U.S. Women's Soccer Team One Win Away from Being World Champions.
BALDWIN: Breaking news, another shark attack off the North Carolina coast, this one happening just this afternoon off of Ocracoke island. According to officials there, the victim is a man in his late 60s. He was bit multiple times around his rib cage area, his hip, lower leg, both hands. Witnesses say the shark was six to seven feet long. Reportedly that this man bumped into the shark, according to an EMS official I talked to last hour, the shark pulled the man under water. He swam to shore where a doctor happened to be nearby, called an ambulance, emergency responders airlifted him, he's in stable position, but perspective, you know, we are talking about shark attacks. This is the sixth attack in just three weeks right around the North Carolina area, two attacks happen off the outer banks over the weekend, and two teenager lost limbs on Oak Island earlier this month. And I'm going to leave you with this story today. If you looked up the word teamwork in the dictionary, you would see this -- midfielder, Carli Lloyd with incredible footwork, cross passes to Kelley O'Hara to score the winning goal and yesterday Team USA women's World Cup match against Germany. Let's watch it again. And here we go. Take a look.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We going to the ship. We going to the ship. We going to the ship.</s>BALDWIN: The ship as in the championship. That is the U.S. now advances to play the winner of tonight's Japan versus England. My next guest knows the feeling all too well. World Cup champion, two- time Olympic gold medalist Briana Scurry. She led the U.S. women's team to their last World Cup win in 1999. Briana, welcome.</s>BRIANA SCURRY, GOALKEEPER, 1999 U.S. WOMEN'S WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM: Brooke, thanks for having me. Glad to be here.</s>BALDWIN: All right. You are an inspiration to so many of these ladies. And now that you are retired, what was that like, watches that incredible, incredible game.</s>SCURRY: I tell you what. All day my nerves started to build up. I was like, you know, a little anxiety. Because I've been watching all the games really close, seeing how USA has been playing, how Germany has been playing. And you know, USA had a fantastic game against China right before that, and Germany had a long game. So I was thinking -- I was very hopeful that the USA would come out and get it done. And they played a very inspired game last night. Like you said Carli Lloyd was fantastic. Alex Morgan, Kelley O'Hara getting in on the action, too. It was a fantastic night for USA, absolutely.</s>BALDWIN: Let's talk about the ladies from the '90s, you know, you, Brandi Chastain, Mia Hamm. We've heard from a lot of people, even non-soccer fans that this particular women's team has more fans than ever before. I'm hearing they like to have a good time, more personality than the men, who normally get a lot of the attention in the spotlight. Why do you think that tide is sort of finally turning now?</s>SCURRY: I think it's fantastic. I think one of the major reasons that it's turning is because of the social media. Now, everybody in the world can get to know, you know Sydney Leroux, get to know Alex Morgan, based on their social media, their Facebook, their Twitter accounts, all that kind of stuff. And they're showing their personalities to the world. So it's very exciting for people to feel like they know them, because in essence, they kind of do. And so, that's a thing that didn't exist before that exists now. And so, now you as an individual, as a fan, you can be someone who feels like you know what these players are about, what makes them tick. And then you cheer for them with more passion, because they're like the girl next door like you know them.</s>BALDWIN: Totally. I mean, there's a lot of good and bad social media, but this is a definitely a real cool part of it. You do feel like you know them. You know, there's been a lot of criticism about FIFA and its treatment of women's teams. Let me just play this sound. This is from this year's team captain, Abby Wambach and have you respond on the other side.</s>ABBY WAMBACH, CAPTAIN, US WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM: People are talking about women's soccer. And if we have a poor performance, I think we shouldn't -- I want to be criticized if I have a poor performance because we want to be treated like the men. And that's what they do with the guys, that's what we want. And so, I think it's good. We can take it. We're professionals. We're big girls.</s>BALDWIN: Big gills. With this unprecedented fandom, do you think women's soccer will ever receive the level of respect from FIFA?</s>SCURRY: I love Abby, that's classic, vintage Abby. So that was really cool that you got to see that. I really do feel like it's a process. It's going to take a long time. It is going to take some major restructuring with FIFA. As you know, with the scandals allegations and all the indictments that happened right before the women's World Cup. It has got to be a lot of things change. And I feel like right now, there has been a real disparity in not only funding, but in support from FIFA for women's soccer. So I think we're in the process now that maybe we can get this done. I mean, if we can rebuild FIFA in a way where they're fair, at least, or at least we're in the ballpark as the men, I think we can get a really good result. And I think it is going to takes time. I mean, everything, every great change takes time. But I think it's on the precipice right now, a lot of people are talking about it. There is going to be a lot of pressure on FIFA. And hopefully they'll get it done.</s>BALDWIN: OK. I have 60 seconds with you, and we have to end with revenge. Because as you well know, in Japan -- you laugh, but I'm totally serious.</s>SCURRY: I get you.</s>BALDWIN: If Japan wins tonight, the U.S. will be set for that highly anticipated rematch. We remember 2011, emotional, the U.S. lost, that was the whole penalty kick shootout. What kind of pressure would that be? In 30 seconds, going into that final match.</s>SCURRY: Right. We have to have Japan winning because the USA, like you say, got their hearts ripped out of their chests I 2011 with that final. And so, it would be poetic justice, so to speak, if USA and Japan went into it. And I am absolutely secure and believe that the USA is wishing that Japan wins tonight. And they are ready and they are ready and they are waiting for that revenge.</s>BALDWIN: Ready for that sweet, sweet revenge. Briana Scurry, thank you. Go ladies, Team USA. And that does it for me. I'm Brooke Baldwin. Let's go to Washington. "The LEAD" starts right now.