALL, SHE 
TRIES TO WIN IT BACK. 
>> Reporter: AND WHO'S YOUR 
FAVORITE PLAYER? 
>> ALEX MORGAN. 
>> Reporter: SHE IS GREAT. 
WHAT DO YOU LEARN FROM THE 
PLAYERS? 
THEY ARE GREAT ATHLETES BUT 
THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF 
MESSAGES. 
>> LIKE WORK HARD, FOCUS, NEVER 
GIVE UP ON YOUR TEAM OR THE 
TACKLE. 
AND JUST PLAY SMART. 
>> Reporter: HAVE YOU LEARNED 
SOMETHING FROM YOUR FAVORITE 
PLAYER? 
>> NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR TEAM 
AND ALWAYS HAVE FUN DURING THE 
GAME. 
>> Reporter: HOW ABOUT YOU? 
>> I LEARNED TO NOT GIVE UP ON 
YOUR TEAM. 
>> Reporter: YOU GUYS MUST BE 
SISTERS, RIGHT? 
PONYTAILS AND DIRTY CLEATS AND 
CORNER KICKS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS, 
THAT'S YOUR SHIRT. 
LET'S TALK TO THE LADIES BEHIND 
YOU, ABBY, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 
>> NEW JERSEY. 
>> Reporter: WHAT IS SO SPECIAL 
ABOUT THIS TEAM? 
>> THEY ARE ALWAYS GETTING 
KNOCKED DOWN OR ALWAYS BEING 
PUT DOWN BUT THEY ALWAYS STAY 
ON THEIR FEET AND DON'T GIVE UP 
AND JUST KEEP DOING WHAT THEY 
LOVE. 
>> Reporter: YOU'RE FROM 
VIRGINIA. 
THANKS FOR COMING ALL THE WAY 
HERE. 
WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS 
AND WHY? 
>> I LIKE JULIE ERTZ BECAUSE I 
LIKE HER LEADERSHIP AND I THINK 
SHE'S REALLY GOOD. 
>> I LIKE ALEX MORGAN BECAUSE 
SHE ENCOURAGED ME AND SHE'S A 
GOOD ROLE MODEL. 
>> Reporter: THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH FOR TALKING TO US. 
WE'LL BRING YOU ALL THE 
COMMENTS AND DREAMS FROM FANS 
HERE. 
>> SO HOW ARE FANS SALUTING THE 
CHAMPIONS THIS MORNING? 
THIS WAS TWEETED AND WE ARE 
HERE, ALREADY WAITING. 
SOME PEOPLE WERE THERE AT 1:00 
IN FROM OHIO AND TEXAS IN THAT 
PRIME SPOT. 
>> Reporter: OF THAT FOR SURE. 
>> AND MARISA TWEETED THIS:  
>> REFERENCE TO THE TEA SIP, A 
LITTLE CONTROVERSY THERE WITH 
THAT CELEBRATION. 
SHE SAID, IF IT WAS THE MEN'S 
TEAM, THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T 
GET HASSLED FOR DOING IT. 
IT WAS DISMISSED AFTER A SLIGHT 
BIT OF CONTROVERSY. 
LET'S GO LIVE TO CITY HALL PARK 
AND THERE'S MAYOR DE BLASIO. 
>> AND MEGAN RAPINOE, I JUST 
SAW HER A MOMENT AGO. 
YOU REMEMBER THE MAYOR'S TWEET, 
CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE THE 
BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD. 
THIS IS THE MIDDLE OF THE 
PARADE, AMERICAN FLAG FLYING 
AND A NUMBER OF PLAYERS THERE. 
>> YOU CAN SEE MEGAN RAPINOE 
AND JULIE ERTZ THERE, GOING UP 
THE CANYON OF HEROES. 
ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE WORLD 
CHAMPIONS. 
WE HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL 
FOR WITH THIS WOMEN'S TEAM. 
WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A PARADE 
IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS TEAM 
GOING BACK TO BACK HERE IN 
2019. 
>> I LOVE WHAT MEGAN RAPINOE 
SAID, I TAKE PLAYING FOR MY 
COUNTRY SERIOUSLY. 
IT'S A HUGE HONOR AND TIME AND 
TIME AGAIN SPEAKS ABOUT IT WITH 
SUCH PRIDE. 
SHE'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE LEADER 
ON THAT TEAM. 
ALSO CARLI LLOYD SAYS SHE GETS 
BETTER AND BETTER AND FINDS JOY 
IN THE PURSUIT OF PROGRESS. 
JUST EXCITING TO SEE HER 
PUSHING AND WORKING. 
SHE SAYS SHE'LL KEEP ON DOING 
THAT. 
>> AND TO SUM UP ALL THE 
SUPPORT, THEY WERE DETERMINED 
TO MAKE THIS WORLD CUP ABOUT 
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN 
THEMSELVES. 
THERE WAS NO MORE TIME FOR 
BEING POLITE, NO MORE TIME FOR 
ACCEPTING WHAT THEY HAD BEEN 
GIVEN. 
THIS TEAM WAS TOO GOOD AND 
SOCCER WAS TOO POWERFUL, AND 
THE TIME WAS TOO IMPORTANT. 
THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 
THIS IS BIGGER THAN A SOCCER 
MATCH. 
THIS IS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON 
THAT THESE WOMEN HAVE BEEN 
SWEPT IN. 
IT'S INCREDIBLE, THE MESSAGES 
BEING SENT NOT ONLY IN THE 
SOCCER WORLD BUT GLOBALLY. 
>> SO EXCITING TO SEE THE 
PLAYERS ON THE FLOAT RIGHT NOW. 
ALEX IS WITH THE PERSON WHO 
KNOWS THEM PERSONALLY. 
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. 
TRISH PLAYED WITH SEVERAL OF 
THE STARS THAT ARE ON THIS 
TEAM. 
WE WERE JUST CHATTING ABOUT THE 
IRONY THAT IT WAS THIS DAY FOUR 
YEARS AGO, JULY 10th, 2015, WE 
CELEBRATED THIS TEAM. 
HOW FAR HAS THIS ORGANIZATION 
COME IN CELEBRATING SOME OF 
THESE PLAYERS? 
>> I MEAN, SOCCER HAS COME SO 
FAR IN FOUR YEARS, NOT ONLY IN 
THE UNITED STATES BUT THE OTHER 
COUNTRIES AS WELL. 
THEY ARE CATCHING UP AND THAT'S 
GREAT BECAUSE IT FIRES US UP, 
FUELS US, AND THAT'S WHAT 
COMPETITION IS ABOUT. 
>> I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 
PICTURES AND RECOGNIZE SOME OF 
THESE PLAYERS THAT YOU HAVE 
PLAYED WITH AS A KID IN NEW 
JERSEY. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT, AND THEY MADE 
SURE ALL THE PLAYERS HAD THE 
TOOLS TO PLAY PROPERLY. 
SHE'S SO CREATIVE, ALWAYS HAD A 
BALL AT HER FEET. 
I THINK HALF OF NEW JERSEY IS 
PROBABLY WITH HER. 
SHE'S CONFIDENT IN HER ABILITY 
TO FIND WILLING TO TAKE RISKS 
AND THAT MAKES HER GREAT. 
>> AND A NICE PERSON. 
>> OF COURSE THAT MATTERS MOST. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
AND A LOT OF FIRSTS, NOT ONLY 
FOR THE USA NOW HOLDING FOUR 
TITLES BUT SEVERAL OTHER THINGS 
THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU. 
>> MOST GOALS IN A GAME WITH 
13, THE HIGHEST MARGIN OF 
VICTORY, THE FIRST WOMEN'S 
COACH TO WIN TWO WORLD CUPS. 
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DOUBTED 
HER ALONG THE WAY AND THAT'S 
JUST AMAZING. 
NOW WE HAVE FOUR WORLD 
CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHICH IS 
INCREDIBLE. 
>> AS YOU LOOK AT THE CHANGE OF 
THE LANDSCAPE IN SOCCER, WHAT'S 
THE MOST TELLING? 
>> THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. 
IT'S EXCITING BEING INVOLVED IN 
YOUTH SOCCER AND SEEING THE 
GIRLS ON THIS WOMEN'S NATIONAL 
TEAM, THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A 
PLATFORM AND THEY ARE USING IT 
TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION. 
EVERYTHING THEY ARE DOING IS 
FOR THE GIRLS COMING BEHIND 
THEM. 
>> I'M LOOKING AT THE TROPHY 
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT'S 
LIKE TO GET YOUR HAND ON THAT? 
>> EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS HAD IT 
A DIFFERENT DAY. 
THEY HAVE BEEN PASSING IT 
AROUND. 
THEY DESERVE IT FOR ALL THE 
HARD WORK THEY HAVE PUT IN. 
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE 
NEXT FOR THIS TEAM? 
WILL WE SEE PLAYERS REPEAT? 
>> FOR SURE. 
I THINK THEY WILL RETURN TO THE 
NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE 
WHERE THEY ALL PLAY, AND IT 
WILL BE GREAT FOR PEOPLE TO 
SUPPORT THE NWSL. 
THEY WILL HAVE A VICTORY TOUR 
STARTING IN AUGUST, SO CONTINUE 
TO SUPPORT THEM. 
LET'S KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING. 
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE 
MOST REWARDING OF THE SEVERAL 
YEARS THEY PUT INTO MAKING IT 
TO THE WORLD CUP? 
>> I GUESS EVERYTHING HAPPENS 
IN WAVES. 
IT'S FIRST CALLED IN TO BE ON 
THE QUALIFYING ROSTER, THEN 
MAKING THE FINAL ROSTER AND 
GETTING A STARTING NOD. 
IT'S PROBABLY SO EXCITING TO BE 
IN THOSE GAMES AND LIVE DAY IN 
AND DAY OUT AND TRAIN IN FRANCE 
FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME. 
WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS, I CAN 
IMAGINE IT'S SURREAL. 
>> AND FANS CHEERING YOU ON 
EVERYWHERE YOU GO. 
BEING A COACH AT RUTGERS, WHAT 
ARE SOME OF THE STANDOUTS YOU 
WOULD SAY AS FAR AS SKILL SETS 
AND LADIES ON THE TEAM? 
>> I THINK THE GREATEST THING 
ABOUT A TEAM, YOU NEED A LITTLE 
BIT OF EVERYTHING. 
YOU NYPD PEOPLE WHO WILL BE 
YOUR WARRIORS AND WIN TACKLES, 
AND THEN YOU NEED THE ARTISTS 
THAT SET UP PLAY AND CREATE 
PLAY. 
THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB 
FINDING BALANCE BETWEEN THAT. 
>> IS THAT CRYSTAL SCREAMING IN 
THE MIC THERE? 
>> LOOKS LIKE IT. 
>> AND FOLLOWED BY GOVERNOR 
CUOMO AS WELL. 
FOR YOU, WHO ELSE CAN YOU SAY 
HERE, ANYONE ON THIS FLOAT? 
>> THERE'S TOBIN TO THE RIGHT 
WITH THE SUNGLASSES ON. 
>> I CAN HEAR ALICE AT THE 
FRONT OF PARADE TOO. 
IT'S A SEA OF PEOPLE THERE. 
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF KNOWING 
THAT USA HAS NOW PUT FOUR ON 
THE BOARD STARTING IN 1991, 
WHAT'S THAT LIKE AS A FEMALE 
ATHLETE? 
>> IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW FAR 
THE NATIONAL TEAM HAS COME AND 
HOW FAR THEY WILL CONTINUE TO 
GO. 
IT'S GREAT FOR ALL THE YOUNG 
GIRLS IN THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW 
LIKE, I WANT TO BE THIS 
SOMEDAY. 
IT GIVES THEM DREAMS TO REACH 
FOR AND THEY NEED ROLE MODELS 
AS WELL. 
>> AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED HOW 
THE LADIES HAVE STEPPED UP AS 
ROLE MODELS FOR PEOPLE IN THE 
COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE WORLD. 
>> THEY HAVE REALLY PLAYED WITH 
HEARTS OF CHAMPIONS, AND TO SEE 
THEM THERE TODAY WITH ALL THE 
SCREAMING FANS, IT'S A REALLY 
EXCITING MOMENT. 
THOSE GORGEOUS BLUE SKIES 
THERE, IN THE SUN-SOAKED 
PARADE. 
THIS IS REALLY FANTASTIC. 
>> IT'S A SUPER DAY FOR A SUPER 
TEAM WE ARE CELEBRATING. 
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TRISH 
MENTIONED LIKE THE WORLDWIDE 
OUTREACH, BACK IN 1991 THERE 
WERE 12 TEAMS COMPETING AND 
THERE WERE 24 THIS YEAR, AND IT 
WILL EXPAND TO 32. 
IT'S ABOUT FINDING THAT BALANCE 
IN THE FIELD OF TEAMS SO YOU 
DON'T HAVE THE 13-0 ONSLAUGHTS. 
TO GET THAT OUTREACH, THE 
UNITED STATES HAS BEEN FIFA'S 
NUMBER ONE TEAM SINCE 2008. 
THEY ARE A JUGGERNAUT THAT 
CONTINUES TO OBVIOUSLY WIN ON 
THE WORLDWIDE STAGE. 
AGAIN, TRISH ALSO MENTIONED 
WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE TEAM. 
RIGHT NOW WITH THE NATIONAL 
WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE, ALL 
THESE PLAYERS ARE THROUGHOUT 
THE COUNTRY. 
YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WATCH THEM 
YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. 
>> NOW LET'S GET TO OUR TEAM OF 
REPORTERS ON THE PARADE ROUTE 
AND GO TO JENNIFER McLOGAN, 
LIVE FOR US THIS MORNING. 
GOOD MORNING, JENNIFER. 
>> Reporter: WE BEGIN OUR DAY 
BRIGHT AND EARLY IN ROCKVILLE 
CENTER, LONG ISLAND. 
22 KIDS, SIX PARENTS UNDER  ST. 
AGNES CATHEDRAL. 
WE ARE CELEBRATING ROCKVILLE 
CENTER'S HOMETOWN HERO, CRYSTAL 
DUNN. 
IT IS A TRIP AND WE ALL MADE IT 
SAFELY INTO PENN STATION. 
GOT A LITTLE LOST WAITING TO 
GET HOW MANY SUBWAY TOKENS, 
ALMOST 30? 
AND GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE 
ROUTE, MADE IT TO PARK PLACE 
AND WE ARE AT PARK PLACE AND 
BROADWAY FROM ROCKVILLE CENTER. 
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 
THIS IS ONE OF THE BRAVE MOMS. 
>> WE ARE SO PROUD OF CRYSTAL 
AND IT'S AMAZING TO BE HERE AND 
SUPPORT HER. 
WHAT A GREAT PLAYER AND ROLE 
MODEL. 
WE ARE SO EXCITED. 
>> Reporter: MOMS, YOU TRAVELED 
FAR AND NEAR FOR THIS MOMENT 
AND YOU ALREADY MET HER. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT, AND THE GIRLS 
ARE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AND 
CHEER HER ON. 
>> Reporter: WE HEAR THINGS 
COMING AND SEE CONFETTI. 
WE CAN HEAR THE NOISE. 
MARY AND CHRIS, BACK TO YOU. 
IT'S AND EXCITING TIME HERE. 
>> IT IS. 
THANK YOU, JENNIFER. 
>> TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE, ONE 
OF THE MOST VERSATILE PLAYERS 
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 
>> FABULOUS TO WATCH HER. 
LET'S GET BACK TO ALICE BECAUSE 
THE PARADE IS COMING BY RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> Reporter: I THINK EVERYONE 
HERE IS STUNNED BECAUSE SOME OF 
OUR HEROES WENT BY US, THE 
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP TEAM GOING BY 
US. 
DID WE SEE OUR SUPERSTARS? 
>> YES. 
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS GOING 
THROUGH YOUR MIND? 
>> HAPPINESS. 
>> Reporter: WHAT ABOUT YOU? 
>> I WOULD SAY HAPPINESS TOO. 
>> Reporter: WE DIDN'T EVEN 
KNOW WHAT TO SAY. 
WE STOPPED CHEERING LIKE, WOW, 
THERE THEY ARE. 
WHO ARE YOU MOST EXCITED TO SEE 
UP THERE? 
>> Reporter: ALEX MORGAN. 
>> AND SHE WAS HOLDING THE 
TROPHY. 
WHAT POSITION DO YOU PLAY? 
>> DEFENSE. 
>> Reporter: SO WE SAW MEGAN 
RAPINOE AND ALEX. 
WHAT COLOR WAS HER HAIR TODAY? 
>> PURPLE. 
>> Reporter: WE THOUGHT IT 
MIGHT BE. 
WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND 
RIGHT NOW? 
>> IT'S CRAZY. 
>> Reporter: DID ANYONE GET 
PICTURES OR VIDEO? 
>> YES, DID. 
>> Reporter: WE'RE GOING BACK 
HOME TO TELL OUR FRIENDS WHAT? 
>> WE SAW THE WORLD CHAMPION. 
>> Reporter: WHAT ABOUT MOM AND 
DAD OVER HERE? 
>> SO EXCITED TO BE SHARING 
THIS WITH MY DAUGHTER. 
IT'S SOMETHING SHE CAN AIM FOR 
AND SHE LIKES COMPETITIVE 
SPORTS. 
>> Reporter: WHO WERE YOU 
EXCITED TO SEE UP THERE? 
>> ALEX MORGAN. 
I SAW THE CHAMPAGNE. 
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD 
PASS IT AROUND BUT THEY LOOK 
LIKE THEY ARE HAVING A GOOD 
TIME. 
>> Reporter: AND MOM AND DAD 
OVER HERE, HOW ARE WE FEELING? 
>> THERE'S NO WORDS. 
EXCITEMENT TO SEE THEM ACTUALLY 
HERE, AND TO HAVE THEM 
EXPERIENCE IT, IT'S JUST JOY. 
>> THIS ONLY HAPPENS EVERY FOUR 
YEARS AND GLAD TO SEE IT. 
>> Reporter: AND WE HAVE A 
GREAT VIEW. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
I'M SO EXCITED WE GOT TO SEE 
THE SUPERSTARS. 
I LOOKED OVER AND INSTEAD OF 
CHEERING EVERYONE WAS LIKE 
STUNNED, LIKE THERE THEY ARE. 
WE ARE ALONG THE CANYON OF 
HEROES LIVE. 
>> YOU KNOW YOU'RE A SPOILED 
SOCCER FAN WHEN YOU SAY THIS 
ONLY HAPPENS ONCE EVERY FOUR 
YEARS. 
SOME WAIT A LIFETIME. 
>> IT IS NICE WHEN THEY TALK 
ABOUT ALEX MORGAN. 
SO MANY PEOPLE LOVE HER AND I 
LOVE THE STUNNED LOOK ON THE 
LITTLE GIRLS' FACES. 
GOVERNOR CUOMO ON THE FLOAT AND 
WITH SO MANY SUPERSTARS THERE 
WAVING TO THE CROWDS. 
WE THINK ABOUT THESE PARTIES OF 
THE CANYON OF THE HEROES, AND 
THIS GOES BACK TO THE 1800s. 
IT'S INTERESTING TOO FIND OUT 
THE FIRST ONE WAS STARTED 
SPONTANEOUSLY THROWING TICKER 
TAPE OUT THE WINDOWS. 
HERE WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 
LADIES FOR A SECOND TIME. 
>> A LOT OF GREAT PARADES, 
YANKEES AND GIANTS PARADES. 
THERE ARE SOME LOCALS WE HAVE 
BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 
THERE'S NUMBER 19, AND OF 
COURSE NUMBER 17. 
