Major League Soccer has slapped lifetime bans on midfielder Derrick Jones and winger Yoyeboa for gambling behaviour.
Yeboa, 28, signed with Chinese Super League side Qingdao Hainiu last month after his contract with Los Angeles FC was terminated in January.
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Jones, 29, was released from his contract with the Columbus Crew in November.
A statement from Major League Soccer said the players were found to have engaged in “extensive gambling on football, including gambling on their own teams” during the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
MLS noted that on one occasion, both players bet on Jones receiving a yellow card during a game between the Columbus Crew and the New York Red Bulls on October 19, 2024, which later occurred.
Jones and Yeboah are teammates on the Columbus Crew through the 2024 season.
The league’s statement added: “Major League Soccer has also determined that these players may have shared confidential information with other bettors regarding their intention to receive a yellow card.”
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“There is no evidence that these betting activities affected the outcome of the match.”
Yeboah once represented the Ghana national team and played for Manchester City from 2014 to 2018, but did not appear in the first team and was loaned to Lille, Twente and Oviedo.
He subsequently played for Spanish side Numancia and Polish side Wisla Kraków, before moving on to Columbus Crew and Los Angeles FC.
Ghanaian-born Jones has spent his entire career in the United States, playing for the Philadelphia Union, Nashville SC, Houston Dynamo, Charlotte FC and Columbus Crew.
Jones has represented Team USA at the under-20 and under-23 levels.