Forget the White House — the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team is heading to City Hall.
"We don't want to go to the White House. So I figure that's why the invitation hasn't come. Maybe it was sent to my mail and it's just slowly to get here," Megan Rapinoe, a striker and captain for the team, said Monday.
Minutes after the United States won the World Cup Final on Sunday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city would throw the soccer champions a ticker tape parade, just like it did four years ago.
The route goes from the tip of Manhattan along Broadway to City Hall, up what's known as the Canyon of Heroes.
"It's going to be a great party for New York City," de Blasio said Monday. "We are so proud of our American women. They did an amazing job. We want to honor them the right way."
The mayor rolled out the red carpet for the soccer champs back in 2015. He presented players with keys to the city and high-fives. It was the first time New York City had ever thrown a parade for a women's athletic team.
Since 1919, mayors have decided who will be feted along the Canyon of Heroes. Past parades have celebrated championship New York sports teams, individual athletes — like tennis great Althea Gibson in 1957 — and astronaut John Glenn.
De Blasio rode on a float beside Rapinoe in 2015, soaking up the team's win and its trophy.
This time around, de Blasio may be hoping some of the team's winning streak rubs off on him. He's running for president but is polling at 1 percent. The mayor could use some help.
With the team keeping its distance from President Donald Trump, de Blasio may wind up being the one politician in the U.S. with the ability to throw the soccer champs the biggest party — a party that could end up helping him with his presidential run.