while she plays for the washington spirit she tells our carol maloney being left off the team really hurt. >> reporter: for all her speed and skill -- >> she's a game changer. >> loosen up a little. >> reporter: she's also the class clown. >> she's such a contagious personality. so warm so loving always joking dancing, singing. >> she's a big player now and she's, like famous. she's always the same crystal to me. >> reporter: yet the washington spirit's spirit leader shut down for a week when the world cup coaches told her she didn't make their team. >> for me it was a really rough week i remember. i turned my phone off. i didn't want to talk to anybody. i felt like part of me died inside. >> when that roster came out, she was upset and we were upset for her. it was a little weird seeing her not her bubbly self. >> the team needs her there to be successful, to be better. i think they can still succeed. but they would be better with her. and then also told her it was important, wherever you go or don't go you still have the ability and power to control whether it's good or bad. >> lif

from nats park, carol maloney, news sports. >> thanks, carol. >>> move to the ice, cuz nemtsov agreed$6 million deal with the capitals. he was a restricted free act, a good thing for this team only 23 years old really came into his own last season, especially during the playoffs. we scored five goals and had two assists. that leaves marcus johannson and braden hopi as the two big restricted free acts on this capitals roster. >>> you guys catch the soccer match yesterday, japan versus the united states? >> celebration at the end. >> that was special. great to see them finally get that cup. what a night it was for the united states women's soccer team. not only did they bring home the world cup but the ladies put on a show for soccer fans all across the country. yesterday's world cup final was the most watched soccer match in u.s. history. carli lloyd, the star of the night a hat trick in the first 16 minutes of this game, the united states scored four goals those 16 minutes on their way to a 5-2 rout of japan. the americans win their first world cup since 1999. it is the first cup for

carol maloney is live at the park. >> hey, guys.re talking about bryce harper, his third all-star appearance, a record vote getter crushed the competition by 4 million votes. he is not just an all-star. he is the star of the midsummer classic a week from tomorrow in cincinnati. they are taking on the reds tonight. you see the tarp behind merck the rain just stopped, looks like they are going to play any time. bryce harper, many people call him the best player on the planet. he says he is just part of the team. >> a great group of guys around me, being able to just come in here and have fun and do the things we need to do as a group the family that we are, you knee a lot of credit to them. >> a no-brainer, see the memories putting up and, you know he is well deserved and i'm happy for him. >> to think where i was when i was 22, a senior in college and not -- i couldn't imagine being in the big leagues doing what he is doing and getting 14 million votes and can that kind of stuff. really impressive to watch. it is fun. >> see how much

carol maloney has the story. >> reporter: for all her speed and skill, crystal dunn -- she's also the class clown. >> so warm and loving, also joking and dancing. >> she's like famous and always the same crystal to me and she's dancing behind the camera right now. >> reporter: yet the washington spirits spirit leader shut down for a week when the world cup coaches told her she didn't make their team. >> for me it was a really rough week. i turned my phone off, i didn't want to talk to anybody. i didn't know what to do. i felt like a part of me had died inside. when that roster came out, she was upset and we were upset for her. and it was a little weird seeing her not her bubbly self. >> i told her the team needs her there to be better, they can still succeed, but they would be better with her. wherever you go or don't go, you still have the ability and power of yourself to control whether it's good or bad. >> life goes on. you will have bad days, but there are greater days ahead. >> reporter: those days include watching from afar and producing on the field. seven go and her future. >>

altered or at least redskins training camp begins in richmond and like so much the humidity so carol maloney asked kevin sheehan why robert griffin iii has not been the quarterback that electrified the nfl in 2012? >> it wasn't what he wanted to do. it wasn't what he wanted to be. he wanted to be aaron rodgers or peyton manning or brady. but when he played in 2012 when he got into the pistol formation and the whole league thought he would run every down. he didn't but they thought he was and it made everything easy. if you told me they are going to play the style they did in 2012 look out. if he wants to be a part of that. and we could see the quarterback of 2012. if they are going to ask him to drop back and throw the ball in third and eight, it will take some time. >> time we don't have. relax, more coming from kevin sheehan when he joins the round table on sports final when he wants to see in training camp and whether he will make the jump from the radio booth and you won't want to miss this sports final tomorrow night. >>> and socky is a simple game, and women's world cup went well and w

