MLP (Major League Pickleball) is a team-vs-team pickleball format where rosters of 10 players (5 men + 5 women) compete in a series of matches. Each match consists of 4 events: Women's Doubles, Men's Doubles, and two Mixed Doubles pairings.

The strategic depth comes from roster management — captains choose which players to deploy in each match, saving their strongest lineups for critical moments while rotating through all 10 players across the series. If teams split events 2-2, an optional Dreambreaker singles tiebreaker decides the match.

Every MLP match consists of 4 doubles events, plus an optional tiebreaker. The team that wins more events wins the match.

Here's a real-world example showing how two MLP teams build their 10-player rosters and deploy them strategically across a best-of-3 series.

In a best-of-3 series, each match has 4 events. The captain strategically assigns different players to each match. Notice how the full 10-player roster gets used across the series.

Brakto supports multiple roster configurations. All events are always 2v2 doubles regardless of roster size. Larger rosters enable more strategic rotation across a series.

Brakto gives you full control over how events are scored. Choose the settings that match your event style:

Two key settings control what happens when teams split events 2-2 within a match:

1. 1

   Create a Tournament

   Go to Create Tournament, select Pickleball as the sport, and fill in name, dates, and location.

2. 2

   Add an MLP Division

   Go to Manage Divisions and create a new division. Set the Division Format to MLP Team Format. This unlocks MLP-specific settings: roster size, rally scoring, Skip Singles, and Dreambreaker.

3. 3

   Configure Roster Size & Match Settings

   Choose your roster size (4, 5, 6, 8, or 10 players), Points per Event, Rally Scoring, and whether to enable the Dreambreaker. For the full MLP experience, use 10-player rosters with best-of-3 series.

4. 4

   Import Teams & Players

   Go to Import Players and download the MLP Format sample CSV. The sample includes columns for player name, email, division, gender, team name, and role. Fill it in with your full rosters and upload.

   name, email, division, rating, skillLevel, phone, gender, team, role

5. 5

   Set Up Pool Play

   Assign teams to pools. Brakto auto-generates the team-vs-team schedule within each pool, creating matches with 4 events each (+ Dreambreaker if enabled) for every team matchup.

6. 6

   Set Lineups & Enter Scores

   Captains set their lineup for each match, choosing which players to deploy for that round. Enter scores for each event. Brakto automatically calculates match winners, series results, pool standings, and advancement to playoffs.

7. 7

   Run Playoffs

   Top teams from each pool advance to a playoff bracket (single or double elimination). Playoff series follow the same MLP match structure with roster-based lineups.