IF YOU HAVE THOSE JERSEYS AT 
HOME, THERE THEY ARE WAVING THE 
AMERICAN FLAG AND RAISE THOSE 
FISTS IN THE AIR, WORLD CUP 
CHAMPIONS. 
YOU CAN GET A BETTER IDEA HOW 
MANY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE ARE LINING THE STREETS 
HERE IN LOWER MANHATTAN. 
THE CANYON OF HEROES ALIVE AND 
WELL RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THAT 
CONFETTI, JUST TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF PAPER. 
>> HERE IT COMES DOWN ON THE 
GROUND. 
BEFORE THE 2015 PARADE, IT HAD 
BEEN OVER 50 YEARS SINCE A 
WOMAN WAS THE FOCUS OF A TICKER 
TAPE PARADE HERE IN THE CITY. 
THESE LADIES HAVE TWO WORLD 
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE BANDS ARE 
OUT AND WE ARE ALL CELEBRATING 
THEIR INCREDIBLE WIN. 
>> AND LET'S PUT IT IN 
PERSPECTIVE. 
HOW GOOD A TEAM IS THIS WOMEN'S 
SOCCER PROGRAM? 
HOW GOOD HAVE THEY BEEN OVER 
FOUR YEARS? 
NUMBER ONE FIFA TEAM SINCE 
2008. 
THEY HAD A SILVER IN 2000, 
EIGHT GOLD CUPS, WORLDWIDE 
COMPETITIONS, AND A MEDAL IN 
EACH WORLD CUP AND OLYMPIC 
GAMES. 
THEY ARE NOTHING SHORT OF 
INCREDIBLE. 
I KNOW WE'RE MAKING A BIG DEAL 
ABOUT THE LATEST VICTORY BUT 
THERE'S SUCH A HISTORY OF 
GREATNESS WITH THIS PROGRAM, 
AND OF COURSE THE FIRST COACH 
TO WIN TWO WORLD CUPS. 
SOMETHING TELLS ME SHE'LL WIN 
IT AGAIN. 
>> WE'LL SEE. 
AND ALSO THE RECORDS BROKEN BY 
THIS 2019 U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER 
TEAM IN THIS WORLD CUP, WHEN 
YOU TALK ABOUT MOST GOALS IN A 
SINGLE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP MATCH, 
THE HIGHEST MARGIN OF VICTORY 
IN ONE MATCH. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT ALEX MORGAN 
SCORING THE MOST GOALS IN A 
SINGLE WOMEN'S GAME, AND COACH 
ELLIS THE FIRST TO WIN TWO 
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP TITLES. 
>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE THE 
FLOATS COMING TOWARD US. 
WE ARE IN A SEA OF SPIRITED AND 
EXCITED AND PROUD FANS. 
YOU CAN SEE THE FLOATS ARE 
INCHING TOWARDS US HERE. 
I'M GOING TO COME OVER AND TALK 
TO THESE FANS. 
YOU'RE HERE FROM OHIO, THAT'S 
CORRECT? 
>> YES. 
>> Reporter: TELL ME WHAT IT 
MEANS TO BE HERE TODAY. 
>> IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE 
THESE PEOPLE AND MY IDOL AND 
EVERYTHING. 
JUST AMAZING TO BE HERE. 
>> Reporter: WHO ARE YOU MOST 
EXCITED TO SEE? 
>> ALEX MORGAN. 
>> Reporter: WHY IS SHE YOUR 
FAVORITE? 
>> SHE INSPIRES ME AND SHE'S A 
GREAT PLAYER AND EVERYTHING. 
>> Reporter: 
>>> THEY ALWAYS ARE PUSHING TO 
BE BETTER. 
>>  DO YOU THINK ONE DAY YOU'LL 
TRY TO PUSH TO BE ONE OF THEM? 
>>  YES, DEFINITELY. 
>>  HOW ABOUT YOU? 
WHAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT 
BEING HERE TODAY? 
>>  JUST SEEING THEM AND BEING 
ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THIS. 
>>  HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO 
GET HERE? 
I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS ARE FROM 
OHIO. 
>>  IT TOOK TEN HOURS. 
>>  WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP 
THIS MORNING? 
>>  LIKE 2:00. 
>>  2:00, THAT'S INSANE. 
THAT'S SOME DEDICATION. 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
WE DO ALSO HAVE A FAN HERE THAT 
CAME ALL THE WAY FROM FLORIDA. 
TELL US HOW LONG IT TOOK YOU TO 
GET HERE. 
>>  ACTUALLY, I WAS VACATIONING 
IN D.C. AND THEY ANNOUNCED THE 
PARADE. 
ALL RIGHT, I HAVE TO JUMP ON A 
BUS AND HEAD UP TO NEW YORK. 
>>  Reporter: WHAT IS IT LIKE 
BEING HERE TODAY? 
DESCRIBE THE ENERGY HERE. 
>>  THIS IS UNLIKE ANYTHING I 
HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. 
THIS IS AMAZING. 
JUST THE ENERGY, THE 
EXCITEMENT. 
THE YOUNG KIDS, THAT'S COOL TO 
SEE. 
THE WHOLE THING. 
THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE. 
>>  Reporter: WHO ARE YOU MOST 
EXCITED TO SEE? 
>>  ALI KREIGER. 
I'M HERE, EXCITED TO SEE HER,  
ASHLYNN AND ALEX. 
>>  Reporter: HOW DO THESE 
WOMEN INSPIRE YOU IN YOUR DAY-
TO-DAY LIFE? 
>>  I GREW UP WATCHING THE 
99ERS AND THEIR PERSEVERANCE 
AND BEING A WOMAN IN SPORTS AND 
TRYING TO OVERCOME ANY BARRIER 
THAT IS PUT IN FRONT OF THEM. 
THEY HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. 
>>  Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH 
FOR YOUR TIME. 
WE HAVE ANOTHER GROUP OF VERY 
EXCITED FANS. 
VERY SPIRITED AND EXCITED FANS. 
HOW ARE YOU GIRLS FEELING BEING 
HERE TODAY? 
HOW DO YOU FEEL BEING HERE 
TODAY? 
>>  I'M SO EXCITED. 
I'M GREAT. 
I'M DOING GREAT. 
>>  Reporter: WHAT'S THE BEST 
PART ABOUT THIS? 
>>  TO SEE THEM IN REAL LIFE. 
TO SEE THEM HERE, BECAUSE THEY 
ARE REAL PEOPLE. 
THEY CAN WAVE AT YOU. 
IT'S SO COOL. 
>>  Reporter: IT IS PRETTY 
COOL. 
WHO WERE YOU MOST EXCITED TO 
SEE? 
>>  EVERYONE. 
I CAN'T PICK ONE. 
>>  Reporter: WHAT IS IT ABOUT 
THESE WOMEN THAT MAKE YOU SO 
EXCITED? 
>>  WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME 
TEAM. 
>>  Reporter: YOU WATCH THEM 
SUNDAY, WHAT IS THE BEST PART 
OF WATCHING THEM THAT YOU CAN 
APPLY TO YOUR SOCCER GAME? 
>>  WE CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THEY 
ARE. 
WE ARE TIGHT KNIT AND IT HELPS 
WITH THE BOND ON THE FIELD. 
>>  Reporter: THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
WE ARE GOING TO HANG OUT WITH 
THESE AWESOME FANS AND SEND IT 
BACK TO YOU GUYS. 
>>  THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
SO EXCITED OUT THERE. 
A PROGRAMMING NOTE. 
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO WATCH 
LET'S MAKE A DEAL, HEAD TO OUR 
SISTER STATION. 
>>  LET'S HEAD BACK OUT TO THE 
PARADE ROUTE. 
CINDY IS TALKING WITH MORE 
FANS, SOAKING UP ALL OF THE 
EXCITEMENT. 
CINDY. 
>>  Reporter: IT'S SO MUCH FUN 
OUT HERE. 
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO 
KEEP LOOKING BACK. 
FLOATS KEEP GOING BY AND WE 
KEEP SEEING PLAYER AFTER 
PLAYING. 
WE SAW ROSE, WHO MADE THAT 
SECOND GOAL. 
ANOTHER FLOAT JUST WENT BY. 
OH MY GOODNESS.
NOW THIS SIGHTSEEING BUS. 
I DON'T SEE ANY PLAYERS UP 
THERE. 
I SEE SOME COMING. 
OH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE 
TAKING A BREAK.
YOU ARE CHLOE. 
HOW OLD ARE YOU? 
>>  I'M EIGHT. 
>>  AND WHEN DID YOU START 
PLAYING SOCCER? 
>>  THIS YEAR. 
>>  I'M GOING TO MOVE YOU LIKE 
THAT, SO OUR BEAUTIFUL VIEWERS 
CAN SEE YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACE. 
TELL ME, FIRST OF ALL, WHICH 
PLAYER DO YOU LIKE BEST? 
>>  I LIKE ALL OF THEM. 
>>  Reporter: WHY ARE THEY SO 
GREAT? 
>>  I DON'T KNOW. 
THEY WORK HARD AND THEY ARE 
REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT STUFF. 
>>  Reporter: DOES THAT MAKE 
YOU MORE CONFIDENT? 
>>  YEAH. 
>>  Reporter: YOU WERE TELLING 
ME COOL THINGS ABOUT PLAYING. 
YOU JUST STARTED, BUT YOU HAD A 
LOT OF COOL THINGS HAPPEN. 
>>  Reporter: WELL, I MADE NEW 
FRIENDS. 
WE WORK AS A TEAM AND MY COACH, 
HE TEACHES ME STUFF THAT I 
HAVEN'T KNOWN BEFORE. 
>>  Reporter: THIS IS YOUR 
FIRST PARADE. 
WHAT IS THE BEST THING YOU'VE 
SEEN SO FAR? 
>>  THE BEST THING I'VE SEEN SO 
FAR ARE THE SOCCER PLAYERS. 
>>  Reporter: ISN'T IT GREAT? 
SINCE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM 
IS YOUR FAVORITE, YOU LOVE 
EVERY FLOAT, RIGHT? 
>>  YEAH. 
>>  Reporter: I'M GOING TO TALK 
TO YOUR BIG SISTER RIGHT NOW, 
OKAY? 
THIS IS SARAH. 
HI, SARAH. 
>>  HI. 
>>  Reporter: I KNOW YOU ARE 
NOT A SOCCER PLAYER. 
TELL ME WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOUR 
SISTER AND YOU BEING HERE. 
>>  I LOVE THEIR HARD WORK AND 
DEDICATION. 
IT TAKES A LOT AND I LOVE THE 
PEOPLE AROUND HERE SUPPORTING 
EVERYBODY. 
GIRLS SUPPORTING GIRLS. 
EVERYBODY IS SUPPORTING THEM. 
IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY'VE DONE 
HERE. 
>>  Reporter: WHAT DOES IT MEAN 
TO BE HERE WITH YOUR LITTLE 
SISTER? 
ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S HER FIRST 
PARADE. 
WAIT A MINUTE, LET'S LOOK OVER 
HERE.
[ CHEERING ] 
>>  Reporter: I'M TALKING TO 
LITTLE CHLOE, EXPLANING WHO 
EVERYBODY IS. 
>>  YOU HAVE A GREAT FLOAT IN 
FRONT OF YOUR CAMERA. 
HIGHLIGHTED BY OUR GOVERNOR, 
ANDREW CUOMO. 
KRISTEN IS ON THAT FLOAT AS 
WELL AS TOBIN HEATH. 
AND CRYSTAL AT THE FRONT OF 
THAT FLOAT. 
IOWA ADRIANA, ALL ON THAT 
FLOAT. 
YOU HAVE A STAR STUDDED FLOAT 
RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. 
THE KIDS HAVE TO BE FLOORED TO 
SEE THESE STARS RIGHT IN FRONT 
OF THEM LIKE THIS. 
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FLOAT HAS 
STOPPED FOR A QUICK SECOND, SO 
EVERYBODY CAN START YELLING TO 
THEIR FAVORITE ATHLETES. 
IT'S JUST SO GREAT. 
GREAT TO SEE. 
ALEX, DO YOU WANT TO JUMP IN? 
>>  I'M TALKING HERE WITH 
TRISH, WHO PLAYED WITH SOME OF 
THESE PLAYERS GROWING UP IN NEW 
JERSEY. 
I KNOW KELLY ISN'T FROM NEW 
JERSEY. 
WHAT MAKES HER SUCH A DYNAMITE 
PLAYER? 
>>  MY FIRST EXPERIENCE PLAYING 
WITH KELLY WAS PLAYING FOR SKY 
BLUE. 
IT WAS OUR FIRST SCRIMMAGE. 
AND WE WERE PLAYING A 4-4-2. I 
HAVEN'T PLAYED A 4-4-2 FOR 
AWHILE. 
I NEVER PLAYED WITH AN OUTSIDE 
MID FIELDER. 
NOT SURE WHAT TO DO HERE, GUIDE 
ME AND SHE JUST KEPT TALKING TO 
ME THE WHOLE TIME AND TOLD ME 
WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO DO, AND 
JUST BY HER COMMUNICATION, SHE 
MADE ME LOOK GOOD. 
BUT SHE IS JUST SUCH A FIT 
PLAYER AND SUCH A TOUGH PLAYER. 
TO PLAY OUTSIDE BACK IN THIS 
FORMATION, YOU HAVE TO DRIVE 
ALL DAY AND SHE HAS THAT 
STAMINA AND SHE IS A GREAT 
DEFENDER AS WELL. 
>>  TOBIN, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING 
IS EXCELLENT AS WELL. 
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE GREAT 
MOMENTS YOU HAD ON THE FIELD? 
>>  EVERYTHING SHE DOES WITH 
THE BALL IS MAGIC. 
YOU ARE TRYING TO DEFEND HER 
AND YOU GET CAUGHT WATCHING HOW 
INCREDIBLE SHE IS WITH THE 
BALL. 
THE SELF-CONFIDENCE AND THE 
SWAGGER SHE HAS. 
>>  HOW DO THEY INSPIRE THE 
TEAMMATES? 
>>  I THINK THEY ALL LIFT EACH 
OTHER UP. 
IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL BOND AND 
IT WAS SO EVIDENT THROUGH THE 
WAY THEY PLAYED AND CARRIED ON 
THROUGH THE TOURNAMENT. 
WE SAW THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
WE SAW THEM CELEBRATING GOALS. 
IT'S SO OBVIOUS HOW BAD THEY 
WANTED THIS, NOT JUST FOR 
THEMSELVES, BUT FOR EACH OTHER. 
>>  WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE 
PLAYER THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH 
YOUR PROGRAM AND ARE STANDING 
ON THE WORLD STAGE. 
>>  YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT OF TIES 
IN THIS WORLD CUP. 
CARLY LLOYD, SHE'S IN THE HALL 
OF FAME. 
WE HAVE CHANTEL, WHO IS 
REPRESENTING THE JAMAICAN SIDE. 
ON THE CANADA ROSTER. 
AND THEN ON THE BROADCAST SIDE, 
ALEXI WALLACE, A U.S. MEN'S 
NATIONAL TEAM, HE DID A GREAT 
JOB AS WELL AS THE WOMEN'S 
PLAYER, KARINA. 
A LOT OF CONNECTIONS THERE. 
>>  YOU TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH 
GRIT AND ATHLETICISM GOES INTO 
THIS. 
YOU WERE SAYING YOU DIDN'T KNOW 
THE DETAILS OF THEIR SCHEDULE, 
BECAUSE THEY TRAINED SO HARD. 
GIVE ME A ROUND ABOUT OF WHAT 
IT'S LIKE TO PLAY AT THIS TYPE 
OF LEVEL AND THE PRACTICE IT 
TAKES TO GET THERE. 
>>  OH GOSH, I'M SURE THERE ARE 
SO MANY SACRIFICES THEY MADE. 
JUST THE DETAIL THAT GOES INTO 
THEIR PREPARATION. 
EVERY SINGLE MEMBER DESERVES 
CREDIT. 
OBVIOUSLY, WE SEE WHAT THE 
GIRLS DO ON THE FIELD, BUT FROM 
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING TO 
NUTRITION, TO FITNESS, TO 
PERIODIZATION AND THERE IS SO 
MUCH THAT GOES INTO IT, THAT 
IT'S HARD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. 
>>  HOW SOON AFTER DO YOU JUMP 
RIGHT IN AND START TRAINING ALL 
OVER AGAIN? 
>>  I'M SURE THEY WILL TAKE 
SOME TIME OFF. 
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN 
GEARING UP FOR THIS TOURNAMENT 
FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
THEY DESERVE SOME TIME OFF, 
RELAX A LITTLE BIT. 
MOST OF THEM WILL GET RIGHT 
BACK INTO IT. 
>>  I KNOW YOU WON IN DIFFERENT 
VARIETIES IN YOUR CAREER AS 
WELL. 
YOU'VE PLAYED AT A PROFESSIONAL 
LEVEL. 
CAN YOU PUT INTO WORDS THE 
FEELING AS YOU'RE STANDING 
THERE AND YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED 
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE FINALLY SET 
OUT TO DO. 
>>  OH GOSH, IT'S 
INDESCRIBABLE. 
THERE'S A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS 
AND ADVERSITY. 
I THINK THERE'S OFTENTIMES 
WHERE YOU WONDER, IS THIS 
REALLY WORTH IT? 
I'M REALLY PUTTING A LOT INTO 
THIS. 
AM I GOING TO GET WHAT I WANT 
OUT OF IT? 
LOOK AT THESE GIRLS ON THESE 
FLOATS RIGHT NOW, REALIZING THE 
FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR. 
IT'S WORTH IT. 
>>  AS ONE TON OF CONFETTI 
FALLS DOWN AROUND YOU. 
YOUR NAME IS MEMORIALIZED IN 
THE CEMENT IN NEW YORK CITY, 
BECAUSE THEY EACH GET A STONE 
PLAQUE. 
ANYONE THAT PARTICIPATES IN A 
TICKER TAPE PARADE. 
THEY WILL BE THERE FOR EVER FOR 
HISTORY TO SEE. 
WHAT ABOUT CARLI LLOYD? 
ANOTHER NEW JERSEY GIRL. 
>>  CARLI, WHAT SHE HAS DONE 
OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN 
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. 
NUMEROUS WORLD CUPS. 
NUMEROUS OLYMPICS. 
SHE IS JUST SUCH A HARD WORKER. 
SHE PUTS HER HEAD DOWN AND 
WORKS AND SHE IS REALLY, REALLY 
WORKS HARD AT EVERYTHING SHE 
ACCOMPLISHED. 
I MEAN, SHE'S DONE AMAZING 
THINGS FOR THE U.S. WOMEN'S 
NATIONAL TEAM. 
>>  AS A FEMALE ATHLETE 
YOURSELF, YOU HEAR LITTLE GIRLS 
TALKING ABOUT WHAT AN 
INSPIRATION. 
FOR YOU, HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU 
FEEL? 
>>  FOR ME, THAT'S THE MOST 
MOVING PART. 
WE SEE THESE LITTLE GIRLS, AND 
ALEX MORGAN GOES BY AND THEY 
ARE INSPIRED. 
I'M ALMOST CRYING OVER HERE 
BECAUSE THAT IS INSPIRATIONAL 
TO ME. 
I COACH A U10 SOCCER TEAM AND I 
KNOW THEY IDOLIZE THESE GIRLS. 
TO KNOW THEY CAN HAVE SUCH 
POSITIVE ROLE MODELS IS 
IMPORTANT. 
>>  THE EXCITEMENT FELT NOT 
ONLY IN OUR CITY, BUT AROUND 
THE WORLD. 
