Kendra Andrews Apr 4, 2026, 09:00 AM ET

The Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo took the first steps toward building their inaugural rosters in Friday's expansion draft, selecting 11 players each from a pool left unprotected by the 13 preexisting WNBA franchises. Both teams hope these rosters can bring them success similar to what the Golden State Valkyries experienced in their first season last year.

Both general managers -- Portland's Vanja Černivec and Toronto's Monica Wright Rogers -- expressed relief that the process was finally complete; they had waited months while the new collective bargaining agreement was agreed upon.…