A ticker tape parade to shower the U.S. women�s national soccer team with praise and paper confetti will start at 9:30 a.m. EDT in New York City on Wednesday.

It will be the city�s first ticker tape parade since the team�s Women�s World Cup win in 2015.

The procession will move down the Canyon of Heroes, a section of Broadway between the Battery and City Hall in Manhattan. Large crowds are expected.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, will then give the players a symbolic key to the city. All tickets for the City Hall ceremony have now been issued.

The team has already started celebrating its record fourth Women�s World Cup title. After touching down at Newark International Airport on Monday, players exchanged toasts over Champagne and sang �We Are the Champions.�

(AP)