WE WERE JUST SEEING SOME OF THE 
PICTURES OF OUR VIEWERS ALONG 
THE PARADE ROUTE. 
HASHTAG, SALUTING THE 
CHAMPIONS. 
WE WANT TO INCLUDE YOU IN OUR 
BROADCAST AS WELL. 
YOU SEE THESE GIRLS HUGGING AND 
THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. 
THEY TRULY SEEM LIKE A FAMILY. 
>>  THEY ARE, ABSOLUTELY. 
THAT'S HOW MOST SOCCER TEAMS 
ARE. 
YOU ARE A FAMILY. 
YOU ARE SACRIFICING FOR ONE 
ANOTHER. 
SOMEONE FALLS DOWN, YOU'LL PICK 
THEM UP. 
THE BOND BETWEEN THIS TEAM IS 
VERY EVIDENT. 
>>  AND JENNA HAS BEEN ALONG 
THE PARADE ROUTE AND I THINK 
THERE'S A FLOAT COMING BY YOU 
RIGHT NOW, JENNA. 
>>  Reporter: THERE ARE. 
THE PLAYERS JUST CAME BY US. 
THIS CROWD GOT SO LOUD AND SO 
EXCITED WHEN THEY SAW THEIR 
FAVORITE PLAYERS. 
I ACTUALLY WANT TO GO OVER TO 
SOME OF OUR YOUNG FANS. 
WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM ALL 
MORNING. 
WE HAVE FANS FROM OHIO, 
DELAWARE, YOU NAME IT. 
WE HAVE A GROUP OF GIRLS HERE 
CLOSER TO HOME. 
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE WHEN THE 
PLAYERS CAME BY? 
>>  AMAZING. 
ESPECIALLY SEEING MORGAN, SHE'S 
A BIG INSPIRATION TO ME. 
>>  Reporter: SHE WAS RIGHT UP 
WAVING AT YOU GIRLS. 
I SAW THAT. 
WHAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT 
BEING HERE TODAY? 
>>  SEEING ALL OF THE PLAYERS. 
WE ARE ALL HERE FOR THE TEAM. 
>>  AND SEEING HOW MUCH PEOPLE 
ARE LIKE US AND LOVE SOCCER AND 
LOVE THIS TEAM. 
>>  Reporter: YOU GIRLS ARE 
SOCCER PLAYERS. 
WHAT DO THESE GIRLS MEAN TO YOU 
AND HOW DO THEY INSPIRE YOU? 
>>  THEY MAKE US WORK HARDER. 
SHOW US WE CAN DO WHAT WE LOVE 
WHEN WE GET OLDER. 
>>  Reporter: WHAT ABOUT YOU? 
>>  THEY DESIRE ME TO FOLLOW MY 
DREAMS. 
>>  Reporter: THEY INSPIRE YOU 
TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS. 
DID YOU WATCH THE GAME ON 
SUNDAY? 
>>  WE WATCHED THE SOCCER GAME. 
>>  Reporter: WHAT WAS THE BEST 
PART OF THE GAME? 
>>  SEEING THEM CELEBRATE AND 
WIN TOGETHER. 
>>  Reporter: HOW ABOUT THAT 
WINNING GOAL? 
>>  THAT WAS AMAZING. 
>>  Reporter: THANK YOU SO 
MUCH, GIRLS. 
LET'S GO BACK OVER TO SOME MORE 
FANS HERE. 
THEY ARE VERY SPIRITED HERE 
THIS MORNING. 
HEY GUYS, HOW ARE YOU DOING? 
WHAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS 
FOR YOU? 
>>  MY FAVORITE PART IS THE 
FLOAT AND THE MUSIC. 
>>  Reporter: THE PLAYERS JUST 
CAME BY. 
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? 
>>  THAT WAS LIKE MEETING MY 
FAVORITE PERSON IN THE WORLD. 
>>  Reporter: ARE THEY YOUR 
FAVORITE PEOPLE? 
>>  KIND OF. 
>>  Reporter: WHERE ARE YOU 
FROM? 
>>  NEW JERSEY. 
>>  NEW JERSEY. 
>>  Reporter: THAT'S AWESOME. 
ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME? 
>>  YES. 
>>  Reporter: THANK YOU SO 
MUCH. 
LET'S TALK TO MORE PEOPLE HERE. 
I KNOW WE HAVE A MOM HERE THAT 
HAS A COOL GETUP. 
CAN WE GRAB YOU OVER HERE? 
TELL US ABOUT WHAT THIS IS LIKE 
FOR YOU. 
YOU HAVE GIRLS THAT PLAY 
SOCCER. 
>>  IT'S WONDERFUL. 
WE CAME FROM NEW JERSEY LAST 
NIGHT TO COME SEE THE PARADE, 
BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER AND HER 
FRIENDS HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE 
WHOLE SERIES. 
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE 
HERE. 
>>  Reporter: AND YOU KNOW, 
THESE GIRLS ARE SAYING THESE 
PLAYERS INSPIRE THEM. 
AS A MOM, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO 
HAVE ROLE MODELS FOR YOUR 
DAUGHTER? 
>>  THEY ARE GREAT ROLE MODELS. 
THESE GIRLS HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC 
FOR THEM. 
>>  Reporter: WHAT IS IT LIKE 
FOR YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER TO 
SEE THE TEAM COME BY? 
>>  AMAZING. 
WE'RE SO EXCITED WE COULD BE 
HERE. 
>>  Reporter: WE HOPE YOU ENJOY 
THE PARADE. 
WE HAVE A MOTHER OVER HERE. 
LET'S GO OVER TO THE FLOAT 
HERE. 
EVERY TIME A FLOAT COMES BY, 
THIS CROWD SCREAMS AND IS SO 
EXCITED. 
THERE'S GOVERNOR CUOMO ON THIS 
FLOAT RIGHT NOW. 
JUST A REALLY EXCITING DAY DOWN 
HERE. 
AND CRYSTAL ON THIS FLOAT AS 
WELL. 
YOU CAN SEE THEM WAVING. 
THE GIRLS YELLING. 
WE HAVE A HOME GROWN PLAYER 
PASSING BY HERE. 
ALL RIGHT, SO, LET'S SEND IT 
BACK TO YOU GUYS. 
WE WANT TO TALK TO EACH OF 
THESE FANS OUT HERE. 
>>  JENNA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
GREAT JOB, AS ALWAYS, DOWN 
THERE ON THE PARADE ROUTE AS 
YOU CAN SEE THE EXCITEMENT 
HERE. 
ALI LONG, YOU CAN SEE HER IN 
THE FRONT WITH THE MEDAL AROUND 
HER NECK, AND THERE'S MEGAN 
RAPINOE THERE. 
YOU TALK ABOUT BREAKOUT SUPER 
STAR OF THIS TOURNAMENT. 
WHETHER IT WAS DOMINATING GAME 
AFTER GAME AND JUST BEING AT 
THE FOREFRONT FOR THIS U.S. 
TEAM. 
A SPOKESPERSON, THE VOCAL 
LEADER, AND HOLDING THAT WORLD 
CUP TROPHY IN HER HANDS RIGHT 
NOW. 
THE SIGNATURE PURPLE HAIR, AND 
YOU TALK ABOUT A CHAMPION. 
LET'S LISTEN IN FOR A QUICK 
SECOND.
>>  THE CHEERS, THE APPLAUSE 
FOR THE GIRLS OF THE TEAM. 
PRETTY INCREDIBLE. 
SO MANY YOUNG WOMEN OUT THERE 
CELEBRATING THIS REMARKABLE 
VICTORY. 
AS THEIR HEROS COME BY. 
YOU CAN SEE THE FLOATS ARE 
DECORATING GOLD, VERY SYMBOLIC 
OF THIS HUGE WIN, THE STELLAR 
RUN. 
YOU MENTIONED, MEGAN RAPINOE, 
GIVEN TO THE BEST OVERALL 
PLAYER. 
CONGRATULATIONS TO HER. 
THE GOLDEN BOOT GIVEN TO THE 
TOP SCORER. 
SO, SHE WINS IT AGAIN. 
SO MEGAN RAPINOE, SUCH A SUPER 
STAR IN THIS. 
>>  AND SHE ALSO GOT PLAYER OF 
THE MATCH HONORS FOR THE WIN 
OVER FRANCE, THE WIN OVER 
SPAIN, THE FINAL WIN OVER THE 
NETHERLANDS. 
SHE ESSENTIALLY TOOK THOSE 
GAMES OVER. 
IT BEGAN BREAKING THE 1-1 TIE. 
SHE COMES IN, SCORES, AND THE 
U.S. IS ON THEIR WAY. 
SHE SCORED BOTH GOALS. 
THE HOST NATION, A LOT OF 
PEOPLE THOUGHT IF THERE WAS AN 
UPSET, THAT COULD BE IT. 
WITH FRANCE, AS I SAID, BEING 
ON HOME TURF. 
THAT DIDN'T WORK. 
AND THEN SCORED THE GAME WINNER 
IN THE FINAL BREAKING A TIE 
VERSUS THE NETHERLANDS. 
>>  A FIRST PLAYER TO SCORE 
FROM A PENALTY KICK. 
AND FIRST PLAYER TO WIN THE 
GOLDEN BOOT AND THE GOLDEN BALL 
AT THE WOMEN'S FINAL. 
SHE IS JUST SO REMARKABLE. 
OLDEST PLAYER TO WIN THE GOLDEN 
BOOT AND GOLDEN BALL. 
SHE HAS MORE PLAY TO GO. 
SHE JUST STRIVES FOR THE BEST 
EACH AND EVERY TIME. 
SHE SAYS SHE IS READY TO GO. 
>>  SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE 
WONDERING, HOW DID SHE GET THE 
GOLDEN BOOT WITH SIX GOALS WITH 
ALEX MORGAN ALSO HAD SIX GOALS? 
THE TIE BREAKER IS WHO PLAYED 
LESS MINUTES. 
WHO SCORED THE MOST GOALS IN 
LESS TIME ON THE FIELD. 
AND RAPINOE HAD LESS TIME. 
SO SHE WAS ABLE TO WIN THAT 
GOLDEN BOOT. 
JESSICA MOORE IS AT CITY HALL 
WAITING FOR BASICALLY EVERYBODY 
TO ARRIVE FOR THE BIG CEREMONY 
AND HANDING OVER THE KEYS OF 
THE CITY. 
LET'S JOIN HER REAL QUICKLY. 
>>  WE ARE SHOWING YOU RIGHT 
NOW THE CROWD AND THE PARADE 
THAT IS GOING BY. 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OUT HERE ALL 
MORNING LONG. 
THEY SACRIFICED A FRONT ROW 
SEAT TO THE PARADE SO THEY 
COULD BE HERE. 
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH IT 
ON THE JUMBOTRON. 
SO MANY SOCCER JERSEYS OUT HERE 
WITH FANS WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING 
FOR HOURS TO WATCH THE TEAM 
RECEIVE THOSE KEYS TO THE CITY. 
AND, LET ME EXPLAIN THIS TO 
YOU. 
THIS PLACE IS GOING TO BE 
PACKED. 
THE CITY RELEASED THE TICKETS 
EARLIER THIS WEEK AND THEY SOLD 
OUT WITHIN MINUTES. 
SO, LOTS OF PEOPLE WANTING TO 
BE OUT HERE TODAY. 
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, FROM ALL 
OVER THE COUNTRY, ACTUALLY, 
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM MAYOR 
DE BLASIO AND THE FIRST LADY. 
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM LOTS 
OF THE FAVORITE TEAM MEMBERS. 
WE LOVE ALL OF OUR WOMEN'S 
SOCCER TEAM. 
WE'LL HEAR FROM MEGAN RAPINOE 
AND SO MANY OTHERS ONCE THEY 
GET HERE AFTER THE PARADE 
ROUTE. 
WE SAW REHEARSALS HAPPENING 
EARLIER TODAY. 
THERE'S GOING TO BE A BAND. 
THERE WILL BE A VOCALIST. 
WE'LL HAVE SO MANY FESTIVITIES 
OUT HERE. 
KEY TO THE CITY, YOU CAN SEE 
BEHIND ME, THERE'S A DJ TRYING 
TO KEEP EVERYONE EXCITED. 
AS WE HAVE ALL BEEN SHOWING OUR 
VIEWERS AND PEOPLE AT HOME HAVE 
BEEN WATCHING THE PARADE, THESE 
FOLKS HAVE BEEN PATIENTLY 
WAITING FOR THE TEAM TO ARRIVE. 
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE STAGE 
BEHIND ME, YOU SEE ALL THE 
WHITE CHAIRS SET UP WITH A SEA 
OF FLAGS BEHIND ALL THE TEAM. 
WE'LL BE SITTING RIGHT THERE AS 
THEY GET THE KEY TO THE CITY. 
THE DJ HERE REMINDING EVERYONE 
TO STAY HYDRATED. 
PUT ON YOUR SUNSCREEN. 
AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S 
HOT OUT HERE. 
NOT HOT ENOUGH TO KEEP PEOPLE 
FROM COMING. 
WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU THE 
CEREMONY LIVE. 
IT'S SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN AT 
10:30. 
ONE OF THE EVENT STAFF TOLD ME, 
YOU WELL KNOW, CHRIS AND MARY, 
THESE THINGS WILL BE CONTINGENT 
ON WHEN THE PARADE WRAPS UP. 
IN 2015, THIS CEREMONY WENT 
LONG. 
THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE 
TODAY. 
THE GIRLS ARE LEAVING THE 
CEREMONY, HEADING STRAIGHT TO 
THE AIRPORT TO CATCH A FLIGHT 
TO L.A., AS THEIR VICTORY TOUR 
CONTINUES. 
FOR NOW LIVE AT CITY HALL, CBS 
2 NEWS. 
>>  ALL RIGHT, JESSICA, THANKS 
SO MUCH. 
OF COURSE, BIG AWARDS SHOW IN 
LOS ANGELES TONIGHT AS THEIR 
VICTORY TOUR CONTINUES. 
IT'S BEEN THREE DAYS OF 
CELEBRATION. 
WHEN WILL IT END? 
WHO KNOWS. 
WILL THE JET LAG FINALLY GET TO 
THEM? 
NOTHING CAN STOP THIS TEAM AT 
THIS POINT, IF YOU ASK ME. 
THEY HAVE PLENTY MORE LEFT IN 
THE TANK. 
THEY WOULD LOVE TO GET A COUPLE 
MORE GAMES IF THEY POSSIBLY 
COULD. 
>>  WE WANT TO KEEP THEM IN NEW 
YORK CITY. 
THERE'S NO PARTY LIKE A PARTY 
IN NEW YORK. 
AND THANKS FOR WATCHING, 
EVERYONE, AS YOU'RE WATCHING 
RIGHT NOW ON CBS 2 ON CBSN NEW 
YORK, ON CBSNEWYORK.COM AND ON 
KYW. 
WE'LL CONTINUE TO COVER THIS 
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AS WE'RE 
TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THIS 
SALUTING OF THE CHAMPIONS 
PARADE. 
IT'S REALLY HISTORIC IN SO MANY 
WAYS. 
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS 
WOMEN'S TEAM GETTING A SECOND 
TICKER TAPE PARADE IN THE CITY. 
THE LAST ONE IN 2015. 
AND THEN IF WE GO BACK, THE 
FIRST WOMAN TO BE HONORED WAS 
AMELIA EARHART. 
IF YOU THINK ABOUT HISTORY, 
THAT WAS IN 1928 AND 1932, 
THERE WAS A PARADE IN HER HONOR 
AS SHE WAS WELCOMED HOME. 
AND SO MUCH CELEBRATING STILL 
TO BE DONE TODAY, ALEX. 
>>  AND WE HAVE SEEN THE MOST 
GOALS IN A SINGLE GAME. 
13-0 AGAINST THAILAND. 
HIGHEST MARGIN OF VICTORY. 
JILL ELLIS, THE COACH, THE 
FIRST WOMAN COACH TO WIN TWO 
WORLD CUPS. 
MOST OVERALL WINS, YOU SAW THE 
SIGN THERE, 2019 WORLD 
CHAMPIONS. 
I'M HERE WITH TRISH WHO IS A 
COACH AT RUTGERS AND PLAYED 
PROFESSIONALLY WITH SEVERAL OF 
THE PLAYERS WE ARE CELEBRATING 
TODAY. 
TOBIN HEATH SPECIFICALLY. 
YOU GREW UP PLAYING WITH HER. 
WE TALKED ABOUT KELLY AS WELL. 
WHAT PLAYS REALLY STOOD OUT TO 
YOU IN THIS ENTIRE SERIES? 
>>  I THINK AS A SOCCER FAN, 
IT'S EASY TO LOOK AT THE 
OFFENSIVE PLAYS, THE GOALS 
SCORED, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. 
THEIR CELEBRATIONS AND WHAT A 
GREAT GOAL. 
FOR ME, I WAS A DEFENDER. 
I LOOK AT THE DEFENSIVE PLAYS 
AND LIKE THEY SAY, DEFENSE WINS 
CHAMPIONSHIPS. 
I THINK THIS BACK LINE WAS 
SOLID. 
BECKY CRACKED HER HEAD OPEN IN 
THE FINAL, BLEEDING EVERYWHERE. 
GOT RIGHT BACK UP AND PLAYED. 
ABBY DID GREAT. 
CHRIS, KELLY O'HARA STEPPING 
IN, WHEN KELLY GOT INJURED. 
AND I THINK A REALLY PIVOTAL 
MOMENT OF THIS TOURNAMENT WAS 
THE PENALTY SAVE AGAINST 
ENGLAND. 
IT WAS IN THE 84th MINUTE. 
THE SCORE WAS 2-1. THAT'S SUCH 
A BIG MOMENT FOR A GOAL KEEPER. 
YOU BECOME THE HERO OR NOT, AND 
SHE REALLY STEPPED UP AND SAVED 
IT. 
>>  DID SHE EVER. 
WERE YOU WATCHING LIKE US WITH 
BAITED BREATH? 
BREATHING IT? 
>>  IT'S LIKE YOU'RE MOVING A 
LITTLE BIT, MAKE THE BALL GO 
CERTAIN PLACES. 
IT WAS SUCH AN EXCITING 
TOURNAMENT. 
>>  WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU? 
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS 
CONNECTION WITH TOBIN, GROWING 
UP AND PLAYING WITH HER. 
WHEN YOU SEE HER FACE COMING UP 
BROADWAY. 
>>  IT'S GREAT. 
YOU KNOW, TOBIN HAS PUT IN SO 
MUCH WORK. 
OUTSIDE OF TEAM TRAININGS AND 
EVERYTHING SHE HAS DONE, AND 
ALL THE SACRIFICES SHE MADE. 
AND OBVIOUSLY, AT THE CLUB PDA, 
WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF 
HER AND HAPPY FOR HER. 
SHE IS SO DESERVING OF THIS. 
>>  AND AS YOU LOOK AT THIS 
CROWD AND THIS FLOOD OF PEOPLE, 
IT'S A LITTLE SMALL SHOW OF 
SUPPORT. 
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
NOW IN THE U.S. THAT HAVE 
EMBRACED WOMEN ATHLETES AND 
SPECIFICALLY, SOCCER PLAYERS. 
WHAT IS THAT FOR YOU AND WHAT 
DOES THAT TELL YOU WITH WHERE 
THE INDUSTRY IS GOING? 
>>  IT'S GREAT. 
SOCCER IS A SPORT THAT ALMOST 
EVERY KID GROWS UP AND PLAYS. 
YOU HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY. 
SO YOUR PARENTS SAY, LET ME 
BRING YOU TO SOCCER AND TRY TO 
FIGURE THIS OUT. 
