One of the biggest stories of the WNBA offseason was the New York Liberty deciding to part ways with championship coach Sandy Brondello. But Brondello’s Liberty departure allowed her to become the first ever coach for one of the league’s new expansion franchises, the Toronto Tempo.
The WNBA released the 2026 schedule on Wednesday, which gave fans an opportunity to begin circling dates on the calendar (assuming the CBA can be settled before then).
For the Tempo though, every game on the schedule is novel, considering the franchise has never played any other WNBA team before.
So, it was interesting to see Brondello identify the three matchups she was most looking forward to, which included the Indiana Fever, for an obvious reason.
“I have Indiana, because everyone loves to play against Caitlin Clark. I think they’ve got such a big following in this league too, so our players can go into a very loud arena, I think that will be fun,” Brondello said in a video released by the Tempo on social media.