USA's Allie Long says key to New York was stolen in hotel room burglary

The celebration was cut short for a member of the World Cup champion United States women’s soccer team after she discovered someone had burglarized her hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Los Angeles.

Allie Long tweeted on Thursday it happened after the team was honored at the ESPY awards on Wednesday night.

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Long wrote “someone stole my wedding ring, cash and the key to my favorite city”. She’s referring to the symbolic key that New York City mayor Bill de Blasio gave the players following a ticker-tape parade on Tuesday.

Allie Long (@ALLIE_LONG) After the @ESPYS show someone stole my wedding ring, cash and the key to my favorite city after just receiving it from my hotel room. Do you make copies @NYCMayor ? I would love a new one.

In the post, she asked De Blasio if they make copies because she “would love a new one”.

The mayor, who is challenging for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 US presidential election, told Long that he would replace the key on Twitter.

Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) So sorry to hear it, Allie. Hang in there. Don’t worry about the key. Like any good New Yorker, we keep a spare for our neighbors! We got you covered. https://t.co/B5xqZPMZnU

KABC-TV reports the LAPD is reviewing video from the hotel where Long was staying with her husband, adding there was no sign of forced entry because the door was ajar.

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Long, a 31-year-old midfielder, has scored six goals in 46 international appearances with the national team, making her World Cup debut when she replaced Lindsey Horan in the 59th minute of the squad’s 3-0 win over Chile in the group stage.

She made light of the theft in an Instagram post on Thursday, saying: “Take my ring but not my mans (or medal Thank God).”