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Brooklyn Pickleball Team
Brooklyn, New York · Major League Pickleball Premier Level
Brooklyn combined established MLP champions with two elite singles specialists in 2026, finishing fifth in the regular season and advancing through two playoff rounds to the league semifinals.
2026 SEASON2026MLP SEMIFINALISTNO. 5 PLAYOFF SEED78 STANDINGS POINTS
LeagueMajor League Pickleball
LevelPremier
MarketBrooklyn, New York
2026 seedNo. 5
2026 resultMLP semifinalist
Documented September 9, 2026
Brooklyn’s verified six-player roster
Brooklyn’s current roster combines four retained players with March additions Christian Alshon and Chris Haworth. Pat Smith is the assistant coach and is not counted as a player.
Riley Newman
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View player profile →Jackie Kawamoto
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View player profile →Christian Alshon
Trade acquisitionMarch 2026
View player profile →Chris Haworth
Trade acquisitionMarch 4, 2026
View player profile →Hannah Blatt
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View player profile →Roster construction
How Brooklyn assembled its 2026 group
Dekel Bar departs
Brooklyn traded Dekel Bar to the Palm Beach Royals. The transaction record does not support describing one later acquisition as a direct one-for-one replacement.
Christian Alshon joins Brooklyn
Brooklyn added Alshon during the March trade window, reuniting him with Riley Newman and Jackie Kawamoto from the franchise’s 2023 championship roster.
Chris Haworth adds singles strength
Brooklyn acquired Haworth from the California Black Bears in exchange for Luca Mack and cash.
D.C. roots · Brooklyn identity
Franchise history
Debut as the D.C. Pickleball Team
The franchise entered MLP under the D.C. identity and won the Premier-level Dallas event on November 5, 2023.
The franchise becomes Brooklyn
The D.C. and Brooklyn Aces ownership groups exchanged franchise-name rights. The Al Tylis and Sam Porter organization adopted the Brooklyn Pickleball Team identity.
A run to the semifinals
Brooklyn finished fifth with 78 standings points, defeated SoCal and Columbus in the playoffs, and lost its semifinal series to the New Jersey 5s.
The 2026 postseason
Two playoff wins and a semifinal finish
2026 REGULAR SEASON78STANDINGS POINTS
Brooklyn finished fifth and entered the playoffs as the No. 5 seed. It defeated the SoCal Hard Eights in the opening round and won a three-match quarterfinal series against the Columbus Sliders.
The New Jersey 5s won the semifinal series 2-0. Each team match finished 3-0, ending Brooklyn’s run one round short of the MLP championship series.
Ownership and coaching
The group behind Brooklyn
Al Tylis
Lead ownership
Sam Porter
Lead ownership
Eva Longoria
Ownership group
Justin Verlander and Kate Upton
Ownership group
Rip Hamilton and Shawn Marion
Ownership group
Odell Beckham Jr. and Cliff Avril
Ownership group
Mesut Özil
Ownership group
Tara and Hunter Fieri
Ownership group
Pat Smith
Assistant coach
FRANCHISE IDENTITY
Al Tylis and Sam Porter lead the organization that originally competed as the D.C. Pickleball Team. The franchise adopted the Brooklyn name through a 2025 name-rights exchange; the former Brooklyn Aces ownership group took the D.C. identity.
Official match footage
Watch Brooklyn
BROOKLYN · MLP
SoCal Hard Eights vs. Brooklyn Pickleball Team — Match 1
2026 MLP Playoffs Dallas · Opening playoff round
BROOKLYN · MLP
Brooklyn Pickleball Team vs. Columbus Sliders — Match 3
2026 MLP Newport Beach Playoffs
BROOKLYN · MLP
Brooklyn Pickleball Team vs. New Jersey 5s — Match 1
2026 MLP Finals New York · Semifinal series
Verified team channels
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Brooklyn team questions
Frequently asked questions
Official league, team and reporting records