Football is arguably one of the most popular sports in the world and yet the women's game has never really taken off in Malaysia.
In other traditional and even non-traditional footballing nations, women's football has been embraced and developed, but sadly it is different here.
Until today, there is no proper league for women's football in Malaysia.
On top of that, the State FAs do not channel enough funds to develop women footballers.
Despite promises made by the FA of Malaysia (FAM) to make women's football more competitive and attractive, they have yet to fulfil them under the F30 roadmap.
According to the roadmap, FAM have plans to reorganise women's football development with better competition formats.
It is to expand competitive experience in women's football with larger talent pool.
They also hope to create centres for girls through collaborations with the Sports Ministry and other concerned parties.
The Tun Sharifah Rodziah Cup (TSRC) is the premier competition for women's football, but it hardly gets any attention in the country.
Going by FAM's plans, they hope to introduce two divisions in the TSRC from next year with teams subjected to licensing regulations.
But without proper support and funding, it looks like it will never become a reality.
FAM must do more for women's football and come out with better ideas to promote the game.
On Sunday, fans joked about the Malaysian Tigress' 4-0 defeat to Thailand in the women's Asian Cup qualifiers in Palestine on social media.
Although the team parked the bus throughout the game, the Thais still managed four goals.
National women's coach Jacob Joseph said the team only had 25 days to prepare for the qualifiers.
It was also their first international match since their defeats to hosts Philippines (5-0) and Myanmar (5-0) at the 2019 Sea Games.
Jacob said his players were nervous as most had never played senior international matches before.
"We were training in a bubble in Kelana Jaya and did not play friendly matches.
"Today (Sunday), my girls were nervous, and they showed it even before kick-off," said Jacob.
"I had advised them to implement what they were drilled to do in training.
"I also told them to play without fear.
"However, it did not go as planned as Thailand scored two goals in the opening two minutes."
Despite the thrashing, Jacob is still proud of his players as it was not a heavy defeat.
In 2019, Malaysia were thrashed 7-0 by the Thais at the women's AFF Championship.
"I dropped many players after the 2019 Sea Games.
"However, I could not develop a new team accordingly due to Covid-19," said Jacob, adding that the Thai girls were training for five months ahead of the qualifiers.
On Sunday, Kanyanat was the toast of Thailand with goals in the first, 37th and 90th minutes. Nutwadee Pram-Nak scored Thailand's other goal in the second minute.