You could load the data and sort in memory after loading it.
IEnumerable<Team> teams = _ctx.Teams
.Include(x => x.TeamMembers)
.Include(x => x.TeamMembers.Select(u => u.User))
.Where(x => x.UserId == ownerUserId)
.OrderBy(x => x.Name).ToList();
foreach (var team in teams)
{
team.TeamMembers = team.TeamMembers.OrderBy(m => m.Name);
foreach (var teamMember in team.TeamMembers)
{
teamMember.Users = teamMember.Users.OrderBy(u => u.Name);
}
}
Or you could use Projections and use the Change Tracking of EF to sort your collection. Here is an example of filtering an Include but the same works for Ordering.