9 March 2026

Major League Soccer has provided lifetime restrictions to midfielder Derrick Jones and winger Yaw Yeboah for wagering offenses.

Yeboah, 28, signed for Chinese Super League side Qingdao Hainiu last month after his agreement with Los Angeles FC was ended in January.

Jones, 29, was launched from his agreement by Columbus Crew last November.

A statement from MLS stated that the were found to have "participated in comprehensive betting on soccer, including on their own teams" during the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

MLS noted that on one event both players put bets on Jones receiving a yellow card - which then took place - in a match for Columbus Crew against New York Red Bulls on 19 October 2024.

Jones and Yeboah were team-mates at Columbus Crew in the 2024 season.

"MLS likewise determined that the gamers most likely shared secret information with other gamblers about their intent to draw yellow cards," included the statement from the league.

"No evidence was recognized that suggested any of these betting activities affected the outcome of a match."

Yeboah, who has been capped by Ghana, was at Manchester City from 2014 to 2018 however did not make a first-team appearance and had loan spells at Lille, Twente and Oviedo.

He then bet Spanish side Numancia and Polish team Wisła Krakow before spells at Columbus Crew and LAFC.

Ghana-born Jones has actually invested his entire profession in the United States having bet Philadelphia Union, Nashville SC, Houston Dynamo, Charlotte FC and Columbus Crew.

Jones was topped by the USA at under-20 and under-23 level.

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16 August 2025