9 Things You Need To Know About Toronto's New WNBA Team, The Toronto Tempo

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One happening astir Toronto, we emotion our sports teams. And aft surviving successful this metropolis for a mates decades, I tin accidental with my afloat thorax that the champion clip to beryllium successful Toronto is erstwhile 1 of our teams is playing. The vibes are genuinely immaculate and it's astir apt the lone clip we collectively hide wherefore we hatred it here. Seriously, the specified announcement of a caller squad successful Toronto sparked the aforesaid magnitude of excitement among locals that Drake feels whenever he's sitting courtside astatine a Raptors game.

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In fact, Toronto's sports country has grown rather a spot implicit the past fewer years, adding 2 caller sports teams to its roster. In 2023, the women's hockey team, the Toronto Sceptres, was created, pursuing the announcement of the archetypal ever Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) successful North America. And a twelvemonth later, the Northern Super League (NSL) launched with six shot teams including AFC Toronto.

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The newest squad successful the 6ix is the women's hoops team, the Toronto Tempo. And aft waiting astir 2 years since the WNBA announced a caller team, we're conscionable days distant from watching their inaugural crippled for the regular play connected May 8th. Here's everything you request to cognize astir the Toronto Tempo.

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1. The Toronto Tempo is the WNBA's 14th franchise, and the archetypal squad extracurricular of the United States. The WNBA Commissioner, Cathy Engelbert, announced successful May 2024 that the league would grow into Canada, starting with a caller squad successful Toronto. While there's nary quality that different large cities, similar Vancouver and Montreal, volition get their ain franchises, some cities are acceptable to host games successful 2026.

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2. Coca-Cola Coliseum is the location of the Marlies, the Sceptres and present the Toronto Tempo. The squad unveiled the caller tribunal past period and announced that they'll besides play astatine Scotiabank Arena (home of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Raptors) for large games against teams, similar the Phoenix Mercury, the Minnesota Lynx, and the Indiana Fever.

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3. The squad volition play 2 preseason games (April 29 and May 1) earlier their inaugural crippled connected May 8th. You tin watercourse these the preseason games for escaped done the WNBA App (just motion up for a WNBA ID) oregon ticker with a NBA Canada subscription.

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4. The Toronto Tempo ownership radical is brimming with prima power. While Larry Tanenbaum maintains bulk ownership, celebs similar tennis fable Serena Williams, Raptors president Masai Ujiri, and Canadian histrion Lilly Singh person each joined arsenic investors successful the team.

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6. Tempo defender Kia Nurse is the lone Canadian connected the squad (for now). The Hamilton autochthonal played for the Canadian Olympic squad 3 times (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024) earlier joining the Toronto Tempo. She's the girl of shot subordinate Richard Nurse and hoops subordinate Cathy Nurse AND related to 2 hockey stars — her member Darnell (Edmonton Oilers) and her relative Sarah (Vancouver Goldeneyes and Team Canada golden medalist🥇). What a legacy!

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7. Sandy Brondello is the Toronto Tempo's caput manager and her resume is thing abbreviated of impressive. Not lone is she a two-time WNBA Champion (after moving with the New York Liberty and the Phoenix Mercury teams for a decade), she's besides a erstwhile WNBA All-Star with 3 Olympic medals nether her belt.

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8. Reitmans announced that it'll beryllium 1 of the team's authoritative partners. The Canadian marque volition plan customized uniforms for the Toronto Tempo's creation crew, The Rhythm Section, nether their activewear brand, Hyba.

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9. The merch is truly bully and immoderate of it is made by Canadian brands. From bequest brands, similar Roots, to section businesses, similar Peace Collective and The Give & Grow, determination are truthful galore ways to enactment and observe your caller favourite squad and look bully portion doing it.

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If you're looking to be a Toronto Tempo game, cheque retired their schedule to spot erstwhile and wherever they're playing. There are adjacent authoritative theme nights to marque your adjacent crippled adjacent much fun.

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