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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Manhattan borough president Gale Brewer has called for mayor Bill de&amp;nbsp;Blasio&amp;nbsp;to hold a ticker tape parade in Lower Manhattan honoring the United States women's national team for their World Cup victory.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A spokeswoman for the mayor told Josh Dawsey of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;that the city is working on organizing a parade.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWith their thrilling 5-2 victory over Japan to claim the 2015 Women\u2019s World Cup title, the US Women\u2019s National Team set an amazing example for athletes across our great nation,\u201D Brewer wrote in a letter to de Blasio. \u201CI can think of no better way to honor these amazing athletes than by hosting a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CNew York City has a strong history of honoring sports achievements in the Canyon of Heroes, but has never held a parade to honor a women\u2019s team. Our newest soccer champions represent an opportunity for New York to recognize that heroes and role models come in all genders, and I hope you will work with me to make this parade a reality.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;WAHL:&amp;nbsp;Lloyd leads USA to record 3rd Women's World Cup&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brewer has also started a Change.org petition in hopes of having the team honored with a parade.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Downtown ticker tape parades are typically held whenever a New York team wins a championship, but have also been held for other sports figures and world dignitaries. Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa was honored with a parade after tying the single-season home run record in 1998 and the city also held a parade for the American medal winners at the 1984 Olympics.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Dan Gartland&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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