SOCCER IS SUCH A BIG SPORT IN 
THE UNITED STATES. 
IT'S HUGE. 
THEY GROW UP ON THE STREET 
PLAYING AND EVERYTHING LIKE 
THAT. 
AND I THINK WE LOST A LITTLE 
BIT OF THAT. 
WE NEED MORE FREE PLAY AND JUST 
PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD, 
PLAYING IN THE STREET, AND 
STUFF THAT IS NOT STRUCTURED. 
IT'S JUST WHAT KIDS ARE DOING 
ON THEIR OWN. 
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY INCREASING 
AWARENESS AND FANS AND NOW 
EVERYBODY WANTS TO PLAY SOCCER, 
THAT'S AWESOME. 
>>  THAT'S RIGHT, CHRIS SAID 
SOMETHING EARLIER THAT MADE ME 
LAUGH. 
THIS ONLY HAPPENS EVERY FOUR 
YEARS. 
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO A WILL THE 
OF COUNTRY, NOW WE'RE AT FOUR. 
DO YOU THINK WE'LL GO FOR A 
FIVE? 
>>  EIGHT WORLD CUPS, AND WE 
HAVE FOUR OF THEM. 
THE GOAL IS TO KEEP RAISING THE 
BAR. 
THESE GIRLS, JILL ELLIS SAID IT 
BEST. 
MOST TEAMS VISIT PRESSURE, BUT 
U.S. LIVES IN IT. 
THEIR EXPECTATION IS TO WIN AND 
COME HOME CHAMPIONS. 
>>  WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ON THE 
OUTSIDE LOOKING AT THIS TEAM 
THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO 
DO TO DEVELOP, TO SECURE THAT 
5th SPOT? 
>>  KEEP BRINGING IN THE 
YOUNGER PLAYERS AND GETTING 
THEM READY. 
LIKE WE SAID, THE NEXT WORLD 
CUP IS IN FOUR YEARS. 
SOME OF THESE PLAYERS WHO ARE 
TOWARD THE END OF THEIR 
NATIONAL TEAM CAREERS, WE NEED 
TO START GETTING THE NEW ONES 
READY AND WORKING ON THAT 
CHEMISTRY AND I THINK THAT'S 
WHY JILL ELLIS HAS BEEN 
CRITICIZED. 
SHE HAS FOCUSED ON THE YOUNGER 
CROWD. 
BUT YOU KNOW, SHE'S THE ONLY 
PERSON TO HAVE TWO WOMEN'S 
WORLD CUP. 
HOW MUCH CAN WE REALLY 
CRITICIZE HER? 
>>  SHE HAS AN EYE. 
SHE WAS NAMED COACH OF THE 
YEAR. 
WE ASSUME IT WILL PROBABLY 
HAPPEN AGAIN. 
WHAT I FIND IRONIC HERE IS THAT 
ON JULY 10 OF 2015, WE WERE IN 
THE SAME SPOT WATCHING THIS 
TICKER TAPE PARADE. 
YOU AND I GOT A GOOD LAUGH 
ABOUT THAT. 
>>  IT'S CRAZY. 
FACEBOOK TELLS YOU, FOUR YEARS 
AGO ON THIS DAY. 
I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE POSTING 
THROWBACKS. 
TO SEE HOW MUCH THESE YOUNG 
KIDS HAVE GROWN IN FOUR YEARS. 
NOW THEY ARE DOING AMAZING 
THINGS WITH THEIR SOCCER 
CAREER. 
THESE GIRLS HAVE PAVEED THE WAY 
FOR THEM TO DO THAT. 
>>  AND TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT. 
THIS HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY 
FOR THESE FEMALE ATHLETES TO 
REALLY BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF 
THE CONVERSATION. 
>>  YEAH. 
IT'S AMAZING. 
I MEAN, THE BIGGEST THING THAT 
WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS ROLE 
MODELS. 
THESE GIRLS ARE PUSHING THE 
ENVELOPE. 
THE THING IS, THEY WANT TO 
LEAVE THIS GAME A BETTER PLACE 
THAN WHEN THEY CAME IN. 
AND THEY WANT TO LEAVE THEIR 
FOOTPRINT ON THE FIELD, BUT 
ALSO OFF THE FIELD. 
THEY REALIZE THE IMPACT THEY 
HAVE ON SO MANY KIDS AND THEY 
ARE REALLY STRIVING TO USE 
THEIR PLATFORM TO THE BEST OF 
THEIR ABILITY AND CHANGE LIVES 
AND CHANGE THE WORLD. 
>>  I MEAN, CHRIS AND MARY, YOU 
HEARD THAT AS WE WERE UP AND 
DOWN THE PARADE ROUTE. 
ALL THESE YOUNGSTERS RAVING 
ABOUT HOW GREAT IT WAS TO HAVE 
A GLIMPSE OF THEM. 
CHRIS AND MARY. 
THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT WATCHING THEM. 
>>  ABSOLUTELY. 
IT'S BEEN SO EXCITING TO WATCH. 
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONFETTI 
THAT THEY ARE LEAVING. 
THAT'S THE FOOTPRINT TODAY AND 
WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE 
SANITATION CREWS. 
THEY HAVE THE BROOMS AT THE 
READY. 
THEY ARE AMAZING. 
A SALUTE TO THEM, BECAUSE THEY 
WILL BE CLEANING ALL OF THIS 
UP. 
JUST TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY 
OF TICKER TAPE PARADES IN NEW 
YORK CITY, STARTING IN THE 
1880s, THE FIRST WAS IN '86 TO 
MARK THE DEDICATION OF THE 
STATUE OF LIBERTY. 
IN 1921, ALBERT EINSTEIN BECAME 
THE FIRST SCIENTIST TO RECEIVE 
A PARADE. 
AS FOR SPORTS TEAMS, THE 
RANGERS, THE YANKEES, THE METS, 
THE GIANTS, ALL RECEIVING 
TICKER TAPE PARADES UP THE 
CANYON OF HEROS. 
>> AND HOPEFULLY, YOU HAD THE 
HONOR AND PLEASURE OF BEING 
THERE AND SEEING ONE OF YOUR 
FAVORITE TEAMS COME UP THE 
CANYON HEROS. 
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR A YANKEE 
PARADE, A COUPLE GIANTS 
PARADES, AND TO WATCH THIS 
UNFOLD, I WILL SAY THIS, EACH 
ONE HAS THEIR OWN IDENTITY AND 
EACH ONE IS UNIQUE, THEY ARE 
ALL GREAT, THAT'S FOR SURE. 
WE DID THAT WHOLE FOUR YEARS 
AGO, WE WERE HAVING ANOTHER 
TICKER TAPE PARADE FOR THE 2015 
WORLD CUP TEAM. 
THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO TO THE 
DAY, ACCORDING TO ALEX. 
20 YEARS AGO TO THE DAY, 1999, 
BRANDI CHASTAIN TO WIN THE 
WORLD CUP. 
YOU REMEMBER THAT FAMILIAR 
SCENE. 
THE JERSEY COMES OFF. 
IT WAS THE IMAGE SEEN AROUND 
THE WORLD. 
THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO TODAY. 
SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY. 
>>  MAKING HER ONE OF THE TOP 
TEN IN GOAL SCORING AND ALEX 
MORGAN, NUMBER 7 ON THAT LIST. 
SO MANY PEOPLE YELLING OUT, 
ALEX MORGAN'S NAME TODAY. 
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BANDS AT 
CITY HALL. 
THEY ARE ABOUT TO GREET THE 
PLAYERS AS THEY ARE GOING TO 
RECEIVE THE KEYS TO THE CITY. 
LET'S GET RIGHT BACK TO YOU, 
JESSICA MOORE. 
>>  MARY, CHRIS, HI. 
THE BAND PLAYING BEHIND ME. 
IT'S A WELCOME SIGHT FOR THESE 
FOLKS. 
THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING HOURS TO 
SEE THESE WOMEN. 
WE KNEW THE PARADE WAS GETTING 
CLOSE WHEN THE CONFETTI STARTED 
FALLING. 
STARTED FALLING ON OUR RISER. 
I COULDN'T HELP BUT PICK UP A 
COUPLE SHEETS, FOR OLD TIME 
SAKE. 
SO, WE HAVE THE BAND BEHIND US. 
THE GIRLS WILL ALL BE ARRIVING 
HERE. 
YOU SEE THE STAGE SET UP BEHIND 
THEM. 
MAYOR DE BLASIO AND THE FIRST 
LADY WILL BE WITH THEM. 
THE MAYOR WILL BE PRESENTING 
THE KEY TO THE CITY, TO THE 
MUCH DESERVING WORLD CHAMPIONS. 
AND, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE CITY 
RELEASED TICKETS TO THIS EVENT 
EARLIER IN THE WEEK. 
THE CITY TELLS US THEY SOLD OUT 
ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE 
BASIS WITHIN MINUTES. 
PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE 
COUNTRY HAVE BEEN OUT HERE. 
A LOT OF NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, 
CONNECTICUT, BUT REALLY FROM 
ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
THEY JUST WANTED A CHANCE TO 
SEE SOME OF THESE WOMEN. 
WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM 
CARLY LLOYD, MEGAN RAPINOE, THE 
CAPTAIN OF THE U.S. FEDERATION 
WILL BE TALKING TODAY, 
CELEBRATING THESE WOMEN AS THEY 
CONTINUE THEIR VICTORY TOUR. 
THE CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED TO 
BEGIN AT 10:30. 
NOT TOO FAR FROM NOW. 
A COUPLE OF MINUTES. 
BUT WE'RE TOLD IT MAY BE A FEW 
MINUTES LATE. 
HOWEVER, IT IS GOING TO BE -- 
THESE WOMEN ARE GETTING ON A 
FLIGHT AND HEADING TO L.A. 
TO CONTINUE THEIR VICTORY TOUR. 
WE'LL LET YOU KEEP LISTENING TO 
THE BAND BEHIND ME. 
WE HAD A DJ OUT HERE ALL 
MORNING AS WELL. 
KEEPING THE TUNES GOING. 
REMINDING EVERYONE TO DRINK 
WATER AND KEEP THE SUNSCREEN 
ON. 
IT IS SCORCHING OUT HERE. 
NOT AN OUNCE OF SHADE TO BE 
FOUND. 
EVERYONE SAID THAT WAS NOT 
GOING TO KEEP THEM AWAY. 
THEY WILL BE HERE UNTIL THE 
VERY LAST PERSON IS OFF THAT 
STAGE. 
THEY CANNOT WAIT TO SEE AND 
HEAR FROM SOME OF THEIR HEROS. 
A LOT OF ANTICIPATION AS TO 
WHAT THE WOMEN MIGHT SAY. 
A LOT OF TALK POINTS THAT THEY 
SPEARHEADED. 
THE EQUAL PAY. 
THEY HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONING A 
LOT OF CAUSES AND A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WONDERING IF THEY WILL 
TOUCH ON THAT OR JUST BE 
CELEBRATING THEIR VICTORY. 
EVERYONE HERE IS EXTREMELY 
EXCITED. 
WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. 
>>  SINCE THERE IS CURRENTLY A 
LAWSUIT, ONCE  LENGTH THE 
OTHER. 
THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO HEAD INTO 
MEETUATION. 
WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE 
WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIP. 
WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO 
SAY. 
OF COURSE, YOU'LL BE HEARING A 
LOT ABOUT IT, THAT'S FOR SURE. 
NOW, THIS IS TEAM U.S.A. 
THEY ALWAYS SAID THE DALLAS 
COWBOYS ARE AMERICA'S TEAM. 
I DON'T KNOW. 
I THINK THE ARGUMENT MAY BE 
SHIFTING TOWARDS THIS U.S. 
WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM. 
THEY HAVE THE TRACK RECORD TO 
BACK IT UP. 
AND YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE 
HEAD COACH, JILL ELLIS. 
DID A GREAT JOB MIXING VETERAN 
EXPERIENCE WITH SOME ROOKIES. 
YOU HAVE  THOSE PLAYERS THAT 
HAVE BEEN ON THESE FLOATS 
SAYING THIS IS MY FIRST ONE. 
I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 2023 WHEN WE 
WIN THIS AGAIN AND HAVE ANOTHER 
TICKER TAPE PARADE. 
YOU HAVE VETERANS LIKE CARLI 
LLOYD AND MEGAN RAPINOE WHO IS 
SAYING MAYBE THERE WON'T BE 
ANOTHER TOURNAMENT FOUR YEARS 
FROM NOW. 
CARLI LLOYD, THIS IS HER FOURTH 
WORLD CUP. 
SHE WAS THE HERO IN THE 2015 
TEAM. 
SCORED A COUPLE GOALS IN THAT 3-
0 WIN. 
BUT, AGAIN HER ROLE CHANGED AND 
SHIFTED AND AS THE FACE OF 
WOMEN'S SOCCER FOR SO LONG, 
MAYBE THIS IS HER RESPONSE. 
MAYBE SHE'S GOING TO BE ON THAT 
STAGE. 
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT 
FEELINGS. 
>>  BEING OUT THERE, BEING ON 
THE STAGE. 
THIS BAND IS INCREDIBLE. 
THEY ARE FULL OF ENERGY. 
THEY ARE PUTTING IT ALL OUT 
THERE FOR US. 
WE'LL TAKE A LISTEN IN FOR A 
MOMENT TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE SO 
WE CAN HEAR IT ALL AND WHAT 
IT'S LIKE TO BE OUT THERE. 
1900 FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE 
SEATED THERE AS THE GIRLS ARE 
GIVEN THE KEY TO THE CITY. 
LET'S LISTEN IN FOR A MOMENT. 
[ BAND PLAYING ] [ BAND PLAYING 
] 
>>  MULTIGENERATIONAL BAND OUT 
THERE. 
THE MUSICIAN TODAY IS CERTAINLY 
FOR THE LADIES AND LOVE THAT 
BANNER ABOVE THEM. 
ONE NATION, ONE TEAM. 
AS WE ARE CELEBRATING THESE 
CHAMPIONS. 
SO WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE IN THE 
PARADE? 
THE OFFICIAL TWITTER COUNT FOR 
THE U.S. WOMEN'S TEAM TWEETING 
PICTURES DURING THE PARADE. 
>>  LINDSEY, EMILY, KELLY, ROSE 
ARE LIVING THE BEST LIFE. 
YOU TALK ABOUT A BREAKOUT STAR. 
ROSE LAVELLE, THE BREAKOUT STAR 
IN THIS TOURNAMENT HAD GOAL 
NUMBER TWO IN THE FINALS. 
JUST A 24-YEAR-OLD SUPERSTAR. 
SOMEONE YOU WILL BE WATCHING 
FOR YEARS TO COME ON THE WORLD 
CUP CIRCUIT. 
>>  SHOWING THE TEAM READY FOR 
YOU, AMERICA. 
LOVE THIS ONE. 
>>  JUST SO COOL. 
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST BE 
LIKE TO BE ON THIS FLOAT? 
McDONALD POSTING A PICTURE OF 
HER. 
AND I WAS SAYING BEFORE, EVERY 
GREAT PARTY NEEDS A GREAT BAND. 
AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, 
WE HAVE A GREAT BAND PLAYING 
RIGHT NOW. 
THESE ARE GREAT PICTURES THAT 
WE'VE BEEN GETTING FROM ALONG 
THE PARADE ROUTE. 
THIS SHOT OF THE CHAMPIONS 
SAYING, PERKS OF HAVING AN 
OFFICE AT THE START OF THE 
FINANCIAL DISTRICT. 
GET YOUR RUN DOWN. 
CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES, ON 
YOUR AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT. 
>>  TAKE A LITTLE WORK BREAK 
AND GET TO SEE THIS. 
WOW. 
AND THIS VIEW FROM ABOVE 
TWEETED FROM SHANA, SHOWING THE 
CROWDS AND THE FLOATS FROM HER 
OFFICE. 
WHAT A VIEW. 
>>  AND DONNA GETTING A GREAT 
VIEW FROM HER OFFICE SALUTING 
THE CHAMPIONS FROM THREE WORLD 
TRADE. 
KEEP SENDING US YOUR PARADE 
PICTURES. 
USE THAT HASHTAG, SALUTING THE 
CHAMPIONS. 
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING ALL 
MORNING LONG. 
THE LAST, WELL SINCE SUNDAY. 
WE'VE BEEN SALUTING THIS 
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. 
A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT. 
THE UNITED STATES 4th WORLD 
CUP. 
SECOND BACK TO BACK IN 2015 AND 
2019. 
GERMANY, THE ONLY OTHER COUNTRY 
TO DO THAT, TO GO BACK TO BACK. 
THIS IS ONE OF FOUR. 
THERE'S ONLY BEEN EIGHT WORLD 
CUPS. 
THE UNITED STATES CAPTURED FOUR 
OF THEM. 
AS WE'VE MENTIONED, THIS IS A 
DOMINANT TEAM THAT CONTINUES TO 
PLAY WITH ALL OF THE 
DISTRACTIONS, ALL OF THE 
PRESSURE. 
THEY HIT THE PITCH AND THEY 
JUST KEEP SCORING. 
>>  AND EXPERTS SAYING THIS IS 
ONE OF THE GREATEST TEAMS OF 
ALL TIME. 
>>  YOU LOOK AT THE STARS AND 
HOW GOOD DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO 
MAKE THIS TEAM? 
YOU LOOK AT THE RESUMES OF THE 
PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM AND ALL OF 
THEM HAVE BEEN MVPs MULTIPLE 
TIMES AT THE NATIONAL AND THE 
INTERNATIONAL STAGE. 
>>  MEGAN RAPINO, ALEX MORGAN, 
CARLI LLOYD, RETURNING PLAYER 
FROM THE 2015 TEAM. 
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT 
CARLI LLOYD. 
TRISH, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT 
HER ROLE CHANGE? 
>>  I DON'T KNOW. 
IT'S HARD TO PLAN FOR WEEKS IN 
ADVANCE, LET ALONE FOUR YEARS. 
OBVIOUSLY, WE SAW CARLI IN THE 
LAST WORLD CUP. 
WE KNOW WHAT SHE DID FOR HER 
COUNTRY AND WE SAW HER SCORE A 
GOAL FROM MID FIELD. 
WE SAW HER SCORE A HAT TRICK IN 
THE FINAL. 
FATTEST HAT TRICK IN HISTORY. 
HER ROLE CHANGED. 
I KNOW SHE WAS HAPPY FOR THE 
TEAM TO WIN. 
BUT I KNOW THE U.S. HAD SUCH A 
DEEP BENCH. 
EVERY PLAYER WANTED TO GIVE 
MORE. 
YOU KNOW, AND THAT 
COMPETITIVENESS IS WHAT GOT 
THEM TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW. 
AND THERE ARE JUST AS MUCH OF A 
PART OF THIS SUCCESS. 
THERE ARE GIRLS ON THE 
QUALIFICATION THAT DIDN'T MAKE 
THE FINAL ROSTER, YOU KNOW, 
FANTASTIC PLAYERS AND REALLY 
COULD HAE HELPED, BUT 
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN ONLY 
TAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF 
PLAYERS. 
THOSE PLAYERS WHO DIDN'T PLAY 
IN GAMES, THEY MADE THE 
TRAINING ENVIRONMENT 
COMPETITIVE. 
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A SECOND 
STRING GOAL KEEPER. 
ALL OF THOSE GIRLS ARE JUST AS 
IMPORTANT AS THE ALEX MORGANS 
AND MEGAN RAPINOES. 
