Pelosi Invites US Women’s Soccer Team to Capitol After World Cup Win

U.S. players celebrate at the end of the Women's World Cup final soccer match between the U.S. and the Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France, on July 7, 2019. David Vincent/AP Photo

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has invited the U.S. women’s soccer team to the capitol following their victory over the Netherlands in the World Cup final.

Pelosi praised the team for their “strength, unity, and patriotism” and extended an invitation together with Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) to the team to visit the U.S. Capitol as a team or individually.