by DAVE MARTINEZ

Who says you can’t come home again?

The Seattle Sounders announced late Tuesday night that former New York Cosmos loanee Jimmy Ockford is returning to the club on yet another year long loan.

Ockford played a bit role for the Cosmos in 2014, appearing in 10 matches and scoring a pair of goals — with an additional goal in U.S. Open Cup competition. He also contributed on these very pages as a guest columnist for EoS.

Ockford has enjoyed a promising offseason with the Seattle Sounders. However, he became a roster casualty thanks to an MLS imposed roster freeze, set to take place on March 1st. Seattle also waived Homegrown Player Jordan Schweitzer and signed forward Oalex Anderson.

Unlike 2014, Ockford joins a deeper Cosmos’ defensive corps which includes returning veterans Carlos Mendes and Roversio, along with newcomers David Oohing and Hunter Freeman, who is in the process of a positional switch to centerback.

He will join the Cosmos ahead of their Florida training camp this month.