Main League Soccer has issued lifetime bans to Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah following an intensive investigation into playing violations through the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

The league uncovered “suspicious betting alerts” involving the previous Columbus Crew teammates, together with an occasion the place each gamers wagered on Jones to obtain a yellow card throughout a match towards the New York Crimson Bulls—an occasion that finally occurred.

Whereas the MLS confirmed that no match outcomes have been manipulated, the severity of the sanction displays a zero-tolerance coverage towards compromising sporting integrity.

Yeboah, a 2023 MLS Cup champion, expressed deep remorse for his “carelessness,” however the ruling successfully ends his profession within the North American league.