Here's How NYC Celebrated the Women's World Cup Champions

On Friday, New York City dropped approximately two tons of confetti on the reigning Women’s World Cup champions, celebrating their record third World Cup win with the first-ever ticker-tape parade for a female sports team.

All 23 players on the U.S. women’s soccer team, including now-legendary midfielder Carli Lloyd, rode in floats alongside Mayor Bill de Blasio past thousands of cheering onlookers, some of whom had been camped out since 3 am

Despite the fact that they are currently paid 40 times less than their male counterparts, the team’s 5-2 win against Japan on Sunday marked the most-watched soccer event in U.S. television history. The parade ends at City Hall Park, where the mayor will hand the soccer champs a much-deserved key to the city. Maybe he’ll hand them some cash, too.