U.S. women's soccer team honored with New York parade, key to city after WorldCup win USWNT
Adoring fans lined New York City's Canyon of Heroes on Wednesday to praise theU.S. women's national soccer team as athletic leaders on the field — and as advocates for pay equity off it.
Garret Prather brought his newborn son "to celebrate how the American women made us proud on and off the field." Kate Lane, who watched the parade, called the pay gap "massive" for the soccer players and "across the board" for most women. Earlier Wednesday, team members joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, as he signed a law expanding gender pay equality in the state. He said women's soccer players should be paid the same as male players.
At the rally, Rapinoe noted the diversity of the team: "We have pink hair and purple hair, we have tattoos and dreadlocks, we have white girls and black girls and everything in between. Straight girls and gay girls." The team had already started celebrating its record fourth Women's World Cup title. After touching down at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday, players shared a toast and sang "We Are the Champions."in Times Square on Tuesday to show off their trophy and answer questions from cheering kids.
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