.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
WOW.
NEW YORK CITY, YOU HAVE OUT DONE
YOURSELVES YET AGAIN.
WHAT A PARADE!
THANK YOU!
MAYOR DE BLASIO, ON BEHALF OF
ALL OF US AT U.S. SOCCER, THANK
YOU FOR HOSTING THIS AMAZING
CELEBRATION.
IF I CAN PARAPHASE ONE OF NEW
YORK GREATS, I FEEL LIKE ONE OF
THE LUCKIEST, LUCKIEST PEOPLE ON
EARTH.
FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I HAVE
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!
SOME OF THESE HAVE ALREADY 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.
SCORING THE MOST CONSECUTIVE
MATCHES, CARLI LLOYD, IN SIX
CONSECUTIVE GAMES.
GOALS BY NINE DIFFERENT PLAYERS.
A RECORD!
THE HIGHEST SCORING TEAM IN
WORLD CUP HISTORY, 26 GOALS.
WINNER OF THE BRONZE BOWL, ROSE
LAVELLE!
WINNER OF THE SILVER BOOT AND
EQUALLING THE MOST GOALS SCORED
IN A SINGLE MATCH, ALEX MORGAN!
AND FINALLY, BUT NOT LAST, TOP
SCORER AND THE GOLDEN 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.
TODAY WE NOT ONLY CELEBRATE THIS
GREAT TEAM ON THE FIELD, BUT
ALSO WE MUST HONOR THE TEAM
BEHIND THEM.
COACH JILL ELLIS, THE FIRST --
ONLY THE SECOND TO WIN
BACK-TO-BACK WORLD CUP TITLES.
WOW!
AND OF COURSE, THE ENTIRE
35-PERSON STAFF BEHIND THE
SCENES.
OUR COACHES, TRAINERS, ANALYSTS,
MEDICAL STAFF, EQUIPMENT
MANAGERS, AND 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!
FINALLY, THIS IS A CELEBRATION
OF SOCCER IN AMERICA.
WE THANK THE MILLIONS OF FANS
ALL OVER THE USA.
WE THANK THE MORE THAN 30,000
FANS THAT MADE THE JOURNEY TO
CHEER YOU ON IN FRANCE, AND WE
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY.
WE'RE ALL PART OF U.S. SOCCER.
AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU LOVE
THESE PLAYERS IN THE WORLD CUP,
THEN COME OUT, COME OUT AND
CHEER ON YOUR LOCAL TEAMS AND
TEAMS THIS
YEAR.
PLEASE COME AND JOIN US FOR
THEIR VICTORY TOUR ACROSS
AMERICA, WHICH BEGINS ON AUGUST
THE 3RD IN LOS ANGELES.
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 WILL
LOOK AT THESE 23 WORLD CLASS
RECORD BREAKING, HISTORY MAKING
ATHLETES, AND THEY'RE SAYING I
WANT TO BE LIKE THEM.
AND 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 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.
AND THAT IS WHY OVER THE YEARS,
FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO
OUR YOUTH NATIONAL TEAMS, TO OUR
PROFESSIONAL LEAGUES, THE U.S.
SOCCER HAS INVESTED MORE IN
WOMEN'S SOCCER THAN ANY OTHER
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST.
[ CHANTING ]
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.
AS THIS TEAM HAS TAUGHT US,
BEING THE GREATEST ISN'T JUST
ABOUT HOW YOU PLAY ON THE FIELD,
IT IS ABOUT WHAT YOU STAND FOR
OFF THE FIELD.
IT IS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A
SPORT AND A COUNTRY.
THE 2019 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP
CHAMPIONS, THE UNITED STATES OF