>>  I THINK WE SAW THEY WERE 
ABLE TO REST SOME OF THEIR TOP 
PLAYERS BECAUSE WE CAN GO TO 
THE BENCH AND YOU CANNOT START 
MEGAN RAPINOE. 
YOU DON'T SKIP A BEAT. 
NOW RAPINOE GETS SOME REST. 
WE'RE STILL COMPETITIVE. 
A LOT OF THE COUNTRIES DON'T 
HAVE, OUR BENCH IS SO DEEP. 
YOU LOOK AT THE BENCH AND 
THERE'S LINDSAY. 
FOR US, WE WERE ABLE TO REST 
SOME PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE 
TOURNAMENT AND GIVE EVERYBODY A 
CHANCE TO PLAY. 
>>  WHAT IS THE DYNAMICS ON A 
TEAM LIKE THIS, WHEN YOU TALK 
ABOUT HAVING SUCH A DEEP BENCH. 
THEY ARE WORKING JUST AS HEART, 
BUT NOT NECESSARILY ON THE 
FIELD. 
>>  IT'S HARD TO BE ONE OF 
THOSE PLAYERS. 
I THINK WHEN I WAS AT SKY BLUE, 
THAT WAS MY ROLE AS A RESERVE 
PLAYER. 
BUT YOU'RE GRATEFUL TO BE 
THERE. 
I WAS LIKE WOW, MY GOAL IS TO 
BE A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER 
PLAYER. 
I HAD EIGHT KNEE SURGERIES AND 
I'M HERE. 
YOU WANT TO PUSH AND BE THE 
BEST TEAMMATE YOU CAN BE. 
WITH THIS TEAM, YOU SAW HOW 
STRONG THE BOND WAS AND DIDN'T 
MATTER WHAT YOUR ROLE ON THE 
TEAM. 
YOU PLAYED JUST AS AN IMPORTANT 
PART. 
>>  EVERYONE IS HAVING A GOOD 
TIME CELEBRATING ALL THE WORK 
THESE LADIES PUT INTO THIS. 
AS AN ATHLETE, HOW TOUGH ARE 
THE GIRLS ON THIS TEAM? 
>>  OH MAN. 
THEY ARE TOUGH. 
YOU CAN SEE THEM. 
THEY ARE STRONG GIRLS. 
THEY ARE FAST GIRLS. 
THEY ARE FIT GIRLS. 
THEY ARE MENTALLY RESILIENT. 
THAT'S  THE BIGGEST THING THAT 
I PREACH TO THE GIRLS. 
WATCH THEIR CONFIDENCE. 
THEY LOSE THE BALL, BUT THEY 
BOUNCE RIGHT BACK. 
THEY DON'T PUT THEIR HEAD DOWN 
FOR A SECOND. 
THEY ARE MENTALLY STRONG. 
THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT AS 
BEING PHYSICALLY STRONG AT THIS 
HIGH LEVEL. 
>>  Reporter: AND AS YOU WATCH 
THEM COMING UP BROADWAY, I SAW 
YOU LEANING IN. 
YOU RECOGNIZE THESE FACES. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S LIKE FOR 
THEM? 
CAN YOU PUT IT INTO WORDS? 
>>  I IMAGINE IT'S SO SURREAL. 
THESE GIRLS PROBABLY RAN AROUND 
IN THEIR BACKYARD AT 4 OR 5 
YEARS OLD AND IMAGINED WINNING 
THE WORLD CUP AND THEY JUST GOT 
TO DO THAT AND REALIZING ALL 
THEIR HARD WORK AND SACRIFICES 
AND JUST SEEING ALL THESE 
PEOPLE HERE CHEERING FOR THEM. 
YOU KNOW, AND THEIR 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
THAT IS REALLY -- THIS IS NEW 
YORK CITY, YOU KNOW. 
ALL THESE PEOPLE, SOMEONE DROVE 
TEN HOURS FROM OHIO, I THINK 
THEY SAID. 
WHAT'S REALLY COOL FOR ME IS 
SEEING YOUNG BOYS BE 
INTERESTED, TOO. 
THAT LITTLE BOY WAS LIKE, 
THEY'RE MY FAVORITE PEOPLE IN 
THE WORLD. 
IT'S REALLY AWESOME THAT THEY 
ARE NOT JUST INSPIRING GIRLS, 
BUT INSPIRING BOYS AS WELL. 
>>  Reporter: WE WERE CHATTING 
EARLIER ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF 
PLAYERS COMING FROM THE 
NORTHEAST THAT ARE MAKING A 
MARK IN THIS FIELD. 
SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TOBIN 
HEATH, ALI LONG. 
YOU ARE SEEING SO MANY 
SUPERSTARS RISING UP FROM OUR 
AREA. 
>>  I THINK THE NORTHEAST AND 
NEW JERSEY IN PARTICULAR, WE 
JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT 
MENTALITY. 
YOU KNOW. 
PEOPLE SAY JERSEY TOUGH, JERSEY 
STRONG. 
IT'S SO TRUE. 
IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU 
DON'T UNDERSTAND UNLESS YOU'RE 
FROM HERE. 
WE HAVE A BLUE COLLAR WORK 
ETHIC. 
WE ARE DOWN FOR THE NITTY, THE 
GRITTY. 
WE HAVE SUCH A SENSE OF PRIDE 
IN EVERYTHING WE DO. 
AND YOU KNOW, DON'T MESS WITH 
US TYPE OF MENTALITY OR 
ATTITUDE, YOU KNOW. 
>>  Reporter: AND YOU SEE IT IN 
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE 
PLAYERS. 
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE TEAM TO 
COME AND GET THE KEYS TO THE 
CITY. 
UNTIL THEN, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK 
BREAK. 
STAY WITH US, YOU'RE WATCHING 
COVERAGE OF SALUTING THE 
CHAMPIONS. 
THE CITY. 
YOU'RE WATCHING THE COVERAGE OF 
SALUTING THE CHAMPIONS. 
>>> TO GIVE PEOPLE THE POWER TO 
BUILD COMMUNITY, TO BRING THE 
WORLD CLOSER TOGETHER. 
>>  THIS TECHNOLOGY CAN ENABLE 
GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO COME 
TOGETHER. 
THAT WAS THE DREAM. 
MAKE PEOPLE DOUBT WHAT THE 
FACTS ARE AND YOUR TRUST IS 
ERODED. 
SOCIAL MEDIA. 
>>  PARADE COVERAGE, MANY OF 
YOU ARE SEEING US ON CBS 2, 
MANY ARE SEEING US ON CBSN AND 
CBSN NEW YORK. 
>>  IT WAS GREAT TO SEE MEGAN 
RAPINOE. 
YOU CAN ALSO SEE US AT 
CBSNEWYORK.COM. 
>>  TWEET A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT 
WITH THE HASHTAG. 
CBS NEW YORK OR SALUTING THE 
CHAMPIONS. 
YOU MIGHT SEE YOURS SCROLLING 
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. 
EVERYBODY WHO HAS CHIMED IN AND 
CONTRIBUTED THIS MORNING. 
WE THANK YOU. 
KEEP IT GOING. 
IT'S BEEN A GREAT MORNING SO 
FAR. 
WE KICKED OFF AT 9:30 THIS 
MORNING. 
WE'RE ABOUT 70 MINUTES IN. 
JUST TO SEE ALL OF THE 
ATHLETES, ALL OF THE SMILES OF 
THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINING 
THE PARADE ROUTE. 
THE CANYON OF HEROS. 
THESE NEVER GET OLD. 
FOR THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP TEAM, 
IT'S A ONE IN EVERY FOUR YEAR 
EXPERIENCE. 
IT'S GREAT TO SEE. 
>>  IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE LAST 
FEW PIECES OF CONFETTI FALLING 
FROM THE SKY. 
IT'S BEEN QUITE THE PARADE DOWN 
THE CANYON OF HEROS AND REALLY, 
THESE LADIES PLAYED WITH THE 
HEARTS OF CHAMPIONS AND WE 
HEARD ALEX MORGAN SAY THIS 
BEFORE. 
YOU ALWAYS WORK HARD, YOU NEVER 
GIVE UP. 
YOU FIGHT UNTIL THE END. 
IT'S NEVER REALLY OVER UNTIL 
THE WHISTLE BLOWS. 
WHAT A REMARKABLE RUN IT'S BEEN 
FOR THE LADIES. 
>>  THEY HAVE BEEN THE FAVORITE 
IN THE WORLD CUP AND IN THE 
OLYMPIC GAMES FOR YEARS. 
YOU GO BACK TO 2016, AND SO YOU 
JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING 
TO BE YOUR TIME TO WIN AND WHEN 
THE OTHER TEAM WILL PLAY A 
LITTLE BETTER AND UPSET YOU ON 
THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. 
THIS WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIP RUN 
FOR THIS TEAM WAS INCREDIBLE. 
IT STARTED WITH THAT OPENING 
MATCH VERSUS THAILAND, 13-0. 
JUST AN ABSOLUTE OBLITERATION. 
THEY WIN 2-0 OVER SWEDEN. 
THE QUARTER FINALS, THEY BEAT 
THE HOST NATION, FRANCE, 2-1. 
THEY BEAT ENGLAND 2-1. OF 
COURSE, IN THE FINALS, THEY 
TAKE DOWN THE NETHERLANDS 2-0 
WITH TWO LATE GOALS BY RAPINOE, 
WHICH WON IT, AND LAVELLE, 
WHICH WAS ICING ON THE CAKE. 
THEY WERE 14-1-2. THEY SCORED 
55 GOALS THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE 
TIME. 
THIS WAS A DOMINANT TEAM, MARY, 
THAT HAS BEEN ON THIS RUN, THIS 
INCREDIBLE RUN FOR WHAT FEELS 
LIKE SINCE 1991, WITH A COUPLE 
HICK UPS. 
>>  YOU SEE THAT OPEN WINDOW ON 
THE TOP RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR 
SCREEN. 
WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AS THEY ARE 
ABOUT TO GET THE KEYS OF THE 
CITY. 
THE CROWDS ARE BUILDING IN THAT 
AREA. 
ABOUT 1900 SEATS ARE LINED UP. 
THOSE TICKETS WENT QUICK. 
IN FACT, THEY ARE RESELLING FOR 
A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH. 
THEY ARE NOW PRETTY MUCH 
SEATED. 
WE'RE JUST AWAITING THE 
SUPERSTARS COMING OUT. 
INCREDIBLE RUN. 
ALL THE RECORDS BROKEN THIS 
YEAR BY THIS U.S. WOMEN'S 
SOCCER TEAM. 
AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO ON AND 
ON WITH IT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 
MOST GOALS IN A WOMEN'S WORLD 
CUP TOURNAMENT. 
MOST CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT 
WINS. 
YOU HAVE THE COACH TO WIN THE 
FIRST TWO WORLD CUP TITLES. 
ALEX MORGAN SCORING THE MOST 
GOALS. 
MOST GOALS IN A SINGLE WOMEN'S 
WORLD CUP MATCH. 
AND, JESSICA MOORE IS ON STAND 
BY AS THE CROWDS ARE NOW PILING 
IN RIGHT THERE AT CITY HALL. 
JESSICA. 
>>  Reporter: MARY AND CHRIS, 
THE ENERGY OUT HERE IS NOTHING 
SHORT OF ELECTRIC. 
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TEAM IS 
ABOUT TO COME OUT RIGHT NOW. 
YUP, THE DJ CONTINUING TO GET 
THE CROWD FIRED UP. 
THEY'VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR HOURS 
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT. 
THE TEAM MADE A MOMENTARY 
APPEARANCE UP HERE ON THE 
BALCONY. 
WHEN THEY DID, THIS CROWD WENT 
WILD. 
MEGAN RAPINOE, A FEW OTHER 
WOMEN OUT HERE. 
EVERYONE WAS SHOUTING AND 
CHEERING. 
THE WOMEN TODAY WILL GET THE 
KEY TO THE CITY. 
MAYOR DE BLASIO WILL PRESENT 
THAT. 
HE ALONG WITH THE FIRST LADY 
WILL BE SPEAKING. 
WE'LL HEAR FROM COACH JILL 
ELLIS. 
WE'LL HEAR FROM SEVERAL OF THE 
PLAYERS AS WELL. 
ALEX MORGAN, CARLI LLOYD, AND 
THE HEAD OF THE U.S. SOCCER 
FEDERATION. 
THERE'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL 
CEREMONY. 
SAW THE BAND PLAYING EARLIER 
KEEPING THE CROWD PUMPED UP. 
ABOUT 1900 SEATS. 
THE TICKETS WERE GONE IN 
MINUTES. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE PA  
PARADE ROUTE GATHERED OUTSIDE 
THE FENCE. 
THEY WANT A GLIMPSE OF THIS AS 
WELL. 
FOLKS DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE 
PARADE. 
THEY'VE BEEN HERE WAITING FOR 
THE GRAND FINALE. 
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE 
HAPPENING ANY MINUTE. 
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE GIRLS. 
THEY ARE ALL INSIDE RIGHT NOW. 
WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COME OUT 
AND TAKE PICTURES WITH THE 
CROWD. 
THEY ARE FEEDING INTO THIS 
ENERGY AND THE EXCITEMENT OF 
THE CROWD. 
AS WE HAVE SEEN TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN, THEY LOVE THEIR FANS. 
THEY SAID OPENLY HOW MUCH THEY 
NEED THE FANS. 
HOW MUCH THEY FEED OFF OF THEIR 
ENERGY. 
WE SAW THAT AGAIN TODAY. 
CHRIS AND MARY, WE'LL KEEP AN 
EYE ON THIS. 
THEY SHOULD BE COMING OUT ANY 
MINUTE. 
WE'LL BRING YOU OUT HERE LIVE 
AS SOON AS THEY DO. 
>>  IF ONE DOESN'T WORK OR YOU 
LOSE ONE, YOU'LL HAVE A BACKUP. 
YOU NEVER KNOW. 
HERE ARE FAST FACTS ON THE KEYS 
TO THE CITY THAT WERE HANDED 
OUT. 
FIRST AWARDED BACK IN 1702. 
EACH KEY IS PURELY SYMBOLIC. 
IT DOES NOT OPEN ANY DOORS OR 
LOCKS. 
>>  WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 
>>  THERE ARE GOLD PLATED AND 
BARE THE RESEMBLANCE OF A LARGE 
SKELETON KEY THAT OPENS THE 
BACK DOOR OF CITY HALL. 
THE KEYS ARE ENGRAVED. 
THEY COST ABOUT $100 EACH. 
AND THE METS, YANKEES, GIANTS 
PLAYERS RECEIVED KEYS OVER THE 
YEARS. 
>>  SO, THE WOMEN OF TEAM 
U.S.A., THEY REALLY COME FROM 
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
WE ARE ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT 
A NUMBER OF THE PLAYERS FROM 
THE TRISTATE AREA. 
CRYSTAL DUNN GROWING UP IN 
ROCKVILLE CENTER. 
WE GOT A CHANCE TO SEE HER 
COMING TO THE PARADE, JENNIFER 
McLOGAN FOLLOWING THEM INTO 
MANHATTAN TODAY. 
ALI LONG FROM SUFFOLK COUNTY. 
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PLAY AT THE 
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. 
YOU HAVE TWO PLAYERS FROM NEW 
JERSEY. 
CARLI LLOYD IS FROM BURLINGTOM 
COUNTY. 
SHE'S QUITE INCREDIBLE AND 
REMARKABLE IN HER RUN. 
AND IN CONNECTICUT, YOU ALSO 
HAVE ALYSSA NAEHER. 
>>  VERSUS ENGLAND, THAT 
BASICALLY KIND OF TURNED THE 
TOURNAMENT FOR THE U.S. IF THAT 
DID NOT, SHE DIDN'T MAKE THOSE 
CRITICAL SAVES, THEY COULD HAVE 
BEEN ELIMINATED. 
TRISH MENTIONED ABOUT THE 
JERSEY STRONG THING. 
THESE TWO PLAYERS FROM NEW 
JERSEY, JUST BEEN CARRYING THE 
TORCH FOR THIS TEAM. 
MARY, HOW GOOD DOES ONE HAVE TO 
BE TO BE ON THESE TEAMS? 
LET'S JUST GO OVER. 
BEFORE THE LADIES COME OUT. 
TOBIN HEATH, NOT ONLY TWO WORLD 
CUPS, TWO OLYMPIC GOLD 
MEDALISTS. 
MADE HER THIRD WORLD CUP 
APPEARANCE AND SHE IS THE 
FEMALE SOCCER PLAYER OF THE 
YEAR IN 2016. 
CARLI LLOYD, AS WE MENTIONED, 
BEING THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THIS 
SQUAD. 
FOUR WORLD CUPS TO HER CREDIT. 
SHE WAS THE CENTER PIECE OF THE 
2015 WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIP 
TEAM. 
SHE IS THE TWO-TIME PEOPLE 
WORLD WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE 
YEAR. 
JUST TWO GIFTED PLAYERS. 
BOTH FROM THE GARDEN STATE. 
SO GREAT TO CALL THEM LOCALS 
AND TO BE ABLE TO ALWAYS LOOK 
BACK ON THESE WORLD CUPS AND 
SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? 
LOCAL PRODUCTS. 
INCLUDING CRYSTAL AND ALI, AS 
WE MENTIONED WERE ABLE TO 
REALLY PROPEL THIS TEAM AND 
PUSH THEM FORWARD. 
IT JUST GOES TO A LOT OF THE 
GRASS ROOTS COACHES AND THE 
PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN THE 
TRISTATE AREA THAT GET THESE 
WOMEN TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 
LEVELS. 
BECAUSE YOU CAN BE GOOD, BUT 
YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE GREAT TO 
MAKE THESE TEAMS. 
>>  AND CARLI LLOYD, GREAT 
CAREER AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. 
AND WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING HER 
ON THE U.S.A. 
WOMEN'S TEAM SINCE 2005. 
I MEAN, PLAYED IN FOUR WORLD 
CUP TOURNAMENTS. 
REALLY TRULY INCREDIBLE. 
GOLDEN BALL TROPHY WINNER IN 
2015 AS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE 
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT. 
>>  AND CRYSTAL DUNN, SHE IS 
THE INSPIRATION AND ROLE MODEL. 
I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, CAN YOU 
IMAGINE GOING THROUGH THE 
TRAINING PROCESS, BEING THE 
FINAL PLAYER CUT BEFORE THE 
2015, THINKING YOU'LL BE ON 
THIS FAVORITE TO WIN THE WORLD 
CUP. 
CUT THE LAST DAY, RATHER THAN 
SULK AND GO AWAY AND RETIRE, OR 
GO DOWN A DIFFERENT CAREER 
PATH, SHE USES IT TO PROPEL HER 
TO GET HER READY FOR THE 2019 
TEAM. 
AND USE IT AS MOTIVATION. 
SHE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE 
MOST VERSATILE PLAYERS IN THE 
WORLD. 
SHE CAN PLAY ANYWHERE. 
SHE STARTED 6 TO 7 GAMES IN 
THIS TOURNAMENT. 
SHE WON THE HERMAN TROPHY. 
THE WOMEN SOCCER VERSION OF THE 
HEISMAN TROPHY, BACK IN 2012. 
WENT TO UNC AND SHE HAS BEEN 
GREAT. 
SHE HAS BEEN A GREAT, GREAT 
PLAYER. 
>>  AND A REALLY HARD WORKER 
AND PREPARATION IS EVERYTHING 
FOR HER. 
SHE NEVER GIVES UP AND WOW, 
WHAT AN INSPIRATION FOR SO MANY 
OF THE GIRLS OUT THERE. 
