Detroit Sports Teams And Elected Officials Join In Women's World Cup Celebrations
By Edward Cardenas
SOUTHFIELD (CBS Detroit) - The U.S. Women's National Team's 5-2 victory over Japan captivated the nation and Detroit-area sports teams.
Twitter was buzzing with tributes to the team which captured its third World Cup title, including posts from the Detroit Red Wings:
#IBelieveThatWeJustWon ???????? pic.twitter.com/GavtAoBNWx
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 6, 2015
AMAZING! Way to go @ussoccer_wnt and @CarliLloyd! #USA ???????? ???????? ???? https://t.co/buPqsuXRBl
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 6, 2015
The Detroit Tigers and manager Brad Asumus:
Congrats, @ussoccer_wnt! #IBelieveThatWeJustWon pic.twitter.com/De0dmTVFHH
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) July 6, 2015
The Pistons also joined in the celebrations:
Congrats USWNT on winning gold. #USA
— Andre Drummond (@AndreDrummond) July 6, 2015
???????? CONGRATS @ussoccer_wnt! https://t.co/YbPEONTGc6
— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) July 6, 2015
Other Tweets acknowledging the team's victory came from near and really far away.
Including Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley:
This is fun to watch. #USWNT https://t.co/wCo1s2YEmc
— Brian Calley (@briancalley) July 6, 2015
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette:
#USWNT world class #WorldCup champions! ???????? #OneNationOneTeam pic.twitter.com/iIqor6NHN0
— Bill Schuette (@SchuetteOnDuty) July 6, 2015
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow:
The U.S. women's national team has won the World Cup! Congratulations!
— Sen. Debbie Stabenow (@SenStabenow) July 6, 2015
Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence:
Congrats #USWNT! Your #WorldCup2015 victory was a Sweet 16 years in the making! #USA #USAvJPN https://t.co/xwRh9dM7iN
— Brenda Lawrence (@RepLawrence) July 6, 2015
Even an astronaut aboard the International Space Station joined in the celebration:
Congrats ladies! Proud of you aboard @Space_Station. #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/KIsaj16TLb
— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) July 6, 2015
Overall, the Women's World Cup was a trending topic on Twitter with at least 738,000 Tweets about the U.S. Women's National Team Sunday and Monday.