The WNBA played its first ever game in Canada on Saturday afternoon in front of a sold out crowd at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
It was a preseason exhibition match between the Minnesota Lynx and the Chicago Sky, as the WNBA prepares to begin its 27th season next week. This was only the third time the WNBA has put on a game outside of the United States.
The buzz around the day started even before they announced that the game would be coming to Toronto, as fans of women’s basketball have been rallying around getting a WNBA expansion team in Canada for a long time.