TAKING A LOOK AT THESE 
SUPERSTARS, THEY HAVE BEEN 
LINING UP ON THAT PARADE ROUTE 
AND WHAT A PARADE IT'S BEEN 
TODAY. 
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE LINING UP 
TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT THE 
PERFECT SPOT. 
>>  THAT'S JUST IT. 
YOU GET THIS OPPORTUNITY, I 
KNOW WE ARE POKING FUN AT THE 
ONE FELLA THAT SAID, YOU GET TO 
DO THIS ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS, 
THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 
SOME PROFESSIONAL FRANCHISES 
DON'T EVER GET TO DO THIS. 
THIS HAS BECOME COMMON PLACE 
FOR THIS U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL 
TEAM. 
THE LAST TWO TICKER TAPE 
PARADES, THE 2015 WORLD CUP 
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AND TODAY, 
THIS 2019 TEAM. 
TO SEE THE TENS AND THOUSANDS 
OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME FROM 
ALL OVER, WE TALKED TO SOME 
PEOPLE COMING FROM TEXAS, OHIO, 
YOU KNOW, YOU GET AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE YOUR PLAYER, 
YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS UP CLOSE. 
THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE 
WATCHED AND ADMIRED AND PEOPLE 
YOU EMULATE AND WANT TO BE ONE 
DAY. 
TO GET THIS CLOSE TO THEM AND 
SEE THEM ON THIS STAGE IS AN 
INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. 
LUCKILY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE 
ANY SCHOOL OFF, THIS IS 
HAPPENING DURING THE SUMMER. 
AND MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST A 
LIFETIME FOR THESE KIDS. 
THAT'S HOW FAR THIS INFLUENCE, 
HOW FAR REACHING IT IS JUST TO 
BE ABLE TO CATCH A GLANCE FROM 
ONE OF THESE PLAYERS IS 
SOMETHING THAT GOOD ALL OF A 
SUDDEN TURN A LITTLE GIRL OR 
LITTLE BOY THINKING ABOUT 
PLAYING SOCCER TO ONE DAY BEING 
ON THAT FLOAT THEMSELVES. 
>>  IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE 
SOME OF THE STUNNED FACES AS 
THEY HAD JUST SEEN THEIR HEROS 
GO BY. 
THE CROWDS ARE INCREDIBLE AS WE 
ARE TAKING A LOOK FROM HIGH 
ABOVE. 
SOME TEN PEOPLE DEEP IN SOME 
AREAS. 
THIS IS A SPECIAL MOMENT RIGHT 
HERE AT CITY HALL. 
THE LADIES WILL BE GETTING THE 
KEYS TO THE CITY. 
WE'RE JUST STARTING TO SEE SOME 
OF THOSE FOLKS LINING UP AND 
COMING OUT. 
THE DOOR IS ABOUT TO OPEN. 
SHOULD WE OPEN IT? 
YES. 
LET'S DO IT. 
>>  THIS PLACE IS GOING TO 
ERUPT AS SOON AS THESE PLAYERS 
ERUPT FROM INSIDE CITY HALL. 
THEY'VE BEEN IN THERE FOR A 
HALF AN HOUR. 
PROGRAM WAS SET TO BEGIN FIVE 
MINUTES AGO. 
WE'RE RUNNING ON CITY HALL TIME 
RIGHT NOW. 
>>  THEY COULD USE A MOMENT, 
JUST A MOMENT TO RELAX AND TAKE 
A BREAK BEFORE THE FESTIVITIES 
CONTINUE. 
IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND FOR 
THEM SINCE THE WIN. 
>>  TO THINK ABOUT THIS HALF 
HOUR THAT THEY'VE BEEN BEHIND 
CLOSED DOORS, THAT MAY HAVE 
BEEN THE MOST RELAXING MOMENT 
SINCE THEY WON THE WORLD CUP 
TITLE. 
IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND 
CELEBRATION, EVER SINCE THEY 
TOUCHED DOWN AT NEWARK AIRPORT. 
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS PLAYING, 
CHAMPAGNE GREETING THEM ON THE 
RED CARPET. 
IT'S BEEN WELL DESERVED. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T 
UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE YOU DON'T 
WATCH THEM EVERY WEEK. 
YOU SEE THEM DURING THE WORLD 
CUP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, HERE'S 
THE TEAM. 
FOR MONTHS, THE TRAINING THAT 
GOES INTO THIS AND ALL OF THE 
FRIEND LEAGUES THEY PLAY 
THROUGH THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 
IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO THIS 
LEVEL. 
WE TOUCHED ON IT BEFORE. 
SOME OF THE YOUNGER PLAYERS 
THAT DIDN'T GET TO PLAY MORE 
THAN A FEW MINUTES HERE DURING 
THIS WORLD CUP, THEY ARE SUCH A 
PART OF THIS TEAM BECAUSE THEY 
PRACTICE TOGETHER. 
THEIR PLAY ELEVATES THE PLAY OF 
THE STARTERS, THE WOMEN THAT 
ARE ON THE FRONT LINES. 
AND THEY ARE SO DEEP. 
AFTER THAT THAILAND GAME, JILL 
ELLIS, THE HEAD COACH WAS ABLE 
TO SWAP OUT SEVEN PLAYERS. 
THEY HAD SEVEN LINEUP CHANGES 
FOR GAME TWO. 
>>  TALK ABOUT ELITE ATHLETES. 
JUST SOCCER IN GENERAL. 
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RUNNING A 
SERIOUS DISTANCE. 
SOCCER PLAYERS AVERAGE 7 MILES 
PER GAME, DEPENDING ON THE 
POSITION. 
SOME OF THEM 9 1/2 MILES. 
SO, YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AND ON 
THE WORLD STAGE. 
WOW. 
JUST REALLY, REALLY REMARKABLE, 
ALEX. 
>>  YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW 
MUCH THEY PRACTICE. 
TRISH IS A COACH AT RUTGERS. 
EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THEY ACTUALLY 
PRACTICE SEPARATELY AND COME 
TOGETHER. 
>>  YEAH, WELL FOR THE WOMEN'S 
NATIONAL TEAM, OBVIOUSLY, THEY 
ARE ALL SCATTERED THROUGHOUT 
THE COUNTRY. 
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE 
EVERYONE LIVES IN ONE AREA AND 
WE TRAIN EVERY TUESDAY AND 
THURSDAY. 
THEY ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER. 
EVERY NOW AND THEN, THEY HAVE 
CAMPS AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY 
ARE LEADING UP TO A WORLD CUP 
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY 
WILL HOLD CAMPS MORE OFTEN. 
THEY ARE TWO, THREE, FOUR WEEK 
LONG CAMPS. 
ASIDE FROM THAT, THEY ARE 
PLAYING WITH THEIR CLUB TEAMS 
OR ON THEIR OWN. 
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW 
INCREDIBLY FIT AND IN SHAPE 
THEY HAVE TO BE. 
THAT'S TRUE. 
A LOT OF THIS COMES ON THEIR 
OWN SHOULDERS TO MAKE SURE THEY 
ARE PUTTING IN THE WORK ON 
THEIR OWN. 
IT'S NOT A TEAM ENVIRONMENT ALL 
THE TIME. 
>>  YOU HAVE TO BE AN ELITE 
ATHLETE TO STEP IN AND WIN A 
WORLD CUP TOGETHER. 
>>  OH YEAH. 
ABSOLUTELY. 
THAT'S WHAT WE TALK ABOUT TEAM 
CHEMISTRY, AND THESE GIRLS 
DON'T LIVE TOGETHER. 
THEY ARE NOT TRAINING TOGETHER 
ALL THE TIME. 
THEY ARE WITH THEIR SEPARATE 
CLUB TEAMS AND THEY ARE ON 
THEIR OWN AND COME TOGETHER 
EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE. 
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
IT'S CRAZY. 
>>  CHRIS AND MARY, CAN YOU 
BELIEVE THAT? 
HIGH FIVE, LET'S GO WIN ANOTHER 
WORLD CUP. 
>>  YOU TALK ABOUT NEEDING 
INSTANT CHEMISTRY. 
IT'S WHAT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 
TEAMS, NFL TEAMS. 
THEY TALK ABOUT, WE NEED TO BE 
TOGETHER. 
WE NEED TO BE A COHESIVE UNIT. 
THESE WOMEN, AS TRISH 
MENTIONED, THEY PLAY FOR 
NATIONAL WOMEN SOCCER LEAGUE 
TEAMS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
IT'S LIKE, THAT'S THEIR DAY JOB 
AND THEIR WEEKEND JOB IS 
GETTING TOGETHER AND GETTING 
READY FOR THE WORLD CUP. 
IT'S A LOT OF PLAY, BUT AT THE 
SAME TIME, THAT FAMILIARITY OF 
DIFFERENT WOMEN HAVING BEEN ON 
WORLD CUP TEAMS, WHETHER IT'S 
FOUR YEARS AGO OR EIGHT YEARS 
AGO. 
YOU NEED THAT VETERAN PRESENCE. 
THAT'S WHY JILL ELLIS DID SUCH 
A BRILLIANT JOB HAND PICKING 
SOME  PLAYERS THAT HAVE LIMITED 
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND 
WAS ABLE TO GET THEM WITH THE 
CARLI LLOYD AND ALEX MORGANS 
WHO HAVE BEEN THERE YEAR AFTER 
YEAR. 
IT'S SUCH A DELICATE TAP DANCE 
TO FIND THAT PERFECT ROSTER. 
IT'S SAFE TO SAY, SHE DID A 
GREAT JOB OF IT. 
>>  LET'S GET TO THE VIEWERS 
WHO ARE SENDING IN PICTURES 
FROM ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE. 
KEVIN CATCHING MEGAN RAPINOE 
DOING HER FAVORITE POSE. 
IT DOESN'T GET OLD, WE AGREE. 
>>  JEFFREY POSTING ON 
INSTAGRAM. 
THESE WOMEN MADE US PROUD. 
>>  AND ANOTHER GREAT SHOT FROM 
ABOVE, SHOWING THE TEAM PASSING 
BY. 
SOME PEOPLE WITH JUST THE 
PERFECT VIEW OF THIS TICKER 
TAPE PARADE. 
THOUSANDS ARE DOWN THERE, SOME 
ARE JUST LOOKING OUT THEIR 
WINDOW, SEEING SOME REALLY 
INCREDIBLE VIEWS. 
>>  YET, JESSICA MOORE, LIVE 
FOR US DOWN AT CITY HALL AS 
WE'RE WAITING ON THE PLAYERS TO 
EMERGE FROM CITY HALL. 
>>  Reporter: YOU AND ME BOTH, 
CHRIS. 
WE'RE ALL EYES ON THE DOOR, 
ACTUALLY. 
WE HAVE SEEN CITY COUNCIL 
SPEAKER, COREY JOHNSON HERE, 
SEVERAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL 
MEMBERS IN THE CROWD. 
EVERYONE IS READY TO GO. 
AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WE 
MADE A GREAT POINT. 
THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST 
RELAXED THESE WOMEN WILL BE ALL 
DAY, MAYBE ALL MONTH. 
JUST TAKING THIS 30 MINUTES 
INSIDE CITY HALL BEFORE THEY 
COME OUT TO GET THE KEYS TO THE 
CITY. 
WHAT AN HONOR. 
MAYOR DE BLASIO AND FIRST LADY 
ARE STANDING BY. 
THEY WILL BE PRESENTING THE KEY 
TO THE CITY. 
WE SEE ROBIN ROBERTS FROM ABC 
HERE. 
SHE'LL BE DOING SOME OF THE 
INTRODUCTIONS. 
AND SOMETHING MOST OF THESE 
FOLKS HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL 
MORNING FOR. 
THAT IS TO HEAR FROM SOME OF 
THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES, MEGAN 
RAPINOE, CARLI LLOYD, ALEX 
MORGAN ARE EXPECTED TO SPEAK. 
WE HAD A GREAT BAND OUT HERE 
EARLIER KEEPING THE CROWD 
PUMPED UP. 
WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES 
INTO PLANNING THE LOGISTICS OF 
A CEREMONY LIKE THIS. 
THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY 
MISSTEPS. 
THEY ARE MAKING SURE EVERYTHING 
IS COMPLETELY READY TO GO. 
EVERY I IS DOTTED AND T IS 
CROSSED BEFORE THEY OPEN THE 
DOORS TO THE PLAYERS. 
THE COACH WILL ALSO BE HERE. 
SHE IS RENOWNED FOR HER SKILLS. 
SHE IS ALSO GOING TO BE 
SPEAKING AS WELL TODAY TO THE 
CROWD AND THEN WE WILL ALSO 
HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. 
SOCCER FEDERATION ON HAND. 
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, 
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEBATE 
AND ON GOING LITIGATION ABOUT 
THE EQUAL PAY ISSUE. 
SO TO SEE SOME OF THE PLAYERS 
ON THE STAGE, ALONG WITH THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. SOCCER 
FEDERATION, COULD BE 
INTERESTING. 
WE KNOW THOSE TALKS ARE ON 
GOING. 
BUT RIGHT NOW, JUST A LOT OF 
EXCITEMENT. 
WE HAVE SEEN TONS OF LITTLE 
GIRLS IN THE CROWD. 
GIRLS WITH MARE  THEIR MOMS AND 
DADS. 
JUST THINKING BACK TO EVERY 
MEMBER OF THIS TEAM WAS ONCE 
ONE OF THOSE LITTLE GIRLS 
THINKING, ONE DAY I'M GOING TO 
BE THERE. 
TODAY IS THAT DAY. 
WE'RE STANDING BY, WE'RE 
WAITING. 
LOTS OF PREPARATION GOING ON. 
CHRIS AND MARY. 
>>  JESSICA, ONCE YOU SEE THE 
PHOTOGRAPHER BUST THROUGH THE 
DOOR, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN THAT 
THE PLAYERS ARE COMING. 
IT WILL BE INTERESTING.
IT'S ABOUT FACILITIES, IT'S 
ABOUT TRAVEL. 
IT'S ABOUT THE SCHEDULING. 
TWO MEN'S MATCHES ON THE DAY OF 
THE WOMEN'S FINAL. 
THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF ISSUES 
THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED. 
THAT WILL GET DONE OVER THE 
NEXT FEW DAYS. 
LET'S LISTEN IN. 
THE PLAYERS ARE ABOUT TO TAKE 
THE STAGE. 
>>  
♪SHE'S JUST A GIRL AND SHE'S 
ON FIRE ♪
♪ HOTTER THAN A FANTASY ♪
♪ SHE'S LIVING IN A WORLD AND 
IT'S ON FIRE ♪
 WORLD AND IT
IS ON FIR
♪FILLED WITH CATASTROPHE, BUT 
SHE KNOWS SHE CAN FLY AWAY ♪
♪ OH, OH, OH, OH, OH ♪
>> HELLO SOCCER FANS. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
ARE YOU READY TO CELEBRATE THE 
WORLD CHAMPION U.S. WOMEN'S 
SOCCER TEAM? 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
WORLD CHAMPION
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 
LET'S TRY THAT ONE MORE TIME. 
ARE YOU READY TO CELEBRATE THE 
GAME CHANGING, RECORD BREAKING, 
BACK-TO-BACK WORLD CUP WINNING 
U.S. SOCCER TEAM. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] YEAH. 
YEAH. 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
THIS IS HOW WE WELCOME OUR 
HEROES BACK HOME. 
 WE WELCOME OUR
HEROES BACK HOME!
NOW,
THE WORLD HAS BEEN WATCHING 
THESE ATHLETES IN AWE, OVER THE 
LAST MONTH.
THEY SHOWED US WHAT IT MEANS TO 
WORK HARD AND NEVER GIVE UP. 
THEY INSPIRED US WITH 
INCREDIBLE SKILL AND FLAWLESS 
TEAM WORK. 
AND THEY SHOWED US THAT PLAYING 
LIKE A GIRL IS TO BE 
UNBEATABLE. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
A GIRL IS TO BE UNBEATABLE!
.
NOW EVERYONE LOVES A  WINNER. 
DO YOU KNOW WHAT EVERYONE LOVES 
EVEN MORE? 
A WINNER WITH A MESSAGE.
AND A MESSAGE THAT DEMANDS 
EQUAL PAY IN THE U.S.A. 
IS FAIR GAME. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 THE USA
DON'T YOU AGREE? 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
DON'T YOU AGREE?
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
TODAY, THEY ARE THE GREATEST 
SOCCER TEAM IN THE WORLD. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 GREATEST
ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS WHO CHEERED 
THE TEAM ON MATCH AFTER MATCH 
AFTER MATCH, THEY KNOW THAT 
THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO WHAT 
THEY CAN ACHIEVE. 
OUR CHAMPIONS HAVE SHOWN US, 
AND THEY ARE STILL SHOWING US 
HOW TO STAND TOGETHER. 
FIGHT HARDER. 
AND WIN FOR EQUAL RIGHTS, 
SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND EQUAL PAY. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 RIGHTS,
NEW YORK CITY, DO WE STAND WITH 
THE U.S. SOCCER TEAM? 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
ARE WE GOING TO CELEBRATE THEM 
LIKE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS THEY 
ARE? 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
LIKE
. YES. 
YES. 
WE CHEERED FOR THEM ON THE  
FIELD. 
AND WE ARE WITH THEM TOO FOR 
EQUALITY OFF THE FIELD. 
 TOO,
U.S.A.
, EQUAL PAY. 
U.S.A., EQUAL PAY. 
U.S.A., EQUAL PAY. 
U.S.A., EQUAL PAY. 
AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME, MY 
WORLD CUP CHEERING PARTNER, 
MAYOR BILL DEBLASIO. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 CHEERING PARTNER, MAYOR BILL
DE BLASIO!
. 
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR 
REMINDING US THAT THIS IS A 
MOMENT IN HISTORY. 
DID YOU SEE THE LOVE FOR THAT 
TEAM OUT THERE? 
DID YOU FEEL THE LOVE? 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 OF
THAT WAS A MOMENT OF UNITY. 
THAT WAS A MOMENT WHERE ALL THE 
GOOD IN OUR CITY, ALL THE GOOD 
IN OUR NATION, YOU COULD FEEL  
IT. 
AND THIS TEAM BROUGHT US 
TOGETHER. 
AND THIS TEAM SHOWS US SO MUCH 
TO MAKE US HOPEFUL. 
TODAY WE HAD A MOMENT WE WILL 
REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF OUR 
LIVES. 
AND I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE 
HERE IN THIS CITY. 
I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE 
AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO'S  
WATCHING. 
EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD WHO 
IS WATCHING. 
THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. 
IN JUST A MOMENT, YOU ARE GOING 
TO BE INTRODUCED IN PERSON TO 
OUR CHAMPION TEAM. 
ARE YOU READY? 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 OUR
FOUR WORLD CUPS NEVER HAS BEEN 
DONE IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN 
SOCCER.
WE ARE SO PROUD THAT THEIR 
FIRST STOP WAS THE CANYON OF 
HEROES. 
HEROES AND HEROINS, RIGHT? 
AND WE KNOW HOW TO CELEBRATE 
HERE. 
THIS TEAM HAS DONE SOMETHING 
NEVER BEFORE SEEN IN THE 
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY, THE 
GREATEST MOST WINNING SOCCER 
TEAM IN AMERICAN HISTORY. 
[ SPANISH ] 
TEAM IN THIS COUNTRY.
[ SPEAKING
AND WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED WAS 
EXTRAORDINARY. 
THE THRILLING WIN VERSES FRANCE 
IN THE QUARTERFINALS.
ALYSSA'S EPIC SAVE IN THE 
SEMIFINALS VERSES ENGLAND. 
