BANGKOK: Thai women's goalkeeper Sukanya Chor Charoenying will never forget her World Cup debut five years ago - a record 13-0 defeat to the USA.
Sukanya Chor Charoenying is consoled by a teammate and the USA's Carli Lloyd, who 'told me to keep going and not quit. That made me feel really good'.
Thailand's goalkeeper at the 2019 World Cup Sukanya Chor Charoenying was inspired by the 13-0 defeat to the USA. 'I thought: I couldn't beat you today, so I will go back and train our young players so they can.' BANGKOK: Thai women's goalkeeper Sukanya Chor Charoenying will never forget her World Cup debut five years ago - a record 13-0 defeat to the USA.
"We were so ready to play against them. We truly believed that we'd put up a hard game for them," she told AFP. At half-time they were 3-0 down in Reims, but worse was to come as the USA ran riot with 10 second-half goals to set them on their way to lifting the trophy for a fourth time. "We realised that we had to put as much effort into development as them to be at the same level," she said.Kanjana said the Thai women's game was better structured and run more efficiently now, but a shortage of top clubs means the first division season lasts only a few weeks.Nuengrutai Srathongvian, the national coach in 2019, told AFP:"Many people don't know about women's football ... so we could provide more information.
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