U.S. women’s soccer team greeted by chants for equal pay at ticker-tape parade:
Fans hold signs during a ticker tape parade for the U.S. women’s soccer team in New York City. The U.S. women’s soccer team enjoyed a ticker tape parade in its honor in New York City on Wednesday, cheered by thousands—with many chanting for equal pay.
“I’ve got 22 of the best, bestest friends right behind me,” player Carli Lloyd said at the City Hall ceremony. Her speech followed presentations by Mayor de Blasio; his wife, Chirlane McCray; and Carlos Cordeiro, the president of U.S. Soccer, who was also met with “equal pay” chants by the crowd, according to the Times.
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