AND THEN ONE MORE GREAT HURDLE 
IN THE FINALS, AND WE WILL 
NEVER FORGET WHEN MEGAN RAPINOE 
SCORED THAT PENALTY SHOT. 
AND WHEN ROSE LAVELLE SEALED 
THE VICTORY WITH A SECOND GOAL. 
AND THERE WAS A DEAFENING ROAR, 
CELEBRATING THAT VICTORY. 
A DEAFENING ROAR FOR OUR 
CHAMPIONS. 
I WANT TO HEAR ONE MORE 
DEAFENING ROAR. 
BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY STAND FOR. 
LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT, U.S.A., 
EQUAL PAY. 
U.S.A., EQUAL PAY. 
U.S.A., EQUAL PAY. 
U.S.A., EQUAL PAY. 
U.S.A., EQUAL PAY. 
U.S.A., EQUAL PAY. 
U.S.A., EQUAL PAY. 
>> THIS TEAM HAS SHOWN AS 
UNDENIABLE TRUTH, AN 
INALIENABLE RIGHT THAT THE 
EQUALITY OF WOMEN MUST BE 
GUARANTEED IN THIS NATION. 
AND LET'S HONOR THEM BY DOING  
IT. 
LET'S HONOR THEM BY ENSURING 
IT. 
THEY HAVE INSPIRED MILLIONS AND 
MILLIONS. 
AND THEY'VE INSPIRED, 
PARTICULARLY YOUNG WOMEN TO 
BELIEVE IN THEMSELES. 
TO BE BRAVE, TO BE BOLD. 
TO BE FIERCE. 
WHAT THIS TEAM HAS DONE WILL 
LIVE IN OUR HISTORY. 
BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THE HEART 
FEELS THIS IS AMERICA'S TEAM. 
AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD 
OF OUR TEAM. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 BE MORE
PROUD OF OUR TEAM!
LATER ON IN THIS CEREMONY, WE 
WILL HONOR EACH PLAYER AND EACH 
COACH WITH THE HIGHEST HONOR 
NEW YORK GIVES. 
THE KEY TO THE CITY. 
AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS 
EARNED IT. 
ON BEHALF OF 8.6 MILLION NEW 
YORKERS, WHAT AN HONOR TO HAVE 
THIS GREAT TEAM AMONG US. 
AND TO REMEMBER WHAT THEY TOLD 
US. 
ONE NATION, ONE TEAM, ONE  
NATION, ONE TEAM. 
THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE. 
[ SPANISH ] ALL TOGETHER. 
AND NOW I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR 
OF INTRODUCING SOMEONE VERY 
SPECIAL. 
SHE'S NO STRANGER TO THE WORLD 
OF SPORTS, A FORMER BASKETBALL 
STAR AND HERSELF AND SPORTS 
REPORTER NOW, THE ANCHOR OF  
ABC'S GOOD MORNING AMERICA, LET 
ME INTRODUCE TO YOU ROBIN  
ROBERTS. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 ME
INTRODUCE TO YOU ROBIN ROBERTS!
GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
ALL RIGHT. 
I WOULD SAY LET'S GET THIS 
PARTY STARTED. 
BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE 
THIS PARTY. 
BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MEET YOUR 
WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS. 
SO LET'S BRING THEM ON OUT. 
NO ONE HAS COACHED MORE GAMES 
IN U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM 
HISTORY, SHE'S THE ONLY COACH 
IN U.S. HISTORY TO WIN TWO 
WORLD CUP TITLES GOING BACK-TO-
BACK IN 2015 AND 2019, U.S. 
HEAD COACH, JILL ELLIS. 
 AND 2019.
U.S. HEAD COACH JILL ELLIS!
♪ALL I DO IS WIN, WIN,  WIN, 
NO MATTER WHAT, GOT MONEY ON MY 
MIND, I CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH. 
AND EVERY TIME I STEP UP IN THE 
BUILDING, EVERYBODY'S HANDS GO 
UP, AND THEY STAY THERE, AND 
THEY STAY THERE. 
BECAUSE ALL I DO IS WIN, WIN, 
WIN ♪
[ RAPPING ] 
U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM 
GOALIE COACH, GRAHAM ABLE. 
U.S. WOMEN GOALIE COACH GRAHAM
ABEL!
S 
HER PENALTY KICK SAVE IN THE 
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP FINAL WAS ONE 
OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS 
IN HISTORY, GOAL KEEPER, ALYSSA 
MAYOR. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
!
AT 21 YEARS OLD SHE SCORED HER 
FIST WORLD CUP GOAL IN FRANCE, 
NUMBER TWO FORWARD, MALORIE 
PEW. 
 IN FRANCE.
NUMBER 2, FORWARD, MALLORY PUGH!
SHE GOT THE ASSIST ON THE GAME 
CLENCHING GOAL IN THE WORLD CUP 
FINAL, SAMANTHA LEWIS. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 MILLIS!
U.S.A.   
LEADER'S OF THE  PACK. 
SIX STITCHES ABOVE HER EYE 
DIDN'T STOP HER. 
NUMBER FOUR, DEFENDER, BECKY  
SAURBRAUN. 
SHE HAD THE ASSIST ON THE FIRST 
GOAL IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL WIN 
AGAINST ENGLAND, KELLY O'HARA. 
SHE PLAYED ALL 90 MINUTES IN 
THE U.S.A.'S GROUP VICTORY OVER 
CHILE, MORGAN BRIAN. 
SHE PLAYED THE MOST MINUTES OF 
ANY U.S. PLAYER IN FRANCE, 
NUMBER 7, DEFENDER, ABBY  
DOLLCAMPER. 
>> ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST 
BALWINERS, NUMBER 8, 
MIDFIELDER, JULIE ERSE. 
SHE HAD THE ASSIST ON THE GAME 
WINNING GOAL IN THE WORLD CUP 
SEMIS, NUMBER 9, MIDFIELDER, 
LINDSAY HORAN. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
SHE SCORED THREE GOALS IN 
FRANCE AND IS THE THIRD ALL 
TIME LEADING SCORER FOR THE 
U.S.A. 
IN WORLD CUP HISTORY, NUMBER 10 
OUT OF NEW JERSEY, CARLIE 
LLOYD. 
WORLD CUP HISTOR
SHE CAME OFF THE BENCH TO PLAY 
THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORLD 
CUP FINAL, HELP SECURE THE WIN, 
NUMBER 11, ALLIE KREAGER. 
AT AGE 20, SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST 
PLAYER ON THE TEAM, NUMBER 12,  
SERNA DAVIDSON. 
THE TEAM, NUMBER 12, TIERN
♪ALL I DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO 
MATTER WHAT ♪
>> SHE SCORED SIX GOALS IN 
FRANCE, WON THE SILVER BOOT AS 
THE SECOND BEST SCORER, NUMBER 
13, ALEX MORGAN. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 BEST SCORER, NUMBER 13,
ALEX MORGAN!
SHE
SHE PLAYED IN HER FIRST WORLD 
CUP FINAL IN FRANCE, NUMBER 14, 
DEFENDER EMILY SONET. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
SHE
SHE WON THE BRONZE BALL IN THE 
2019 CUP AND SCORED THE GAME 
CLENCHING GOAL IN THE FINAL, 
YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS, NUMBER 14, 
ROSE LA BELL. 
 SHE IS, NUMBER 14, ROSE
LAVELLE!
SHE ENTERTAINED THE WORLD WITH 
HER DYNAMIC PLAY AND HAD THE 
ASSIST ON THE GAME WINNING GOAL 
IN THE HISTORIC QUARTZER FINAL 
AGAINST FRANCE, NUMBER 17, OUT 
OF NEW JERSEY, TOBIN HEATH. 
 OUT OF NEW
JERSEY, TOBIN HEATH!
ONE OF THREE WORLD CLASS GOAL 
KEEPERS ON THIS ROSTER, NUMBER 
18, ASHLYNN HARRIS. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
OUT OF NEW YORK, SHE WAS ONE OF 
THE BEST DEFENDERS AT THE CUP, 
NUMBER 19, CRYSTAL DUNN [ 
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 THE CUP, NUMBER 19,
CRYSTAL DUNN!
ONE
 OF OUR
OUT OF NORTH PORT, NEW  YORK, 
NUMBER 20, MIDFIELDER, ALLIE 
LONG. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
YORK, NUMBER 20, MIDFIELDER,
A WILL FL
THE TWO-TIME NWSL GOAL KEEPER 
OF THE YEAR, NUMBER 21, ADRIANA 
BRANCH. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
ADRIANA FRANC
THE ONLY MOM ON THE CUP TEAM, 
NUMBER 22, FORWARD JESSICA 
McDONALD. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 TEAM,
NUMBER 22 FORWARD JESSICA
McDONALD!
MAMA'S GOT THE MOVES. 
SHE SCORED THE OPENING GOAL IN 
THE WORLD CUP SEMIFINAL AGAINST 
ENGLAND. 
NUMBER 23, FORWARD, KRISTEN. 
 AGAINST
ENGLAND, NUMBER 23 FORWARD
KRISTIN
CHRISTEN PRESS.
ONE MORE. 
ONE MORE. 
THE WINNER OF THE GOLDEN BALL, 
BEST PLAYER, TOP SCORER, NUMBER 
15, MEGAN RAPINOE. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
1
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
NO, JUST STAY RIGHT THERE. 
TAKE A SEAT. 
TAKE A SEAT. 
TAKE A SEAT. 
1 LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, PLE
 RISE
 FOR
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE 
RISE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF 
COLORS, CONSISTING OF 
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NEW 
YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, 
FIRE DEPATMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
SANITATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
CORRECTION, AND SHERIFF 
DEPARTMENT, AND PLEASE REMAIN 
STANDING FOR THE SINGING OF OUR 
NATIONAL ANTHEM, PERFORMED BY 
LAUREN LEGIO. 
 OUR NATIONAL
ANTHEM PERFORMED BY LAUREN.
♪OH SAY CAN YOU SEE, BY THE 
DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪
♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED, 
AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING 
♪
♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND 
BRIGHT STARS, THROUGH THE 
PERILOUS FIGHT ♪
♪ ORE THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED, 
WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING ♪
♪ AND THE ROCKET'S RED GLARE, 
THE BOMB'S BURSTING IN AIR ♪
♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT 
♪
♪ THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL 
THERE ♪
♪ OH SAY DOES THAT STAR 
SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪
♪ OVER THE LAND OF THE FREE, 
AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
EVERYONE PLEASE TAKE A  SEAT. 
THANK YOU. 
NOW A GENTLEMAN WHO BEGAN HIS 
CAREER HERE IN LOWER MANHATTAN, 
CARLOS, THE U.S. SOCCER 
FEDERATION PRESIDENT. 
HE HAS SOME WORDS HE WOULD LIKE 
TO SHARE, CARLOS. 
 HE WOULD LIKE
TO SHARE.
CARLOS?
.
>> THANK YOU, THA
WOW NEW YORK CITY. 
YOU HAVE OUT DONE YOURSELVES 
YET AGAIN WHAT. 
A PARADE. 
THANK YOU. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
YOURSELVES YET AGAIN.
WHAT A PARADE!
THAN
MAYOR DEBLASIO, ON BEHALF OF 
ALL OF US AT U.S. SOCCER, THANK 
YOU, THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THIS 
I  AMAZING CELEBRATION. 
IF I CAN PARAPHRASE ONE OF NEW 
YORK'S GREATS, I FEEL LIKE ONE 
OF THE LUCKIEST, LUCKIEST 
PEOPLE ON EARTH. 
BECAUSE FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, 
I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO TRAVEL WITH, 
LAUGH WITH, CHEER FOR,  
CELEBRATE, AND BE INSPIRED BY 
23 OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES 
THAT THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA HAS EVER PRODUCED. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 STATES OF AMERICA HAS
EVER PRODUCED!
NOW, SOME OF THESE HAVE ALL 
READY BEEN MENTIONED THIS 
MORNING. 
BUT WE CAN NEVER REPEAT THEM 
ENOUGH. 
THE ONLY TEAM, THE ONLY TEAM 
EVER TO WIN 12 CONSECUTIVE  
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP MATCHES. 
THE HIGHEST MARGIN OF VICTORY 
IN A MATCH, 13-0. 
 OF VICTORY IN
A MATCH, 13-0.
SCORING THE MOST CONSECUTIVE 
MATCHES, CARLIE LLOYD IN SIX 
CONSECUTIVE GAMES. 
TIVE GAMES.
GOALS BY NINE DIFFERENT 
PLAYERS. 
A RECORD. 
GOALS BY NINE DIFFERENT PLAYERS.
A RECORD!
THE HIGHEST SCORING TEAM IN 
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP HISTORY, 26 
GOALS.
WINNER OF THE BRONZE BOWL, ROSE 
LABELLE. 
WINNER OF THE SILVER BOOT, AND 
EQUALING THE MOST GOALS EVER 
SCORED IN A SINGLE MATCH, ALEX 
MORGAN. 
IN A SINGLE MATCH, ALEX MORGAN!
AND FINALLY, BUT NOT LAST, 
WINNER OWE OF THE GOLDEN BOOT 
-- WINNER OF THE GOLDEN BOOT, 
AND THE GOLDEN BALL, THE BEST  
PLAYER, MEGAN RAPINOE. 
 BALL, THE
BEST PLAYER, MEGAN RAPINOE!
AND TOGETHER AS ONE UNITED 
TEAM, NOT JUST ONE OR TWO OR 
THREE WORLD CUP WINS, BUT BACK-
TO-BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND AN 
UNPRECEDENTED FOURTH WORLD CUP 
TITLE. 
AN UNPRECEDENTED FOURTH WORLD
CUP TITLE.
TODAY WE NOT ONLY CELEBRATE
TODAY WE NOT ONLY CELEBRATE 
THIS GREAT TEAM ON THE FIELD. 
BUT ALSO WE MUST HONOR THE TEAM 
BEHIND THEM. 
COACH, THE FIRST WOMEN'S COACH. 
AND THE SECOND SOCCER COACH IN 
NEARLY 100 YEARS TO WIN BACK-TO-
BACK WORLD CUP TITLES. 
 WIN
BACK-TO-BACK WORLD CUP TITLES.
WOW!
AND OF COURSE, THE ENTIRE
AND THE ENTIRE 35 PERSON STAFF 
BEHIND THE SCENES, OUR COACHES, 
TRAINERS, ANALYSTS, MEDICAL 
STAFF, EQUIPMENT  MANAGERS AND 
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR 
ADMINISTRATORS. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 LAST BUT NOT
LEAST, OUR ADMINISTRATORS!
AND OF COURSE OUR TIRELESS 
STAFF BACK AT SOCCER HOUSE IN 
CHICAGO, OUR PLAYERS AND OUR 
FEDERATION SUCCEED BECAUSE OF 
YOU. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
 BECAUSE OF YOU.
FINALLY, THIS IS A CELEBRATION 
OF SOCCER IN  AMERICA. 
WE THANK THE MILLIONS OF FANS 
ALL OVER THE U.S.A. 
WE THANK THE MORE THAN 30,000 
FANS WHO MADE THE JOURNEY TO 
CHEER YOU ON IN FRANCE.
TEAMS THIS
YEAR.
AND PLEASE, PLEASE COME AND 
JOIN US FOR THEIR VICTORY TOUR 
ACROSS AMERICA, WHICH BEGINS ON 
AUGUST 3rd IN LOS ANGELES. 
 AUGUST
TODAY ON THAT PARADE ROUTE, 
WATCHING AT HOME AND PLAYING ON 
FIELDS AND TOWNS AND CITIES 
ACROSS OUR GREAT COUNTRY, THERE 
ARE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF 
YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS WHO LOOK 
AT THESE 23 WORLD CLASS RECORD 
BREAKING, HISTORY MAKING  
ATHLETES AND THEY'RE SAYING, I 
WANT TO BE LIKE THEM. 
AND TOGETHER, TOGETHER WE CAN 
HELP THOSE DREAMS COME TRUE. 
TO OUR WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM 
AND THE MILLIONS WHO SUPPORT 
THEM, IN RECENT MONTHS, YOU 
HAVE RAISED YOUR VOICES FOR 
EQUALITY.
TODAY, TODAY ON BEHALF OF ALL 
OF US AT U.S. SOCCER. 
I WANT TO SAY, WE HEAR YOU. 
WE BELIEVE IN YOU. 
AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING 
RIGHT BY YOU. 
 COMMITTED TO DOING RIGHT
BY YOU.
AND THAT IS WHY OVER THE YEARS 
FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
O OUR YOUTH NATIONAL TE 
OUR PROFESSIONAL  LEAGUES, THE 
NWSL TO OUR WOMEN'S NATIONAL 
TEAM, U.S. SOCCER HAS INVESTED 
MORE IN WOMEN'S SOCCER THAN ANY 
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. 
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO  INVEST 
-- 
>> EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
EQUAL PAY. 
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST 
MORE IN WOMEN'S SOCCER THAN ANY 
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. 
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO 
ENCOURAGE OTHERS INCLUDING OUR 
FRIENDS AT FIFA TO DO THE SAME. 
WE BELIEVE THAT U.S. SOCCER, 
THAT ALL FEMALE ATHLETES 
DESERVE FAIR AND EQUITABLE PAY.
AND TOGETHER I BELIEVE WE CAN 
GET THIS DONE. 
BECAUSE AS THIS TEAM HAS TAUGHT 
US BEING THE GREATEST ISN'T 
JUST ABOUT HOW YOU PLAY ON THE 
FIELD. 
IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU STAND FOR 
OFF THE FIELD. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 STAND FOR
IT'S ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A 
SPORT AND A COUNTRY. 
THE 2019 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 
CHAMPIONS, THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA, ONE NATION ONE TEAM, 
GO U.S.A. 
 ONE NATION, ONE TEAM,
GO USA!
I SAW YOU LEANING IN THERE JILL 
AT THE END. 
VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOUR 
AUDIENCE. 
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE 
PLAYERS NOW. 
YES, YES. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH 
THE WOMAN WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH. 
YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
CARLIE LLOYD. 
WELL, LET ME JUST SAY THIS 
FIRST, I HAVE 22 OF THE BEST, 
BESTEST FRIENDS RIGHT BEHIND 
ME. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
ST
FRIENDS RIGHT BEHIND ME.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE OLD GRANNY A
LITTLE BIT.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE OLD GRANNY 
A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I ALWAYS 
TELL THEM TO TURN THE MUSIC 
DOWN. 
THANK YOU TO U.S. SOCCER. 
OUR SUPPORT STAFF. 
WE CHANGED NINE DIFFERENT 
HOTELS THROUGHOUT OUR JOURNEY 
IN THE WORLD CUP. 
THEY DON'T GET THE CREDIT THEY 
DESERVE.
I'M SUPER PROUD OF THIS TEAM. 
IT NEVER GETS OLD. 
THESE PARADES ARE AMAZING. 
YOU FANS ARE AMAZING. 
I'M PROUD OF EVERY PLAYER ON 
THIS TEAM. 
IT TOOK ALL 23 PLAYERS TO GET 
TO THIS POINT. 
EVERYBODY PLAYS A ROLE. 
AND IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE TO 
SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT PLAYERS 
STEP UP. 
SO MANY DIFFERENT PLAYERS COME 
THROUGH FOR US. 
AND EVERY MATCH, WE NEEDED 
SOMEBODY TO LIFT US AND IT'S A 
TESTAMENT TO THIS GROUP BEHIND 
US, SUCH A TALENTED GROUP. 
TO THE COACHING STAFF, TO JILL, 
GRAHAM HERE, WE DON'T HAVE A 
FEW OF OUR OTHER COACHES, DON I 
THINK, I DON'T KNOW WHERE DAWN 
IS? 