he sat down with carol maloney and those two had a ton to talk about, coming up tonight on sports final. busy offseason for the capitals, free agency all the trades taking place. can't wait to hear what coach has to bay is t sports final at 11:30. >> thanks jason. >>> here's proof of the aagainny of second place, guy running a race in atlanta thought he had it in the bag, started celebrating a little too soon. if you could see the reaction on his face as he, oh look, oh oh, oh so close. don't you just hate it when that >>> on this sunday night, a terrifying moment as a deck collapses beneath a family taking a holiday photo, injuring two dozen and raising new concerns about the safety of millions of decks around the country. >>> close call. a small plane runs into trouble, and makes a crash landing on a crowded beach. what happened next was just as surprising. >>> on the brink. the vote in greece on whether to accept a bailout worth billions. what it means for europe and beyond. >>> the rematch. an epic showdown tonight as the u.s. and japan battle it out again in the world cup final. >>

. >> our coverage starts live on thursday, live, carol maloney and i around the corner have you covered things redskins training camp. download the nbc washington app for exclusive interviews. >>> redskins are usually known as the kings of the off season but the capitals looking for a share of that crown now, already signed veteran forwards it j oshie and justin williams, not to mention resigning of brandon holtby to a five-year $35 million contract. now it's marcus johannson looking to cash out. an arbitrator hearing for johannson, the capitals, set up to for this witness in toronto asking for $4.5 million on a one-year deal, the caps offering 3 million a year. after the hearing on wednesday he shall the arbitrator has 24 hours to rule. the team and braden reached a deal before that deadline in holtby's case. >>> want to win a stuffed ann mall at your local carnival, call gilbert arenas, agent zero posted this picture with this caption read we just got banned from all basketball hoops at at #orange county fair. >> out. >> everyone screamed bets, i screamed hibachi. >> like to have a go

there may be an >>> i'm carol maloney at the live desk, the caps homes ago making a huge trade bringing an olympic hero to the nation's capital, tj oshie. you may remember his names from the 2014 game in sochi, the star as the u.s. hosts upset russia. the 28-year-old forward comes over from the st. louis blues yes spent the first seven seasons of his career. the caps say good-bye to fan favorite troy brower in his trade. more details what that means for the team at 6:00. thanks, carol. >>> the governor of north carolina says the state is trying to figure out if there is a pattern behind the recent shark attacks. there's a heightened alert for shark attacks as the holiday weekend approaches in north carolina. seven people have been bitten in the past three weeks alone. the latest victim a 68-year-old man. he was attacked in waist-deep water, but survived after he was able to swim to shore. officials were worried because the beaches will be very, very crowded this weekend. experts say a number of reasons could be causing this rise in attacks. it's unusual. the water has been warm this yea

carol maloney caught up with the woman who they call the warrior princess. >> ali krieger, she admits she is exhausted from the tournament, then the frenzied victory tour and now back to work with the spirit. but she took a few moments today to talk about what's next. krieger means warrior in german. in america she is powering on like a warrior no matter how tired she is for the good of the game. at the top of the mountain? >> yes. >> now what? now what? >> slowly climbing down. >> yeah. yeah. >> i'm looking down at like my vacation time, i'm getting excited about that but that won't be for a while. right now, my focus is here. obviously, i want to be with this team and bring that motivation intensity and excite.from the world cup back here to this field and this team and this club. and we need to continue to grow women's football around the country, around the country around the world. i think right now, we have such a good platform to do that >> you have a birthday coming up. >> i do. >> birthday. >> i do. god. world champion's birthday. >> i still have the world cup glow. but, yes

from the live desk, i'm carol maloney. >> good for him.r us. >>> just in from stafford county tonight, police caught up with and arrested a mother facing serious charges after a young child was found with drugs in his bloodstream. as northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reports now the discovery came after the child was rushed to a local hospital suffering from seizures. >> reporter: it was jim 16th when er doctors at stafford hospital got quite a surprise as they treated a 4-year-old boy tests revealed in his bloodstream were opiates and thc, the chemical in marijuana. the sheriffs's department was note find began to investigate. now the boy's 23-year-old parents, christopher hilliard and olivia hernandez, are charged with felony child neglect. her nap dez tells investigators her son was staying with relatives. when she want to visit him he began having seizures much the couple took him to the hospital but hilliard had left by the time police arrived. he was convicted of a drug charge last year. residents with he spoke with near the