
VĂctor Muñoz sufre una lesiĂłn en el sĂłleo que le 'complica' el Mundial
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Aaliyah Edwards of the Connecticut Sun is excited for her preseason game against the Toronto Tempo, her hometown team. The game will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, marking the Tempo's first-ever preseason match as an expansion franchise in 2026.
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Connecticut Sun forward Aaliyah Edwards has spent the last month fielding constant texts and calls from friends and family trying to get tickets to the teamâs preseason game against the Toronto Tempo.
The Kingston, Ontario, native doesnât have nearly enough complimentary tickets to get everyone in the door, but sheâs expecting the Tempoâs home arena will still be packed with familiar faces when Connecticut comes to town at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. The game marks the first preseason matchup of the season for the Sun and the first ever for the Tempo, who are joining the league as an expansion franchise in 2026.
âIâm just really excited to play at home and be around family and friends,â Edwards said with a grin. âIâve got so many people coming out, itâs probably like the whole arena at this point. ⊠Even the people I didnât get tickets for, theyâre like, âOh weâre coming.â So many people are hitting me up already.â
Edwards was thrilled when the Tempo were announced as the WNBAâs first international expansion team last May, especially because it will give young girls in Canada consistent opportunities to see high-level womenâs basketball. The league tested the market during the 2025 preseason, and Canadian fans sold out more than 19,000 seats for the exhibition game between the Chicago Sky and Minnesota Lynx at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The Seattle Storm and Atlanta Dream also sold out a regular-season showcase in Vancouver last August.
âIâm just really happy for the country and for womenâs basketball in Canada, because we deserve it,â Edwards said. âItâs only going to make future Canadian ballers even better and more inspired.â
Edwards is used to representing the home team when sheâs playing in Canada as a , so sheâs not sure what to expect going in as the opponent. UConn scheduled an in December 2023 to give Edwards a homecoming during her final college season, and though the Huskies were technically on the road for that matchup, competing against Torontoâs WNBA team will be a unique experience.
The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
Aaliyah Edwards is a forward for the Connecticut Sun and a Kingston, Ontario native, making her preseason game against the Toronto Tempo a homecoming event.
The Toronto Tempo is the WNBA's first international expansion team, set to join the league in 2026.
Canadian fans sold out over 19,000 seats for an exhibition game between the Chicago Sky and Minnesota Lynx, showcasing strong support for women's basketball.

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âMy mindset is just gonna be playing for the Connecticut Sun and having my teammatesâ back, but the team has already poured into me. Theyâre super happy for me,â Edwards said. âEvery time I play at home itâs with my national team, so itâs gonna be a little weird, but Iâm excited.â
Former UCLA point guard Charlisse Leger-Walker, the Sunâs 2026 second-round draft pick, will be one to watch against the Tempo after her impressive start to training camp. Nearly every player and coach has identified the rookie as one of the biggest surprises so far with how quickly sheâs adjusted to her role as the teamâs floor general despite her inexperience.
âItâs already hard coming in as a rookie on a new team, new environment, new league, but when you have to come in and play point guard, you have to get (veterans) in spots,â second-year guard Saniya Rivers said. âYouâve gotta have a lot of confidence. Youâve gotta have a lot of courage. Youâve gotta have some balls to do that, and she came in with all of that and just shocked me.â
Coach Rachid Meziane was also surprised by how smoothly first-round pick Gianna Kneepkens transitioned to the professional level. He said he had questions coming in about how the former UCLA guard would handle the pace and physicality of the WNBA, but heâs been impressed by her high IQ on the court.
âSheâs not a super-fast player, but because sheâs smart ⊠she can take some advantage of the team system and also bring what she can bring,â Meziane said. âSheâs a good passer and she facilitates our offense a lot of times. Defensively, her footwork and positioning, she compensates for a lot of her lack of physicality with her intelligence.â
Beyond the new draftees, former Harvard star Harmoni Turner is making a strong impression with her energy and competitive fire. Turner was selected in the third round of the 2025 WNBA Draft by the Las Vegas Aces but got waived during camp, and she spent the offseason developing her game overseas playing for Landerneau in Franceâs Ligue Feminine.
Turner may not make the final 12-player roster, but she seems like a perfect candidate for one of Connecticutâs developmental spots. Under the new collective bargaining agreement, teams can sign up to two development players â players with less than three years of experience who can appear in up to 12 games and do not count against a teamâs salary cap.
The Sunâs first preseason game comes a week and a half into training camp and provides a crucial opportunity for the coaching staff to evaluate its overwhelmingly young roster in live action against other pros rather than practice players. Only three of the teamâs 15 active players have more than four years of experience in the WNBA, and six are rookies.
âItâs just gonna be how quickly we can adapt to the pace of the game, how physical it is. Everyone always talks about that, but Iâm excited to see how that plays out in a game,â Leger-Walker said. âIâm obviously still learning, still learning how to play with a lot of these players but just learning to play at this level, so Iâm just going in hoping I can be confident and take whatâs there for me but also understand that Iâm going to make mistakes and just learning from that as quick as I can.â
Connecticut is still in the process of implementing its offensive system, and everyone in the building expects there will be some ugly moments as they work through the growing pains for the first time. But the team is building its identity around defense, so Wednesday will be a test of playersâ effort and intensity more than anything else.
âI just want to see how weâre going to respond,â All-Star center Brittney Griner said. âIf we get up, are we gonna keep that lead, or are we gonna let them come back? If they get up on us, how are we gonna respond to it? You get to see everybodyâs real character out there. When you get hit in the face with adversity, thatâs when you really see the real player.â