Video: NYC cheers for World Cup-winning women’s soccer team

In a flurry of confetti, Abby Wambach, third from left, gestures to the crowd, surrounded by her teammates during a celebration for the U.S. Women's World Cup soccer champions at New York's City Hall, following their ticker tape parade up Broadway's Canyon of Heroes, Friday July 10, 2015. Bryan R Smith AP

The Canyon of Heroes became a Canyon of Heroines as tens of thousands of fans Friday celebrated America’s soccer-playing sweethearts and their third World Cup victory.

Clouds of confetti rained down on the goal-scoring gals as they rode up Broadway on a flotilla of floats, following the world’s biggest paper trail up to City Hall where Mayor de Blasio presented them with the keys to the city.

This story was originally published July 10, 2015 at 1:41 PM.

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