US EditionMLS issues lifetime bans to Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah for gambling
MLS banned Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah for lifetime gambling violations after extensive bets on matches in 2024–2025, including wagers on Jones receiving a yellow card.
- MLS announced Monday that former players Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah were banned for life for gambling on matches following an investigation.
- An investigation found the league concluded both players bet on Jones to receive a yellow card during the Columbus Crew vs New York Red Bulls match on Oct. 19, 2024, and Jones did receive it.
- After receiving suspicious betting alerts, MLS retained Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP and placed the players on administrative leave in October 2025.
- MLS added it will enforce policies, improve education, and advocate eliminating yellow card wagering, while the league condemned the players and noted they are not currently under contract, with Yeboah in China and Jones without a club.
- The 2026 MLS season began last month and will include a six-week World Cup break; gambling issues persist in North American leagues, with lifetime bans like Jontay Porter and past MLS action against Felipe Hernandez.
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Major League Soccer (MLS) announced that it had banished two former players for life for betting on their own games. Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah received one of the most severe sanctions in the history of the...
The U.S. football league MLS goes through and pulls two pros out of the traffic. They have caused a scandal with bets on themselves. Apparently, however, they are not the only ones who could benefit from it.
One of Concacaf's football leagues was caught up in a scandal and made a strong decision against two footballers.Out of life, they never play again in one of their championships. This is the MLS of the United States, which released the harshest sanction against Yaw Yeboah and Derrick Jones, players who were found guilty of gambling in U.S. league matches, even in those who themselves fought.After an investigation started last October, it was cor…
Derrick Jones, 29, and Yaw Yeboah, 28, will never play in MLS again. The players are banned for life. A major scandal is behind it.
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