After the AFF Cup 2018, Asian Cup 2019, the Thai national team just lost a series of matches at the 2019 King's Cup. The "War Elephants" ended the King's Cup with 2 losses, without scoring any goals. This is the first time in history that the Thai team has ended this tournament with 2 losses and failed to score 1 goal.
4 days after the failure of the men's team, Thai football received another shock from the women's team. Specifically, in the match against the US representative in the group stage of the 2019 Women's World Cup held in front of more than 18,000 spectators at Stade Auguste-Delaune, the Thai women's team was defeated with a score of 0 13.
Entering the match, Alex Morgan opened the scoring in the 12th minute at Stade Auguste Delaune. After that, Rose Lavelle and Lindsey Horan scored to help the US enter the break by three goals.
However, the crush only really came in the second half when Alex Morgan scored 4 more goals, along with a double within five minutes from Samantha Mewis. In addition, there were goals from Rose Lavelle, Megan Rapinoe, Mallory Pugh.
The Thais' nightmare only really ended with Carli Lloyd scoring in the last minute.
This is the biggest loss in the history of World Cups, including tournaments for women and men. Previously, the loss with the biggest score in the history of the Women's World Cup was a disastrous defeat with Argentina's 0-11 score against Germany in the VCK of the Women's World Cup in 2007.
The biggest gap in a World Cup for men is 9 goals. The former Na so defeated Zaire in 1974 (9-0), Hungary crushed South Korea in 1954 (9-0) and Hungary defeated El Salvador with a score of 10-1 in 1982. This result also far exceeded the record of the US in another World Cup match, a 0-7 loss to Taiwan in the quarter-finals of the first tournament in 1991.
Alex Morgan was the star of this match with 5 goals, an achievement equal to the record set by his compatriot Michelle Akers in a World Cup match. This achievement also increased her total goals to 106 after 164 appearances.
This is the second time the Thai women's team has participated in the World Cup. In 2015, the Golden Temple women's team stopped at the group stage with 2 losses and 1 win. At the 2019 World Cup, the Thai women's team was in Group F with the participation of the US, Sweden and Chile.
