Football Football USWNT parade: Women's World Cup champions celebrate 4th title in New York City The United States of America secured the title with a 2-0 win over the Netherlands on Sunday in Lyon, France, and celebrated with a parade in New York City. Chelsea Howard New York 10 July, 2019 23:45 IST Members of the USA women's soccer team celebrating during their victory parade in New York City on Wednesday. - Getty Images Chelsea Howard New York 10 July, 2019 23:45 IST After the U.S. women's national team earned a historic fourth Women's World Cup title, fans from all across the nation celebrated the victory with a parade in New York City on Wednesday. The U.S. secured the title with a 2-0 win over the Netherlands on Sunday in Lyon, France, as Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle scored the last two goals of the tournament. Sunday's win gave the U.S. back-to-back wins, and a fourth championship — which is two more than the next closest nation.The parade began with a ceremony at City Hall in NYC. READ : Five key quotes from Megan Rapinoe’s CNN appearance after World Cup winHere's a look at highlights from the big celebration.Rapinoe hopped on the float with a drink in hand, while Kelley O'hara was ready to celebrate with other members of the national team. GONNA BE LIT pic.twitter.com/AvN1ORI7uX— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) July 10, 2019 Barack Obama sent his congratulations to the team, and thanked the players "for being such a strong inspiration for women and girls." Proud to rep America’s best team! Congrats @USWNT and thanks for being such a strong inspiration for women and girls—and everybody—all across the country. pic.twitter.com/9Gp6UTZhEE— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 10, 2019 Equal pay conversations continued: Mayor De Blasio slash Presidential Candidate De Blasio also proposing equal pay opportunities for athletes just before Parade kicks off #USWNT @CBSNewYork pic.twitter.com/1ksLefenpB— Natalie Duddridge (@CityNatalie) July 10, 2019 There was a lot of purple hair, a tribute to Rapinoe. Lots of purple hair on the parade route. Izzy, 10, died her hair this morning to match Megan Rapinoe, her favorite player pic.twitter.com/Qj6tmPlTOn— Danielle Allentuck (@d_allentuck) July 10, 2019 More power to you, ladies. Read more stories on Football. For more updates, follow Sportstar on :