The Golden State Valkyries have taken their first steps toward building a roster for their inaugural season in 2025, and Friday’s expansion draft suggests there will be significantly more turnover for them in the near future.

The newest team in the WNBA — The Golden State Valkyries — announced their 2025 schedule and their first 11 draft picks last week. The Valkyries will play a total of 44 games during the regular season, which runs May through September. Half of those games will take place on their home court at San Francisco’s Chase Center.

The Golden State Valkyries made their selections during the Expansion Draft to start forming their inaugural roster. What are the key takeaways?

The Golden State Valkyries have a name, coach, schedule and jerseys. Now, all the Bay Area's new WNBA team needs is players. Driving the news: The Valks will take a stab at their first-ever roster on Friday during the WNBA expansion draft,

Once general manager Ohemaa Nyanin and her Golden State Valkyries staff had decided who to pick in the WNBA expansion draft, the first challenge became reaching each player with the news before she heard it anywhere else.

Their name, valkyrie, or valkyrja in Old Norse, means chooser of a dead man on the battlefield. It’s also the name of the WNBA ’s new team, the Golden State Valkyries, who will build their first roster through Friday’s expansion draft.

Golden State selected 11 players, including Las Vegas Aces guard Kate Martin and New York Liberty forward Kayla Thornton, in the 2024 WNBA expansion draft on Friday night.

The Golden State Valkyries have their jersey. The 2025 WNBA expansion team revealed the jerseys they will wear during their first season in the league

The WNBA announced the 2025 season schedule, including an opening weekend matchup between 2024 draft picks Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese and the first game for the newest expansion team, the Golden State Valkyries. The time finally has come -- the Golden State Valkyries have revealed their uniforms for the 2025 WNBA season.