SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the club has sent defender Jimmy Ockford to Nashville SC of the USL Championship on a short-term loan. Nashville will join Major League Soccer as an expansion club in 2020.

Ockford, 27, made 15 appearances for the Earthquakes last season after signing from the club’s USL Championship affiliate Reno 1868 FC. He has yet to make an MLS appearance in 2019.

Transaction: San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) – Earthquakes loan D Jimmy Ockford to Nashville SC (USL).