Overview
- The Tempo, the WNBA’s first franchise based outside the United States, will debut in 2026 with home games in Toronto and additional dates in Montreal and Vancouver.
- Multiple outlets report Brondello accepted a multi-year, seven-figure contract that places her among the league’s highest-paid coaches.
- Reports say she declined offers from the Dallas Wings and Seattle Storm, citing partnership and shared vision as key reasons for picking Toronto.
- General manager Monica Wright Rogers praised Brondello’s winning track record and culture-building approach in endorsing the hire.
- Roster construction for Toronto remains paused as expansion drafts and free agency await a new WNBA–WNBPA collective bargaining agreement; elsewhere, Seattle hired Sonia Raman and Dallas chose Jose Fernandez.