[4] After returning to the United States, Brakeley played for Cambridge's touring team for one match against the Men's Collegiate All-Americans.
[6] He was a starter for the NYAC team that defeated the Austin Blacks 44-39 in the 2015 USA Rugby Men's Division I Club National Championship at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado.
[9][10][11] Brakeley maintained a full-time job as a data analyst while playing professionally in Major League Rugby.
[13] Brakeley captained New York to the franchise's first MLR championship in the 2022 final, a 30-15 victory against the Seattle Seawolves at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey on June 25, 2022.
[18] During the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, Brakeley juggled Test matches and training sessions with the Eagles with a full-time remote job for a real estate technology company in New York.