Major League Pickleball (MLP) is back in New York City, specifically Randall’s Island. This is the second straight year the SPORTIME Randall’s Island has hosted MLP. 

At last year’s event, we saw Ben Johns play for the Carolina Hogs for the last time, Erik Forsythe made his MLP debut, and Collin Johns went 8-2 in the Challenger Level for the Bay Area Breakers. WOW - how much can change in a year! 

The sixth event of the 2026 MLP Season starts Thursday, June 25th. A quick recap of each of the first five events of the 2026 MLP season:

• MLP Dallas Recap
• MLP Columbus Recap
• MLP St. Louis Recap
• MLP Austin Recap
• MLP St. Petersburg Recap

Weather Outlook for MLP New York

The weather looks to be good, except for Saturday. There is basically a 60% chance of rain on Saturday, which could really impact play. Don’t let the relatively low temperatures in the lower 80s fool you. The humidity levels are supposed to be in the 70%-80% range, making it very muggy. The ball will be moving much slower than it was in St. Pete indoors.

Top Storylines

Can anyone stop the two NY/NJ teams from facing each other for the Championship?

A LOT of trades/waivers happened earlier this week - who will show out in New York?

The two Texas based teams have a lot of question marks. Dallas just brought in Danni and Alix. Texas had Layne get hurt, and brought in Rafa and KK (again). Where do they land in New York?

How to Watch MLP New York and Broadcast Schedule

*All times are listed in local EST timezone

In addition to the above pickleballtv schedule, the following is also airing:

Sunday, June 28

• Tennis Channel 12PM - 5PM ET
• All Day on MSG Network (10AM - 5PM ET)

A look at the two pools

Group A

• Chicago Slice
• Las Vegas Night Owls
• New Jersey 5s
• SoCal Hard Eights
• Texas Ranchers

Group B 

• Bay Area Breakers
• Brooklyn Pickleball Team
• Carolina Hogs
• Dallas Flash
• Florida Smash
• Palm Beach Royals

Team by Team Quick Glance

Group A 

Chicago Slice

• Roster: Zane Navratil, Jamie Wei, Elsie Hendershot, Jalina Ingram, and John Lucian Goins

Las Vegas Night Owls

• Roster: Roscoe Bellamy, Zoey Wang, Liz Truluck, Callie Smith, Braden Jacobson, and Clayton Powell

New Jersey 5s

• Roster: Anna Leigh Waters, Jorja Johnson, Noe Khlif, Will Howells, Martin Emmrich, and Lina Padegimaite

SoCal Hard Eights

• Roster: Meghan Dizon, Armaan Bhatia, Cailyn Campbell, Will Mackinnon, Rafa Lenhard, and Naomi Nguyen

Texas Ranchers 

• Roster: Eric Oncins, Lea Jansen, Layne Sleeth, Nico Acevedo, Rafa Hewett, and Kaitlyn Christian

Utah Black Diamonds

• Roster: Etta Tuionetoa, Connor Garnett, Allyce Jones, Tama Shimabukuro, Victoria DiMuzio, and Tyler Loong

Group B 

Bay Area Breakers

• Roster: Pablo Tellez, Genie Erokhina, Blaine Hovenier, Len Yang, Mya Bui, and Ella Yeh

Brooklyn Pickleball Team

• Roster: Riley Newman, Christian Alshon, Jackie Kawamoto, Rachel Rohrabacher, Chris Haworth, and Hannah Blatt

Carolina Hogs

• Roster: Brandon French, DJ Young, Aiko Yoshitomi, Abbi Hatton, Michael Loyd, and Nicole Conard

Dallas Flash

• Roster: JW Johnson, Danni-Elle Townsend, Alix Truong, Augie Ge, Brooke Buckner, and Ivan Jakovljevic

Florida Smash 

• Roster: Martina Frantova, Cason Campbell, Paula Rives, Chris Crouch, Zoey Weil, and Connor Mogle

Palm Beach Royals

• Roster: Sofia Sewing, Tyson McGuffin, Dekel Bar, Tina Pisnik, Tammy Emmrich, and Casey Diamond