IS SHE HERE? 
DAWN, BJ, RYAN, THANK YOU GUYS. 
YOU KNOW, IT WAS A TOUGH COUPLE 
OF YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT. 
BUT WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT 
WITHOUT YOU GUYS, SO THANK YOU. 
TO YOU FANS, TO NEW YORK CITY 
YOU GUYS ARE TRULY AMAZING, WE 
CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL 
OF YOUR SUPPORT. 
I'M A JERSEY GIRL THROUGH AND 
THROUGH. 
BUT NEW YORK IT'S JUST AS CLOSE 
EVEN THOUGH I'M AN EAGLES FAN 
DOWN IN PHILLY. 
FLY EAGLES FLY. 
SO FLY, EAGLES FLY!
BUT THANK YOU, GUYS, THANK YOU
TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE
MAYOR, EVERYBODY THAT
BUT THANK YOU GUYS. 
WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. 
HERE'S TO THE NEXT CHAPTER. 
MAYBE WE'LL SEE YOU IN ANOTHER 
FOUR YEARS. 
. 
>> YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, THE  
PLAYERS, THEY GAVE US SO MUCH 
TO CHEER FOR. 
THE WATCH PARTIES THAT WE SAW 
ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HERE 
IN NEW YORK IN THE PARKS WERE 
SOMETHING. 
AND THIS NEXT PLAYER REALLY -- 
I HAVE A HANKERING FOR A SPOT 
OF TEA RIGHT NOW. 
WHY COULD THAT BE BECAUSE WE'RE 
GOING TO HAVE ALEX MORGAN UP 
HERE TALKING TO US. 
I WANT TO SAY I'M LOVING THE 
ENTHUSIASM. 
IT'S NOT EVEN NOON YET. 
SO THANK YOU GUYS. 
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING 
THE HEAT. 
AT.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
YOUR CHANTS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CHANTS, 
SIGNS, AND POSTERS, WE 
APPRECIATE IT. 
KEEP IT GOING. 
THE U.S.A. 
CHANTS I MEANT. 
KEEP IT
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH NEW YORK 
CITY FOR COMING OUT. 
OVER A MILLION PEOPLE, PLENTY 
MORE THIS MORNING. 
IT'S VERY HOT YOU GUYS.
AND I WANT TO THANK MAYOR 
DEBLASIO FOR GIVING US ANOTHER 
KEY TO CITY HALL. 
PRETTY SOON YOU'RE GOING TO 
NEED TO CHANGE YOUR LOCKS. 
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
I THINK THAT WE HAVE BEEN KNOWN 
AS AMERICA'S FAVORITE SOCCER 
TEAM BUT FROM HERE ON OUT WE'LL 
JUST BE KNOWN AS AMERICA'S 
TEAM. 
THANK YOU GUYS. 
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. 
SO MUCH.
. 
>> SO ALEX, SINCE YOU BROUGHT 
UP ABOUT THE KEYS, THE MAYOR 
AND FIRST LADY WILL NOW PRESENT 
THE KEYS TO THE TEAM AND 
COACHING STAFF. 
 TO
AND WE WILL BEGIN. 
. 
>> YOU SEE I KNOW IF THERE'S A 
LULL, THEY'LL PICK IT UP. 
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 
THAT. 
ARE WE READY? 
FOR THE KEYS OF THE CITY TO BE 
PRESENTED TO THE TEAM. 
FIRST OF ALL, COACH, JILL 
ELLIS. 
COACH ELLIS, THE KEY. 
GET ON UP. 
GET ON UP. 
COME ON GET ON UP. 
GET THE KEY. 
YES. 
 GET ON UP, GET THE
KEY!
COACH DAWN SCOTT. 
COACH DAWN SCOTT!
COACH GRAHAM ABLE. 
ALYSSA MAYOR. 
GET YOUR KEY. 
ALY
-- ALYSSA NAEHER. 
MALLORY PUGH.
MALLORY PUGH THERE YOU ARE. 
SAMANTHA MEWIS!
SAMANTHA MEWIS. 
BECKY SAUERBRUNN!
BECKY SAUERBRUNN. KELLEY O'HARA
. 
. 
>> I AM SO SORRY, I NEED A 
HEARING AID APPARENTLY. 
 SORRY.
I NEED A HEARING AID APPARENTLY.
>> MORGAN BRIAN!
MORGAN BRIAN. 
ABBY DAHLKEMPER. 
ABBY DAHLKEMPER!
ANOTHER EAGLES FAN, JULIE  
ERTZ. 
LINDSEY
 HORAN!
LINDSEY HORAN. 
CARLI LLOYD, GET ON UP  HERE. 
ALI KRIEGER. 
TIERNA DAVIDSON. 
ALEX MORGAN!
ALEX MORGAN. 
EMILY SONNETT!
EMILY SONNETT. 
ROSE LAVELLE 
TOBIN HEATH. 
ASHLYN HARRIS. 
ASHLYN HARRIS!
ALLIE LONG. 
ADRIANA FRANCH!
ADRIANNA FRANCH. 
WE GOT
 T
WE GOT TO GIVE IT UP Y'ALL FOR 
CRYSTAL DUNN. 
 UP, Y' ALL,
FOR CRYSTAL DUNN!
JESSICA McDONALD. 
 McDONALD!
CHRISTEN PRESS. 
 PRESS!
MEGAN RAPINOE. 
MEGAN RAPINOE!
IT CANNOT BE UNDER STATED THE 
GREATNESS OF THIS TEAM. 
THE TALENT, THE LOVE, 
EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO IT. 
THE SUPPORT STAFF AS THEY 
TALKED ABOUT. 
THE COACHING STAFF LED BY NONE 
OTHER THAN COACH JILL ELLIS. 
 NONE OTHER THAN COACH
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
. 
>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> THIS WILL GIVE YOU SOME 
HEIGHT. 
>> HE'S MAKING METALLER, THAT'S 
A GOOD THING -- ME TALLER 
THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE 
MAYOR'S OFFICE THE POLICE AND 
ALL THE PERSONNEL THAT HELPED 
PUT THIS ON. 
AND TO YOU GUYS, THANK YOU FOR 
SHOWING UP AGAIN. 
I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, WHEN WE 
WERE GOING TO FRANCE, IT'S LIKE 
I HOPE WE HAVE SOME FANS COME. 
YOU GUYS WERE UNBELIEVABLE IN 
TERMS OF SHOWING UP. 
THANK YOU. 
SO I KNOW THAT THESE GUYS ARE 
AN INSPIRATION. 
BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT 
OUT TO TWO GENTLEMEN. 
TWO WORLD WAR II VETERANS THAT 
WERE INSPIRATIONS FOR US. 
PETE DUPREE AND STEVE. 
WE MET THEM IN NORMANDY AND I'M 
GOING TO TELL YOU THEY MOVED 
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. 
AND PART OF IT WAS TO PLAY FOR 
THEM. 
BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WOULD NOT BE 
HERE WITHOUT THEIR 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR COUNTRY. 
SO THANK YOU TO THEM.
I'M IS GOING TO SAVE THESE GUYS 
FOR LAST, BUT TO MY STAFF, NO 
WAY IN [ BLEEP ] WITH OUR WORLD 
CLASS STAFF DO WE GET THIS 
DONE. 
SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT 
YOU DO. 
YOU ARE THE GLUE OF THIS TEAM. 
AND I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS 
WITHOUT YOU. 
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, STAFF. 
 WITHOUT YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, STAFF.
AND
AND TO THIS CRAZY GROUP, WHAT A 
FRICKEN RIDE. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE 
PRIVILEGE. 
TO WORK WITH YOU. 
YOU'RE AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED 
GROUP. 
YOU MAKE OUR JOB LOOK EASY. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
AND ALL THE BEST, HERE WE GO. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 OF THE
BEST.
. 
>> THANK YOU, COACH JILL. 
>> I GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS 
TEAM, I MEAN THEY ARE GOING TO, 
AFTER HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO 
GET ON A PLANE, FLY TO THE WEST 
COAST AND BE HONORED AT THE 
ESPY'S  TONIGHT. 
IT'S CRAZY. 
BUT WAIT A MINUTE. 
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE UNTIL 
WE HEAR FROM MEGAN RAPINOE. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 UNTIL
WE HEAR FROM MEGAN RAPINOE!
WHAT'S GOOD NEW YORK CITY. 
I SEE Y'ALL RIGHT HERE. 
BUT I SEE EVERYONE IN THE 
DISTANCE AS WELL. 
HELLO BACK THERE. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
THIS IS CRAZY. 
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE. 
SUCH AT A LOSS FOR WORDS. 
I MEAN I'LL FIND THEM. 
DON'T WORRY. 
BUT RIDICULOUS. 
FIRST AND FOREMOST, MY  
TEAMMATES, JUST SHOUT OUT TO 
THE TEAMMATES. 
JUST EVERYBODY. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
GIVE THEM A CLAP. 
 JUST,
THIS GROUP IS SO RESILIENT. 
IS SO TOUGH. 
HAS SUCH A SENSE OF HUMOR. 
IS JUST SO BAD [ BLEEP ]. 
THERE'S NOTHING, NOTHING THAT 
CAN PHASE THIS GROUP, WE'RE 
CHILLING, WE GOT TEA SIPPIN. 
WE GOT CELEBRATIONS. 
WE GOT PINK HAIR AND PURPLE  
HAIR. 
WE HAVE TATTOOS AND DREADLOCKS. 
WE GOT WHITE GIRLS AND BLACK 
GIRLS. 
AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. 
STRAIGHT GIRLS AND GAY GIRLS. 
HEY. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
I  COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO BE 
A COCAPTAIN WITH CARLIE AND 
ALEX WITH THIS TEAM. 
IT'S MY ABSOLUTE HONOR TO LEAD 
THIS TEAM OUT ON THE FIELD. 
THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE THAT I 
WOULD RATHER BE. 
EVEN IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. 
 BE, EVEN IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
I'M BUSY, I'M SORRY. 
TO THE STAFF, TO THE  COACHING 
STAFF, THE TECHNICAL STAFF, TO 
THE MEDICAL STAFF, TO THE 
SUPPORT STAFF, TO THE MASSAGE 
THERAPISTS. 
SO THE VIDEOGRAPHERS. 
CHEF.
>> TO THE CHEF. 
TO THE CHEF.
TO OUR SECURITY. 
TO OUR MEDIA PEOPLE. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
YOU MAKE OUR JOB SO EASY. 
WE DON'T HAVE TO FOCUS ON 
ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT WE 
HAVE TO DO ON THE FIELD. 
THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
TO THE FEDERATION, CARLOS, 
THANK YOU. 
YOU WERE INCREDIBLE THIS WORLD 
CUP. 
I KNOW THAT YOU GOT A LITTLE 
SHTICK WHEN YOU WERE UP HERE. 
I THINK THAT'S A SIGN OF 
AFFECTION. 
EVERYBODY IN A POSITION OF 
POWER GETS BOOED. 
I'M GOING TO STICK MY NECK OUT 
THERE A LITTLE BIT. 
I'M GOING TO ENDORSE CARLOS. 
I THINK HE'S WITH US. 
I THINK HE'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE 
OF THINGS. 
I THINK HE'S GOING TO MAKE  
THINGS RIGHT. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 HE
HE'S PROVEN EVERYDAY SINCE HE'S 
BEEN IN OFFICE FOR US THAT HE'S 
WITH US. 
HE WAS WITH US EVERY SINGLE DAY 
OF THE WORLD CUP. 
NOT ONLY FROM JUST A PERSONAL 
STANDPOINT, HOW MUCH THAT MEANS 
TO US BUT JUST FROM AN OUT HOOK 
STANDPOINT AND ALL THE EYES 
LOOKING IN. 
THIS MAN WAS THERE. 
HE WAS IN THE TUNNEL EVERY 
SINGLE GAME. 
HE WAS CELEBRATING EVERY SINGLE 
GAME. 
WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
THANK YOU. 
 EVERY SINGLE
GAME.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOLDING 
THOSE FEET TO THE FIRE. 
FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, MAYOR 
DEBLASIO, THIS IS OUR SECOND 
TIME AROUND. 
AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE, THANK 
YOU FOR HOSTING US. 
AND ALSO TO THE GOVERNOR 
COMEAU, I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU 
PRONOUNCE IT. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOSTING  
US. 
TO NYPD. 
TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE. 
TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS  
HAPPEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT'S 
NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT EVERYONE. 
WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL 
THAT IT TAKES TO SHUT DOWN THE 
BIGGEST, BEST CITY IN THE 
WORLD. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
FOR THE BIGGEST BEST TEAM IN 
THE WORLD. 
THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
THAT MEANS THE WORLD TO US. 
I THINK I'LL JUST END WITH 
THIS. 
THIS IS MY CHARGE TO EVERYONE. 
WE HAVE TO BE BETTER. 
WE HAVE TO LOVE MORE. 
HATE LESS. 
WE GOT TO LISTEN MORE, AND TALK 
LESS. 
WE GOT TO KNOW THAT THIS IS 
EVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY. 
EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE. 
EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO'S NOT 
HERE. 
EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO DOESN'T 
WANT TO BE HERE. 
EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO AGREES 
AND DOESN'T AGREE. 
IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE 
THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE. 
I THINK THIS TEAM DOES AN 
INCREDIBLE JOB OF TAKING THAT 
ON OUR SHOULDERS. 
AND UNDERSTANDING THE POSITION 
THAT WE HAVE AND THE PLATFORM 
THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THIS WORLD, 
YES, WE PLAY SPORTS. 
YES, WE PLAY SOCCER, YES WE'RE 
FEMALE ATHLETES, BUT WE'RE SO 
MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 
YOU'RE SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. 
YOU'RE MORE THAN A FAN. 
YOU'RE MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO 
JUST SUPPORTS SPORTS. 
YOU'RE MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO 
TUNES IN EVERY FOUR YEARS. 
YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO WALKS THE 
STREETS EVERYDAY. 
YOU INTERACT WITH YOUR 
COMMUNITY EVERYDAY. 
HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY 
BETTER? 
HOW DO YOU MAKE THE PEOPLE 
AROUND YOU BETTER? 
YOUR FAMILY? 
YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS ? THE TEN 
CLOSEST PEOPLE TO YOU. 
THE 20 CLOSEST PEOPLE TO YOU. 
THE MOST HUNDRED CLOSEST PEOPLE 
TO YOU. 
IT'S EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH CONTENTION 
IN THESE LAST YEARS. 
I'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF THAT. 
I'VE BEEN A PERPETRATOR OF 
THAT. 
WITH OUR FIGHT WITH THE 
FEDERATION. 
SORRY FOR SOME OF THE THINGS I 
SAID. 
NOT ALL OF THE THINGS. 
BUT IT'S TIME TO COME TOGETHER. 
THIS CONVERSATION IS AT THE 
NEXT STEP. 
WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE. 
IT TAKES EVERYBODY. 
THIS IS MY CHARGE TO EVERYBODY. 
DO WHAT YOU CAN. 
DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. 
STEP OUTSIDE YOURSELF. 
BE MORE. 
BE BETTER. 
BE BIGGER THAN YOU HAVE EVER 
BEEN BEFORE. 
IF THIS TEAM IS ANY 
REPRESENTATION OF WHAT YOU CAN 
BE WHEN YOU DO THAT, PLEASE 
TAKE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE. 
THIS GROUP IS INCREDIBLE. 
WE TOOK SO MUCH ON OUR 
SHOULDERS TO BE HERE TODAY. 
TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU TODAY. 
AND WE DID IT WITH A SMILE. 
SO DO THE SAME FOR US. 
PLEASE. 
I ASK YOU. 
NEW YORK CITY, YOU'RE THE 
MOTHER [ BLEEP ] BEST. 
 YOU.
NEW YORK CITY, YOU'RE THE BEST!
PINOE PINOE PINOE. 
. 
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEGAN 
RAPINOE. 
WE ALL LOVE HER. 
WE ALL HONOR HER. 
LET'S TAKE HER MESSAGE TO 
HEART. 
BECAUSE IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 
EVERYONE, I WANT YOU TO HELP ME 
THANK EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS 
PARADE POSSIBLE. 
THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE 
DEPARTMENT. 
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE 
SANITATION DEPARTMENT, ALL THE 
PEOPLE ON THE ROUTE KEPT 
EVERYONE SAFE AND MADE IT WORK. 
ALL THE PEOPLE WHO THREW THE 
CONFETTI, DO WE LOVE THEM? 
CONFETTI THROWERS, THANK YOU. 
EVERYONE, THIS TEAM IS 40 AGES. 
SO NOW I ASK ALL THE TEAM  
MEMBERS COME FORWARD ONE MORE 
TIME TO THE FRONT SO EVERYONE 
CAN SEE YOU AND EVERYONE CAN 
THANK YOU ONE LAST TIME. 
GIVE IT UP EVERYBODY FOR THE 
AMERICAN TEAM. 
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 
 UP, EVERYBODY FOR THE
AMERICAN TEAM!
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. 
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO 
THE U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL 
SOCCER TEAM. 
HAVE A GREAT DAY. 
 NATIONAL SOCCER
TEAM.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
. 
>>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
CELEBRATING THIS HISTORIC DAY 
WITH US. 
FOR MORE HIGHLIGHTS AND FAN 
REACTION, YOU CAN CHECK OUT 
CBSNEWYORK.COM. 
IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL PARADE 
CULMINATING WITH THIS 
CELEBRATION AT CITY HALL, 
THANKS FOR WATCHING, I'M CHRIS 
WRAGGE. 
>> WE LEAVE YOU WITH THE SIGHTS 
AND SOUND OF THE PARADE. 
IT WAS A TREMENDOUS ONE. 
HAVE A GREAT DAY. 
>>> THIS IS AMERICA'S TEAM! 
WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF 
OUR TEAM! 
>>> YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE 
CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S TEAM, 
THE TICKERTAPE PARADE HERE IN 
NEW YORK CITY ON OUR STATION 
WCBS IN NEW YORK. 
>>> I'M VLADIMIR DUTHIERS AND 
ANNE MARIE NUMERAL THORSNESS IN 
A MOMENT. 
>>> A FEDERAL SUPREME COURT 
DISMISSED AN EMOLUMENTS CASE, 
ACCUSING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 
OF ILLEGALLY PROFITING FROM 
FOREIGN AND STATE GOVERNMENT 
VISITORS IN HIS WASHINGTON 
HOTEL WITH A PANEL RULING 
MARYLAND AND THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA DIDN'T RULE ON WHETHER 
THAT IS TRUE BUT DECIDED 
MARYLAND AND WASHINGTON, D.C. 
THAT BROUGHT THE SUIT DON'T 
HAVE LEGAL STANDING TO PURSUE 
THE CASE. 
>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 
RESPONDED TO THE DEEP STATE AND 
DEMOCRATIC WITCH HUNT, ANOTHER 
EMOLUMENTS CHALLENGE AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT STILL PENDING. 
>>> THE LABOR SECRETARY FOR 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS 
EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE LATEST 
JEFFREY EPSTEIN CONTROVERSY. 
ALEX ACOSTA APPROVED A SECRET 
PLEA DEAL FOR EPSTEIN AND ONLY 
SERVED 13 MONTHS IN JAIL 
DESPITE DOZENS ACCUSING HIM OF 
SEXUAL ABUSE. 
DEMOCRATS HAVE DEMANDED A COST 
TO RESIGN FOR APPROVING THE 
DEAL AND EPSTEIN HAS BEEN 
CHARGED IN A SIMILA
